10 Favorite Songs from Post-Dance?

[Netter75]

Now that it's been a few years since her last release, what are everybody's 10 favorite Stevie songs since her resurgence into the public conscious after 1997? Putting this in the Stevie forum since its about her and the work has mostly been solo since then.

I've noticed most people don't compare her later work favorably with Bella Donna or The Wild Heart, but if you pare it down to the best songs I think you have some standouts that rival the early stuff!

Here are mine:

1. Planets of the Universe (Extended): Driving rhythm, fiery lyrics and vocals, what's not to love?
2. It's Only Love: I'd argue it's her best vocal since Wild Heart and that it hasn't been beaten since. I don't even mind that she didn't write it- it's still got a Stevie vibe to it.
3. Everybody Finds Out: This one narrowly edged out RTTG, which is faulted by that cheesy keyboard. Mean bass-line from John McVie and fun build-up with the strings to the climax at the end. A great rocker that would have been fun in concert.
4. Thrown Down: It's a simple little song but it has that classic FM magic. Lindsey did a great job redoing this song for SYW and the two sound amazing together.
5. Annabel Lee: Never liked the demo but the finished version is really fun! I'm a big fan of the poem and her interpretation of it is great. Goes on about a minute too long but I can live with that.
6. Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream): Made me gag when I first heard it (of *course* Stevie is a Twilight fan) but changed my mind when I saw her on her last solo tour performing it. The chorus really works and the crescendo at the end I could listen to on repeat.
7. Wide Sargasso Sea: Probably not objectively that much of a standout, but its really angry and I like it
8. Mabel Normand: I don't know why I like this song so much because I shouldn't. Vocal is nothing special and the lyrics are a wandering, messy leftover from the RAL cocaine maniac days. I guess I like the parallels Stevie drew between her and the actress and her addictions. It feels like a frazzled reflection on her state of being in the mid-80s.
9. 24 Karat Gold: I love the bass in the song, it feels like classic Stevie.
10. Touched by an Angel: Just a really sweet song, the only latter day Stevie song that can catch my feels.