Bella Donna (CD)

Possessed of a raspy croon and mystical songwriting bent, L.A. troubadour Stevie Nicks had a duo with Lindsey Buckingham in the early 1970s, releasing an excellent folk-pop album as Buckingham Nicks before the pair were absorbed into veteran UK group Fleetwood Mac. Nicks and Buckingham's talents helped steer the band to superstardom via the enormous hit albums RUMOURS and FLEETWOOD MAC. Nicks ventured out on her own in the '80s, scoring numerous hit singles and ultimately leaving the band. In the late '90s, however, she reunited with her Fleetwood friends, who began performing and recording with renewed vigor.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
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• Release Date: October 25, 1990
• Label: Modern
• UPC: 075679042729
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106705812
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #3654 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #1755 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #1179 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)

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Personnel includes: Stevie Nicks (vocals); Tom Petty (guitar, background vocals); Waddy Watchel, Michael Campbell, Don Felder (guitar), Davey Johnson (acoustic guitar); Dan Dugmore (pedal steel guitar); Bill Elliott, Roy Bittan, Bill Payne (piano); Benmont Tench (organ, piano); David Adelstein (synthesizer); Tom Moncrieff, Duck Dunn, Bob Glaub (bass); Stan Lynch, Russ Kunkel (drums); Bobbye Hall, Phil Jones (percussion); Sharon Celani, Lori Perry (background vocals).

Engineers include: Shelly Yakus, Don Smith, Thom Panunzio.

Following up strong on the weak sales and confused reviews of Fleetwood Mac's misunderstood experimental extravaganza, TUSK, was Stevie Nicks's first solo album, BELLA DONNA. The 1981 record featured two smash singles, "Edge of Seventeen" and the Tom Petty duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," that reaffirmed that the Arizona native was one of the biggest female stars of the era. The surprising thing, given Nicks's fairly limited songwriting role in Fleetwood Mac, is that the entire album is start-to-finish solid, particularly the spectral ballad "After the Glitter Fades" and the striking title track. Recorded with the help of Petty's Heartbreakers and members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and produced by Jimmy Iovine, BELLA DONNA has a more rock-oriented sound than Fleetwood Mac's wispy California soft pop, and Nicks sings in a tougher, less self-conscious voice, adding unexpected heft to her diaphanous image.

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