Rank Stevie's Studio Ablums!

[pattyfan]

1. Bella Donna
2. Wild Heart




big gap.......
It's hard for me to rate the other 4. For example, I only like a few of the song on Street Angel, but those few that I like I like a lot. Most of the songs on The Other Side of the Mirror I just kind of don't mind, but the bad ones aren't nearly as bad as the bad ones on Street Angel, for example. Hmm.......

3. Trouble in Shangri-la
4. Street Angel (though I dislike many of the songs on it)
5. The Other Side of the Mirror
6. Rock a Little (most of the Stevie songs that I can't listen to all the way through are on this CD).

Kevin

[TheSorcerer]

Rock a Little

Bella Donna
The Wild Heart
Trouble In Shangri-La


The Other Side of the Mirror
Street Angel

[Johnny Stew]

1. The Wild Heart
2. Rock A Little
3. Trouble In Shangri-La
4. Street Angel
5. Bella Donna
6. The Other Side Of The Mirror

[tabruns]

Nearly perfect:
1. Trouble In Shangri-La
2. Bella Donna

Very good:
3. The Other Side of the Mirror
4. Rock A Little

Good:
5. The Wild Heart

Fair:
6. Street Angel

I expect In Your Dreams will join Bella Donna and Trouble In Shangri-La.

[bluefox4000]

1.Bella Donna
2.Wild Heart
3. Trouble in Shangri-La
4. Street Angel.

The other 2 are bombs with no redeemable qualities so they don't rank. I have not played those in about 6 years. they gather dust IYD. no idea where it will rank. I shall make no call until i've absorbed the album

Mick

[Musicman408]

I feel like a week after IYD is released we should do this again.

Street Angel
TISL
OSOTM
RAL
WH
BD

I know, crazy! But as a younger fan, the lesser known stuff has always been my fave!

[WildHearted]

1. Bella Donna
2. The Wild Heart
3. Rock A Little
4. Trouble in Shangri-La
5. Street Angel
6. Other Side of the Mirror

5 & 6 are pretty much interchangeable, the important thing is that they're at the bottom.

Also, it seems bizarre to have TISL next to SA in a list... but I had to be honest and say that at this point, I'm liking RAL more than TISL. That's subject to change, as it usually does. However really I enjoy #1-4 in general and then there's a big leap down to #5-6 quality wise, in my opinion..

I'm predicting that In Your Dreams will fall in the #3 spot, under The Wild Heart, based on what we've heard. I hope I'm right and it's not any lower than that!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Rock A Little
The Wild Heart
Street Angel
Bella Donna
TISL
The Other Side of the Mirror

[Maxd9]

1. Bella Donna
2. Wild Heart
3. Rock A Little
4. The Other Side Of The Mirror
5. Trouble In Shangri-La
6. Street Angel

[mezzoforte]

It's hard judging an entire album. Rooms on Fire might be my favorite song of Stevie's solo career, but I barely listen to anything else on TOSOTM. How should that compare to TISL, from which I like most of the songs but don't love any nearly as much? Best guess:

1. Bella Donna
2. TISL
3. RAL
4. The Wild Heart
5. TOSOTM
6. Street Angel

[markolas]

My slightly altered version of The Wild Heart would push it up to the #2 or #3 spot, making it, along with Bella Donna & Rock a Little, an absolutely perfect album:

1. Wild Heart
2. If Anyone Falls
3. Gate & Garden
4. Enchanted
5. Nightbird
6. Violet & Blue
7. Stand Back
8. Garbo
9. Sable on Blond
10. Beauty & the Beast

[markolas]

I wouldn't touch Bella Donna or Rock a Little, but TOSOTM & TISL both have a couple of songs each that I just can't abide. So, I fixed them thusly:

TOSOTM:
1. Rooms on Fire
2. Long Way to Go
3. Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger
4. Ooh My Love
5. Ghosts
6. Whole Lotta Trouble
7. Fire Burning
8. Real Tears
9. Alice
10. Juliet
11. Doing the Best That I Can
12. I Still Miss Someone

TISL:
1. Trouble in Shangri-La
2. Candlebright
3. Sorcerer
4. Planets of the Universe
5. Every Day
6. Thrown Down
7. My Heart
8. It's Only Love
9. Love Changes
10. I Miss You
11. Bombay Sapphires
12. Fall from Grace
13. Love Is

It's magic!

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by markolas

My slightly altered version of The Wild Heart would push it up to the #2 or #3 spot, making it, along with Bella Donna & Rock a Little, an absolutely perfect album:

1. Wild Heart
2. If Anyone Falls
3. Gate & Garden
4. Enchanted
5. Nightbird
6. Violet & Blue
7. Stand Back
8. Garbo
9. Sable on Blond
10. Beauty & the Beast

Add All The Beautiful Worlds, and this list would be perfection.

[On Ice]

For me, my favourite I think is always going to be the first one, but hearing some of the outtakes, it would have gone to another level of greatness.

Bella Donna: Add Julia, The Dealer and Gold and Braid, keep all other tracks.

The Wild Heart: Ranks #2 only for the great vocals, has many lyrical issues.

Trouble in Shangri-La: To me, mostly a return to some solid writing sans That Made Me Stronger. Some poor vocals on the title track, but great to hear the high notes on Sorcerer and that alone makes the album as I've been longing for those notes for years.

Street Angel: I like this album and think her vocals are improved over both RAL and TOSOM. It's not near as bad as is let on in my view. Albeit a couple of not so hot songs...Street Angel, Docklands and Jane.

Rock a Little: The first time I heard this one in '85 I could have sworn I heard Rumours-type vocals, but second time I thought what the hell happened. I don't mind the 80's production, but her singing is not good on this record. Also after seeing her on this tour in Toronto, she almost lost me as a fan. Absolutely terrible concert.

The Other Side of the Mirror: Completely falls off after the wonderful Rooms on Fire. Most of the album is unlistenable to me and I haven't pulled it out for a spin in years. Strangely, the concert in Toronto on this tour was great.

In Your Dreams: So far, I love what I hear and can't wait for Moonlight to blast through my speakers.

[Macfanforever]

Belladonna is one. the rest will follow.