Lora's Album Review - 6/28

[lora]

Stevie Nicks
The Enchanted Works Of Stevie Nicks, Disc Two
1998

*1. Edge Of Seventeen (previously unreleased live version)*
I no longer have the studio version of this, which I could almost shoot myself for. But this is great. The mother of all guitar riffs... I love the one verse with the heavy background from Sharon and Lori. Their harmonies with Stevie are amazing.

*2. Street Angel*
This has some good harmonies from David Crosby. Who would've guessed? *shrugs* I've always liked this song, but I think the last verse is my favorite.

"So I ended it all for the both of us...I fell down the stairs a broken rag doll..."

3. Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)
Great bass here.

"That is how songs are written...Stories are told, rumours are started"

4. I Sing For The Things
Not bad, but not really a favorite. The lyrics are the strongest part of the song to me.

*5. Rooms On Fire*
Excellent. I love Stevie's vocals here especially, and the imagery in the lyrics is fantastic. Hey, and Stevie does some percussion here.

6. I Can't Wait (extended rock mix)
This one is always pleasing to the ears, but sitting and reading the lyrics kind of gives the song new perspective.

"I can't wait...How would I love you...How will you feel ten years from now..."

7. Two Kinds Of Love duet with Bruce Hornsby
"Great temptations never really die..." I just have to let that line express my sentiments on this one.

8. The Highwayman
Great background vocals from Don Henley on this beautiful song about dreaming of the one you love until you meet again in heaven - at least that's what I get from this.

*9. Rose Garden*
One of my top favorites, Stevie wrote this when she was merely 17 but didn't record it until nearly thirty years later. This is played simply with lots of acoustic guitar, which sounds fantastic. I love these lyrics so much...

"Now I've a big house...with pillars standing tall all around...Yeah, and I've got a garden...and it's got roses dangling down to the ground...Yes, and I've got money...men to love me and acres of land...Well, I've got all these things...all these things but a small gold band...on my finger...on my left hand..."

*10. Talk To Me*
A perfect pop-rock track. I love everything about this. Written by Chas Sanford, he also did most of the instruments here. Stevie's vocals are outstanding, especially on the lines "Let the walls burn down, set your secrets free...You can break their bounds 'cause you're safe with me...You can lose your doubt 'cause you'll find no danger here..."

11. Destiny
Interesting track that I really like. Borrowed lyrics from "Enchanted" help to intertwine Stevie's songs even more.

*12. Ooh My Love*
IMO, Stevie's most underrated song. A solid winner from The Other Side Of The Mirror that goes right up there with "Talk To Me". I may even like it more. I love the orchestration and the lyrics and Stevie's voice is gorgeous on this. *sigh* Fantastic!!

*13. Desert Angel*
This song was on Stevie's 1991 Timespace: Best Of. It's a song of the period, obviously being about the Gulf War. It's just recently become a major favorite of mine. There's really great piano on this and I love Stevie's vocals.

14. Whole Lotta Trouble
Cool orchestration, especially in the intro. Also, another example of crossover lyrics:

"You're not my friend...You're not my love...and this is something that we really don't discuss..."

This lyric appears again in "Thousand Days" on disc three.

*15. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You*
Wonderful piano backs the longing lyrics of this ballad. So pretty.

[KittyKat - RIP Luciano]

As I said on my other post. I think I've been inspired to go out and get this collection.

[Dawn]

I've never heard the live version of Edge of Seventeen, but the studio version is excellent, probably my favorite Stevie track after Stand Back. I remember hearing Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You on the radio a few times back when it was current - would like to hear it again. Rooms on Fire and I Can't Wait are both great songs, and although I wasn't quite as fond of Talk to Me when I first heard it, it's growing on me more and more.

[kathyb]

I absolutely love the majority of the songs on this disc, with Rock a Little, Rooms on Fire, Talk to Me, Whole Lotta Trouble, and Has Anybody Ever Written Anything For You, being my favorites. Good stuff all the way around!

[SAT-I need more room!!]

IMO, the weakest of the 3 discs. Seems like they stockpiled the first disc with most of the early hits. But there is still good stuff here!

1. What did you do, have the single Greatest Hits and get rid of it in favor of this? Bad move! Then you don't have Sometimes it's a Bitch, which is a great song!

5. This was a breath of fresh air when it came out in 89. Still good, but not among her VERY elite.

6. I know this is from when she was still cranking out hits, but this was too much of a departure for her. Too dancy sounding, too much phoney instrumentation.

10. The best on here, no question. I really like this one.

14. Discovered this on the Timespace CD. Not bad at all.


Nice review!

[lora]

KittyKat said:

As I said on my other post. I think I've been inspired to go out and get this collection.

Go for it! You won't regret it.

[lora]

Dawn said:

I've never heard the live version of Edge of Seventeen, but the studio version is excellent, probably my favorite Stevie track after Stand Back. I remember hearing Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You on the radio a few times back when it was current - would like to hear it again. Rooms on Fire and I Can't Wait are both great songs, and although I wasn't quite as fond of Talk to Me when I first heard it, it's growing on me more and more.

I heard Edge Of Seventeen on the radio the day before yesterday, and I believe I screamed....

I rarely get to hear Stevie on the radio.

[lora]

kathyb said:

I absolutely love the majority of the songs on this disc, with Rock a Little, Rooms on Fire, Talk to Me, Whole Lotta Trouble, and Has Anybody Ever Written Anything For You, being my favorites. Good stuff all the way around!

I agree!

[lora]

SAT-Laney's said:

IMO, the weakest of the 3 discs. Seems like they stockpiled the first disc with most of the early hits. But there is still good stuff here!

1. What did you do, have the single Greatest Hits and get rid of it in favor of this? Bad move! Then you don't have Sometimes it's a Bitch, which is a great song!

5. This was a breath of fresh air when it came out in 89. Still good, but not among her VERY elite.

6. I know this is from when she was still cranking out hits, but this was too much of a departure for her. Too dancy sounding, too much phoney instrumentation.

10. The best on here, no question. I really like this one.

14. Discovered this on the Timespace CD. Not bad at all.


Nice review!

This was my favorite disc when I first had the collection, but now disc one is growing on me more and more.

1. I used to have a bunch of CDs full of stuff that I had downloaded, and that was one of the songs I had. Then I decided to get rid of several of my songs and consolidate it all onto fewer discs and I accidentally excluded Edge Of Seventeen. Tell me more about Timespace though. I still might need that.

6. Notice that wasn't one of my favorites.

What, no comments on number 12?

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Lora said:

This was my favorite disc when I first had the collection, but now disc one is growing on me more and more.

1. I used to have a bunch of CDs full of stuff that I had downloaded, and that was one of the songs I had. Then I decided to get rid of several of my songs and consolidate it all onto fewer discs and I accidentally excluded Edge Of Seventeen. Tell me more about Timespace though. I still might need that.

6. Notice that wasn't one of my favorites.

What, no comments on number 12?

I don't know that one by title!

[lora]

SAT-Laney's said:

I don't know that one by title!

Ah, it's great! You have to listen to it. Would you recognize the lyric maybe? I can type a bit of it.