**New Single** - Secret Love

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

I'm satisfied with single, but some others are not. After hearing the song, I'm pretty sure I'm going to get the album I want. It's just that sales keep contracts and I hope her and Dave get together for another record soon. The Fleetwood Mac thing just takes way too long. And to be honest, although her songs on SYW were a step above TISL, I think her Dave have some real creative chemistry.

I would gauge after reading through this entire thread, that the majority of Ledgeheads like it, if not love it. I think the response so far is good, considering the disparity of opinions around here, and considering that promo/singles are rarely our favorite tracks. Judging the production and singing on this track alone, I think we're in for a FANTASTIC album & I'll predict it will be better than TISL. I do suspect "Secret Love" is more Ballard than Stewart, if not co-produced by both in the end. My biggest problem with the song, besides it being too short, is that it is too catchy for my ears...I can't get it out of my head...and thats not necessarily a bad thing... yet . So I've just stopped playing it, so I don't tire and bore of it. As far as sales...I'd like it to do well enough in this current music climate and reach Top 10 album status, but don't expect TISL #'s. I would be more content with mass critical attention and praise across the board at this point. Maybe it will be a slow burner....

When I look back at both TISL and Stevie's SYW contributions now that the excitement and years have passed. It's occurred to me that I listen to TISL far more frequently as a whole than Stevie's SYW songs. I commend SYW in that it showcases far and away the most Stevie diversity of any FM record (but the same could be said of Lindsey's songs). But her vocals were not recorded in the most flattering way & the production only embellishes this fact. This is probably the reason I don't listen to many of her great SYW songs.

I've started to develop the conclusion that Stevie's modern voice needs grand production and atmosphere (if done properly) to carry off her artistic vision for today's music connoisseurs. TISL simply put,has more atmosphere than SYW. If Stevie still had her Bella Donna-Wild Heart voice, I would say YES... She need to be recording with T-Bone Burnett or Rick Rubin and strip things down. But that Stevie is long gone.