Will Stevie ever record a new Solo Album after 24K?
 

Will Stevie ever record a new Solo Album after 24K?

Hopefully Songs from the Vault 2!

She has said how fast and easy it was to do and also in one of her videos she said that this was 'the best for 2014'. Hopefully this means a Vol 2 coming soon. No doubt that'll reach #8 on the Billboard 200 which would give her consecutive #5, 6, 7 and 8 albums! :lol:

Well, it depends on whether "new" means new songs or more demos. I think she will release more demos.

Michele

I think she will TOTALLY release "Songs From The Vault" part 2 within the next two years. As far as an album with mostly newly written material, I'm about 50% sure that she will, but it will be much later on down the road (her early 70's) and it will be her LAST solo record in that regard. If she does anything else afterward, it will be a "Songs From The Vault" part 3, as well as a 5 or 6 disc career retrospective boxed set, and perhaps another "live" album...but even that might be pushing it.

I think this upcoming Fleetwood Mac album is going to be their last...but I hope I'm wrong.

The Rhiannon Project has been talked about for over 3 decades now but has still never come to fruition...and sadly, I don't think it ever will...and again, I HOPE I'M WRONG!

Does anyone else think that the next "boxed set" of hers should include both solo AND Fleetwood Mac material? :nod:

I'm ready for 24 Karat Gold, remastered and expanded. :laugh: With a disc of bonus alternates and demos, of course.

Remastered is right!!! I still think there is something wrong with the vocals on this album. They seem so muffled compared to IYD and TISL.

I've heard others say the same, but I'm not hearing it. :shrug: She sounds brazenly clear to me, to the point where every vocal flaw is amplified. Live, real, here, now.

It's very subtle. I agree that the vocals sound clear and all, but there's just something about it (perhaps the mic that they used, or a mic screen, or perhaps the way it was mastered) that makes it sound like she's singing behind a thin blanket (or shawl :lol:) because the sound of the vocal just seems a smidge softer than IYD or TISL, which were both "in your face". I wish I could properly describe what I'm trying to say in this regard as far as how it sounds to my ear...but I can't.

Perhaps I'm just getting old.

I think the whole Vault Songs thing was an interesting concept, but I personally wouldn't want to see it repeated.

I'm on the fence whether or not I think she'll even record another album, though. I'm wondering if 24k will sell enough to cover it's costs. Not that Stevie is hard up for cash, but there is likely a tipping point where she stops bothering. She'll tour until she's twirling in her motorized wheelchair... but recording? I'm just not sure.

In her "Making the Album" video for 24KG, she repeatedly emphasized that she has "many, many" songs left in the vault, and that these are the best songs for "now," for "2014." I bet we'll get Volume 2 within the next year or two.

As far as newly written material, not so sure. It's unclear how much she's been writing (as in, seriously writing, song writing) recently. In an interview promoting the album, she noted (very candidly, I thought), that she couldn't currently write many of the songs that are included on 24KG, because she would have to "run right out and get into a relationship." I think she's at a happy point in her life professionally and personally, and frankly, such circumstances don't always lead to great creative spurts in terms of lyrics, etc. :shrug:

I sure as hell hope so. I feel that with 24 Karat Gold a whole new realm of possibility has opened up for her, a rebirth, if you will. I know the songs are old but her voice coupled with the production are some full of energy and rejeuvenation...she hasn't recorded anything this good in many years.

[QUOTE=louielouie2000;1149878]She'll tour until she's twirling in her motorized wheelchair...



lol.......this comment made my day!

I say yes.

*nod* Plus, she already has a ton of vault songs to still get out. I think if anything she might write 2 or 3 new songs for Mac albums, but her solo albums could focus on vault songs now.

I do see a 24k volume 2. I think this makes for a good follow up. This one can feature her "Rhiannon songs"

I voted yes but I believe it is contingent on Dave Stewart staying in the picture.Love him or hate him for those of us who wanted new music from Stevie he is the catalyst that brought it about.

Just wondering what bearing FM will have on "Solo Stevie"...Will Mick and now Lindsey issuing comments about Stevie's involvement (or not ) with FM recording as a way to put pressure on her work? Or will it backfire and cause Stevie to bail on the Mac and go on solo a recording spree?

I definitely think she intends to. We'll see how that plays out, though.

see my comments in the R2D2 thread in this forum….:nod:

she can finish FM tour Go record songs for Mac. Record 24 KG2. Go on tour and promote both. Then release 2.

I think she will do another album and most likely will stay with the collaboration with Dave Stewart and Waddy will continue to have a greater presence. It would be hard to top 24K but as we know, there are enough songs that we've heard at least, that are as good or better than some on this stellar collection. Songwriting wise, in her most creative era she had both quantity and quality on her side, nowadays it would be wise to focus on quality if she's going to write new material intended for release.

I do worry though about the toll this constant touring will have on her voice as it has shown in the past to be not so kind to her vocals. Although maybe not for this forum, I am really disappointed the Mac chose to tour instead of focusing on the new album first and it's created a lot of awkwardness around 24K and I think will have a negative impact on how that album reaches the mainstream.

I consider her demos as potential new songs, since they are works/work-in-progress, never officially finished or released. She won't be releasing demos; she will be releasing new songs re-fashioned from old demos that were never intended to be heard.

I think of 4 Karat Gold as new songs mined from old demos. Fully fleshed out in the studio with new arrangements, they are new songs, especially from the general public perspective, who had no prior knowledge of them.

Since she has so many other demos with strong potential, I hope she releases Songs from the Vault: Volume 2.

Of course yes - not even a question!

You are right on with that. Dave should be given recognition for lighting a fire under her, inspiring her, and showing her a new way to work. Without him we would not have two new albums in less than 10 year apart. Unprecedented!

I say yes but not for several years ... and if there is a recording company contract.

I don't think she will. She hasn't been shown a bunch of support f0r this album. She delivered a great product but has basically been put out to pasture. She only has 10 reviews on Metacritic which absolutely horrible. The album isn't even being reviewed. I think when an artist puts out an album of high quality, they expect it to do something. Not the record company's fault. She is just not getting much support from the industry or so called fans. By the time fans get done with the album, it will be rated lower than Street Angel on Amazon.

Plus, there will be a Fleetwood Mac album, which means a tour. The album won't go gold. That will be it right there. Stevie already said she is feeling old. Dave is not at her beckon call. I think she enjoys working with him but they are both just getting old. She is not going to quit her career on a low note.

Yes, exactly. No one was saying about TISL when it was released "Oh look, she's only giving us 10 'new' songs and 3 rehashed demos." All tracks were considered new songs even though they were written long ago. To think of 24 Karat Gold as rehashed demos is unfair. It is a new album, of new songs, written in the past, just like much of Bella Donna was written before Tusk, and a majority of In Your Dreams' lyrics were written in Stevie's journals long before Dave ever showed up at her door.

For purposes of this poll, I think it would be interesting to make a distinction between an album of new songs and an album of demos or, the third option, no more albums at all, to see which people think will be most likely.

Michele

Which is why the "vault" marketing this time around was not a good idea. If she does release a new set of demos, she should not subtitle them "songs from the vault" when they will be "new" to a majority of listeners.

Michele

Seeing as it's just been announced the "Self Portrait" showing organized by Dave Stewart has just set a 14 year sales record for the Morrison Gallery I don't think Stevie's letting him get to far away...

I'm with you. Any distinction in her voice in 24 Karat Gold can be attributed to the nontraditional was recorded. Just as you said, the vocals are more pure and less refined. They were going for raw emotion more than perfection. It's a refreshing change, which can catch some people off guard when it wasn't expected.

You make a good point. As KarmaContestant pointed out, Stevie's previous albums have featured a few vault songs, but she never made that distinction obvious (only die-hard fans knew).

If she recorded another album with a mix of a vault songs, along with a few new ones, the general public would never no the difference; however Stevie loves to blab on incessantly about her songs as if they were her children. Songs from the Vault volume 2 is more likely.

I remember in some old interview that she said writes and records a lot of her demos in her bathroom because of the acoustics. Possible alternate album titles:

Songs from the Bathroom
Song from the Restroom
Songs from the Loo
Songs from the Powder Room
Songs from the Water Closet
?

I don't think that has anything to do with it especially because the public loved old Nicks.

Don't understand your point about the public loving Old Nicks. The context?

The point is her old music is the best. The public likes her old stuff.

i don't hear it either :shrug:
but i have been deaf in the left ear for the past 2 weeks nearly with a head cold that wont go away :mad: i've listened on the computer, headphones and iphone. sounds fine.
the true test will be the car when the freaking cd comes


ps i vote YES. and it will be songs from the vault deux :thumbsup:

I'm hoping Stevie gives newer material to the Mac and keeps the old demos for a Vault 2.

But I definitely see her doing another album. Who knows? Maybe once her time in the Mac recording camp is done she'll fly out to Dave and do another quick couple weeks session?

I think so, too. :nod:

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