What songs did Stevie Provide her Best Vocals On?

[welcomechris]

What songs did Stevie Provide her Best Vocals On?

Here are a few that come to mind...

Whenever I Call You "Friend"
Sleeping Angel
Dreams


What else?

[DashingDan]

I haven't thought of my choices quite yet, but yours are quite interesting. I may share 1 out of the 3 with you, and I probably wouldn't have given the other two consideration, but they're both quite valid. Fun stuff.

What songs did Stevie Provide her Best Vocals On?

Here are a few that come to mind...

Whenever I Call You "Friend"
Sleeping Angel
Dreams


What else?

[Jondalar]

Hands down Midnight Wind! One of the greatest harmony vocals ever.
Seven Wonders, Talk to Me, Mirror Mirror

[Artemis]

Beautiful Child
Midnight Wind
Dreams
Sleeping Angel
Gypsy

Would probably be my top 5. No particular order, other than Beautiful Child - which is by far the best vocal of her career.

[Danigirl]

Whenever I Call You Friend is the first one that comes to mind, I really wish she had recorded some material with THAT voice.

Beauty and the Beast
Beautiful Child
Crystal

[louielouie2000]

My favorite vocal of hers will probably always be the background wails she does on Walter Egan's Tunnel Of Love. They're just so witchy & primal! It's still hard to believe she was convinced to participate in such a raunchy song. :laugh: I actually think some of the best vocals Stevie has contributed are backing vocals- case & point, the sultry vocal she contributed to Marilyn Martin's Sorcerer. Like others have mentioned, her backing vocals on Jon Stewart's Midnight Wind are amongst her most epic studio vocals. The emotion captured on Storms is unmatched- it sounds like she recorded the song right after a big cry. I think the most beautiful vocal she ever recorded was Beautiful Child. So I have many favorites for different reasons. :D

Live vocals are another animal altogether... that's probably best discussed in a separate thread. :)

[KarmaContestant]

For me, her best vocals are on:

Dreams
Silver Springs
Sleeping Angel
Whenever Call You Friend


Later days:
Street Angel
Call On Me For Magic
You May Be The One
Moonlight

[nightbird28]

Best Vocals, this is a tough one.

Solo
Italian Summer, the last note resonates with me.
Beauty and Beast
Belladonna

Mac
Everybody Finds Out
Rhiannon (1980 Live)
Sara

[StevieNicksfann]

Hands down Whenever I Call You "Friend" is her best vocal ever. I also wish she recorded material with THAT voice.

Other standouts:

Seven Wonders
Stand Back
Rhiannon
Long Way To Go
Gypsy
Moonlight
The Dealer
No Questions Asked

[gssmith]

I love her voice on just about every song. I love her voice then and now. That's why I first became a fan. The other fascinating things about her, lyrics, image ect came later. There are only a few songs when her voice seemed off

[editme2]

Great topic.....

I would say (in no particular order):

Silver Springs
Whenever I Call You Friend
Sara
Gypsy
Storms
Wild Heart
Beauty and the Beast
Belladonna
Highway Man
One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star
I Sing for the Things
Juliet
For What It's Worth
Secret Love
Moonlight
Love Changes

[olive]

Call on me for Magic

[bombaysaffires]

so many…off the top of my head I vote:

best technical vocals
white album Rhiannon
Dreams
Rumours version Silver Springs
Forest of the Black Roses
Birds of Rhiannon (there's a common era here)

Best emotional, raspy Stevie vocals
she loves him still take 1
Joan of Arc take 9
Violet and Blue
Marilyn Martin version of Sorcerer esp her "Lady from the moooooountaaaaain" in the middle

[pryderi]

"At Last" is definitely on my list!

[KarmaContestant]

"At Last" is definitely on my list!

Yes, indeed.

[SorcererJP]

Well, to my honest opinion, I think Stevie's voice is most powerful on some of the songs she did the backing-vocals for:

My list would be:

Whenever I call you Friend
Sorcerer (Marilyn Martin's version)
Midnight Wind
Smiling Islands

If we speak about her full songs it would be:

Sleeping Angel
Wild Heart
Storms

[SorcererJP]

"At Last" is definitely on my list!

How could I forget about that one :-)

[Danigirl]

My favorite vocal of hers will probably always be the background wails she does on Walter Egan's Tunnel Of Love. They're just so witchy & primal! . :)

Tunnel of Love is one of my favorites as well. Vocally, it's the perfect sexy song, the feminine and masculine tones intermingling is awesome.

[BLY]

Tunnel of Love is one of my favorites as well. Vocally, it's the perfect sexy song, the feminine and masculine tones intermingling is awesome.




I still LOVE Won't You Say You Will and Finally Found a Girl Friend.

[On Ice]

Well, to my honest opinion, I think Stevie's voice is most powerful on some of the songs she did the backing-vocals for:

I agree and what a fantastic "lost" album we would have had with the passion, commitment to craft, tone and range shown had she recorded some tracks at the time of Whenever I Call you Friend and the Walter Egan sessions topping it off with Sisters of the Moon performed right after Midnight Wind. These stellar vocals probably came from the respect and votes of confidence she received from her collaborators.

Vocals of all time, listed in pairs:
Cryin' in the Night and Rhiannon from the early days showcase her untarnished voice in spectacular development.
Silver Springs and Gold Dust Woman are just perfection from start to finish.
Beautiful Child and Storms too show positive growth as opposed to damage from the road.
Edge of Seventeen and the Wild Heart show the rock voice at it's peak.
Gypsy and it's next generation Thrown Down are passionately sung well written songs.

Later Years:
Call on me for Magic and Moonlight, a Vampire's Dream proved that she still has it when she sings with care and passion.

[AnthonyMI]

Uhg. Smiling Islands... what a TURD. I went in search of that song becuase people think it is SOOOO good and Stevie's vocals are "amazing", BUT...

IT SUCKS.

Sorry to be so negative. But that song is a Turd-fest. A giant smoldering fly-ridden turd-fest.:angel: The production, the lyrics, the whole thing. Erase everything except Stevie's vocals and maybe there is something there.... but I literally had a nightmare once about that song playing on repeat and reaching to change the channel on the radio but I could NOT REACH THE BUTTON!

Please.... no more Smiling Islands!! I hope Global Warming makes them sink under the sea!

[SorcererJP]

Uhg. Smiling Islands... what a TURD. I went in search of that song becuase people think it is SOOOO good and Stevie's vocals are "amazing", BUT...

IT SUCKS.

Sorry to be so negative. But that song is a Turd-fest. A giant smoldering fly-ridden turd-fest.:angel: The production, the lyrics, the whole thing. Erase everything except Stevie's vocals and maybe there is something there.... but I literally had a nightmare once about that song playing on repeat and reaching to change the channel on the radio but I could NOT REACH THE BUTTON!

Please.... no more Smiling Islands!! I hope Global Warming makes them sink under the sea!

The topic was about Stevie's best vocals .... not best song she performed on :-)

Besides, don't forget about the fact that this song was recorded over 30 years ago.

Don't know the word ' Turd', but I agree, the song itself is rather ... well ... can't describe. But Stevie's voice sounds great, crisp and clear on this one.

[wheart]

Blue Lamp
No Spoken Word
Wild Heart
Edge of Seventeen
You Can't Fix This
Straight Back

[The Highwayman]

Already talked about some of her best vocals with Fleetwood Mac. Her solo work:

'Sleeping Angel' is my 2nd favorite Stevie Nicks song, and my favorite of her solo career. And I'd say it is, along with 'Dreams', my favorite Stevie vocal performance. There's a quality to her voice in this song, the vibrato...I don't know what it is, exactly, but it's amazing.

[welcomechris]

At Last
Everybody Finds Out (See Here) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQuAIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_OP6_wCYP_Y&ei=-FivU-GmDZOdyAT2x4HgBw&usg=AFQjCNGx3wGHKkSTcZaFLGP8Z6heMFTc3g&sig2=73CCeriuQH_7qOBnE4VOMQ&bvm=bv.69837884,d.aWw)
Silver Springs
Landslide


Just some more

[~*BellaDonna*~]

What songs did Stevie Provide her Best Vocals On?

Here are a few that come to mind...

Whenever I Call You "Friend"
Sleeping Angel
Dreams


What else?
Rhiannon (live version, 1977 from the Rumours tour)
Sleeping Angel
Storms
How Still My Love
Beauty And The Beast
Landside
Beautiful Child

[Macfan4life]

Stevie's voice was strongest in 1981. She killed her first solo tour. The entire Bella Donna album has amazing vocals.

Sable on Blonde is a highlight for me. I love the yell "IN YOUR HANDS EACH NIGHT!"

Edge of 17 is pretty good too.

Sleeping Angel

Pretty much everything recorded from 1980 to 1983 is amazing

[nicolasjz]

Storms, Insider and Sable on Blonde are my top 3, vocals-wise.
Stevie's vocals on this live version of Insider in particular are just unreal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3if3k6Eej0

[nicolasjz]

Sable on Blonde is a highlight for me. I love the yell "IN YOUR HANDS EACH NIGHT!"


You mean "in your hands each NAAAAAAIIIIGHT" ? Gives me chills every time!

[WildHearted]

To me, Sleeping Angel and Whenever I Call You Friend are her 2 strongest vocals overall.

The passion on Wild Heart is amazing, though. And the frailty on Storms is also a very moving performance.

[iamnotafraid]

Her sexiest vocals are on Beauty And The Beast and Nightbird.

[believer]

Talk to Me
EveryDay
Moonlight
Everything on 24KG

[On Ice]

I agree that the background/duet vocals of the 1976-78 period are just amazing examples of her voice during that period; everything she did with Walter Egan and John Stewart especially Midnight Wind and Tunnel of Love. Whoever got the Whenever I Call You Friend vocal out of her also deserves a medal, it's unbeatable. With that said though, it's hard not to recognize her early Mac singing as being the best: Gold Dust Woman, Silver Springs, Dreams and Rhiannon, her singing was so good, spot on, passionate and timeless. Around the mid-Rumours tour, she was starting to get tired and entered a period of inconsistency that haunted her like a monkey on her back for the rest of her career. After that period, she did give us Sleeping Angel, Edge of Seventeen and even some great stuff in the new millenium including Moonlight and 24 K (the song). The highs and lows were shocking actually, a notable example being the Rock a Little period to the Street Angel period where one night she knocked it out of the park only to dial it in a few nights later.

[GypsySorcerer]

With FM:
Storms
Beautiful Child
That's Alright

Solo:
Bella Donna
Sleeping Angel
Kind of Woman
Sable on Blond
Moonlight

[vivfox]

EveryDay

Excuse me while I spit out my soda onto my keyboard.:]

[michelej1]

Wild Heart

[johnnystorms]

Wild Heart

amen
amen
amen
amen
amen

[He's So Unusual]

Planets of the Universe
Wild Heart
Sara
Beauty and the Beast
Thousand Days
Beautiful Child
Edge of Seventeen
Sleeping Angel
Bella Donna
Gypsy
How Still My Love
Long Way to Go
Mirror, Mirror (both versions)
Gold and Braid

[mitzo]

Both Silver Springs (The Dance) and Beautiful Child (Live in Boston) are amazing vocals. Everybody Loves You, with its direct and flexible delivery, is also, as are a number of tracks on 24KG. I actually prefer her latter day vocals for their clarity and strength.

[~*BellaDonna*~]

I heard Jon Stewats' 'Gold' today, which I haven't heard in years (probably 1982, or so.) And I had completely forgotten that Stevie had provided backing vocals. And in my honest opinion, I think her voice sounded great. Plus, hearing it today reminded me how much I like that song. :)

[StreetAngel86]

At Last

the Mirror Mirror outtake from Street Angel

and the RAL outtake of Lady From the Mountain :D


ETA: how could i forget B&TB. Any live version from 2006 really or the Vegas 05 one

and the RAW unedited HoB show in 1994 when she was super sick. I get chills listening to some of those songs. You could tell they were an effort and the whole show is marvellous.