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

[tabruns]

IYD is still her best album ever. Every track is a winner, and I still agree with the reviews that said IYD is the first Nicks solo album to achieve the classic Mac sound.

"Moonlight" ranks up there with Nicks' best songs. "Annabel Lee" and "New Orleans" are right up there too. "Secret Love", "Everybody Loves You", and "Italian Summer" are wonderful. There isn't a bad song on the album.

[Nathan]

I like the instrumental. Makes it grander. The vocal is just about perfection.

Love the jangles in the beginning too.

[PolishStevieFan]

After one year of its official exsistence I must say that "In Your Dreams" is still the most played album in my private collection It's definately the album that I wanted to hear from Stevie at this moment of her career. Solid production, inspiring lyrics, superb vocals and great melodies make this album the strongest effort since "The Other Side of The Mirror". And what's important each listen brings out new elements and aspects of this music. For example in the beginning I wasn't keen on "Ghosts Are Gone" or "You May Be The One" but with time I have learned to appreciate them. The length of some of these songs is not a problem for me. "Annabel Lee" could last for 10 minutes and I would still love every single second of it Right now my favourite tracks include: "For What It's Worth" (definately one of the crowning achievements of Stevie's career), "Secret Love", "In Your Dreams", "Wide Sargasso Sea", "New Orleans" and "Annabel Lee". The only negative thing that can be said concerned with the album is the lack of commercial success.

[holidayroad]

I still listen to it quite a bit. My favorites are still the same: Moonlight, Annabel Lee (wish it was a little shorter), and You May Be the One. I still dislike FWIW. I have tried to like it, but I have no idea what anyone sees in that song. I also still don't care for Ghosts Are Gone.

[Silver Springs]

I listened to it the day I bought it. It hasn't been opened since.

I'm comfortable with my choice.

[greendaze5]

Gawd, has it been a year?! I still LOVE the album!

'Moonlight' has become probably my all time favorite Stevie song, and I just adore the rest of the album - well, except for 'You May Be the One' (boring.... ), and 'Ghosts are Gone' (just alot of noise with lame lyrics).

Also, 'Cheaper than Free' could have been replaced by a stronger and better closing track ('Call On Me For Magic' for instance).

Anyways, I still listen to 'IYD' several times a week.

Oh, I got to see the 'IYD' tour in Saratoga Springs, NY last year, am heading to Boston in July to catch her show there!

[JohnL]

Im still listening to it also. I probably listen to it 60% of the time that I am in my car. My favorites are Secret Love, FWIW, WSS, YMBTO, and Italian Summer. Clunkers for me are Moonlight and Cheaper than Free. Im not a big fan of Ghosts are Gone either. I still love the album though.

[markolas]

I haven't listened to the album in its entirety in a while, but my opinion of it hasn't really changed. I'd still rank it as one of Stevie's top 3 solo albums.

Secret Love, Wide Sargasso Sea, Moonlight, and Annabel Lee are still in frequent iPod rotation. I disagree mightily that there are no "iconic" Stevie songs on this album. Those four I just mentioned are as iconic to me as Rooms on Fire or Edge of Seventeen.

I'm prone to thinking that anyone who would rate FWIW as one of Stevie's worst songs simply has bad taste in music.

[PolishStevieFan]

For me "For What It's Worth", "Annabel Lee", "Wide Sargasso Sea" and "Moonlight" and "Soldier's Angel" are Iconic Stevie's songs. Of course being "iconic" doesn't mean that they are the best. "Moonlight" and "Soldier's Angel" sound iconic to me but are not as good as the others (like "New Orleans" or "In Your Dreams"). "Wide Sargasso Sea" is song of epic proportions and love it so much!

[seekerj]

I'm still listening to it, never stopped, and I still think it's a good album, but I'm still trying to hear the "blood in these tracks". I do hear blood throughout Bella Donna, The Wild Heart, The Other Side Of The Mirror, and Trouble In Shangri-la, and even some in Street Angel.

[jannieC]

I gave my CD to my sister in law, thinking I would buy another one. I didn't, but I downloaded it to my ipod and listened to it again a few days ago after months and months of not hearing it. I so love Moonlight. Annabel Lee, You May Be The One, FWIW, Wide Sargasso Sea, and The Ghosts are Gone are what I listen to the most.

[cliffdweller]

I've gone through phases as to which songs are my favorite. Right now I'm in a "You May Be The One" phase. I just can't get enough of that song for some reason. It's in my head all the time.

Still not a fan of "Everybody Loves You" or "Italian Summer." Those just never grew on me.

[markolas]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Still not a fan of "Everybody Loves You" or "Italian Summer." Those just never grew on me.

ELY is disappointing, because I think it could've been a great song. So close.

I like Italian Summer well enough; I have to be in the right mood for it, but when I'm in that mood, I *must* listen to it.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by vivfox

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

I forgot to mention Moonlight. In the 1990's when I first got Lady From The Mountain, I played it to death, for years and years. You would think I would do the same with Moonlight. But no. It's a very good song but it doesn't make me want to listen to it endlessly.

[markolas]

I know I've said it before, but I love what she ended up doing with Lady from the Mountains. Many of her demos have good aspects to them, but there's usually a clear reason why they never ended up on an album. LFTM was such a song. It's morphing into Moonlight was sheer brilliance, and it's one of her best solo songs.