Favorite Stevie songs (2011 update!!!!)

tbaker3 · #1 04-27-2011, 10:39 PM

Well yeah. I know that no one could have predicted IYD. But it seems like TISL still ranks mid range among her other works during recent polls. I'm just curious if it ranked high and after a few years fizzled out among fans and people switched back into "classic mode" as far as their favorites go.

tbaker3 · #2 04-27-2011, 10:42 PM

ohhhh, Annabel Lee is just nearing the end. I LOVE how it turned out. This and Moonlight are poised to be new favorites of mine... and I still have 5 songs to go...

tabruns · #3 04-27-2011, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

Well yeah. I know that no one could have predicted IYD. But it seems like TISL still ranks mid range among her other works during recent polls. I'm just curious if it ranked high and after a few years fizzled out among fans and people switched back into "classic mode" as far as their favorites go.

I think that's somewhat true among fans....people do react really favorably (usually) to something new. Although I would say that In Your Dreams is getting a much more "mind blowing" reaction than usual. Trouble In Shangri-La definitely got better critical ratings than every other Nicks album except Bella Donna when it came out, so I think objectively that that meant something.

Honestly I think sometimes people let album sales affect their judgement. Trouble In Shangri-La hasn't gone platinum like Nicks' first 4 albums did so some people "re-assess" which I think is BS. A good album is a good album regardless of whether it sells.

Among Trouble In Shangri-La's tracks, I think "Trouble In Shangri-La", "Planets of the Universe", "Bombay Sapphires", "Love Is", "I Miss You", "Fall From Grace" and "Sorcerer" are all still excellent tracks. "Candlebright", "Too Far From Texas", "Love Changes" and "Every Day" are still good ones. "That Made Me Stronger" is still a decent track. "It's Only Love" has never grown on me.

markolas · #4 04-27-2011, 10:55 PM

It'll probably be a few months before I can put these new songs up against the others and see if any of them are new favorites. I will say that I love Moonlight & Annabel Lee, tho.

Like I've said elsewhere, nothing's gonna beat Bella Donna for me. That album is just so cohesive and seamless, like none of her other solo albums, and it has such a mystical quality to it. Rock a Little is my second favorite, and I'm willing to say that In Your Dreams is tied with that one, unseating TISL.

TISL is still a damn good album, but it's got a couple of clunkers. I don't hear any clunkers on IYD, just like I don't hear any on BD or RAL.