Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart (1983) (vinyl Lp) - €15,00

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The Wild Heart is the second solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. Recording began in late 1982, shortly after the end of Fleetwood Mac's Mirage Tour. 

After the death of her best friend, Robin Anderson, and with new appreciation for her life and career, Nicks recorded the album in only a few months and was released on June 10, 1983, a year after Fleetwood Mac's Mirage album. 

It peaked at number five on the US Billboard 200 (for seven consecutive weeks) and achieved platinum status on September 12, 1983. 

As on Bella Donna, producer Jimmy Iovine took a simpler, more conventional pop/rock approach to the arrangements than Fleetwood Mac's inventive Lindsey Buckingham did on Nicks's songs, which meant the music was more straightforward than her typically elliptical lyrics. Iovine did get a Mac-like sound on "Nightbird," in which Nicks repeated her invocation to "the white winged dove" from Bella Donna's "Edge of Seventeen," and on "Sable on Blond," a "Gypsy" soundalike. His most daring effort was the album's leadoff single, "Stand Back," which boasted a disco tempo. 

Elsewhere, the songs were largely interchangeable with those on Bella Donna, even down to the obligatory duet with Tom Petty. Nicks seemed to know what she was up to -- one song was called "Nothing Ever Changes." 

The album is notable for its array of prominent guest musicians. Tom Petty made a return to write "I Will Run to You", on which his bandmates from The Heartbreakers performed. 

Nicks' Fleetwood Mac bandmate, Mick Fleetwood, made an appearance on the track "Sable on Blonde". Toto's Steve Lukather contributed some of the guitar work on what would become the album's biggest hit single, "Stand Back", which also features an uncredited contribution from Prince, who played the synthesizer track. 

Nicks also worked with friend Sandy Stewart, who wrote the music for three tracks on the album and performed on several (Stewart would go on to write the 1987 Fleetwood Mac hit "Seven Wonders"). The album's final track, "Beauty and the Beast", features a full string section performing a score arranged and conducted by Paul Buckmaster. 

Side one

1.  Wild Heart - 6:08  

2.  If Anyone Falls - 4:07  

3.  Gate And Garden - 4:05  

4.  Enchanted - 3:05  

5.  Nightbird  (duet with Sandy Stewart) - 4:59  

Side two

1.  Stand Back - 4:18  

2.  I Will Run To You (duet with Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers) - 3:21  

3.  Nothing Ever Changes - 4:09  

4.  Sable On Blond - 4:13  

5.  Beauty And The Beast - 6:02 

 

Musicians

• Stevie Nicks – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Sharon Celani; Lori Perry – backing vocals
• Sandy Stewart – synthesizer, keyboards, piano solo, co-lead vocals
• , additional background vocals 
• Russ Kunkel – drums, drum overdubs 
• Roy Bittan – synthesizer, piano 
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar 
• Bob Glaub – bass guitar 
• Bobbye Hall – percussion 
• Benmont Tench – organ, keyboards 

Additional musicians

• David Monday – guitar 
• Roger Tausz – bass guitar 
• Brad Smith – drums, percussion
• Dean Parks – guitar 
• Carolyn Brooks – additional background vocals 
• Kenny Edwards – bass guitar 
• Chet McCracken – drum overdubs 
• David Foster – piano 
• Marvin Caruso – drums 
• David Williams – guitar 
• Ian Wallace – percussion 
• Steve Lukather – guitar 
• Tom Petty – guitar, co-lead vocals, backing vocals 
• Mike Campbell – guitar 
• Stan Lynch – drums 
• Howie Epstein – bass guitar 
• Don Felder – guitar 
• Phil Kenzie – saxophone 
• Mick Fleetwood – drums 

Beauty and the Beast" strings

• Paul Buckmaster – conductor
• Gene Bianco – harp
• John Beal – double bass
• Jesse Levine; Julien Barber; Theodore Israel; Harry Zaratzian – violas
• Jesse Levy; Frederick Zlotkin; Seymour Barab; Jon Abramowitz – cellos

Violins

• Marvin Morgenstern
• John Pintavalle
• Regis Eandiorio
• Peter Dimitriades
• Matthew Raimondi
• Raymond Kunicki
• Ruth Waterman
• Herbert Sorkin
• Max Ellen
• Harry Glickman
• Paul Winter
• Harry Cykman
• Lewis Eley
• Paul Gershman

Production

• Jimmy Iovine – producer
• Tom Petty; Jimmy Iovine – producers 
• Gordon Perry; Jimmy Iovine – producers 
• Shelly Yakus – engineer
• Tom "Gordo" Gondolf – engineer 
• Greg Edward – additional engineering
• Shelly Yakus; Greg Edward; Lori Perry – mixing 
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering (at Precision Lacquer)
• Paul Buckmaster; Kenneth Whitfield – strings arrangement 
• David Bluefield – OB-Xa and DMX drum machine programming 
• Janet Weber – production coordinator
• Rebecca Alvarez – personal assistant
• Front Line Management – direction

Assistant engineers

• Michael Brooks
• David Bianco
• Bobby Cohen
• Julian Stoll
• Bill Freesh
• David Dubow
• Pete Kudas
• John Smith
• John Curcio
• Josh Abbey

Artwork

• Herbert W. Worthington III – photography, art direction, design, album cover concept
• Stevie Nicks – album cover concept, handtinting
• Sulamith Wulfing – album cover inspiration
• Robert Alfrod; Michael Marks – photography assistants
• Lori Perry – handtinting
• Mike Manoogian – logo design
• Michael Curtis – layout design
• Beverlee Vance – haircut
• Jim Fisher – front cover hair design
• Margi Kent – clothes
• Mardiros Vartanian – boots ("All Summer Long")
• Christi Thomason – front cover and small insert make-up
• Liza Edwards – back cover and large insert make-up
• Kathryn Greenbaum – hands

Notes

Release: 1983

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Rock

Label:  WEA

Catalog#  250071-1

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €15,00