Rock A Little not holding up so well

[Macfan4life]

I have the same opinion of Rock A Little from 1985 to today. I could not have been a bigger Stevie Nicks fan than when I was 15 and waiting for the album's "forever" release. I remember reading a Rolling Stone article in 1984 that said Stevie was putting her finishing touches on her album to shortly be released. Even though I was under the Stevie spell I could not help but be disappointed. Talk to me was a dud IMHO and clearly was a pop song given to her and there were no catchy beats. I loved I Cant Wait but the synch percussion was a bit too much even for 1985. While there are some good numbers like The Nightmare, Imperial Hotel, No Spoken Word, and HAWAFU, her vocals were weak and almost unheard on Rock A Little. Sister Honey was just too funky for a rock goddess. For the first time rock stations put Stevie on the back burner since RAL was considered more pop than rock.
Rock A Little is the ONLY Stevie album I don't have on CD. I had the album but never cared to get the CD. The demos from this era are better than the songs. Too many of them seem rushed when Jimmy Iovine walked out......sort of like....what do we do now.....quick get someone to write some songs and put the computer to do the drum track and get something on the album. I hated to see Stevie embrace the cheezy 80's sound. Just one year prior to Rock A Little being released the rock stations were playing Violet and Blue..... a good rocker so I had such high hope for a great rock album and sadly its an average pop album at best.