Street Angel (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Street Angel
Type = Album
Artist = Stevie Nicks


Released = May 231994
Recorded = 1992–1994
Genre = Rock
Length = 57:27
Label = Modern Records
Producer = Stevie Nicks, Thom Panunzio
Reviews = *"Rolling Stone" Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/stevienicks/albums/album/201617/review/5940688/street_angel link]
Last album = "Timespace - The Best of Stevie Nicks" (1991)
This album = "Street Angel" (1994)
Next album = "Enchanted" (1998)

"Street Angel" is the fifth solo album from American singer/songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. The album was released in 1994, during a particularly unhappy time in Nicks' life and career. It was the first album she released after her much publicized departure from Fleetwood Mac, and during the tail end of her years-long dependency on the prescription medication Klonopin. It is the least successful record of her solo career, peaking at only #45 in the U.S. The album has, however, achieved gold status there for sales over 500,000 copies.

Unlike all of her previous releases, the album did not yield any hit singles, with "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" only charting at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100, and the second single "Blue Denim" not charting at all.

The album enjoyed slightly more prominence in the UK, where it peaked at #16, though again there were no top 40 hits from it.

Nicks has tended to look upon the album's lack of success as a result of her dependency on Klonopin, and most of the songs used were outtakes from previous solo albums. "Greta," "Love Is Like a River", and "Listen to the Rain" date back to the "Rock A Little" era. "Destiny" was written in the early 1970's before Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, and shares some lyrics with the song "Enchanted". It was considered for "The Wild Heart" album. "Rose Garden" was written when Nicks was 17 and was considered for the "Rock A Little" album. "Street Angel" also features a cover of Bob Dylan's "Just Like a Woman", with Dylan himself on harmonica.

Track listing

All songs written by Stevie Nicks, except where noted.
#"Blue Denim" (Nicks, Mike Campbell) – 4:24
#"Greta" (Nicks, Campbell) – 4:21
#"Street Angel" – 4:10
#"Docklands" (Trevor Horn, Betsy Cook) – 4:48
#"Listen to the Rain" (Nicks, Monroe Jones, Scott Crago) – 4:34
#"Destiny" – 5:01
#"Unconditional Love" (Sandy Stewart, Dave Mundy) – 3:22
#"Love Is Like a River" – 4:44
#"Rose Garden" – 4:29
#"Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" (Rick Nowels, Stewart) – 4:19
#"Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) – 3:51
#"Kick It" (Nicks, Campbell) – 4:25
#"Jane" (Nicks, Joel Derouin) – 4:59Bonus tracks only available on the Japanese edition:
#"God's Garden" (Jones) - 6:03
#"Inspiration" (Jones) - 2:51

B-sides

# "Mirror Mirror" – B-side to "Blue Denim" cassette single.
# "Thousand Days" – B-side to the European CD single for "Blue Denim" and UK single for "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind". Later appeared on disc 3 of the "Enchanted" box set. The song was originally written for the "Rock A Little" album, and demos were recorded, but the song was scrapped.

Charts

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