IYD - Rank the Songs

[KarmaContestant]

I've listened to a few more songs, and here's my current ranking of what I've heard.

Italian Summer
Moonlight
Secret Love
Wide Sargasso Sea
Everbody Loves You
Cheaper Than Free
In Your Dreams
Soldier's Angel

[skcin]

Originally Posted by mezzoforte

I honestly didn't notice those lyrics until now--hilarious.

For me, the romanticism is kind of shattered and I have to snort every time she wails, "OOOOOH, it's so romantic! HEY! It's sooo soulful!!!"Show us, Stevie. Don't tell us.
To me it sounds like something SNL would put into a sketch with Will Ferrell in drag, or something.

Me too.

Originally Posted by equeen102289

Taking Marissa's route--

Tier One:
1. For What It's Worth
2. New Orleans
3. You May Be The One
4. Moonlight

Tier Two:
4. In Your Dreams
5. Secret Love

Tier Three:
6. Everybody Loves You
7. Wide Sargasso Sea
8. Cheaper Than Free
9. Annabel Lee
10. Italian Summer

Tier Four:
11. Ghosts are Gone
12. Soldier's Angel

Interesting. Your picks are probably the most different I've seen so far. Does that sentence even make sense?

Originally Posted by Jondalar

I am soo glad that people are feeling You May Be the One. I keep coming back this song. I think it's excellent. Her vocal is perfect on this song and we can hear the muscians and I love the way the song ends (Magic). That song could be a single.

I f*cking love it.

Originally Posted by michelej1

As for Ghosts Are Gone, I'm not saying I want it in the setlist, but if it's not and Rock and Roll stays in, I will crush her top hat and pluck it's feather.
Michele

Ooooh, violence!

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by skcin

Originally Posted by mezzoforte
I honestly didn't notice those lyrics until now--hilarious.

For me, the romanticism is kind of shattered and I have to snort every time she wails, "OOOOOH, it's so romantic! HEY! It's sooo soulful!!!"Show us, Stevie. Don't tell us.
To me it sounds like something SNL would put into a sketch with Will Ferrell in drag, or something.
Originally Posted by skcin
Me too.

I have an issue with her singing "mountains grow tall". Mountains don't grow.

[DashingDan]

Tier One:
For What It's Worth
Annabel Lee
You May Be The One
Moonlight
Secret Love

Tier Two:
In Your Dreams
New Orleans
Italian Summer

Tier Three:
Everybody Loves You
Cheaper Than Free

Tier Four:
Soldier's Angel
Wide Sargasso Sea
Ghosts are Gone

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by Richard B

I have an issue with her singing "mountains grow tall". Mountains don't grow.

Nope, they don't. But I live at the base of the Rockies in Denver, and they do appear to stretch towards the sky when the sun is behind them at dusk.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by skcin

I f*cking love it.

I sent my ex the stream leak and told him to listen to You Are Not The One first. It fits out relationship perfectly.

I can't decide if I love this song or For What It's Worth better....they both are so damn good.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I sent my ex the stream leak and told him to listen to You Are Not The One first. It fits out relationship perfectly.

I can't decide if I love this song or For What It's Worth better....they both are so damn good.

I'm with you Curty. Those are probably my top 2. Moonlight & Annabel Lee are close behind, but it's those two that I sing to myself.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

Nope, they don't. But I live at the base of the Rockies in Denver, and they do appear to stretch towards the sky when the sun is behind them at dusk.

Ahhh. I see. I do not have the gorgeous Rockies in my view...but I will look to the Hollywood Hills.

[Artemis]

Okay, after listening to it a dozen more times.

Tier One - Perfect

Everybody Loves You
New Orleans
For What It's Worth
You May Be The One (Didn't like this one at all at first, now, I totally adore it)
Moonlight
Annabel Lee
Ghosts Are Gone

Tier Two - Love
Soldier's Angel
In Your Dreams
Italian Summer
Secret Love

Tier Three - Really like
Wide Sargasso Sea (I like it, but it's not clicking with me just yet)
Cheaper Than Free

All in all, I'm just amazed at how consistently good the album is. There's no noticeable "clunker" that all Nicks albums tend to have. I can tell there are a few songs I won't like as much once they lose the "new song" sheen, but, I can't see myself vehemently disliking any of them, the way I do a few songs from other albums.

[Jondalar]

after listening to this album over and over again, my top 4 favorites are

Moonlight
You May Be the One
Everybody Loves You
Soldiers Angel

These songs are meaty and musically and lyrically deep. However, there are soo many good songs on this album. I'm always debating if those really are my top 4.

[jwd]

Rock solid, absolutely love these four.

-Moonlight
-For What It's Worth
-Everybody Loves You -If there is one song on IYD that epitomizes Fleetwood Mac meets Eurythmics, meets the Beatles, this is it.
-You May Be The One

[Keith]

my current top tier:

You May Be the One - I have totally fallen for this song.. i love the chorus.. this track is my current favorite
Moonlight - love her vocals and the ending. Stellar song.
Ghosts are Gone - this song rocks.. totally starts to kick at the 3:30 mark...
Everybody Loves You - i like how jwd described this track.. so on the money. This song continues to creep up towards my top..
For What Its Worth - this was a grower for me.. and it has grown..
Secret Love - still diggin' it
Annabel Lee - just magical..
Italian Summer - I think this would have been the perfect ending.
Wide Sargasso Sea - just climbed into my top tier

I really like, but I haven't fallen in love, yet:

In Your Dreams - definitely single material.. like its upbeat feel,, but just don't really "feel" it
New Orleans - I really like it, but it feels out of place at the number 5 spot. I feel like the album starts to really get going after "sea" and this just kind of slows it down. a beautiful and nice sentiment.


Ok. I like these two ok, but don't think they really fit on this record:

Soldier's Angel - pretty and love Lindsey's playing and singing.. it just doesn't go with the rest of the record.
Cheaper than Free - I've created an ipod IYD playlist - CTF is not on it.

[louielouie2000]

I think I have absorbed the songs enough now to play the favorites game. This was a pretty tight game... all the songs are just so good!

1. Wide Sargasso Sea
2. Soldier's Angel
3. Everybody Loves You
4. Moonlight
5. You May Be The One
6. In Your Dreams
7. Ghosts Are Gone
8. Annabel Lee
9. New Orleans
10. Italian Summer
11. For What It's Worth
12. Secret Love
13. Cheaper Than Free

Of course when I finally hear My Heart, this list may well change!

[Aussie W/Heart]

Here are my favorites..

Tier 1
Moonlight
Wild Sargasso Sea
Soldiers Angel
Ghosts Are Gone

Tier 2
New Orleans
Annabel Lee
Secret Love
In Your Dreams

Tier 3
For What its Worth
Italian Summer
You May be The One
Everybody Loves You
Cheaper Than Free

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by Richard B

I have an issue with her singing "mountains grow tall". Mountains don't grow.

Actually yes they do. Plate tectonics push mountains upward. They grow.