Stevie Nicks - Street Angel

Nicks will never again match the sales of her 1981 solo debut, Bella Donna (5.2 million units worldwide), but she continues to turn out dependable music on her fifth album and first since 1989. Lead single "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" plays to her strengths with mellifluous ease. --Jeff Bateman Amazon.com

My favorite Stevie Nicks album

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RKEB4XI0SWWEV My name is Jeremy Gloff and I'm a music collector. Here are my thoughts on Stevie Nicks "Street Angel".Street Angel June 2, 2008

Aunty Angel

I feel Stevie Nicks Aunty mode was in force on Street Angel,Her Niece is included and I am sure being an Aunt myself She considered the Aunty role with this Album.The cover is also an Aunty image,it does Stevie Nicks great justice,that colour is also used with the new Crystal Visions the Very Best of Stevie Nicks Album.I wouldn`t trade my Street Angel Album for anything.Stevie`s songs are so versitile she can be anyones Aunty if it`s called for. So if you need or want an Aunty this is an excellent choice.With that said it can also be a good friend Album,this album is quite educational,She always makes shure there is a lesson in all of Her songs even if She makes you think a bit about what you have been up to,the soul calastenics do you good.This is how we grow to love one another,and I am sure Her Niece will appreciate this album in years to come.I know you will if You purchace it,I do.~Peace Glenna MacDonald~ November 11, 2007

Not So Much

The Stevie Nicks I know considers putting an album together to be a labor of love. Every part of it, choosing the songs, the jacket design and art, setting the tone, even song order, Stevie is very particular, to ensure that each album has a personal and distinct place in her fans' hearts.

Unfortunately, for _Street Angel_ Stevie relied on far too much outside help. The overall mood this album gives is despair and sedation. Nearly every song is over-produced, and the quality is actually worse than that of albums released earlier on more primitive technology. This album contains more songs not written by Stevie herself than any other: big mistake. "Docklands" has no point, no message, I really don't understand why she even recorded it. "Unconditional Love" is unconditional fluff, and the same can be said for "Maybe Love..". These songs don't fit the Stevie Nicks image. The cover of Dylans "Just Like a Woman" sounds so heavily medicated it's hard to listen to, she shouldn't have attempted that.

Many of the songs written by Stevie also stand outside of typical Stevie. "Destiny" adds to the album-wide tone of desperation, and "Kick It" adds to the sedated/heavily medicated feel. "Blue Denim" is decent, but would have worked much better in the '80's.

There are good points; unfortunately, they are out of place on this album and while they stand alone as decent songs, they don't add to the overall integrity of the album.
"Rose Garden" is remeniscent of Buckingham Nicks days, very simple, country influenced. But it should have been released on a much earlier album, doesn't fit this album's "electric rocker" feel. The use of David Crosby in "Street Angel" is beautiful (Stevie is at her best when she harmonizes with men), but it also doen't fit the "electric rocker" feel. I much prefer the remastered and simplified versions of both of these songs that can be found on Enchanted: The Works of Stevie Nicks. Also noteworthy is the final song "Jane." It still adds to that hopeless sensation, but but it pays great homage to Jane Goodall, someone we all can respect.

Overall, I can honestly say that I own this album so that I have a complete Stevie Nicks collection, but it literally never comes off my shelf. This is very atypical of Stevie Nicks: she'll tell you herself that she was always very unhappy with this album. It shows.
April 23, 2007

A low point in Stevie's long career...

We have come to expect alot from Stevie. Throughout the 70's and 80's she was not only the coolest female rock star, but influenced an entire generation of female artists. 'Street Angel' is not up to the standard we have come to expect of Stevie.

Firstly, the album is very inconsistent. Brilliant tracks like "Blue Denim", "Destiny" and "Maybe Love" are mixed with filler like "Docklands" and the awful "Jane".

However, there is one bright light in this other-wise below-par album, and that is "Rose Garden". "Rose Garden" was written in 1965, well before Stevie was the famous icon of today, and the song is genuinely heart-breaking, and incredibly well sung - "Street Angel" is worth buying just for this.

If this album was edited slightly, and filler tracks were removed, 'Street Angel' would not be a bad effort at all, but in the way it is, it is less than impressive, but still enjoyable none-the-less. November 21, 2006

Not bad at all

Though it may not be her best soloalbum ever, it's still essential to any Stevie Nicks collection and features some very good songs.
Honestly, I cannot understand why this albus has been critzised so much. I like it! August 20, 2006

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