Bella Donna & Wild Heart= End of Story!

[Fleetwoodmark]

Originally Posted by SufferYourLove

Bella Donna & Wild Heart are Stevie and Jimmy Iovine's masterpieces. Everything after that in her solo career is rubbish. Of course she had some good songs after these two albums but they do not compare or come close to anything on BD & WH. Jimmy Iovine took those songs and turned them into magic. He is her best producer ever. Nothing beats her voice on BD & WH. So pure that it made my heart melt. I hate to be harsh but I wish she never slept with him and started a relationship with him maybe then we would have more albums produced by him and albums worth listening to. The way Jimmy blended everything together was true art. He works with tons of artist and does magnificent things with their work. I have been a fan of Stevie for a long time. I was there when BD was released! I was so excited to listen to it. When I put it on I was just in awe. Same with Wild Heart. Then came Rock A Little came.. not bad but starting to go downhill. Terrible music, terrible lyrics, terrible voice. I don't even want to talk about The Otherside Of the Mirror or Street Angel

Disagree.

Her vocals on WH are pretty poor - listen to "Enchanted"...they are flat and undesirable - her vocal of that song on the Soundstage sessions was a country mile better.

A lot of people like to write off what Stevie did after these first two albums but if you actually look at the songs written after they are just as good if not better - Love is, No Spoken Work, I Can't Wait, Rooms on Fire - You just have to look beyond the production.