{"product_id":"stevie-nicks-bella-donna-mobile-fidelity-numbered-edition","title":"STEVIE NICKS - Bella Donna (Mobile Fidelity Numbered Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ehoused in mini-LP-style gatefold packaging:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• \u003cstrong\u003eStevie Nicks\u003c\/strong\u003e breaks out as a solo force on \u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e: 1981 album features extraordinary vocal performances and four hits, including “\u003cem\u003eEdge of Seventeen\u003c\/em\u003e” and “\u003cem\u003eStop Draggin’ My Heart Around\u003c\/em\u003e”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Experience the quadruple-platinum record’s spontaneous feel, raw emotions, and organic arrangements in transparent sound on \u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity\u003c\/strong\u003e’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStevie Nicks\u003c\/strong\u003e had much to prove when she stepped out on her own for the first time and crafted \u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e. Despite attaining superstar success with \u003cstrong\u003eFleetwood Mac\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003eTeaming with simpatico producer \u003cstrong\u003eJimmy Iovine\u003c\/strong\u003e and fellow rock ’n’ roll icon \u003cstrong\u003eTom Petty\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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\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 Bella Donna as its personalized songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout those songs. Nicks recorded 16 tracks and picked from material she wrote as far back as a decade prior. Though she deemed \u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e a “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 \u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e more successful in the U.S. than any Fleetwood Mac effort apart from \u003cem\u003eRumours\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe enthusiastic commercial and critical reception was well deserved. From a musical perspective, the playing on \u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e alone warrants the highest praise. The makeshift band on a majority of the fare consists of guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eWaddy Watchel\u003c\/strong\u003e, drummer \u003cstrong\u003eRuss Kunkel\u003c\/strong\u003e, organist \u003cstrong\u003eBenmont Tench\u003c\/strong\u003e, bassist \u003cstrong\u003eBob Glaub\u003c\/strong\u003e, percussionist \u003cstrong\u003eBobbye Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e, and guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eDavey Johnstone\u003c\/strong\u003e — all of whom claim sterling resumes and tackle their parts with utmost professionalism, restraint, and chemistry. Nicks also wrangled \u003cstrong\u003eE Street Band\u003c\/strong\u003e pianist \u003cstrong\u003eRoy Bittan\u003c\/strong\u003e to sit in on five songs, and started the beginning of a long relationship with backing vocalists \u003cstrong\u003eSharon Celani\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLori Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first single, “\u003cem\u003eStop Draggin’ My Heart Around\u003c\/em\u003e,” Nicks duetted with its author, \u003cstrong\u003eTom Petty\u003c\/strong\u003e, and nearly all \u003cstrong\u003ethe Heartbreakers\u003c\/strong\u003e, with legendary bassist \u003cstrong\u003eDonald “Duck” Dunn\u003c\/strong\u003e filling in for \u003cstrong\u003eRon Blair\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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 “\u003cem\u003eOutside the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e,” which echoes toughness, sinew, and determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the follow-up single, “\u003cem\u003eLeather and Lace\u003c\/em\u003e,” Nicks turns to another famous luminary in the form of \u003cstrong\u003eEagles\u003c\/strong\u003e vocalist-drummer and former romantic interest, \u003cstrong\u003eDon Henley\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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 \u003cem\u003eBella Donna\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\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 “\u003cem\u003eKind of Woman\u003c\/em\u003e”; conveys heavy caution, contemplation, and consequence on the slow-building title track; and throws herself with abandon into “\u003cem\u003eAfter the Glitter Fades\u003c\/em\u003e,” a Top 40 lamentation framed by piano motifs, pedal-steel fills, and country accents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs for the record’s signature moment, the contagious favourite \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e ranks the 217th Greatest Song of All Time? Nicks finds rare air on “\u003cem\u003eEdge of Seventeen\u003c\/em\u003e,” its helicopter-chop riffs and chugging rhythms corresponding with her ascending and descending vocal flights, call-and-response harmonies, and throaty timbre. 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