Best Stevie Nicks Solo Album

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Originally Posted by Travis

As Keith said to me in another topic, it really is so interesting to see how fans are split right down the middle on certain albums and songs. the album that I really have enjoyed the most from start to finish was and still is "Rock A Little." I have called it my favorite for the past few years now. Some critics have called it the commercial and creative peak, and the fact that she had reached such a bad point with her drug use at the time, the only place to go after RAL was detox. I guess it's the DJ in me that finds RAL to be the closest thing to a party album that we'll ever get from her. I find it her most energetic and electrifying album to date and the best one to jam to in the car (my favorite place to listen to music). It also has some of her most emotional vocals ever. And the cosmic eternal ending on "Has Anyone Ever Written ...." just beautiful. I love RAL.

Finally... someone else who gets it! Rock A Little is easily her most listenable solo album. There may be other albums which have some stronger individual songs on them; there are also other albums with far worse individual songs, too. But Rock A Little is just consistent- something you NEVER get from a Stevie album. It's the only Stevie album I can put on from start to finish and not hit the skip button. There aren't any bad songs on it, nor are there any dead spots.

To those who scream Rock A Little is so dated, go listen to some current pop & indie music. So many current bands from Haim to Phoenix and dozens of others channel that mid 80s sound into music these days. What's old is new again.