Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks [CD/DVD]

• Artist: Stevie Nicks
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• Release Date: March 27, 2007
• Type: Compilation (best of), Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rock

Review

The first American single-disc Stevie Nicks compilation since 1991's Timespace, Reprise's 2007 Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks bests that previous set even if it falls just short of being truly definitive. The problem area lies in the place where it clearly attempts to distinguish itself from its predecessor: the inclusion of Fleetwood Mac songs. Where Timespace never attempted to explore this territory, Crystal Visions does, but with the exception of "Silver Springs," all of the Mac songs are re-recordings -- "Dreams" is performed with Deep Dish, there's a live version of "Rhiannon," and a version of "Landslide" performed live with the Melbourne Symphony. None of these is necessarily bad, but it's hard not to wish that the original versions of these hits were alongside the original versions of "Edge of Seventeen," "I Can't Wait," "Stand Back," "Talk to Me," "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," and "Leather and Lace," since that would have resulted in a perfect Nicks retrospective. With the live versions, this merely becomes a near-perfect compilation, representing the scope and range of Nicks' career, as a solo artist, as a member of Fleetwood Mac, and as a duet partner. The big songs from all of her career are here, along with some sharply chosen lesser-known tunes -- including a live version of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" and "Sorcerer" -- that, along with good annotation by Nicks (and in the case of the deluxe edition, a DVD of 13 of her videos), help paint a full portrait of Nicks' career so well that it makes it all the more obvious that this compilation needs the originals of the Mac songs to be perfect, but as it stands, Crystal Visions is very good (indeed, it's the best Nicks retrospective assembled to date). ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Edge of Seventeen [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(5:29)
I Can't Wait [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(4:35)
Sorcerer [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(4:54)
If Anyone Falls in Love [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(4:07)
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around	Tom Petty	Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty	(4:02)
Silver Springs [Fleetwood Mac Original Version]	Stevie Nicks	Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks	(4:45)
Dreams [Deep Dish Version]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks, Deep Dish	(3:46)
Rhiannon [Live]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(7:01)
Rooms on Fire [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(4:34)
Talk to Me [DVD]		Stevie Nicks	(4:10)
Landslide [Live]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	(4:14)
Stand Back [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(4:48)
Planets of the Universe	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks	(4:45)
Rock and Roll [Live]	Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham	Stevie Nicks	(4:03)
Leather and Lace	Stevie Nicks	Don Henley, Stevie Nicks	(3:54)
Edge of Seventeen [Live]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	(9:14)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around [DVD]	Tom Petty	Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty
Edge of Seventeen [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
Stand Back [DVD][Version]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
Stand Back [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
If Anyone Falls in Love	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
Talk to Me [DVD]		Stevie Nicks
I Can't Wait [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
Rooms on Fire [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
Whole Lotta Trouble [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
Sometimes It's a Bitch [DVD]		Stevie Nicks
Blue Denim [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks
Every Day [DVD]		Stevie Nicks
Sorcerer [DVD]	Stevie Nicks	Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow
Bonus Material [DVD][*]

Credits

Fleetwood Mac (Producer), Stevie Nicks (Producer), Stevie Nicks (Illustrations), Tom Petty (Producer), Rupert Hine (Producer), Sheryl Crow (Producer), Chris Lord-Alge (Mixing), Michael Bernard (Crew), Ken Caillat (Producer), Sharon Celani (Performer), Richard Dashut (Producer), Arthur Gorson (Producer), Jimmy Iovine (Producer), John Kovarek (Mixing), Mark Needham (Mixing), Rick Nowels (Producer), Gordon Perry (Director), Steve Rinkoff (Crew), Carlos Rios (Performer), Ern Rose (Engineer), Brian Ruggles (Crew), Chas Sandford (Producer), Darrell Smith (Performer), Don Smith (Mixing), Stephen W. Tayler (Mixing), Brett Tuggle (Performer), Stephen Walker (Art Direction), Stephen Walker (Design), David Wild (Liner Notes), Shelly Yakus (Mixing), Waddy Wachtel (Performer), Robert E. Miller (Crew), Al Ortiz (Performer), Scott Smalley (Conductor), Deep Dish (Producer), Deep Dish (Remixing), Deep Dish (Mixing), Jana Anderson (Performer), Greg Edwards (Mixing), David May (Producer), David May (A&R), Neal Preston (Director), Neal Preston (Photography), John Shanks (Producer), Dean Karr (Director), Chris Johnston (Post Production), Rabia Dockray (Producer), Jeffrey Hornaday (Director), Howard Kaufman (Management), Dave Kob (Crew), Lori Nicks (Performer), Mark Scaggs (Crew), Jim Atkins (Authoring), Steve Real (Crew), Takuya "Taku" Hirano (Performer), Brian Valentino (Engineer), Marty Callner (Director), Marty Callner (Producer), Bryan Faris (Crew), Brian Grant (Director), Robert Lombard (Producer), Christine Smith (Producer), Cliff Watts (Photography), Paul Guthrie (Crew), Karen Williams Johnston (Photography), Karen Williams Johnston (Crew), Jimmy Paxson (Performer), Raena Winscott (Production Assistant), Matt Nordstrom (Mixing), Sean Donnelly (Art Direction), Kurt Kasinoff (Crew), Mike Farese (Crew), Mindi Pelletier (Crew), Dave Barrera (Crew), Eilynn Chapman (Crew), Jill Focke (Crew), Bobby Herr (Crew), Marty Hom (Crew), Raul Ibanez (Crew), Sheryl Louis (Management), Allan Tate (Crew), Ralph Viera (Crew), Danny Machado (Crew), Dawn Rose (Producer), Seann Cowling (Production Assistant), Nancy Bardawil (Director), Mary Flaa (Crew), Mary Ann Flippin (Crew), Patricia Friedman (Producer), Randall Gladstein (Producer), Tom Hudak (Crew), Dave Lemmink (Crew), Jim Lenahan (Director), Michael Lorick (Crew), Chris Malta (Crew), Chris Nicks (Crew), Steffani Silberstein (Crew)