‘Reconsider Me’ – a hit or not in 1986?

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Christopher

I find her vocal on Reconsider Me to be top-notch. To my ears I can firmly place the vocal in Stevie's 84' to 85 era. When I heard it for the 1st time on the Enchanted box set, It made me long for the vocals of her heyday.
I think the song would have been a hit for Stevie in the mid 80's especially if it were the 1st release....It would have been more of a classic than TTM.

But after Jimmy left the sessions for RAL in 84', the recordings took a very different direction and the release was pushed back a year, I do not see Reconsider Me fitting in very well w/the final RAL release.

I don't think the songs on RAL fit together at all, so what would be the problem with having Reconsider Me on it. To me, RAL is two separate albums—nicely produced pop songs vs a coked out Stevie. You can hear her disenegrate on that album. It's fascinating, but sad. RAL turned her into a singles artist.