Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart (1983)

Artist:  Stevie Nicks
Title:  The Wild Heart
Release:  1983
Format:  LP
Label:  WEA Records
Catalog#  250071-1

“The Wild Heart” is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Recording began in late 1982, shortly after the end of Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage Tour. After the death of her best friend, Robin Anderson, and with new appreciation for her life and career, the recording took only a few months and the album was released in June 1983, preceded by the single “Stand Back”, to much critical acclaim. The album was released on June 10, 1983, a year after Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage. It peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts.
The album is notable for its array of prominent guest musicians. Tom Petty made a return to write “I Will Run to You”, on which his bandmates from the Heartbreakers performed. Nicks’ Fleetwood Mac bandmate, drummer Mick Fleetwood, made an appearance on the track “Sable on Blond”. Toto’s Steve Lukather contributed some of the guitar work on what would become the album’s biggest hit single, “Stand Back”, which also features an uncredited contribution from Prince, who played the synthesizer track. Nicks also worked with friend Sandy Stewart, who wrote the music for three tracks on the album and performed on several.
The album’s final track, “Beauty and the Beast”, features a full string section.


Side one
1.  Wild Heart  (6:08)
2.  If Anyone Falls  (4:07)
3.  Gate And Garden  (4:05)
4.  Enchanted  (3:05)
5.  Nightbird  (4:59)

Side two
1.  Stand Back  (4:18)
2.  I Will Run To You  (With Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)  (3:21)
3.  Nothing Ever Changes  (4:09)
4.  Sable On Blond  (4:13)
5.  Beauty And The Beast  (6:02)

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