Trouble In Shangri La favourite song!

[UndoingTheLaces]

I can't bitch about you not putting I Miss You in the list because you cannot possibly put everyone's favorites when you have to narrow a list down. I have to say that it's one of my favorites for a personal reason. I used to have this friend, Justin, who was my roommate when I lived in Pittsburgh. He was so level headed and was great at helping me make important decisions and giving advice "as only he could explain it to me". He eventually moved away to New York and I to LA. I still keep in touch but since we are not in constant touch things have changed. And everytime I hear that song I think of him.

[markolas]

Haha, I'm the only person who voted for Candlebright.

[SapphireSister]

I've come to a realization about TISL. Although I often refer to it as my favorite album I dislike narly half the songs on there . I think I do this because of the songs I do like I LOVE them so much and several of them are on my top 10 list of favorite Stevie songs. Here's the album for me.

Songs I love:
Fall from Grace
Love Is
Bombay Sapphires
Candlebright
TISL

Songs I really like, but not love:
Sorcerer
Love Changes
Planets of the Universe (although lyrically it's a love)

Songs I don't like:
I miss you
TFFT
It's only Love
That made me Stronger
Every Day

I'm not sure how an album with 5 songs I don't like could be my favorite but it must be because the rest makes up for it. Hope that makes sense.

[amber]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

I'm not sure how an album with 5 songs I don't like could be my favorite but it must be because the rest makes up for it. Hope that makes sense.

No, that totally makes sense. I have favorite albums, too, but honestly I like almost the same number of songs on each album.

[David]

Originally Posted by amber

No, that totally makes sense. I have favorite albums, too, but honestly I like almost the same number of songs on each album.

Yeah, I like all the albums about the same...in terms of songwriting. They're all about equal to me. So I next decide whether I like the album based on whether I like the SOUND of it.

[nightbird89]

Gotta say Love Is, although it changes about every five minutes. Just because i love the lyrics and tune. but i miss you is right up there with it.

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by David

Yeah, I like all the albums about the same...in terms of songwriting. They're all about equal to me. So I next decide whether I like the album based on whether I like the SOUND of it.

All her albums have songs I like and songs I dislike (some more than others) but surprisingly I like every song on RAL. That's the only album where I can say there's not one song I dislike (although ISFTT comes close to a dislike).

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by David

Yeah, I like all the albums about the same...in terms of songwriting.

In that case why don't you base it upon how sexy Stevie looks on the cover .

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by sparky

TOSOTM has more vocal gymnastics ? I would say that LWTG is maybe a front handspring, but other than that, it is a record of basically front somersaults, and at times, egg rolls. The vocals sound like they were recorded while she was in bed. On a four Klonipin day.

TISL at least has the "never thought we'd ever hear it again" falsetto, some wailing in the title track, and the back handspring and twist of FFG. I am not sure I agree with your assessment, Frank.

Tell it like it is sparky! TISL ROCKS!

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by nightbird89

Gotta say Love Is, although it changes about every five minutes. Just because i love the lyrics and tune. but i miss you is right up there with it.

I MISS YOU - Love that song!!!

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

But didn't she start writing for TISL after the dance tour which would make it 98-99? When did she meet with Tom Petty when he told her to write her songs herself (and if only she didn't write a song about that!)?
Edit: I think you may be right. I found this quote from Stevie:

If she had a bad couple of years maybe Tom was referring to the Street Angel period and maybe she started writing TISL before The Dance and then the whole Dance thing happenned so it got delayed a couple of years. So the question is did she start writing for TISL pre-The Dance or post The Dance (the newer songs of course)? That will answer the question of when the Love Is demo is from.

TISL was a 7 year process. It went through a few incarnations before it got handed over to Sheryl Crow..(who also did not know what to do with FFG & TISL..hence John Shanks.) It started with Dallas Austin as the original producer in 95. Stevie started writing after SA Tour ended in 94. The first 2 songs written were Love Is & TISL. Stevie & Lindsay put off there solo projects to do The Dance. Then after the Tour..Stevie finished up Enchanted went back to work on TISL..the released it.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by skcin

TISL without a doubt, with It's Only Love a close second.

When I first heard TISL I nearly cried. I thought it was absolutely fantastic. So much emotion in the tune, it's really dark. The lyrics are just gorgeous & so descriptive. I thought to myself "she's back, baby!"

It's Only Love is one of her best vocals, so fragile & vulnerable.

Ditto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by sparky

TOSOTM has more vocal gymnastics ? I would say that LWTG is maybe a front handspring, but other than that, it is a record of basically front somersaults, and at times, egg rolls. The vocals sound like they were recorded while she was in bed. On a four Klonipin day.

TISL at least has the "never thought we'd ever hear it again" falsetto, some wailing in the title track, and the back handspring and twist of FFG. I am not sure I agree with your assessment, Frank.

and her voice positively dances when she sings "some days lonely is the only" and IMO during the rest of that song.

TISL is not my fav. record of hers because I think in many tracks her voice is heavily produced and the vocal tracks are not as good as the demos (see Love Is, BS, TISL (though that final cut is still amazing) . However, the record as a whole is very good IMO.

[jwd]

Where's all the love for TFFT?!

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

However, the record as a whole is very good IMO.

The entire package shows a certain care & commitment to quality in presentation, layout, &c., that were heartening because there was a growing sense that the physical residue of Stevie's career (& even Fleetwood Mac's career) was showing signs of unkemptness.

The engineering, too, is high-quality on TISL; it rivals the work Shelly Yakus used to do for Stevie (where levels blend seamlessly from one track to the next & there are no aural jolts or quantum chasms).