Stevie's vocals

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Originally Posted by sorcerer999

But she had already been to rehab and kicked cocaine before she started recording "TITN". Hence, "Welcome To The Room, Sara", which was about her experience at Betty Ford.

While her contributions to this album were lackluster, I think her vocals (with the exception of those few hundred "whassamatta babys") were just fine. Weathered and raspy due to the excesses of the few years prior, but just fine. I love her vocals on "Seven Wonders" and back ups on "Little Lies".

Wasn't her Seven Wonders vocal recorded before rehab, though? Either way, there's no doubt her voice was still very much "coke stained" on Tango. It was raspier & looser than the albums that came later, when her voice must have recovered (to a degree). Just compare Seven Wonders to The Second Time, for instance. The cocaine rasp is fully gone on The Second Time, as is her vocal flexibility, which is a byproduct.