Favorite Stevie songs (2011 update!!!!)

[CreepingDeath]

I think one reason it will age better than TISL, is IYD isn't mired in crappy guest appearances. It has Lindsey's stellar Soldier's Angel contribution, and that's about all.

It's like all her classic albums. Great producer, great music, and great lyrics.

[tabruns]

Well I do think there's something to that: There's an emotional attachment that people have to some earlier albums, because they remind them of a certain time/space.

For some reason I don't really have that....or if I do, the closest I come to it is with The Other Side of the Mirror. I've always felt that album was under-rated.

What I generally try to look for in an album is consistency. For me Bella Donna is truly a classic but In Your Dreams tops it, which is amazing. Trouble In Shangri-La is a near miss for classic status, hampered only by a couple of tracks that didn't quite measure up. The Other Side of the Mirror has a depth and darkness to it that appeals to me, and I think it's a solid rock album. Rock A Little is a solid rock album as well. The Wild Heart is an album that I think has a very fervent fan base....it's like some people just really *love* that album on some emotional level that I've never quite understood. To me, it's a good album in many ways by kind of a sloppy, rushed version of Bella Donna-with-synthesizers. Street Angel was an average album and not up to Nicks standards.

[DallasDude]

I'm going out on a limb here, but I think this is her best solo CD in 10 years!

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by tbaker3

I also wonder. When TISL came out, was "this is her best work" the general feeling?

People were generally divided between TISL being her best work & TISL being her best album since Bella Donna. It was generally the latter.

Like others have said, it's still far too early for me to really rank the album or any of it's tracks against their predecessors. I will say that I feel the album is the most cohesive album Stevie's released since Other Side Of The Mirror (and that includes Fleetwood Mac albums, too). At this moment, I feel the album is the biggest creative progression/departure Stevie's taken since splitting from Fleetwood Mac to make Bella Donna. But I can't pit the album or it's songs against Stevie's other work just yet. I will say that I like every single one of the tracks right now, especially when heard as an entire album. This is definitely a concept album to me, just like OSOTM was a concept album.