If Anyone Falls (In Love?)

[Nikolaj]

I am really liking the Soundstage cd a lot. Driving, especially, with it cranked loud, it rocks! I love 'If Anyone Falls In Love' on this, I think it is such an improvement over the '83 version. Overall, what I love about this cd is the recording 'sound' of it- It's studio, but Stevie is singing freer and more like at a live concert, and it just really works for me. "How Still My Love" is another track that I think she has vastly improved upon from the original '81 recording. Also, somehow, the 10 songs just seem the perfect amount- I'd always take 'more' but i think it's the age of technology, or something, that somehow 14 songs would require too much time and attention! Maybe my attention is more than I can do??
Anyway, not that many Ledge fans would be 'on the fence' about whether to buy Soundstage, but overall, I think this cd has some of Stevie's best singing ever, and the flow of the songs is really good and it belongs in everyone's collection. Various Target and Walmart's here in Connecticut are barely stocking it, that kind of sucks. A WALL of the new Prince cd at Target (several hundred copies)- I know it's a Target exclusive- but they had ONE 'Soundstage' cd and no copies of the dvd. Too bad. If it's scarce in stores, sales won't be what they could be.
Also love the dvd, of course. But the cd on it's own is quite masterfully conceived. Hate to say it, but i prefer it to TISL!