The Other Side Of The Mirror - A Re-Evaluation?

[louielouie2000]

I've always called OSOTM a "mood album"... I really have to be in the mood to hear it! There are quite a few aspects of the album I do truly like, though. It's the closest thing Stevie's ever done to a concept album (and I do love a concept album!). Because of that, you might even be able to call OSOTM her most consistent work. I really do go back and forth on what I think of the theme of the album, though. Being a Stevie fan, of COURSE I adore the mysticism this album heaps on. But there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. In that aspect, it almost comes across as cliche and unimaginative. Like I started out with, when I'm in the mood to hear this album, nothing's better. But most of the time it's just a bit too over the top in it's ultra concentrated Stevieness for me. I love the album, but I just have to take it in small doses, spread very far apart.