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Originally Posted by David
Nothing Iovine or Shanks produced or orchestrated for Nicks is anywhere near the inventiveness & quality of GYPSY or DREAMS -- or SEVEN WONDERS, for that matter. Lindsey's well seems to me to have run dry, but there was a time when he perfectly complemented her goofy words & passionate singing.
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I definitely agree with you on "Gypsy"- the proof is there when you listen to the finished FM version vs. the solo versions produced by Iovine, which I think are pretty much unlistenable. And I also agree re: "Dreams," which is so simple in structure that it is incredibly difficult to pull off effectively, yet Lindsey does it. I would add "Sara" to that list as well. As for "Seven Wonders," I suspect this is one of those songs that pretty much came to Lindsey in finished form (e.g., SYW) since it sounds more like a Sandy Stewart song (with it's big brassy synths) than something Lindsey would normally produce.
I'm not sure if the well is dry as much as Lindsey has pretty much decided that he's had it up-to-here with trying to give shape to Stevie's raw material. I'm sure it can be pretty painful for him to sit there sifting through her crudely rendered demos trying to look for the diamond in the rough when everything looks like coal.