"The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks"
 

Eep, sorry if there's another thread like this. I didn't see one, but I apologize if there is one already. :sorry:

Since Stevie's never released a "Best of" that merges her work with Fleetwood Mac and her Solo work, I thought it would be fun to create a dream CD xD

To make it easier, you have to pick 15 songs from Fleetwood Mac with Stevie on lead, and 15 songs from her solo career. No demos, no live performances, no unreleased stuffs. Which songs would you pick?

I'd go wiiiith -

1) Rhiannon
2) Landslide
3) Dreams
4) Silver Springs (Chain boxset version)
5) The Chain
6) Gold Dust Woman
7) Sara
8) Sisters of The Moon
9) Beautiful Child
10) Gypsy
11) Seven Wonders
12) Thrown Down
13) Running Through The Garden
14) Everybody Finds Out
15) No Questions Asked
16) Kind Of Woman
17) How Still My Love
18) Edge of Seventeen
19) Outside The Rain
20) Wild Heart
21) Stand Back
22) If Anyone Falls
23) Beauty And The Beast
24) Talk To Me
25) I Can’t Wait
26) Rooms on Fire
27) Whole Lotta Trouble
28) Greta
29) Trouble In Shangri-La
30) Fall From Grace

I'd shuffle them up a bit, probably start with The Chain and end with Beauty and The Beast. I just went in a chronological order. xD

I actually made a 2 CD set of this concept that you have a few years ago - had CD artwork made for it too - but it was on my old pc that crashed - fortunately I think I still have the artwork saved on a CD - but I'm not going outside now to get it - we have 2 feet of snow on the ground. Will post it when I'm able to get it.

Travis

Dreams
Rhiannon
Landslide
Gold Dust Woman
Crystal
I Don't Wanna Know
Silver Springs
Crying in the Night
Races are Run
Sara
Beautiful Child
Storms
Sisters of the Moon
Leather and Lace
Edge of Seventeen
After the Glitter Fades
Stop Dragging My Heart Around
Outside the Rain
Kinda Woman
Bella Donna
Whenever I Call You Friend
Stand Back
If Anyone Falls
Nightbird
Sable on Blond
The Wild Heart
Gypsy
That's Alright
Talk to Me
I Can't Wait
Has Anyone Written
If I were You
Seven Wonders
Rooms on Fire
Juliet
Destiny
Greta
If You Ever Did Believe
Trouble in Shangri La
Planets of the Universe
Candlebright
I Miss You
Smile at you
Destiny Rules
Say You Will
Beauty and the Beast (Soundstage)
How Still My Love (Soundstage)
Sleeping Angel
Golden Braid
Three Birds of Rhiannon

(I cannot put Thrown Down or Illume on the list because of what she did to the lyrics.)

My dream CD would be mix of live performances from all eras and also of studio versions of songs from all eras, maybe a few demos too.

Something like this:
1) Alice (studio)
2) Beautiful Child (Live in Boston ´04)
3) Beauty and the Beast (Live in Houston ´89)
4) Blue Denim (video version)
5) Desert angel (studio)
6) Dreams (Red Rocks ´86)
7) Edge of Seventeen (Soundstage)
8) Every day (studio)
9) Fall From Grace (Blockbuster Awards)
10) Freedom (studio)
11) God´s Garden (studio)
12) Gold Dust Woman (live from Unleashed tour)
13) Gypsy (The Dance)
14) Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You (Storytellers ´98)
15) I Can´t Wait (extended remix)
16) I Need To Know (live with Tom Petty from 2005)
17) If Anyone Falls (studio)
18) Love Is Like a River (studio)
19) Love´s a Hard Game to Play (studio)
20) Mirror Mirror (studio)
21) No Question Asked (studio)
22) Nothing ever changes (studio)
23) Planets of the Universe (extended remix)
24) Rhiannon (live from tour in 1975/76)
25) Rooms on Fire (studio)
26) Running Through The Garden (studio)
27) Sara (studio)
28) Seven Wonders (live in Koblenz, ´88)
29) Silver Springs (live in Boston ´04)
30) Sisters of the Moon (live Mirage video)
31) Sometimes It´s a Bitch (studio)
32) Stand Back (live in Arsenio hall ´91)
33) Stop Draggin´my Heart around (live with Tom Petty in 2005)
34) Talk To Me (Red Rocks ´86)
35) Thousand Days (studio)
36) Trouble in Shangri-la (studio)
37) Whole Lotta Trouble (live in Houston ´89, also the same is video version)

Well... 37 songs, that´s only 7 more I could pick :).
And lets see, I picked 26 songs from her solo career and only 11 songs with FM... well I like her solo work much more.

This is just compilation of my most favourite Stevie´s stuff.

70s-86 for disc 1
Rhiannon
Long Distance Winner
Landslide
Dreams
Gold Dust Woman
Garbo
Sara
Stop Dragging My Heart Around
Bella Donna
Outside The Rain
Gypsy
Edge Of Seventeen
Sisters Of The Moon (Crazy tongues version)
Stand Back
Sable On Blond
Nightbird
I Can't Wait
Talk To Me
HAEWAFY

86 to now disc 2
Seven Wonders
Rooms On Fire
Blue Denim
Battle Of The Dragon
Sleeping Angel
Silver Springs (The Dance)
Sweet Girl (The Dance)
If You Ever Did Believe
Fall From Grace
Planets Of The Universe (Extended Version)
Thrown Down
Destiny Rules
Illume
Beautiful Child (LIB)
Goodbye Baby (LIB)
I Need To Know (some fantastic recent boot)
Rock N Roll (from Crystal Visions?)
How Still My Love (Soundstage)
Beauty And The Beast (Soundstage)

Is the goal to choose the 30 songs we think are her best, or to choose the 30 songs we'd market to the public? What I like is different from what would chart with the general public.

- Jake

So did I, and I'll submit my tracklisting tomorrow for everyone's consideration., I'm rushing out now...

By the way, are we not counting Crystal Visions as a best of? It has solo/Mac stuff on it but personally I think the tracklisting sucks so I'm fine with that! I only bought it for the dvd.

I didnt any of this. I choose my most favourite. That´s not the same with "I think these are best". I agree with that some of my favourite songs aren´t her best.

There is a terrifying lack of Fireflies in this thread!

Disc 1 - Fleetwood Mac

1. Rhiannon
2. Gypsy
3. Landslide
4. Dreams
5. Storms
6. Seven Wonders
7. Thrown Down
8. Sara
9. Silver Springs
10. Sisters Of The Moon
11. That's Alright
12. Running Through The Garden
13. Angel
14. Everybody Finds Out
15. Destiny Rules
16. Goodbye Baby
17. Gold Dust Woman


Solo

1. Stand Back
2. Stop Draggin My Heart Around
3. Rooms On Fire
4. Leather And Lace
5. Enchanted
6. I Can't Wait
7. Too Far From Texas (controversial!)
8. How Still My Love
9. If Anyone Falls
10. Think About It
11. Blue Denim
12. After The Glitter Fades
13. Sorcerer
14. Crash Into Me
15. Fall From Grace
16. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You
17. Beauty And The Beast (from Soundstage)
18. Edge Of Seventeen

1. Crying In The Night
2. Fall From Grace (SS)
3. If You Ever Did Believe
4. Rhiannon (Midnight Special, or Crystal Visions)
5. Stop Draggin'
6. Gypsy (Extended "The Chain" boxset version)
7. Storms
8. Landslide (Dance, or SS Orchestra)
9. Dreams (from "Live" album)
10. Silver Springs
11. Sara (something from Unleashed, maybe SS)
12. Sorcerer
13. Gold Dust Woman (Unleashed, or album)
14. Stand Back
15. Leather and Lace

1. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You? (Re-recorded)
2. That Katrina Song (forget the name)
3. Beautiful Child
4. Crystal (Practical Magic)
5. Races Are Run
6. I Need To Know (TP concert)
7. After The Glitter Fades
8. Planets (Extended)
9. Bombay Sapphires
10. Crash Into Me
11. Insider
12. If Anyone Falls
13. Circle Dance
14. Rooms On Fire
15. Edge (SS)



I shall dream.