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

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

It went platinum after the Dance, just like Street Angel went Gold and Timespace went Platinum. That was all about The Dance. It wouldn't of happened without the Dance. And Stevie, not going Platinum in 1989 was a lot more devasting than not reaching Gold status with Street Angel. She just came off Tango. The album charted higher than RAL because 1985 and 86 was a lot more competive than 1989 and she came off of Tango. She should of managed to go platinum. Bad word of mouth and no singles killed it. RS suddenly gives Stevie one more good rating (TISL) AFTER THE DANCE. After Sheryl Crow, Coutney Love come out in her defense... Oh and by the way critic darling Sheryl Crown and John Shanks are producing the album. Bah.

Yeah, I have re-evaluated TOSOTM and it still sucks.

I have to debate how you're interpreting this though Jondalar. How do we know that TOSOTM, SA and TS weren't simply certified at that time? As you know, albums are only certified when a record company pays for them to be certified. They may have passed their respective sales plateaus prior to this and all just got certified post-Dance due to that's when Modern Records decided to certify them (and it was prior to Enchanted, so it could have been some pre-pub for that box set).

I don't have any proof of this. I'm only suggesting it as a possibility because if The Dance did spike Nicks sales then why weren't her better selling catalog albums Bella Donna and The Wild Heart also further certified after The Dance? Why would it have been her less well-known albums that got the sales spike? There was nothing to gravitate people towards those albums in particular.

I agree with you that TOSOTM sold slower than her previous 3 albums had. Actually every Nicks album sold slower than its predecessor until TISL. I also agree that TOSOTM only had 1 hit, but then again this was part of a general trend as well: BD had 2 top 10s, 1 top 20 and 1 top 40, TWH had 1 top 10, 1 top 20, and 1 top 40, RAL had 1 top 10 and 1 top 20, TOSOTM had 1 top 20, and SA didn't have any top 40 at all. Each album declined in album sales and each album sold less than the one before it.