Which album should I get now?

Mac Fan · #1 11-20-2002, 02:54 AM

Yesterday, I finally got Enchanted. I've only heard the first cd and think it's amazing.
So whcih album should I get now?

Johnny Stew · #2 11-20-2002, 03:26 AM

Which others... if any... do you own?

If 'Enchanted' is the only release you have from Stevie's solo career, I would suggest 'Trouble In Shangri-La,' and 'The Wild Heart' next.

Johnny Stew

#3 11-20-2002, 09:06 AM

why don't you start at the beginning with "Bella Donna" and work your way up to "TISL"....a sort of condensed time line if you will!

Mac Fan · #4 11-20-2002, 01:27 PM

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Adam

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I was asking everyone, so your opinion does count.
Jonny Stew, I don't own any Stevie albums other than Enchanted.

Bella Figura · #5 11-20-2002, 01:28 PM

why don't you just sit back and enjoy the rest of Enchanted, you still have two great discs to go plus much musing time over the pics, notes and lyrics in the book itself. I have been an FM/Stevie fan since the 70's and I just purchased FM Fleetwood Mac (the white album) after all these years...and it was great fun and it's been two months now and I haven't overplayed it yet. There are so many nuances in the lyrics and music of FM that you really ought to listen to a "new to you" album over and over again to get an appreciation of each piece. and Enchanted is a great place to start since it does a great job of chronicling Stevie's solo career plus has lots of fun pics and mysteries to figure out...

rhiannon1119 · #6 11-20-2002, 01:48 PM

I agree with Bella. Enchanted is such a great compilation and there is so much of Stevie's life chronicled in it... you really need to just sit back and take it all in. However, my suggestion for your next purchase would be The Wild Heart and Trouble In Shangri-La.

Michelle

estranged4life · #7 11-20-2002, 01:58 PM

Bella Donna & TISL...But then again just get ALL of them as fast as possible, Brian J.

silversprings8 · #8 11-20-2002, 02:22 PM

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Originally posted by estranged4life
Bella Donna & TISL...But then again just get ALL of them as fast as possible, Brian J.

I agree!!!!!

David · #9 11-20-2002, 03:03 PM

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Originally posted by joe
why don't you start at the beginning with "Bella Donna" and work your way up to "TISL"....a sort of condensed time line if you will!

I agree with this post.

I think it's useful & entertaining to hear Stevie's work in chronological order. There's something to be said for following a singer/songwriter's evolution through the constantly changing pop environment. I think that, if you can, you should absorb "Bella Donna" first, followed by "The Wild Heart" & "Rock a Little" & "Street Angel" & "Trouble in Shangri-La."

You might want to skip "The Other Side of the Mirror," which seems to me just a bunch of tired old production & arrangement ideas goin' to rejoin the Holy Ghost. It's got no true aural magic to it. Then again, other fans really dig it.

Mac Fan · #10 11-20-2002, 03:28 PM

Thanks guys. I might get Bella Donna soon.

Bella Figura · #11 11-20-2002, 03:38 PM

David, I can't believe you're saying skip OTOSM!!!

Stevie, herself, says this is her "magic album" and I have to agree...the albums style is the witchy airy fairy at her most magical...and let's face it, that image of Stevie is attractive to many of her devoted fans. so OTOSM while not for the average rock listener is a definite must-have to the ardent fan...

to me, it's like listening to a fairy tale...

(please note I picked the pink emoticon)

#12 11-20-2002, 03:52 PM

i actually DO like OSOTM myself (although i understand about the overproduction aspect). I can definately listen to this over "Street Angel" or even "Rock A Little"...I don't think i've even listened to the latter two all the way through. Or, maybe once or twice when i bought them.

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #13 11-20-2002, 04:37 PM

Well I'm one who 'digs' the Other Side of the Mirror

Pip

Sleeping Angel · #14 11-20-2002, 05:57 PM

I would also recommend starting with BD and going in order. There is a clear progression in Stevie's music (at least to me). Especially since her voice has changed so much over the years. The further along she went in her solo career the further she moved away from FM "sounding" songs (if that makes any sense).

I too, am a big OSOTM fan. Although RAL has some goodies, OSOTM is a better album as a whole. I also think that OML and ISMS have Lindsey written all over them (they are about him), which is interesting because I think they pretty much hated each when this album came out.

As far as BD and WH go, they can be some up in one word: AWESOME!

EnchantedStorms · #15 11-20-2002, 07:32 PM

I would recommend going in order, too. For all the reasons listed above. That said, lol....count me in as one who loves OSOTM. lol, Adam...didn't sound stupid to me...I know exactly what you're talking about. I get a different feeling from it than I do when I listen to any of her other albums. More of an "escape" from reality? lol.

And no, she didn't *write* ISMS, but I think that any song she chooses to cover, she chooses for a reason. I know I would. (IF I could sing, which I canNOT, lol!) Maybe the song *fit*. And there's no denying those baby blues of Lindsey's, lol.

~~Angela~~