Stevie albums...

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by sparky

Exquisite sentence.

Ha ha thanks. You being serious?

[sparky]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Ha ha thanks. You being serious?

Of course I am. I envy that sentence and wish I had written it myself.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

wait wait wait now. I love OSOTM.

I could easily come up with 100 without Google.

i liked that album too....

it was RAL i couldn't stand

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

i liked that album too....

it was RAL i couldn't stand

Ditto, baby.

The Other Side of the Mirror is Stevie's best album- because it's her most honest.

Bella Donna is a catch-up record- which is not a pejorative comment. It's just to say that it was a compilation of all the songs that Stevie had wanted to record over the years, but couldn't.

The Wild Heart is a collaberative record. Stevie lost her muse and had to rely on others to provide the music to her lyrics.

Rock a Little is a disaster. 'Nuff said.

Street Angel could have been a comeback.....

Trouble in Shangri-La.... too many turds ("It's Only Love", "Love Changes", "That Made Me Stronger", etc). Although, when she's got it, she's got IT !!! ("Fall From Grace", "I Miss You", "Love Is", FREEEEEKING "Planets of the Universe" !!!!!!!!!!!!)


Bottom line- Stevie needs to release another solo album and fast.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by The Tower

The Other Side of the Mirror is Stevie's best album- because it's her most honest.

I can't quibble with your opinions, but I must ask this question, even if it sounds rhetorical - how can you produce "honest" work when you are so tranq'd out you can scarcely fix your gaze on an interviewer and are for all practical purposes, a zombie ?

I might temper that by saying that DTBTIC and Ghosts are pretty honest compositions, albeit the production bogged them down and rendered them murky in terms of audio.

[strandinthewind]

Towie - don't you think Its Only Love was a rather magnificent display of her voice? I thought when I heard it that she was actually melodic - for a change

[foxyluva]

Originally Posted by The Tower

The Other Side of the Mirror is Stevie's best album- because it's her most honest.

"Other Side of the Mirror" IS a very honest album. The problem is though that the lyrics are shrouded in too much mysticism and whimsy, making alot of the lyrics seem almost pretentious - which is where i believe all the bad reviews came from...

But we are the enlightened ones, so we know better

[TheBlueLamp]

My list would be as follows

The Wild Heart
Rock A Little
Other Side Of The Mirror
Street Angel
Bella Donna
Trouble In Shangri-La


For years The Wild Heart was at the bottom of my list and OSOTM was on top but I recently started listening to TWH again and it justs blows me away. It's more complex than BD but not as crazy as RAL.

I would rate every song on TWH as 5/5 (barring SB. That gets 4) None of her other albums rate that highly for me, even though I love them all.

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by sparky

Of course I am. I envy that sentence and wish I had written it myself.

Sarcasm? Now I'm even more confused Do you agree with me about the bad circus act or what? lol

[sparky]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Sarcasm? Now I'm even more confused Do you agree with me about the bad circus act or what? lol

Yeah. The "of course I am" was an answer to the question "You being serious?"

I must be on crack.
Half of what I post lately is completely misinterpreted.

[jbrownsjr]

Here's my order:

Bella Donna (excellent)
Wild Heart (very very good)
TOSOTM (very good)

the rest.... (ummmm) some great songs... lots of bad ones...

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by sparky

I can't quibble with your opinions, but I must ask this question, even if it sounds rhetorical - how can you produce "honest" work when you are so tranq'd out you can scarcely fix your gaze on an interviewer and are for all practical purposes, a zombie ?

For the most part, the Stevie-penned songs from TOSOTM are either before she was taking Klonopin or before Klonopin had taken a hold of her.

I might temper that by saying that DTBTIC and Ghosts are pretty honest compositions, albeit the production bogged them down and rendered them murky in terms of audio.

I think Stevie was "sad" for TOSOTM. That thread of sadness runs through the entire album. I think FM had ended for her (in her mind).

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Towie - don't you think Its Only Love was a rather magnificent display of her voice? I thought when I heard it that she was actually melodic - for a change

The song and the lyrics are so wretched that nothing can save it. I think Stevie recorded it only because Sheryl wrote it "about her". Bleh.

Originally Posted by foxyluva

"Other Side of the Mirror" IS a very honest album. The problem is though that the lyrics are shrouded in too much mysticism and whimsy, making alot of the lyrics seem almost pretentious - which is where i believe all the bad reviews came from...

I actually think it's some of her most straight-forward writing. Compare it to songs like "Rock A Little", "Gate and Garden", "The Nightmare" and "Edge of Seventeen" to list a few... Yowza!

[foxyluva]

So, according to the poll, this is the order in which the Ledge prefers Stevie albums:

1. Bella Donna
2. Trouble in Shangri-La
3. Wild Heart
4. Other Side of the Mirror
5. Rock A Little
6. Street Angel

Im really suprised that OSOTM is ahead of RAL - plesantly suprised

[marc402]

it was trouble in shangri la for me to although i must say that rock a little came a very close second , since i just love the roughness in her voice on that album