Happy 30th Anniversary to The Wild Heart!

[turquoise5]

I love this album.....either Wild Heart or TISL is my favorite Stevie solo album, I can never decide which.

The first side of the Wild Heart LP is just beautiful....flows so well. And Sable On Blonde is an underappreciated gem....

I'm paraphrasing, but Stevie once said "On the Wild Heart tour, everyone was either falling in love, falling out of love, getting married, getting divorced..." How appropriate for an album like the emotional, romantic Wild Heart.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by Travis

Glad you like it

Yes I love those photos.

Originally Posted by Travis

YES please, would love to hear them

Yes some day I will put a audio mix together.

[Macfanforever]

I always shed a tear or the waterworks come when I play B&B or hear it at the shows.I love that song

The same goes for NightBird.

I wish she put those back into the setlist instead of the cover tunes.

[starshine]

Wild Heart is up there with BD for me cause I think its a great wonderful LP I love the LPC the LP insert photos it was just so awesome really. I wasn't a fan at the time not til around 88 with Fmac first but I do recall watching TBS station around that time and saw a commercial for there video night and they showed Stevie during Standback. So cool that I recall seeing that. Anyway, love this LP a lot. Oh liked the video of pictures to Nothing Ever Changes really a nice job.

[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Mike you can check this forum out which this thread below will list stations that play the 1980's shows.You can listen online if your local does not carry the show.


The list is updated weekly by member pizzzzza .

Stations that carry the 1980's shows

http://at40fg.proboards.com/thread/1...ated-june-2013

Stations that carry the 1970's shows

http://at40fg.proboards.com/thread/1...ated-june-2013

I'm a member of that forum and its very informative with the info .You dont have to register to read the forum.


I love listening to the shows and hear it like it was the first time when I heard it.

I hope they will rerun the June 18th 1977 show when "Dreams" hit number one.


Thank Daniel for that note.Yes I agree with the WildHeart being number 2 on my Stevie faves list.

Thank you for this info. I will check out some of those 80s stations. I heard the one where "Dreams" hit Number 1. They made a big deal of the fact that a band had to wait 10 years after forming before getting their first Number 1 hit.

[J.Miller]

The first album I EVER bought! I was watching MTV and Stand Back came on and I thought "Who is this"? A life changing moment.

[Blueletter18]

Originally Posted by SpyNote

The album was actually released on Tuesday, June 14, 1983, according to Billboard Magazine.

The Wild Heart is still #2 for me. But it's in dire need of remastering.

Shoot, I got my info from Allmusic...lol. I agree, a remaster with demos (All the Beautiful Worlds, please!!) would be wonderful, but it's probably never going to happen . Anyways, I have always said before that Bella Donna is my favorite Stevie album and The Wild Heart is a close second, but I'm really not sure any more. The first four tracks on The Wild Heart are the songs I always turn to if I'm in a bad mood, so The Wild Heart is very powerful for me. If Anyone Falls is just so darn catchy, and I am a shameless Gate and Garden fan as well. I love when synthesizers are used tastefully, as they are in If Anyone Falls and Stand Back, because the energy level just skyrockets. Nightbird is a beautiful sister song to Edge of Seventeen, and I love Lori's solo. Stand Back has become a classic, and still works well live (obviously). I enjoy I Will Run to You at least as much as Stop Draggin' My Heart around. The vocal on Nothing Ever Changes is really playful and dynamic, and it's just a rocking song. For me, the two weakest songs are last. I actually really like most of the lyrics and the melody to Sable on Blond, but I don't like all the voices (the "ooh"s) at the beginning, and I don't really understand the premise behind "sable on blond"--seems like too obscure of a reference to be used as the title. Beauty and the Beast seems overwrought to me, and I always skip it.