What did you think the first time you listened to TISL???

[diamondsnake]

My first Stevie album was TISL so I can't relate to the people who were fans for so many years and then got the album, so I was wondering what you thought of Stevie's new voice? It seems like Stevie's voice changed so much and became much more weathered starting with this album. So when you heard "I remember him, he was very young, no one spoke like him, he was someone..." What did you think? Did you like the fact that her voice took on the new quality or what?

I prefer her vocals from this album to any other of Stevie's albums by the way. I'm just wondering what other people think. It just seems to me that her voice is very mellow in the dance but is extremely raspy and nasal on TISL.

Your thoughts? What was your initial reaction?