{"product_id":"pre-order-stevie-nicks-bella-donna-mfsl-sacd","title":"Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna - MFSL SACD","description":"\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumbered, Limited Edition Hybrid SACD from Mobile Fidelity!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStevie Nicks had much to prove when she stepped out on her own for the first time and crafted\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e. Despite attaining superstar success with Fleetwood Mac, the singer often took a back seat to the band's other members — and, due to the group's approach, faced limitations in getting her songs on an album. Along with Nicks' status as a significant artistic force in her own right, that all changed with the timeless\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from the original analog master tapes and housed in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition hybrid SACD of the 1981 benchmark plays with superb transparency, dynamics, and detail. Benefitting from extraordinary clarity, openness, and separation, it captures what went down in the studio with tremendous realism and presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeaming with simpatico producer Jimmy Iovine and fellow rock 'n' roll icon Tom Petty, Nicks asserted control over the creative process for the first time in her career. She allowed the material to develop spontaneously — a characteristic you readily experience via the natural, balanced sonics and raw emotionalism. Nicks' organic methods owed to both her desire to collaborate with the studio musicians as well as necessity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the personnel who played on the record had demanding schedules, no one had time to sit around and get take after take in pursuit of perfectionist goals or technical aims. The extended, tonally rich soundscapes you hear — instrumentation that feels live, vocals that float and yet sound altogether innate, synergy between the players that places them in the same room together — remain as integral to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas its personalized songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout those songs. Nicks recorded 16 tracks and picked from material she wrote as far back as a decade prior. Though she deemed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea \"sort of chronology of [her] life,\" she felt proudest about its songs' ability to speak to issues to which everyone could relate. Her intuition proved prophetic. The public embraced her solo debut en masse, sending the album to No. 1 on its way to selling more than four million copies — numbers that make\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emore successful in the U.S. than any Fleetwood Mac effort apart from Rumours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe enthusiastic commercial and critical reception was well deserved. From a musical perspective, the playing on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ealone warrants the highest praise. The makeshift band on a majority of the fare consists of guitarist Waddy Watchel, drummer Russ Kunkel, organist Benmont Tench, bassist Bob Glaub, percussionist Bobbye Hall, and guitarist Davey Johnstone — all of whom claim sterling resumes and tackle their parts with utmost professionalism, restraint, and chemistry. Nicks also wrangled E Street Band pianist Roy Bittan to sit in on five songs, and started the beginning of a long relationship with backing vocalists Sharon Celani and Lori Perry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first single, \"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around,\" Nicks duetted with its author, Tom Petty, and nearly all the Heartbreakers, with legendary bassist Donald \"Duck\" Dunn filling in for Ron Blair. The sweeping, sassy tune reached No. 3 on the Billboard charts and captures the fiercely independent mood Nicks embraces throughout the record. She, Petty, and the Heartbreakers hit upon similar aural gold on the shivering \"Outside the Rain,\" which echoes toughness, sinew, and determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the follow-up single, \"Leather and Lace,\" Nicks turns to another famous luminary in the form of Eagles vocalist-drummer and former romantic interest, Don Henley. Filled with disparate images, the acoustic-based ballad climbed to No. 6 and remains notable for its lack of embellishment. Reflective, conversational, and pure, the song blooms with heartfelt emotion and honesty. When Nicks sings, \"I am stronger than you know,\" it doubles as the mantra for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, Nicks' gritty and glam-kissed vocals on this set rank among the finest performances of her career. She invests in every word, summons her trademark rasp on cue, and explores a wide range with seeming effortlessness. Nicks weaves magical spells and haunting breathiness amid ghostly webs of notes on \"Kind of Woman\"; conveys heavy caution, contemplation, and consequence on the slow-building title track; and throws herself with abandon into \"After the Glitter Fades,\" a Top 40 lamentation framed by piano motifs, pedal-steel fills, and country accents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for the record's signature moment, the contagious favorite\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eranks the 217th Greatest Song of All Time? Nicks finds rare air on \"Edge of Seventeen,\" its helicopter-chop riffs and chugging rhythms corresponding with her ascending and descending vocal flights, call-and-response harmonies, and throaty timbre. The definition of cool, she remains poised throughout, probing grief in an inimitable fashion that sounds more pertinent now than four decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong may that white dove soar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumbered, Limited Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuper Audio CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSACD Stereo SACD Layer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSourced from the Original Analog Tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMini-LP-Style Gatefold Packaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSelections\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKind of Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStop Draggin' My Heart Around\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThink About It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter the Glitter Fades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdge of Seventeen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Still My Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeather and Lace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutside the Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Highwayman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Music Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59547449360465,"sku":"821797230162","price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/mobsa2301__14501.jpg?v=1779332947","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/pre-order-stevie-nicks-bella-donna-mfsl-sacd","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}