about OSOTM - "I just think maybe this album for the average listener was *too* mystical and magical."
I actually heard Stevie say that she thought the album was less mystical like her past albums and more real. I think so too (although I see where you are coming from, because everything Stevie touches ends up magical sounding, I think too). I was, let's see, 18 when it came out. I liked it, and I ate up everything new of SN and FM. But it was not my favorite. The older I get, the more I like it. I used to not like Cry Wolf at all. I thought it was very boring for a Stevie song (although she didn't write it, did she?). But now I really love it. To me, it just seemed like the more experience and wisdom in life I got, the more I like that album. I always loved Long Way To Go, Ooh My Love (maybe my favorite on that album), Fire Burning, Doing the Best I Can, and Juliet. But I felt they could have been done better. I chalk it up to not liking Rupert Hine as a producer that much. Also, I was bummed that Mirror Mirror was not on it. With the whole Other Side Of The Mirror and Alice theme going. I was bummed that her "tradition" of having the title if the album also being the title of the first song on the album.
Oh well.
But I LOVE Street Angel! Kick It, Greta, Blue Denim, Maybe Love, Destiny, Rose Garden - I love it! Go buy it! I mean, by now it must be in the bargain bins or a cheap price. It is so worth that! I bought it full price the day it came out. I love it!
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