Stevie Nicks - Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (CD / DVD)

Wonderful CD

The Stevie Nicks Crystal Vision CD is fabulous!!!! I recommend it to everyone! But then who doesn't love Stevie?? July 18, 2008

STEVIE NICKS - AMAZING AND AWESOME

FANTASTIC - I could watch/listen to this for soooo many hours in a row. Stevie is one of the MOST original, phenomenal female singer/songwriters in rock history.

I love the music, the remastering is fantastic. Stevie carries the torch and always will. I think this CD/DVD would make a FANTASTIC Gift for any fan with Christmas around the corner - this music NEVER gets old - ALWAYS amazing!


June 16, 2008

Incredible set, worth every penny.

I admit, I'm a relatively new Stevie Nicks fan. I didn't REALLY get into her music until the last five or six years. And in that time, I've come to love and appreciate her as one of the greatest women in rock.

Being a fan who owns Enchanted, when I first heard she was going to release ANOTHER best of, I admit, I rolled my eyes. But as more information came out, I found myself getting more and more excited. And then when the press releases came out, I knew this one was going to be worth picking up.

First off, my comments on the CD. The sound quality is FANTASTIC. All of these songs have been beautifully remastered for spectacular sound quality. And while yes, original versions of her Mac songs would have been nice, and yes one can gripe about missing tracks like Beauty And The Beast, this CD does offer some semi-new material. The live versions of Rhiannon and Landslide are absolutely gorgeous, and her live cover of Rock And Roll is SICK. (In a good way.) And I like that the Deep Dish remix of Dreams is on here, as I thought it was a great reinvention of a classic.

But the best "new" track on here is the live version of Edge Of Seventeen that closes the disc. (And unlike Enchanted, which was missing the studio version in lieu of a live version, this CD also contains the amazing original studio version.) In fact, I'd go so far as to say it's actually BETTER than the studio version. A new powerful string arrangements amps up the drama of the song and makes it truly an event rather than just a great song. She's had a lot of amazing live versions in the past, including a mostly acoustic one for VH1 Storytellers, but this one trumps them all.

The DVD with this set is TRULY the reason fans should pick this set up. The DVD contains all 11 of her released music videos, an unreleased version of Stand Back that has been floating around the internet in terrible 15th generation VHS rips for years, and a live performance of Edge Of Seventeen from her White Winged Dove Tour HBO broadcast. (Sadly, it's currently the only live solo Stevie we have on DVD outside of the awesomely bad Red Rocks DVD. Reprise seriously needs to release the uncut HBO special on DVD, including the songs not included in the broadcast or subsequent VHS and laserdisc releases.) If that wasn't enough, you can watch the videos with commentary by Stevie, where she discusses the songs, wardrobe, her hair, that awful treadmill in Stand Back, Mick Fleetwood's cameo in I Can't Wait, etc. And in addition, there's priceless home video footage of the making of the Bella Donna album. In all, you have up to two and a half hours of viewing pleasure if you count separate viewings of the videos with and without Stevie's commentary.

The CD/DVD package is a beautifully done digipak which opens up to three panels. The left panel holds the CD, the right panel holds the DVD, and the middle panel holds the CD booklet in a sleeve. The booklet and trays of the digipak include all kinds of gorgeous photos of Stevie, some never before seen. The discs themselves are adorned with artwork created by Stevie herself. The set's liner notes are also incredible and feature a short essay on her career by David Wild and Stevie's thoughts on almost every song. (Commentary on Rooms On Fire is oddly missing.)

It doesn't matter if you already own Enchanted and/or Timespace. You MUST own this set if you're a Stevie fan. The commentary on the videos and priceless behind the scenes footage alone is worth the price, but add the incredible new live tracks and remixes and the fact that this is the first best of CD she's released with Silver Springs in its original form? Absolutely a no-brainer. April 26, 2008

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Crystal Visions is Stevie Nicks best work as a solo singer. The quality of the recordings is excellent and the remix and live performances are some of her best. March 29, 2008

She's back...and in the boots!!!

A superior collection, balanced and full of gems, Landslide with the symphony is so beautiful and Edge of 17 so powerful. Rock'n'Roll is amazing and the videos, Oh the videos!! Buy this today. February 15, 2008

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