24 Karat Gold: Reviews

[Ensorcled]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Anyone want to guess what Rolling Stone will give the album?

I believe they already reviewed it and gave it 4.5 out of 5

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Ensorcled

I believe they already reviewed it and gave it 4.5 out of 5

Where did u see that? Haven't seen that at all.

[James89]

It isn't on the Rolling Stone website yet on the 'reviews' section.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by James89

It isn't on the Rolling Stone website yet on the 'reviews' section.

I don't think they rated it yet. I wish they would give it 4.5 stars.

[Ensorcled]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Where did u see that? Haven't seen that at all.

I must be thinking of Allmusic...swore I saw it though

[katiedid0587]

Originally Posted by Ensorcled

I must be thinking of Allmusic...swore I saw it though

It is reviewed in the October 23 issue of Rolling Stone (with Obama on the cover). They give it 3.5 stars and listed Belle Fleur and The Dealer as key tracks.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by katiedid0587

It is reviewed in the October 23 issue of Rolling Stone (with Obama on the cover). They give it 3.5 stars and listed Belle Fleur and The Dealer as key tracks.

That's good I guess, but I thought they would give it at least 4. Anyway chalk up another positive review.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

From The Irish Times


Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault
4 / 5 stars

Brian Boyd
Fri, Oct 10, 2014

A selection of old demos, some stretching back to the 1960s, the eighth studio album by one of the voices of Fleetwood Mac is one of the best things she has ever done. With perspective, she sings these songs with a lovelorn resignation, imbuing them with a rare sense of pathos and philosophical regret. Lady is a rueful, self-doubting ballad while Starshine is turbo-charged FM rock. Nicks’ voice is always a thing of wonder; from easy-listening Laurel Canyon-type stylings to fuzzed-out rock and electrified folk, she can handle anything.

On the standout Blue Water, she sounds as forlorn as early Gram Parsons, while I Don’t Care is blues rock perfection. Contemporary retrospection this may be, but she gets to the emotional core of almost everything here. A beguiling collection of songs.

Finally a review from someone who knows what he's talking about!

[BlueLight]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

That's good I guess, but I thought they would give it at least 4. Anyway chalk up another positive review.

It's a solid review (don't think it's online yet). A few quotes:

"[I]t's an inspired move ... Nicks conjures the old black-lace magic and makes it feel new."

Top tracks are Mabel Normand, Belle Fleur, The Dealer, and Cathouse Blues.

It notes that she "purrs, 'I'm still a dreamer's fancy.' True, that."

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by jwd

I like this guy, except his rating was a tad too low.

But at least he gives the most articulate description of the album so far, from everything else I've read. He certainly displays a depth of knowledge and sense to understand the modern day Stevie in context of her history. A few other reviewers reveal their ignorance.

His only inexplicable mistake was citing Carousel as a song where Stevie covered herself. ??? I think he got confused in thinking it was a Stevie-penned song that Vanessa covered.

[jwd]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

But at least he gives the most articulate description of the album so far, from everything else I've read. He certainly displays a depth of knowledge and sense to understand the modern day Stevie in context of her history. A few other reviewers reveal their ignorance.

His only inexplicable mistake was citing Carousel as a song where Stevie covered herself. ??? I think he got confused in thinking it was a Stevie-penned song that Vanessa covered.

Ahhhh, you missed my feeble attempt at sarcasm. He rated it almost perfectly at 4.5 out of 5 stars. I'm not complaining. I rather like his review, especially this excerpt:


"As a homage to the tracks themselves, Stewart kept the production simple, recording and producing them near to the style in which they would have been recorded back when they were written. Nicks’ unmistakable raspy voice is stellar over these tracks, her stream-of-consciousness lyricism and song structures just as fresh now as they were in the so-called heyday. The result is a high-quality, solid collection of rock songs that sound timeless rather than dated, reaffirming that Nicks is just as relevant to rock culture here in the twenty-teens as she was during the peak of Fleetwood Mac."

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by jwd

"As a homage to the tracks themselves, Stewart kept the production simple, recording and producing them near to the style in which they would have been recorded back when they were written.

Yes, and this is why I thought that review in the Reveille or whatever it was was SO lame, because the guy complained the record was "overproduced".

[Keith]

Originally Posted by katiedid0587

It is reviewed in the October 23 issue of Rolling Stone (with Obama on the cover). They give it 3.5 stars and listed Belle Fleur and The Dealer as key tracks.

so RS couldn't at least give it a 4 rating.. sorry, but they gave the new U2 a 5 star rating, and I do love that new record, but it seems they just can't get past the 3's when they rate Stevie.. oh well.. in my book, she's a 10. And I just got my renewal notice.. I guess I won't..

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Keith

so RS couldn't at least give it a 4 rating.. sorry, but they gave the new U2 a 5 star rating, and I do love that new record, but it seems they just can't get past the 3's when they rate Stevie.. oh well.. in my book, she's a 10. And I just got my renewal notice.. I guess I won't..

Very disappointed to. They originally gave Bella Donna just 3 stars and then many years later changed it to 5 stars.

Sheryl's Crow country record Feels Like Home got 3.5 stars and while it was a nice little album, it was nowhere as good as this. Of course, she is their darling.

P.S. The Apple giveaway of U2s new album backfired. It almost seems like every one ttys to shove that band down people's throats. Apple over did it.

[tabruns]

Hasn't Rolling Stone given all three of her Stevie Nicks' last albums 3 1/2 stars? I thought TISL and IYD also got that rating.