Trouble in Shangri-la

[jrpjr]

dont want to piss anybody off...but i think i listened to it once and shelfed it..i think it is waaaayyyy over produced..it sounds nothing like her other material..i mean musically..i love the song lyrics of most of the songs but bella donna, wild heart sound so rough.... they just played, sang and recorded..the way it should be..rock a little got a little "trying to sound like mainstream" OSOTM was like her older stuff..love most of it..although a few odd tracks and i dont think "rooms on fire" was the best choice for a first single..i would have done "ooh my love"..." long way to go" or "ghosts"..."street angel"...a mess..but still some good material on that and i have said before..stevie could sing the "abc's" and "mary had a little lamb" and i would buy it...BUT TISL??? i just think its a weirdly overproduced (by cheryl crow..who i do love as well...but i wish she stayed w/iovine) and lacked the authentic sounding stevie nicks that i have always loved and still do..i am a loyal fan and i accept her wanted to change things...but wat i would do to go back to 1983 and watch her perform..i think that was the best show i ever saw and i probably have seen close to 2000 concerts in my 47 yrs on earth

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by jrpjr

Don't want to piss anybody off...but I think I listened to it once and shelfed it. I think it is waaaayyyy over produced..it sounds nothing like her other material.
TISL??? i just think its a weirdly overproduced. I am 47 yrs old.

My thoughts exactly, but I worded it a bit differently as you can see.

[BombaySapphire3]

"Rooms on Fire" not a good choice for the first single from OSOTM?!IMO it is one of the finest singles of her career and the last significant pop hit single by anyone in the Fleetwood Mac contingent here or in Europe.It should have charted higher than it's Billboard no.16 here but she and the Mac were on their way to a slide by then .As I recall it made number 12 in sales here and someone at Billboard was surprised that the airplay did not keep up with the sales when before she had recieved massive airplay .

[wheart]

Originally Posted by jrpjr

dont want to piss anybody off...but i think i listened to it once and shelfed it..i think it is waaaayyyy over produced..it sounds nothing like her other material..i mean musically..i love the song lyrics of most of the songs but bella donna, wild heart sound so rough.... they just played, sang and recorded..the way it should be..rock a little got a little "trying to sound like mainstream" OSOTM was like her older stuff..love most of it..although a few odd tracks and i dont think "rooms on fire" was the best choice for a first single..i would have done "ooh my love"..." long way to go" or "ghosts"..."street angel"...a mess..but still some good material on that and i have said before..stevie could sing the "abc's" and "mary had a little lamb" and i would buy it...BUT TISL??? i just think its a weirdly overproduced (by cheryl crow..who i do love as well...but i wish she stayed w/iovine) and lacked the authentic sounding stevie nicks that i have always loved and still do..i am a loyal fan and i accept her wanted to change things...but wat i would do to go back to 1983 and watch her perform..i think that was the best show i ever saw and i probably have seen close to 2000 concerts in my 47 yrs on earth

I agree. The songs are all strong but I with the exception of Love Changes and Love Is, the production is very heavy handed. And as I've said before, her voice doesn't sound all that great on most of the tracks...it sounds far better on the demos. I like TISL but it's certainlty not one of my favs and I really need to be in the mood to listen to it. I wish David Khane would have produced the whole record...I love his work on Love Changes.

[GypsySorcerer]

Overall, I think TISL is pretty great, a few notches below Bella Donna and The Wild Heart. The title track is one of the best songs she's ever written. "It's Only Love" is one of the best vocals she's produced in recent years. The duds are Love Changes, That Made Me Stronger, and Every Day.

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by wheart

I agree. The songs are all strong but I with the exception of Love Changes and Love Is, the production is very heavy handed.

Yup. Eleven different studios were used in recording this album, by seven different producers (not including the person who actually produced "Bombay Sapphire", who was bought out and literally expunged from the record). My legitimate beefs with Kahne aside, there's still a legit reason why Kahne named himself Executive Producer for this album.

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Yup. Eleven different studios were used in recording this album, by seven different producers (not including the person who actually produced "Bombay Sapphire", who was bought out and literally expunged from the record). My legitimate beefs with Kahne aside, there's still a legit reason why Kahne named himself Executive Producer for this album.

I didn't know about this, what happened? Bombay Sapphires isn't actually my favourite track on the album butit's pretty good. The only one I'm really not keen on is That Made Me Stronger.

[seekerj]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Yup. Eleven different studios were used in recording this album, by seven different producers (not including the person who actually produced "Bombay Sapphire", who was bought out and literally expunged from the record). My legitimate beefs with Kahne aside, there's still a legit reason why Kahne named himself Executive Producer for this album.

WHAT?

Can you please provide details?

[nailatixela]

Originally Posted by seekerj

WHAT?

Can you please provide details?

Stevie produced Bombay Sapphires.

[~GoldDustWoman~]

I also like TMMS, and I like Everday also.

[chriskisn]

Well personally I thought it was one of her better albums, beaten perhaps only by Bella Donna. Lots of people saying that The Wild Heart was better, though that is one of my least favourites of her releases. Then again, I'm a fan of TOSOTM so that just says it all....

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by chriskisn

Well personally I thought it was one of her better albums, beaten perhaps only by Bella Donna. Lots of people saying that The Wild Heart was better, though that is one of my least favourites of her releases. Then again, I'm a fan of TOSOTM so that just says it all....

Yes, if I don't put it #1, I would place it #2 behind Wild Heart. But it could be #1. I guess it depends on what day you ask. TISL took awhile to grow on me though, but grow it did.

Michele