In Your Dreams singles - Your Choice

[Macfanforever]

I like all the tunes on IYD cd.theres no dilikes.Did anybody notice the direction Stevie is going on this cd.My friends notice she going onto the lite side of rock. and country rock.I think I mentioned before about one co-worker said "there is no meat on that cd"{rock and roll}

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I like all the tunes on IYD cd.theres no dilikes.Did anybody notice the direction Stevie is going on this cd.My friends notice she going onto the lite side of rock. and country rock.I think I mentioned before about one co-worker said "there is no meat on that cd"{rock and roll}

Actually, I think this is Stevie's most rockin' album since RAL. And besides I think Stevie's always been on the lighter side of rock with sprinkles of country thrown in here and there throughout her whole solo career.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by Christopher

And besides I think Stevie's always been on the lighter side of rock with sprinkles of country thrown in here and there throughout her whole solo career.

Or her Fleetwood Mac careerDreams ,Landslide.Sara,Silver Springs.Storms..all light rock some with what could be described as countryish touches .In fact one critic back in 1979 described "Angel" as "a risky flirtation with hard rock"so she was not really percieved as a rocker even then ..save of course for the live Rhiannon.

[Japhry]

following up on secret love...I would love to see a proper single and video for

1. Annabel Lee
(Other subsequent singles, with or without videos.....)
2. In your Dreams
3. For What It's Worth
4. You may Be The One or Ghosts Are Gone

[michelej1]

It's hard because the songs I like best wouldn't make the best commercial, mass appeal singles.

I like You May Be The One and Italian Summer best. I think Italian Summer could have been a single 50+ years ago. Not so much today. It just makes me think of Doris Day making the bed in The Man Who Knew Too Much, que sera sera. It thrills me, but I don't see it on Billboard, not even on the AC charts.

For a contemporary hit, I think FWIW is most marketable actually and then Moonlight, especially if the general public can somehow relate it to the Twilight movie craz.

Michele

[tabruns]

Having read the other suggestions and listened to the album multiple more times, here's my take on the single releases:

1. Secret Love
2. In Your Dreams
3. Moonlight
4. Italian Summer
5. Everybody Loves You

The five songs I listed as singles all share in common a "radio ready" sound: Secret Love is concise, well written pop song and already a top 20 AC hit. In Your Dreams is the most immediately catchy song on the album and one of the top choices for a single by most of the people in this thread. Moonlight is widely cited as arguably the best song on the album, and with the Twilight tie-in, as well as being the other song most cited by people here as a "should be" single, makes it my third choice. Italian Summer and Everybody Loves You are both catchy, radio-friendly songs that make perfect follow-up singles to the mighty first three.

For What It's Worth, New Orleans and Annabel Lee all have great potential and in some ways they're actually classic tracks already without even the need of being singles. Of the three, New Orleans is probably the most likely to be a single, possibly replacing either Italian Summer or Everybody Loves You. For What It's Worth and Annabel Lee are heading towards the same status that Gold Dust Woman and Crystal have.....hugely popular classic songs that remain album tracks.

Wide Sargasso Sea is a wild card. It's structure makes me lean against thinking of it as a single, but it is notably a song that gets attention from both Nicks fans and others.

Soldier's Angel, Ghosts Are Gone and You May Be The One are all excellent songs. They're so good in fact that IMO people tend to mistake their quality with being something with single potential (perhaps not Soldier's Angel, but the latter two for sure). I don't think any of these songs would make good singles though. I'm not denying the quality of these songs in any way, but their sounds are all a little too esoteric for a wide-appeal single.

Cheaper Than Free is an atmosphere song that one either gets or doesn't. Could it be a single? I don't think so, precisely because of the "either/or" reaction that it's gotten.

[windbecame]

Originally Posted by windbecame

I would go with Wide Sargasso Sea. I'm 42 and the friends my age loved it on first listen....my nieces friends in their early 20s loved it on first listen.... teenagers i work with loved it on first listen... my sister in her late 50s loved it on first listen... it's the only one that over 20 people i've played the album for ALL LOVED right off the bat!!

okay....except for TRUE FAITH 77..... it seems nobody bothered to read my post... and as of TODAY... i can add 3 MORE PEOPLE UNDER 18...(read TRUE FAITH 77 's POST ON THE FIRST PAGE) .....and now it's 23 that love WSS???? soooo..... the teenagers.. (moonlight people) LOVE the song on first listen.... and i love it but don't know WHY they do ...but they DO??? ...... the demographic i've played it for..and TRUE FAITH77 has played it for has picked this song..that THEY LOVE>>> in fact i've sold over a dozen copies for Stevie BECAUSE of this song.. and i've played them ALL the WHOLE album>>> has anyone else tried to base the next single on what they have played for people and NOT just THEIR favorites???? i (wanna) NEED TO KNOW??? cuz ....yeah....i'm in Wisconsin, which IS nowhere...but i kid you NOT...everyone has LOVED...WSS... (and if i HAVE to..i CAN provide signatures!!).... so.....opinions here on this PLEASE????

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by windbecame

okay....except for TRUE FAITH 77..... it seems nobody bothered to read my post... and as of TODAY... i can add 3 MORE PEOPLE UNDER 18...(read TRUE FAITH 77 's POST ON THE FIRST PAGE) .....and now it's 23 that love WSS???? soooo..... the teenagers.. (moonlight people) LOVE the song on first listen.... and i love it but don't know WHY they do ...but they DO??? ...... the demographic i've played it for..and TRUE FAITH77 has played it for has picked this song..that THEY LOVE>>> in fact i've sold over a dozen copies for Stevie BECAUSE of this song.. and i've played them ALL the WHOLE album>>> has anyone else tried to base the next single on what they have played for people and NOT just THEIR favorites???? i (wanna) NEED TO KNOW??? cuz ....yeah....i'm in Wisconsin, which IS nowhere...but i kid you NOT...everyone has LOVED...WSS... (and if i HAVE to..i CAN provide signatures!!).... so.....opinions here on this PLEASE????

Well here's my opinion: Great job selling a dozen IYDs.

[windbecame]

Originally Posted by tabruns

Well here's my opinion: Great job selling a dozen IYDs.

RIGHT???? and actually...that made me MOST HAPPY!!!! the more OUR GIRL sells...the more likely she'll record AGAIN!!!

[atlnightbird]

I would go with Annabelle Lee next...then Moonlight....Oddly enough...Annabelle Lee is like a modern day Rhiannon to me...when I bought the cd and listened in my car...not only did it give me goose bumps, but it brought a lump to my throat, and tears to my eyes.

[dontlookdown]

For What It's Worth

This song is one of the best she's written in years. I put it right up there with Dreams and Landslide for songwriting.

New Orleans

Another great songwriting effort. One of a handful of songs on the album that elevates it to near-Bella Donna status.

In Your Dreams

Feels like something from Full Moon Fever. Great summer radio song.

Annabel Lee

Feels like a cross between Gypsy and Angel. Classic Fleetwood Mac sound

Everybody Loves You

Great pop song.

[David]

Originally Posted by tabruns

I'd like to see what other people's thoughts are in regards to what should be the single releases off of In Your Dreams. I'm having a difficult time figuring this out myself just because there are so many great songs on this album.

So if you were Stevie's record company exec, and you could keep releasing singles, what songs would you release and in what order?

Annabel Lee is the only logical choice for a single.

[Neal]

"In Your Dreams" and then "Moonlight".

I wish I could say "WSS" or "GAG" but all of my non-Stevie friends whom I've forced this album on like those two the least; I can't blame them given some of the cringe-worthy lyrics. Quite a shame since they're the only 2 real rockers...

[Heartboy]

Originally Posted by David

Annabel Lee is the only logical choice for a single.

Don't forget 'Moonlight'!

I can see this being played on the radio stations!

[tabruns]

I keep listening to this album (and her other ones) repeatedly. I was on a long road trip, so perfect opportunity.

These songs sound the most like radio singles: Secret Love, In Your Dreams, Moonlight, Italian Summer, and Everybody Loves You.

But, *these* songs are significantly amazing songs: Annabel Lee, For What It's Worth, and New Orleans. There's a 'gravitas' or something to those three songs, so even while they don't immediately sound like a radio-ready single, their sheer quality would probably make them great singles.

I still believe Wide Sargasso Sea is a wild card....could make a good single if people "get it".

BTW: "Secret Love" has a second life of some kind. It starts really growing on you again, I'm not sure how.