Initial Feelings On IYD

[Meowi]

Oh My Mother F******* God.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Meowi]

OMG! The start of Everybody Loves You!

[Sleepless-Child]

Originally Posted by Meowi

Oh My Mother F******* God.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

, actually, my initial feeling was probably very similar to this one!

[Annabell Lee]

I haven't been online for 2 days. You all can imagine my surprise when i logged on and was able to hear IRD. Words can't express my delight and love for this gem of an album. Italian Summer blew me right out of my chair. I had a feeling about this one, God i love this woman ! Brilliant is an understatement ! I am seriously trying to just absorb this right now !! I am so shocked that as we speak, i am listening to my namesake ( Annabell Lee ) I'll post later when i've had time to digest...................

[WildHearted]

So far I love everything.

Only thing I'm not totally into is Everybody Loves You... the verses are GREAT, but the chorus does nothing for me, and I may get shot for saying this but I REALLY can't stand Dave's singing. It ruins it for me - at first he's just singing an octave below her, rather than putting in a different harmony part, which sounds horrible, and even when he deviates from that it's just... there's no blend. It sounds bad.

[louielouie2000]

My initial reaction is this is the most solid, cohesive work she's done since OSOTM. Her vocals and lyrics are decidedly gritty. This is a very straightforward album, it's very real. It even borders on political in a few spots. I think you could even call this a departure for Stevie. The country flair exhibited throughout surprised me. I'm not sure I'm entirely sold on that aspect yet. Soldier's Angel is the biggest shocker... it made me sob. It made my partner sob, and he's not even a Stevie fan at all. Overall, this is a very good album. I think it'll grow on me even more as I listen to it.

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

My initial reaction is this is the most solid, cohesive work she's done since OSOTM. Her vocals and lyrics are decidedly gritty. This is a very straightforward album, it's very real. It even borders on political in a few spots. Soldier's Angel is the biggest shocker... .

I wholly concur.

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by Meowi

Oh My Mother F******* God.
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, that's about how I feel.

You've outdone yourself, Miss Stevie.

[StandbackStevie]

I just love it, Stevie shines on this new album lovin every song to me She is just flawless and Shines like a beautiful Diamond definetly Stevie's Rumours and hope it will sparkle with the rest of the world The Die Hards fans like myself and everyone on this board are lovingly crazy about this new album. Love New Orleans,Annabelle Lee, Ghosts Are Gone, For What its Worth, MoonLight,Soldiers Angel,Cheaper Than Free,Secret Love,Wide Sargasso Sea,Italian Summer,In Your Dreams, You Maybe the One, Everybody Loves You,

[StandbackStevie]

Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

Yeah, that's about how I feel.

You've outdone yourself, Miss Stevie.

I agree 100% Stevie is like a Shiny Diamond and Flawless she has out done herself and put out a beautiful master piece Nicks and Stewart set fire and magic on In Your Dreams.

[nightbird28]

I feel after listening to IYD that this is her most rock oriented cd since Belladonna. It's very bluesy in parts, which really lets her get more emotion into her vocals. That's all i can say Moonlight is amazing, IYD is amazing, Annabel is kiss ass, Ghost Are Gone is wicked. The whole thing is incredible.

[sorcerer999]

The three songs I'm having a really hard time getting into are "New Orleans", "Wide Sargasso Sea" and "Ghosts Are Gone". It's a lyrics issue with the first two and a musical structure issue on the latter. I'm trying though. Perhaps on future listenings I will warm up to them.

[WildHearted]

It just hit me..

There really are no BAD songs on this album. Like, even though some are greater... they're all really great.

This is amazing. I'm in shock.

[louielouie2000]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Stevie's going to get a Grammy for this album. It just unfolds with every single listen. It's got the best aspects of all her albums: the consistency of Bella Donna, the romance of Wild Heart, the rockers of Rock A Little, the dreaminess of Other Side Of The Mirror, the straightforward pull no punches lyrics of Street Angel... and despite all that, it's still utterly fresh and an absolute departure from anything she's ever really done. I'm so proud of Stevie.

[SapphireSister]

This album is nothing short of profound and will leave a legacy long after Stevie Nicks has flown to the angels...

In other words, I love it! I do have one thing to say and this is in no way a criticism and I'm sure most would disagree with me but I wish there was just one track with synths a la Rock a Little just for old times sake . Part of it is just because I personally love the synths and drum machines but totally understand that would not fit in with this album and probably ruin it.

I'm not ready to go into detail about what I think of each song because I have to listen to each of them a number of times before forming an opinion.