New Album not til Spring 2011

[Musicman408]

Can't WAIT for this puppy!!!

[daniellaaarisen]

This actually makes my life a hundred times easier. I can run around and follow Stevie all summer instead of skipping a quarter. SWEET!

I am okay with her taking a reasonable amount of time on this album as long as she's putting that time to good use. I want to see a beautiful record out of this woman. I know she can do it damnit!

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

This actually makes my life a hundred times easier. I can run around and follow Stevie all summer instead of skipping a quarter. SWEET!

I am okay with her taking a reasonable amount of time on this album as long as she's putting that time to good use. I want to see a beautiful record out of this woman. I know she can do it damnit!

Are you going to come to Minnesota if she comes here? I'd love to show ya around!

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Are you going to come to Minnesota if she comes here? I'd love to show ya around!

I might! I'm going to try to hit as many shows as humanly possible... how many US dates does she usually do? If it's something reasonable, I won't miss a single show I am SO excited.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Christopher

I agree with you^^
TISL was heavily promoted, many magazine interviews and mentions, ads galore, VH1 Artist of the Month and Hear it 1st campaign to buy early, Many TV appearances & beautiful music video's that were played heavily on VH1 AND the tour! But I agree with most here, the critical 1st single was totally miscalculated, They needed to pick a song that was more upbeat and eased into the summer vibe better. I alway's thought Love Changes sounded fresh when I 1st heard it. It was a groovy song with a great hook, great vocal and great potential for a single that would grab new listeners. Also agree that Fall From Grace could have been a contender for 1st release as well. But Warners/Reprise elected to go the safe route and release the hauntingly familiar sounds of Planets & the tame & tepid Everyday, albeit solid album tracks, However they don't rise to the occasion and grab your attention unless your already a fan. Furthermore since they opted to go the Adult Contemporary route in Everyday, why not release the infinitely better song I Miss You or the tantalizing and colorful Bombay Sapphires. Plus I believe that the delay's on this record probably more than any other really hurt her. Stevie should have kept riding the crest that was still high from The Dance, and had the record out sometime between the summer to fall of 1999, or at least a year earlier than the May 2001 release date. And in hindsight if Stevie had not pulled the TISL version of Thrown Down(big mistake) prominently featuring Lindsey on lead harmony and guitar - it would have been TISL's best bet for 1st single choice & hit song as well as a bit of a novelty to have Lindsey distinctly featured on a Stevie Nicks solo record, in the same tradition of her other highwaymen; Tom Petty, Don Henley & Prince.

Now had Warner's done the same promotion with SYW that they did on TISL, with Thrown Down or Destiny Rules as the 1st single with beautiful video's and such, I think SYW would have been a bigger success by about double, easily going platinum.

All in all, I have a strong intuitive feeling the new record is going to be robust and diverse while still sounding cohesive & really "wow" some of us long time, half glass full, somewhat jaded ones, who think we know what's best for Stevie at this point, and have held on cause we believe she has another great record in her. But barring the chance of unpredictable spectral star shower's sprinkling above with sky's on fire, along with brilliant effervescent energy emanating from Stevie's presence during TV interviews & Stage performances (think Bella Donna through Wild Heart interviews & concerts) This new record will probably generate respectable critical attention, if not the most stellar of her career, and finally satiate her core believer's, but who will also continue to bitch that they picked the wrong 1st & 2nd singles, & marketing choice's, amid dissatisfying record sales (to each standards), hammering out all the could of, would of...told you so's, like this CD should be released in Mid-Oct. if it is indeed completed by then. It makes logical sense to let the interested public & fans get to know the songs 6 months before Lily hit's the road and does not get a crippling case of the willies about performing a lot of new material. However I do get the feeling that this Italian Summer song is going to be a lead contender for 1st single by the soundbites of the descriptions dropped so far (esp. David Wild calling it one of her Top 3 songs ever!!, and he's a big fan) It sounds like it could be a perfect choice for a spring/summer rendezvous romance single to kick off the record. But I must admit... I'm somewhat stifled by it's title, Hope I can get past it when I hear how brilliant the song ends up being. "To be continued, it's too much Stevie baby".

zzzzzzz


I agree with most of your opinions. TISL was promoted very smartly. They did a great job on it. However, there were no singles strong enough to garner airplay. Everyday was the correct choice, but it just was not strong enough.

I'm getting the feeling too that Italian Summer is the single of choice by many. I do think they are going for summer release partly because of it. It's strange though. Is the song a ballad. Ballads are not the usual choice for singles. However, if anyone can come with a good ballad, it's Stevie.

P.S. I Miss You was the emotional core of TISL, but the song was bland eventhough it packed a huge emotional core. That song would not of garnered any airplay. Record companies do test singles. They made the best they could with what they had.

[tabruns]

Part of the issue with the TISL and SYW albums has nothing at all to do with quality of the material or record company promotion but just the times being what they are....the record industry was already transitioning to having very few mega-platinum sellers, so for each of these albums to go Gold was actually saying something.

I think "Planets of the Universe" worked as a single, but I wish it had been the full extended version which is far superior to the edited album track. "Sorcerer" was fine (great video) but "Every Day" was bland, IMO. I would have liked to see "Planets" as the real lead off single. An edited version of "Trouble in Shangri-La" might have worked as a single as well, because the chorus is very hook-y.

All in all though TISL was a very strong album, probably Stevie's best since Bella Donna.

For SYW, I think "Peacekeeper" was fine as a first single, and "Say You Will" as the second. "Steal Your Heart Away" and "Thrown Down" were good singles as well. I think "Miranda" should have been pushed, that seems like a very radio friendly tune. I'm more indifferent to "Destiny Rules" and "Everybody Finds Out" than some folks on here, so its interesting to see those two songs pushed as 'shoulda been' singles.

I think the band should reconsider letting Christine just record (but not tour) with them.

[Dodfather]

I still say that Fall From Grace could have been a killer single that would have done well on the mainstream rock charts and then had various remixes that could have been played on more dance based stations/charts. A missed opportunity if ever there was one.