Questions
 

Overall, which Stevie album has, in your opinion,...

- the best lyrics?

- the best vocals?

- the best production?

- the best mood?

- the best dedication(s)




- Jake

My picks:

Best lyrics - Bella Donna

Best vocals - The Wild Heart

Best production - The Wild Heart (though I admire BD, RAL, and TOSOTM for their consistency of sound - I'll get flamed, but I love most of the production on RAL)

Best mood - The Wild Heart (I'll mention that RAL makes me happy, and while I like the individual songs on TOSOTM, taken as a whole album they are a real downer to me)

Best dedication - The Wild Heart - gotta love Robin (and the gypsies - that remain), though I like the Bella Donna one a lot as well


- Jake

- the best lyrics? TISL's lyrics are amazing!

- the best vocals? Hmmm, I really like the RAL vocals. There is just something so cool about her voice here. Speaking in tongues, smoking a hundred packs a day vocals. I love it!

- the best production? TOSOTM

- the best mood? TOSOTM. It is magical!

- the best dedication(s) TOSOTM "This music is dedicated to Alice... through the looking glass... My Grandmother... the queen of hearts" So silly and magical, I love it!




- Jake[/QUOTE]

I love the RAL vocals too. RAL is my second choice, though BD's are great in a more conventional way.

More TOSOTM dedications are still coming up in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Was anybody not thanked for that album in the tourbook? :distress:

- Jake

Best lyrics - I think I'd have to agree with Bella Donna, that was Stevie just coming on the scene with quite an awesome back-catalogue of stuff.

Best vocals - Another agreement with The Wild Heart, I really loved Stevie's vocals on this one, especially in "Nightbird" and "Stand Back".

Best production - I'd say OSOTM here, though Wild Heart is a close 2nd for me.

Best mood - Rock A Little (I know I'll probably be shot down for this, but I can't listen to RAL without wanting to get up and dance)

Best dedication - I would have to go with OSOTM, I love how Stevie thanks Los Angeles for "its smog" in the liner notes.

Best lyrics - Bella Donna/TISL (apart from That Made Me Stronger)

Best vocals - The Wild Heart

Best production - The Wild Heart (this record is EPIC!)

Best mood - Bella Donna

Best dedication - Bella Donna

WORST production is without doubt TOSOTM. So over-produced, it's like one big ole sickly cake smothered in too much icing. RAL is a case of too many cooks and Street Angel is humdrum - some of those songs needed a bit of oomph and ended up with standard unimaginative arrangements.

The Wild Heart
Toss up betweeh TWH and RAL, I'll go with TWH this time.
Bella Donna, would be TWH but some of the synth lines feel out of place.
RAL, love its slightly schizophrenic nature.
TWH.

The Wild Heart for all of those.

- the best lyrics? Trouble in Shangri-La...without a doubt

- the best vocals? Wild Heart

- the best production? Bella Donna

- the best mood? Bella Donna

- the best dedication(s) Wild Heart...

- the best lyrics? Bella Donna

- the best vocals? Bella Donna

- the best production? TISL

- the best mood? TISL

- the best dedication(s) Timespace

Bella Donna. For all of them.

The Wild Heart. :)

- the best lyrics? TISL

- the best vocals? BD

- the best production? RAL

- the best mood? TOSOTM

- the best dedication(s)? TOSOTM

- the best lyrics? Trouble In Shangri La

- the best vocals? The Wild Heart

- the best production? Trouble In Shangri La

- the best mood? The Wild Heart

- the best dedication(s) The Wild Heart

RAL is one of my favorite albums, though :nod:

The Wild Heart for all of the above. :nod:

- the best lyrics? Bella Donna

- the best vocals? Wild Heart

- the best production? Bella Donna

- the best mood? Bella Donna

- the best dedication(s) Bella Donna

- the best lyrics? I'll give this one to Bella Donna.

- the best vocals? Wild Heart, for sure.

- the best production? Either Bella Donna or Wild Heart. Jimmy is a genius.

- the best mood? Rock A Little...'cause it's dark, a bit sinister, and feels like a thunderstorm from start to finish.

- the best dedication(s) I like the dedication from The Wild Heart, but I like the 'special thanks' from The Other Side of the Mirror the best.

- the best lyrics? Bella Donna

- the best vocals? The Wild Heart

- the best production? None of them. This has always been Stevie's weakness as a solo artist. Jimmy Iovine is too spare/bar band. Rock A Little was a hodge-podge mess. While TOSOTM is a great album, Rupert Hines' production was the glaring weak point. You can't polish a turd on Street Angel. TISL was also a hodge-podge disconnect when it comes to the production.

The only person who has ever been able to successfully produce Stevie is Lindsey Buckingham. I think he should produce her next solo album :nod: .

- the best mood? TOSOTM gets my vote.

- the best dedication(s) "To L.A.- for its electricity, and its smog..." Only Stevie Nicks could write a liner note dedication to smog. I'm surprised she didn't do "To Tampax- for their snug fit, extra capacity and for making sure I was secure while horseback riding in the 'Stand Back' Civil War video." for The Wild Heart liner notes. :rolleyes:

"They say the ****ing smog is the ****ing reason you have such beautiful ****ing sunsets."

Not even... Smog in LA was really bad in the 70's- now it's better, though still bad. The sunsets are gorgeous when there isn't any smog- especially after a rainstorm.

- the best lyrics? TISL

- the best vocals? THE WILD HEART

- the best production? ROCK A LITTLE

- the best mood? STREET ANGEL

- the best dedication(s) TIMESPACE

I'm surprised to see you pick TWH for production. I thought you hated the synth. :shrug:

- Jake

:nod:
I think TOSOTM is too polished. But I think Rupert went for a sound - that reviewer called it a sort of indescribable keybyboard support - and he got it. I'm just not nuts for the sound, but it's consistent from a production standpoint, IMO.
TISL sounds like it has more cooks than RAL.

- Jake

Mine too. My love for it just grows.

- Jake

Wow, other than her voice, I just don't hear dark or stormy. I think the poppy, light music combined with the gruff voice are a great mix that give a happy effect. I find TWH and TOSOTM much darker.

- Jake

I think the production on SA sucks, and I'm no fan of Rupert's either, but I'll add that I did not care for the production of Stevie's SYW songs. I'd much prefer Jimmy to Lindsey for her next solo album. I could live with Rick doing it as well.

- Jake

Aside from I Can't Wait and Talk to Me...If I Were You, Some Become Strangers, No Spoken Word, Sister Honey...they're some of my all time favorite Stevie songs (I would love to hear her sing Some Become Strangers now :nod: ) I just love that song even though she didn't write it..."I don't really need this in my life...why don't we forget about it?"

wild heart

Some Become Strangers is one of my favorite Stevie songs ever, even though she didn't write it. I wish it got more love. I loooooove that song beyond words, another reason I'm a huge RAL fan.

- the best lyrics? Hands down TISL

- the best vocals? RAL (so flog me)

- the best production? TISL

- the best mood? RAL

- the best dedication(s) OSM

- the best lyrics? TISL

- the best vocals? Bella Donna/TISL

- the best production? TISL

- the best mood? TISL
- the best dedication(s) Timespace

Romy

the best lyrics? Trouble In Shangri-la

- the best vocals? The Wild Heart

- the best production? Bella Donna and The Wild Heart -- I'm in love with Jimmy & Shelly's sound

- the best mood? Bella Donna

- the best dedication(s) The Wild Heart

I do on RAL and most of OSOTM, but not on TWH. That whole album is warm and lush, I love it.

Best Lyrics: Bella Donna
Worst Lyrics: Street Angel

Best Vocals: The Other Side Of The Mirror
Worst Vocals: TimeSpace (on the 3 new tracks)

Best Production: Trouble In Shangri-La
Worst Production: Street Angel

Best Mood: Trouble In Shangri-La
Worst Mood: Street Angel

Best Dedication: The Wild Heart
Worst Dedication: Street Angel

You're just trying to urk my tater. :mad: :p


It takes a real man to appreciate SA. :wavey:

i guess so Curtis :lol: ;)

- the best lyrics?
BELLA DONNA
- the best vocals?
BELLA DONNA
- the best production?
BELLA DONNA
- the best mood?
BELLA DONNA
- the best dedication(s)
BELLA DONNA


I know it looks like im a bella donna nut but hey!

Chris

- the best lyrics? Bella Donna

- the best vocals? The Wild Heart

- the best production? The Other Side Of The Mirror (LOVE the keyboards, but still needs more guitar!)

- the best mood? Rock A Little

- the best dedication(s)? Timespace

Really the only ones I don't love are ISFTT and HAEWAFY. I think she'd kick ass on Imperial Hotel & No Spoken Word today.

- Jake

A number of us have said we love the vocals on this.

- Jake