One year of In Your Dreams; how is it holding up?

[Jondalar]

Dave is finding a distributor for Stevie's documentary right now. We are going to to get it.

[chriskisn]

I haven't listened to it since it was first released...

[MacMan]

Still holds up for me... Great album! If it's the last full length solo album we get from her, she ended on a high note.

There should have been a remix single on one of these tunes put out there.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by chriskisn

I haven't listened to it since it was first released...

well that means you will be listening to it fresh -- time to break it out

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by mikephxaz

I still love the cd. FWIW will go down as one of my favorite Stevie songs. The cd is strong and Stevie should be proud. Cheaper than free and Everybody loves you will always be my least favorite. Most disappointing closing song on ANY Stevie album....yes, even worse than Jane. Still yet. I love in your dreams!

See? I lump For What It's Worth as one of the worst Stevie tracks along side Jane... but Everybody Loves You is one of the highlights of the album to me. I guess that's the great thing about Stevie... her solo works contain such a potpourri of styles that there's something for everyone.

Otherwise we agree: I still very much enjoy the album 1 year on. I still think quality wise, it's amongst her best solo works... which in my book are Bella Donna & Rock A Little. While there aren't any terribly iconic songs on In Your Dreams, I still think it's a fantastic album. It's meant to be listened to as a whole. Which is why I pretty much always listen to the full thing without skipping any tracks... every piece of the puzzle helps create the beautiful big picture.

[MacFan92]

Does anyone have the single edits? I haven't heard them. Also, I wonder if she'll go for a dance remix on this album like she did with Planets of the Universe?

[TrueFaith77]

Ghosts Are Gone is the only long song that needs to be that long. That ending is transcendent.

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

See? I lump For What It's Worth as one of the worst Stevie tracks along side Jane... but Everybody Loves You is one of the highlights of the album to me. I guess that's the great thing about Stevie... her solo works contain such a potpourri of styles that there's something for everyone.

Otherwise we agree: I still very much enjoy the album 1 year on. I still think quality wise, it's amongst her best solo works... which in my book are Bella Donna & Rock A Little. While there aren't any terribly iconic songs on In Your Dreams, I still think it's a fantastic album. It's meant to be listened to as a whole. Which is why I pretty much always listen to the full thing without skipping any tracks... every piece of the puzzle helps create the beautiful big picture.

I firmly agree that FWIW ruins the album, and that ELY is among her all-time best. And that there are no standout jaw-droppers here. To me the album is polished flat and hard, without the typical Stevie excesses or self-indulgencies. There is no BATB, EO17, HAEWAFY, Love Is, TISL on this album. Therefore, to me it is great to have a new solo work after 10 years, but it doesn't touch me like some others have.

[Nathan]

I still love it.
Cheaper Than Free video is incredible. Can't wait to see what they've done in the documentary with Annabel Lee.

A year later,

Songs I skip:

Wide Sargossa Sea
New Orleans
Soldiers Angel
You May Be The One
Italian Summer

Listen to:

FWIW
In Your Dreams
Annabel Lee
My Heart
Everybody Loves You
Cheaper Than Free

[michelej1]

I think that Cheaper Than Free is the saboteur. But coming at the end as it does, if I skip it (and I don't always) I don't ruin the album experience at all. I still here the collective.

The album still holds up for me, but I don't overplay it. I played it when it first came out and then I backed off, so it comes as a revelation when I return to it. Michele

[Macfanforever]

Sorry Hahahahaa. Cheaper Then Free and FWIW are my faves. As everybody knows here that I'm a big country music fan.But I have to say all the tunes on IYD are great.There's no bad apples on IYD .

[vivfox]

About once a month I listen to Wide Sargasso Sea,New Orleans,Soldiers Angel & Annabel Lee, and then I pop out the CD.

[J.Miller]

I listen to it occasionally late at night on the iPad with the earphones on. Most of the time I play nearly all of the songs picking them out one at a time. Annabel Lee is still my favorite even though it is a bit over the top but it is still pure Stevie.

[tothegypsy]

I've started skipping Wide Sargasso Sea. It started to feel a little grating after awhile.

I still feel that New Orleans and Soldier's Angel are well-intentioned in their lyrics, but not good as actual songs. I've warmed to the live performances of Soldier's Angel though.

[David]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

I still really like this album. I feel that some of the songs are a little too long, but I really the songs and her voice.

I like shorter pop songs, too.

My favorite last year was "Annabel Lee," and that is still, by far, my favorite. The words are wonderful, the melody is great, and the sound is classic Fleetwood Mac.

Waddy Wachtel's 10-second instrumental bridge is pointless and unimpressive. It should have been hatcheted.