Reflections.... the best of Stevie Nicks

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Any new "best of" is bound to rehash parts of 'Timespace' and 'Enchanted.'
There's no way around it. Just as recent "best of" compilations by REM, Tom Petty, Springsteen, Heart, Bowie, Mellencamp, Aerosmith, Blondie, and so on, all rehashed parts of their previously released compilations.

There are six songs on this, however, that weren't on 'Timespace' or 'Enchanted.' And, if this tracklisting really is to be believed, five of the songs are live recordings that have never been officially released, period.

So, no, it's definitely not perfect... but it's not without its merits either.

Yeah lets be honest we knew it was going to be a GREATEST HITS. I am with everyones disppointment about no mention of no new songs...kinda sucks, but hey did anybody notice she acknowledged the OSOTM and SA albums for the first time in years??? I can only imagine the "Stevie Commentary" for the WLT video....

Anybody else disppointed with all the FM material included? Rhiannon, Landslide, AND Silver Springs...blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Cmon! Sucks big time IMO. Dreams is great because I love that new mix.

One more thing....I hope there is some live stuff from Vegas on here too. The vocals on that Melbourne boot was pretty lackluster compared to the rest of the GD tour, IMO. I was also kind of hoping for a live version of If Anyone Falls from the GD tour too.

[ontheEdgeof17]

When will Two Kinds of Love get it's due? Her.best.single.ever.

[RockALittle250]

Let's not forget this is unconfirmed...so there's still hope!

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

When will Two Kinds of Love get it's due? Her.best.single.ever.

She'll probably axe Rooms on Fire at the last moment to give me heart failure.

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

as she will be 61 this year

Stevie was born the same year as my mom, so she'll be 59 in May.

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

There's nothing new there. If she's not doing any new music at this time, she could at least go into the vaults and release something no one's ever heard. I don't need a rehash of Timespace and Enchanted. And why add Silver Springs when there are several versions on the Rumours deluxe edition?
I'd much rather have had Crying In The Night as the first track list suggested. The DVD will be cool though.

could not agree more.

i just can't get excited about yet another "greatest best of hits ever" by stevie nicks. she loves to talk about how prolific a songwriter she is - how she never stops - and we all KNOW how many unreleased demos are out there. why not release a few???

i'm bummed.

[amber]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

could not agree more.

i just can't get excited about yet another "greatest best of hits ever" by stevie nicks. she loves to talk about how prolific a songwriter she is - how she never stops - and we all KNOW how many unreleased demos are out there. why not release a few???

i'm bummed.

Yes, exactly. I hate her right now, because I love her so much. For the reasons you just said.
I don't really, really hate her, because I love her too much, but I do hate these decisions of hers. And I wouldn't hate as much if I didn't love as much. We all know what could be, that is the love part.
To be fair, she has to release this for her contractual obligations, and I'm not sure if she was allowed to pick the whole tracklisting.
Not to excuse her, because we know that when she is allowed to pick her "tracklisting" (ie, concert set), she basically does the same type of thing.

Still love her, will never stop, but very disappointed. Her report card gets a "not working up to her potential" from me this semester.

[RockALittle250]

Let's all just wait and see what the final confirmed tracklisting is before we jump to conclusions. I'm sure some changes will be made, this album isn't coming out for another 2 months.

[foxyluva]

I like this

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by amber

Yes, exactly. I hate her right now, because I love her so much. For the reasons you just said.
I don't really, really hate her, because I love her too much, but I do hate these decisions of hers ...

every time i listen to bella donna live i kinda hate her.

every time i listen to angel live i kinda hate her.

every time i listen to that dressing room demo of TWH i kinda hate her.

we know she can do so much more. it's frustrating.

[HejiraNYC]

I don't believe a word of this. Not only is it lame... Carly Simon has already used "Reflections" for her recent greatest hits compilation, which also happened to be put out by Rhino:



... as well as Miss Mary J.'s "Reflections: a Retrospective" (A follow-up to her "Reflections: The Remixes")


I seriously doubt Stevie would put out an album with such a tired, used up name. Too much reflecting genuflecting going around, methinks.

[amber]

Originally Posted by carrie721

every time i listen to bella donna live i kinda hate her.

every time i listen to angel live i kinda hate her.

every time i listen to that dressing room demo of TWH i kinda hate her.

we know she can do so much more. it's frustrating.

Exactly. I even know she probably couldn't do some of the songs, but she could do others, and well, well,...

I mean, I literally tear up a lot when I'm listening to her other stuff, I love it so much - and like you say - listening to all that beauty makes you so much more aware of what isn't there, now. Even, really, that spirit. The spirit of improv. She's still f*cking hella talented, she should at least pull out some stuff she can sing that we haven't heard, and feel confident to improv on the ones we have heard. She added that new thing to SDMHA this year....

It's weird that someone who has such a huge fan base, and so many accomplishments, and so many gifts still intact - especially for her age - doesn't have the confidence to do what she always did, and is good at. She really does have the most incredibly forgiving audience (as Mick said) and I wish she would take advantage.

Blah, blah.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by foxyluva

I like this

For the most part, I do, too (see my comments re: two versions of "Edge Of Seventeen").

Yes, I would have been even happier if there had been a brand new song written by Stevie, but I never in a million years expected old demos to be included on a single-disc "Best of" CD geared towards the general public... so there's no disappointment for me in those regards.

[foxyluva]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

For the most part, I do, too (see my comments re: two versions of "Edge Of Seventeen").

Yes, I would have been even happier if there had been a brand new song written by Stevie, but I never in a million years expected old demos to be included on a single-disc "Best of" CD geared towards the general public... so there's no disappointment for me in those regards.

Exactly - its a commercial release and a Best Of

Yeah we all want more, and we have heard all this before, but lets be realistic. Atleast she is releasing something...

[amber]

Originally Posted by foxyluva

Exactly - its a commercial release and a Best Of

Yeah we all want more, and we have heard all this before, but lets be realistic. Atleast she is releasing something...

Exactly. We all have to be "realistic" when it comes to her. And in that vein, you are absolutely right, this alleged album is fairly good in that way. Although I think she could even have added a BN track to this and it would still be what we expect it to be, and what the label expects it to be.

It's just hard to have to "know what to expect from someone" who you think is a super genius, and that expectation is, by necessity, far below what her actual genius is.
But yes, this album is expected, and so is fine in that way. *sigh*.