I've Had Enough Time With "InYourDreams"

[mikephxaz]

I just wanted to see what everyone's thoughts are now that we've had "In Your Dreams" for a month????
With any album- when I first purchase a cd there's a rush of excitement or high expectations or unmet expectations that effect my initial opinions on the cd. These preliminary opinions start to change and take shape after a few weeks of listening. I think I now know my true thoughts about In Your Dreams.
First - thank you, Stevie...this is a thoughtful, well produced, well written album. I believe it is better than her last three albums - TISL, SA & OSOTM...If "In Your Dreams" had been the same caliber of TISL I would have been thrilled..but it exceeded it!! How it ranks with her first three cds - I'm not sure (that can be debated forever)
No one could have ever convinced me that Stevie would be re-energized to this degree. It must be due to the production of Mr Stewart. She brought up her song writing expertise to BellaDona, Rumors & Tusk levels - Moonlight, FWIW, NO, WSS, IS are classics that may never see radio play but they rank up there with true Stevie classics...I think that Lindseys involvement in Soilders Angels reminded me how "heavy" his involvement/production can take Stevie's music...(Especially in her later work - Say You Will songs, for example). Dave Stewart managed to lift her music to a lighter level but still maintaining the atmosphereic mood of Stevie's music....I love how her voice is clear and clean on these tracks...I would have wished for a little more "wild" Stevie at the end of a few of these songs...and if there had been a few "crazy Stevie" moments on IYD this would have ranked as Stevie's best work for me... What does everyone else think?????
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Stevie!!!

[tabruns]

After a month I still love In Your Dreams and still consider it Nicks' best solo album ever. There are so many strong songs on this album that it's difficult to choose favorites or to choose what should be singles. Stevie deserves to be very proud of this album.

[SpyNote]

After a month, here's more or less my final ranking of the album, tracks 1-7 being my favorites. I don't listen to tracks 8-14 anymore. They have been deleted from my iPod!

01. Moonlight
02. Annabel Lee
03. In Your Dreams
04. Italian Summer
05. Secret Love
06. Cheaper Than Free
07. My Heart

08. Everybody Loves You
09. You May Be The One
10. Wide Sargasso Sea
11. New Orleans
12. For What It's Worth
13. Ghosts Are Gone
14. Solider's Angel

[henryscutter]

You scared me for a second, I thought you were breaking up with IYD

I love it as much as the first time I heard it. I still kinda prefer it without My Heart, even though the song is ok, I got used to the standard cd from listening to the Rolling Stone stream. Every song is so unique, they seem modern and classic at the same time. I just wish they would release a good single (Moonlight, IYD) so more people could hear this amazing album.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I actually think I listen to "New Orleans" the most followed by "Moonlight" then "For What It's Worth"

[BombaySapphire3]

I still think it is her most consistently strong album since the early 1980s and listen to it almost as much as a month ago.I really hope this is the start of a new burst of musical creativity for Stevie.

[desertangel]

My CD is still in the car, in near constant rotation. I can't get it in the house long enough to rip. I really love this album. I agree about not loving it as much as BD or WH, but do love it more than TISL, SA, OSOTM and maybe even RAL.

I think Dave, Glenn and Chris Lord-Algae have done a FABulous job with the technical aspects. They deserve a LOT of credit. In my opinion, if it weren't for them, this album would be skating on the lack-luster side of things.

Stevie's vocals really do shine throughout on this work. It's exciting to hear. I love that she's added a bit of jazz and pizazz to her styling. "At Last" has always been a favorite of mine. I wish she would record more songs like that.

In my heart of hearts, I would love to see this album take off. There are more than a few cuts that would make the grade for regular rotation on adult contemporary. I couldn't say that about TISL, even in the honeymoon phase.

[vivfox]

At first I was impressed with the new songs and then for a short while it was no big deal to me. Then I decided that I really wanted to enjoy this record so I started listening again. Sapphire Sister sent me a copy to play in my car. I spend a lot of my life driving and while I did play it in the house, these songs came to more of a vibrant life on my car speakers.
I listen to the CD a lot and really enjoy most of the songs. The Ghosts are Gone is a song I know I should really love, but it's missing something and I cannot pinpoint what it is. The live version of TGAG from the Wiltern is very enjoyable to me and I loved watching her be so into it while performing it. The title track didn't click with me like it has with most of you but it is slowly growing on me. And I do mean slowly.
New Orleans is my favorite song. I was so excited to hear it since I first heard her sing part of it on the Unleashed Tour.

From the sizzle reel of WSS Stevie speaks, "And even though they were so in love, they drew a line in the sand just because." I have to admit I was and still am dissapointed that she sings it in the song. I really wanted her to stop singing and speak the line and then continue singing again. I thought that would have added a nice, smooth touch of class to the song.

My favorite songs in this order:
01. New Orleans
02. Moonlight
03. Everybody Loves You
04. Anabel Lee
05. Soldier's Angel
06. You May Be The One
07. Wide Sargasso Sea

08. Italian Summer
09. For What It's Worth
10. Cheaper Than free
11. The Ghosts Are Gone
12. My Heart
13. Secret Love
14. In Your Dreams

[louielouie2000]

I still love the album but am terribly burned out on it, so I haven't been listening to it for the past 2-3 weeks. I definitely don't think this is the best work of Stevie's career, but I do think it's in her top 3 solo albums (#1 Bella Donna, #2 Rock A Little, #3 In Your Dreams). I still think Stevie's best work was on the first 4 Mac studio albums, though... with Tusk containing both the best singing & songwriting of her career.

Surprisingly, In Your Dreams also won't be my fav new album of 2011 either. That prize goes to Joseph Arthur's new album, Graduation Ceremony. Still, In Your Dreams is a solid album and I'm so glad we have it. I hope more than anything that it will be a catalyst for new material from both Stevie & especially Fleetwood Mac. In Your Dreams proves that Stevie still has something to say, and is still very much a viable artist.

[mylittledemon]

I would put it in her top 3 or 4 albums.

[daniellaaarisen]

Top 3 for me.

[mylittledemon]

For me its...

Bella Donna
Trouble in Shangri La
Wild Heart
In Your Dreams
Rock A Little
Street Angel
The Other Side of the Mirror

[darklinensuit]

I listen to it when I'm in the car. I'm in TX, so that's a lot.
I like the album quite a bit, but it lacks many of the Stevie-isms (esp. the layered vocals & WTH-is-she-talking-about lyrics) that I love so much, so it's not at the top of my rankings.

Bella Donna
Rock a Little
The Wild Heart
In Your Dreams
Trouble in Shangri-la
Street Angel
The Other Side of the Mirror


- Jake

[markolas]

Still listening to it, not burned out at all. Current favorites (not in any order):

- Moonlight
- Annabel Lee
- Wide Sargasso Sea
- Secret Love
- My Heart
- For What it's Worth
- In Your Dreams
- Ghosts Are Gone
- Italian Summer

As far as her solo albums go, I'd also put it in the top 3:

1. Bella Donna
2. Rock a Little
3. In Your Dreams
4. The Other Side of the Mirror
5. Trouble in Shangri-La
6. The Wild Heart
7. Street Angel

[Dodfather]

I'd put it as the 3rd best after Bella Donna and The Wild Heart. The only track that I usually skip is Cheaper Than Free, although New Orleans is startying to grate on me a bit but that just could be the mood I'm in. Otherwise I think it's an incredibly consistent record.