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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0093624999812 Label: Reprise / Wea Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea MPN: 100363 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Reprise / Wea Release Date: March 27, 2007 Studio: Reprise / Wea Editorial Review: Amazon.com: With a career that's seen her soar from struggling journeywoman to superstar via a fateful invitation to join Fleetwoood Mac, the singer who now bills herself as the most successful female artist in rock history looks back on the various facets of her iconography via this 16-track career retrospective. The mystic-folkie ethos that has long been her caricature are well-showcased via the cult fave Rumours outtake/B-side "Silver Spring," the muscular Sheryl Crow collaboration "Sorcerer," and a live version of the moody "Rhiannon" that casts it in even longer shadows. Yet Stevie Nicks has always displayed a willingness to push herself beyond her hippie muse, as witnessed by the dense aura of Deep Dish's remix of Mac's "Dreams" and such disparate, pop-savvy solo highlights as "I Can't Wait," "Stand Back," and shrewd, successful duets with Tom Petty ("Stop Draggin' My Heart Around") and Don Henley ("Leather and Lace"). Indeed, bookended by the original version of the hit "Edge of Seventeen" and a live revamping with the Melbourne Symphony that amps its every melodramatic nuance, reinvention often seems the anthology's subtext. The album is also available in a deluxe edition featuring a DVD packed with videos, commentary, and more. --Jerry McCulley Album Description: How beloved is Stevie Nicks? All six of her original solo albums, spanning 1981.2001, plus two best of collections,have been certified at least gold. With rock's superstar chanteuse about to go back on the road after guesting on Tom Petty's Highway Companion tour, Crystal Visions... covers her entire solo career for the first time in a CD+DVD package. Featured are several previously unreleased live tracks on the CD, as well as Stevie's voice-over commentary for each video and her artwork on the DVD. Crystal Visions...The Best Of Stevie Nicks is exactly that. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - AwesomeI am a huge Fleetwood Mac fan, have been so since I was in High School (I'm 45 now), but in my personal opinion, this is probably Stevie Nicks' best CD, which is a collection of some of her best. Highly recommend it, especially if you are a Stevie Nicks fan, (and as a Fleetwood Mac fan, also) as I have come to be because of this CD. The music, the poetic words, the stories she tells through her music. Brilliant. My personal favorites are "Sorcerer;" a new version of "Dreams;" which is equally ... Read More Rating:  - Missing A Lot of HitsStevie Nicks deserves a better compilation than this. Most of the live songs ("Edge of 17," "Landslide," "Rock and Roll") are inferior compared to the original versions. It's nice to hear the live version of "Rhiannon," but Stevie's performance from Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance" was better than the performance selected here. So, these live versions ultimately take up space that could have been occupied by actual hits ("After the glitter fades," "Nightbird," "Needles and Pins," "Sometimes it's a Bitch," ... Read More Rating:  - Just like the white winged doveNicely updating Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks, this 2007 Best Of catches up with the music Stevie Nicks has been making since then. Nicks' asset has always been that her dreamy voice meshes so perfectly with her hippy queen image, and allows her to get away with making poetic statements like "Edge Of Seventeen" or "Rhiannon." That hippy image also contrasts sharply with the fact that she could rock pretty hard when she chose to, like on "I Can't Wait" or the classic duet with Tom Petty, "Stop Dragging ... Read More Rating: - Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie NicksWe had a chance to listen to Crystal Visions and I really enjoyed hearing Stevie all over, she is a really great singer and now we have most of the favorite songs together. We had some friends over for New Years Eve and it was good to listen and say which songs were favorite. My husband is a fan forever and really had a good time listening, he always remembers Stevie Nicks at Red Rocks in Colorado and how he can't forget hearing her sing. Rating: - Crystal VisionsI really can't say I am a diehard Stevie Nicks fan but I always have enjoyed a good number of her popular hits (with and without Fleetwood Mac). Her best of collection CRYSTAL VISIONS is perfect for casual listeners like msyelf. The cd contains all of my favorite songs that Stevie has done in the past and present. My personal favorite songs? "Room on Fire" and "Talk to Me" (which goth band Diva Destruction does a spectacular cover for the indie film GYPSY 83). I never really was crazy about Fleetwood Mac's music ... Read More |
