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Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart make a good team


Stevie Nicks
By Jules E. Beuck
Published: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:27 PM PDT

Stevie Nicks is best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac.

She has also had quite a solo career as well. This year saw her touring with Rod Stewart and marked the release of a new Stevie Nicks album. The title of the album is “In Your Dreams” and features thirteen tracks.

Nicks’ back-up musicians include Waddy Wachtel on guitar, Dave Stewart guitar, and Mike Campbell (from Tom Petty’s band) guitar and bass. What helps this album the most is the producers. It is co-produced by Glen Ballard and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.

Ballard is well known in the business for his songwriting and producing talents. He has worked with many major artists including Alanis Morissette and Aerosmith.


However, Stewart’s influence is felt much more than Ballard’s. For example, he co-wrote seven of the songs on the album.

The first song on the album and first single “Secret Love” has Stewart’s stamp as it starts and ends as if in the middle. “Ghosts Are Gone” has a Eurhythmics feel to it. It also is a very energetic Rocker.

“In Your Dreams” also has the energy that Stewart brings to his work.

Nicks stated in a number of interviews that writing with Stewart was an eye-opening experience for her.

“I understood why Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote together … because each had something the other didn’t have.”

“For What Its Worth” has nothing to do with the old Buffalo Springfield song. This is a classic Stevie Nicks soft rocker.

“Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)” was inspired by the Twilight movies.

The song “Soldiers Angel” was very important to her. She wrote the lyrics while visiting military in military hospitals.

Nicks brought Lindsey Buckingham in to help with the song. They are the only performers on the song.

According to Nicks, this brought them closer than they had been since “Rumors.” This was closer to how they used to work before joining Fleetwood Mac when they were just Buckingham Nicks.

Nicks said that this is the most fun she has ever had recording an album and it comes out in her singing which is more relaxed than it has sounded in awhile.

They would record for four or five hours, have dinner for about an hour and a half and then go back for two more hours for recording which took place in her own home. She states that when it was over she wanted to cry because she did not want it to end.

“In Your Dreams” is on Reprise Records. It only spent four weeks on the charts but did rise as high as number six. This is an easy album to listen to, whether in the background or if you are giving it your full attention.