Favorite Stevie songs (2011 update!!!!)

tbaker3 · #1 04-27-2011, 10:18 PM

So now that we've heard the new album, are any of the new songs bumping any older songs off your personal favorites list?

Musicman408 · #2 04-27-2011, 10:24 PM

I think I need at least 24 hours to digest this. Because right now this is the BEST thing she's ever done!!!

CreepingDeath · #3 04-27-2011, 10:27 PM

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I think I need at least 24 hours to digest this. Because right now this is the BEST thing she's ever done!!!

That's how I feel. This damn thing is surpassing most of her work for me. Maybe I'll feel different later but right now I. AM. IN. LOVE.

tabruns · #4 04-27-2011, 10:31 PM

Counting both Mac and solo? I'd have to say:

1. Thrown Down
2. Moonlight
3. Rooms On Fire
4. Silver Springs
5. Planets of the Universe
6. Gypsy
7. Stand Back
8. Sara
9. Rhiannon
10. Dreams

That's just a top 10, so "Moonlight" clearly made the cut. The thing is that if I went farther down, a lot of the songs on In Your Dreams would rank higher than songs from Nicks' other solo albums and higher than Mac's later albums (after Mirage).

tbaker3 · #5 04-27-2011, 10:32 PM

I also wonder. When TISL came out, was "this is her best work" the general feeling?

tabruns · #6 04-27-2011, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

I also wonder. When TISL came out, was "this is her best work" the general feeling?

Well I know that critically (and by Nicks' own estimation) Trouble In Shangri-La *was* considered her best work since Bella Donna. And I think that estimation is largely correct.

People definitely have emotional attachments to The Wild Heart and Rock A Little which are valid. I think in terms of a consistently good album though, it's true that Trouble In Shangri-La was a return to form for Nicks and that's why it was highly rated.

In Your Dreams doesn't mean that assessment was wrong. It just means that Nicks has reached an even better level which meets (and in my opinion *beats*) Bella Donna which is widely considered her one classic album.

mezzoforte · #7 04-27-2011, 10:37 PM

I'm not in any state to make a list (the Stevie high will go on for a while yet), but yeah, this will majorly change the ranking. I think Moonlight might very well be my favorite of her solo tracks ever (Twilight?

), and FWIW and WSS are entering the top ten list. Beyond that, I have no idea

tabruns · #8 04-27-2011, 10:38 PM

At this point, I would rate her solo albums like so:

1. In Your Dreams - 5 stars, classic
2. Bella Donna - 5 stars, classic
3. Trouble In Shangri-La - 4 1/2 stars, excellent album
4. The Other Side of the Mirror - 4 stars
5. Rock A Little - 3 1/2 stars
6. The Wild Heart - 3 stars
7. Street Angel - 2 stars, the only "average" Nicks album

tabruns · #9 04-27-2011, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mezzoforte

I'm not in any state to make a list (the Stevie high will go on for a while yet

), but yeah, this will majorly change the ranking. I think Moonlight might very well be my favorite of her solo tracks ever (Twilight?

), and FWIW and WSS are entering the top ten list. Beyond that, I have no idea

Good point. "For What It's Worth" has real potential to become a total fan favorite.

tbaker3 · #10 04-27-2011, 10:39 PM

Well yeah. I know that no one could have predicted IYD. But it seems like TISL still ranks mid range among her other works during recent polls. I'm just curious if it ranked high and after a few years fizzled out among fans and people switched back into "classic mode" as far as their favorites go.

tbaker3 · #11 04-27-2011, 10:42 PM

ohhhh, Annabel Lee is just nearing the end. I LOVE how it turned out. This and Moonlight are poised to be new favorites of mine... and I still have 5 songs to go...

tabruns · #12 04-27-2011, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

Well yeah. I know that no one could have predicted IYD. But it seems like TISL still ranks mid range among her other works during recent polls. I'm just curious if it ranked high and after a few years fizzled out among fans and people switched back into "classic mode" as far as their favorites go.

I think that's somewhat true among fans....people do react really favorably (usually) to something new. Although I would say that In Your Dreams is getting a much more "mind blowing" reaction than usual. Trouble In Shangri-La definitely got better critical ratings than every other Nicks album except Bella Donna when it came out, so I think objectively that that meant something.

Honestly I think sometimes people let album sales affect their judgement. Trouble In Shangri-La hasn't gone platinum like Nicks' first 4 albums did so some people "re-assess" which I think is BS. A good album is a good album regardless of whether it sells.

Among Trouble In Shangri-La's tracks, I think "Trouble In Shangri-La", "Planets of the Universe", "Bombay Sapphires", "Love Is", "I Miss You", "Fall From Grace" and "Sorcerer" are all still excellent tracks. "Candlebright", "Too Far From Texas", "Love Changes" and "Every Day" are still good ones. "That Made Me Stronger" is still a decent track. "It's Only Love" has never grown on me.

markolas · #13 04-27-2011, 10:55 PM

It'll probably be a few months before I can put these new songs up against the others and see if any of them are new favorites. I will say that I love Moonlight & Annabel Lee, tho.

Like I've said elsewhere, nothing's gonna beat Bella Donna for me. That album is just so cohesive and seamless, like none of her other solo albums, and it has such a mystical quality to it. Rock a Little is my second favorite, and I'm willing to say that In Your Dreams is tied with that one, unseating TISL.

TISL is still a damn good album, but it's got a couple of clunkers. I don't hear any clunkers on IYD, just like I don't hear any on BD or RAL.

jrpjr · #14 04-27-2011, 10:58 PM

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So now that we've heard the new album, are any of the new songs bumping any older songs off your personal favorites list?

Not nec. "bumping" but adding to the fav's..."moonlight" and "italian summer"..probably in the top 5 of my favorites....moonlight is like her "classic/prime" writing..and italian summer sounds so different but MY GOD..she does it beautifully..its like a rebirth for her..i think its the most eunique songs she ever done..yet its so "stevie"...cant explain it...LOVE IT!!

tbaker3 · #15 04-27-2011, 11:06 PM

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It'll probably be a few months before I can put these new songs up against the others and see if any of them are new favorites. I will say that I love Moonlight & Annabel Lee, tho.

Like I've said elsewhere, nothing's gonna beat Bella Donna for me. That album is just so cohesive and seamless, like none of her other solo albums, and it has such a mystical quality to it. Rock a Little is my second favorite, and I'm willing to say that In Your Dreams is tied with that one, unseating TISL.

TISL is still a damn good album, but it's got a couple of clunkers. I don't hear any clunkers on IYD, just like I don't hear any on BD or RAL.

Is this a decision you made before even hearing the album? It's just an observation that I've made recently, that fans WANT BD to be their favorite, so they don't even give the new stuff the chance it deserves, you know?

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Not nec. "bumping" but adding to the fav's..."moonlight" and "italian summer"..probably in the top 5 of my favorites....moonlight is like her "classic/prime" writing..and italian summer sounds so different but MY GOD..she does it beautifully..its like a rebirth for her..i think its the most eunique songs she ever done..yet its so "stevie"...cant explain it...LOVE IT!!

Italian Summer just started. I can die happy now.