Street Angel- things I didn’t know

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Originally Posted by Villavic

I always wondered if Stevie hadn't been addicted that year, and produced the album with a different producer (like Jimmy Iovine, etc.), how Street Angel would have been like.

Interesting question. I feel like, after TOSOTM, Stevie may have lost some of her standing or power with her pals at Modern Records, because I suspect Glyn Johns was not her choice to produce Street Angel. Jimmy Iovine would have said no; none of the other producers on RAL really made an impact; and Rupert Hine probably wasn’t an option for personal reasons.

Patrick Leonard, who produced a lot of Madonna’s songs from True Blue and Like a Prayer (not to mention the two incredible Christine McVie songs from the FM box set) would have been a really intriguing choice for Street Angel. A lot less country and a lot more pop and adult contemporary material for sure. Slicker production as well. The only question would have been if they would have been a good match.