Is IYD Stevie's best solo album?

[louielouie2000]

I can't really objectively say I think it's her best at this point. I'm too enamored by IYD currently. It'll take time and some perspective to really say what I think is the best Stevie album. Right now, I'm inclined to think IYD is my second fav Stevie album. But who knows, it may go up or down the list in time .

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I can't really objectively say I think it's her best at this point. I'm too enamored by IYD currently. It'll take time and some perspective to really say what I think is the best Stevie album. Right now, I'm inclined to think IYD is my second fav Stevie album. But who knows, it may go up or down the list in time .

Same here. It's too soon to rank it in context to her previous work. It will take some time to sink in. And is it just me, or has The Ledge gone crazy with a glut of dozens and dozens of polls? I'm a little polled out.

[Annabell Lee]

After really thinking and debating yes. For me, it's the best, number one, numero uno ! It just has everything i love, rock, blues, country, ghosts, vampires, and Stevie. What more is there ? Oh yeah, and Lindsey it even has Lindsey !!

[tabruns]

I voted that it's the best. I really do think it is.

Bella Donna has the benefit of having achieved classic status, so it holds a warm spot for many people. It's also her only #1 album so far and by far her biggest seller. As some people have said, it's hard to judge In Your Dreams against it for those reasons. For me I can say that I rate In Your Dreams higher because I don't hear any clunkers on the album, whereas I've always thought of "Outside The Rain" and "How Still My Love" as "Dreams" knock-offs (and I know LOTS of people love those songs).

Trouble In Shangri-La is Nicks' other excellent consistent album. I actually like it *better* than Bella Donna, and TISL was successful on many fronts: critically, on the charts, and commercially. I don't think TISL will ever achieve classic status though, even though it is an excellent album and has lots of great songs. It was a huge success as a "comeback" album for Nicks, putting her back in the top 5 but I think it simply came too late in her career to achieve classic status.

Which brings me to In Your Dreams. In Your Dreams could achieve classic status even though it's coming late in Nicks' career, which really speaks to the strength of the album. The other albums are varying degrees of Very Good to Fair depending on one's opinion (which in my case ranges from TOSOTM as Very Good to Street Angel as Fair).