OSOTM

wondergirl9847 · #1 06-29-2002, 08:44 PM

I JUST bought OSOTM today (along with John Mayer's Room for Squares) and I am digging it alot!

I love the sound, it's probably now my 2nd favorite solo album, after Bella Donna!

I LOVE Rooms on Fire, Long Way to Go and Ooh My Love the most. Of course, it is from 1989, the 80's RULE!

She's right, it's a magical sounding album!

estranged4life · #2 06-29-2002, 10:23 PM

bought it?..Tsk, Tsk, Tsk...Just kiddin ya...lol...Brian

PS-Its in a tie for my fave Stevie album with "Bella Donna" & "TISL"...

wondergirl9847 · #3 06-29-2002, 10:39 PM

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Originally posted by estranged4life
bought it?..Tsk, Tsk, Tsk...Just kiddin ya...lol...Brian

PS-Its in a tie for my fave Stevie album with "Bella Donna" & "TISL"...

LOL Well, I am one of the resident LINDSEY fans, so I don't rush right out for the Stevie solos right away. I bought RAL first knowing for sure that I would LOVE it because it's so 80's (LOVE THE 80's!!), but I rarely listen to it!

I rarely listen to Wild Heart either, I listen to Bella Donna and TISL the most, they are my two faves, well, were, until I got this OSOTM, now, TISL takes 3rd place. I STILL don't have SA, which I've heard iffy things about, but being an FM/SN fan, I WILL eventually get it, I'm sure. I GOTTA have like...EVERYTHING! LOL

Sorcerer386 · #4 06-29-2002, 10:43 PM

Makes you kind of wonder why the album only spawned one top 20 hit, eh? I mean, imho Two Kinds of Love was not the best selection for a single, but Whole Lotta Trouble was a good choice. I have no idea why the song didn't even chart...although I never remember it being played, my mom says they played it a lot. I just think maybe this album for the average listener was *too* mystical and magical. I remember reading a review that said to buy it only if you liked Bella Donna, Wild Heart, and Rock a Little. It is, to me, like Tusk though...Stevie defined herself as a solo artist, so she went in and did something different -- made an album more about her and less about hits like Lindsey did with Tusk. I mean, it's a good album, just maybe it was a little too much for the average listener. The album itself even charted higher than Rock a Little. It's great that you bought it; it was my favorite Stevie album until TISL came along.

estranged4life · #5 06-29-2002, 10:45 PM

isn't as bad as everyone seems to think...But that's alright, I just bought OSOTM last spring after always passing it up, Ya gotta remember that I'm still a somewhat "metal-head" in music and I get around to different types of music outta boredom...And I also LOVE the 80's...lol...Some much so that I'm thinking of goint to see Poison/Cinderella/Faster Pussycat at the Zoo Amphitheatre in August
...lol...Brian

wondergirl9847 · #6 06-29-2002, 11:01 PM

Poison! How many times have I see their BTM on VH1!? LOL "It was not only the house of whores, it was the house or horrors" LMAO! I love the song, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn"!

I love the 80's because it was a VERY eclectic decade, new wave, pop, heavy metal, country was prominent and there are so many different kinds of rock..soft rock, pop rock, arena rock, hard rock...etc.

I just heard Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" and cranked that sucker up! Also, Kim Wilde's "Keep Me Hangin On", THAT is also a crank it up song!!

Anywho, back to the OSOTM, yep, Sorcerer, she def took a unique direction with this album, and I agree with the whole Tusk comparison, it's very strong lyrically and musically and just a very strong album, I'm loving it!!

ChickenShack · #7 06-30-2002, 01:32 AM

I think OSOTM blows. She's singing half-dead on it! I mean I listen to it every so often but Street Angel is much better to me.

David · #8 06-30-2002, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by ChickenShack
I think OSOTM blows. She's singing half-dead on it! I mean I listen to it every so often but Street Angel is much better to me.

I'm pretty much of the same mind. I prefer "Street Angel" to "Mirror." I think my main problem with "Mirror" is the mix on most of the songs; there's practically no low end in the kick drum on any of these tunes, & Stevie's voice is mixed so tonelessly. It's got no oomph. I would cite Roxy Music's "Avalon" & Thomas Dolby's "Astronauts & Heretics" as examples of very synthy songs (like a lot of "Mirror") that are mixed beautifully & clearly.

Hawkeye · #9 06-30-2002, 02:15 PM

i'm with David and CS. I mean there isn't an album of her's I don't like. "Rooms on Fire", Long Way To Go", and "Doing the Best I can" are the only standouts." There is ALOT of crap on Mirror. Cry Wolf(MY least favorite stevie song), I still miss someone, Two kinds of love(YUCK), Alice, Ghosts. I'll take Street Angel over Mirror any day.

ChickenShack · #10 06-30-2002, 10:05 PM

Sorry--I should have been less harsh and said "sucks" instead of "blows."

Sorcerer386 · #11 06-30-2002, 11:42 PM

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There is ALOT of crap on Mirror. Cry Wolf(MY least favorite stevie song), I still miss someone, Two kinds of love(YUCK), Alice, Ghosts.

pfft!!!

j/k. I agree with I Still Miss Someone, the music at the beginning sounds like clown music. And Two Kinds of Love just doesn't cut it. I agree half way on Alice because the studio take is overdone, but I LOVE the live versions of the song, so therefore I have to say I love the song. As for Cry Wolf and especially Ghosts, you shall be stifled in your mockery! J/k again, but what's wrong with them?

I also agree only in part about Stevie singing half dead. For some reason around this time, to me, Stevie's voice had a lot of power behind it. I think it was because it had lowered, so the notes that used to come easier to her became a lot harder, so she had to put more power behind them. But then, sometimes she does sound a little tired, for example again, in Alice. I can't really think of anywhere else she sounds tired...maybe somewhat in Doing the Best that I Can. But I'm surprised (for some reason) to hear that some fans don't like OSOTM. It's just so...I don't know, Stevie-ish. Mystical, dark, and elusive. Then again, as I've said before, it can be a terrible song and I will like it if I like what the song is about, or even if I like certain lyrics or whatever. OSOTM up for discussion if anyone else wants to chime in!

DrummerDeanna · #12 07-01-2002, 02:55 AM

You know, I never really did get into OSOTM...I like it, but it's not one of my faves...I actually have listened to Street Angel more I think...actually...they're probably about equal...I skip several songs on both of those albums...but would never say that I didn't like the entire album...and someday I may even listen to all the songs I skip all the time...since I really just skip them out of habit now...I may end up liking them...but IMO Street Angel is not that bad....it just takes some getting used to hehe.

Ghosty · #13 07-01-2002, 10:45 AM

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!

rhiannon1119 · #14 07-01-2002, 12:09 PM

I really like OSOTM, although there are some songs that I still like to skip on it. I love the first half of it. Anything after Whole Lotta Trouble I just can't seem to get into. I actually really like Street Angel just a teeny bit better. I also skip fewer songs on it.

Michelle

Bella Figura · #15 07-01-2002, 12:09 PM

I am a big fan of both OTOSM and Street Angel...I actually rank OTOSM higher than Bella Donna on my favs list, but the one thing that bothers me about both albums is the production quality. On OTOSM the record's sound seems toooo quiet/low, it's probably because it was recorded in that big mansion rather than in a studio...and on Street Angel, there's too much post production with too many layers of musical instruments on several of the songs making the vocals sound muffled and strained...