08102014 - Stevie Nicks "24 Carat Gold - Songs from the Vault"

Go Nicks! All you really need is Stevie's voice. I'm certain she could have sung all the songs on the latest Bryan Adams album with everything else remaining the same, and the result would have been magic. Stevie Nicks could even have done an album with cover versions of Coldplay, U2, Keane and James Blunt, and it would have reduced grown men, such as myself, to quivering wrecks - in a good way. What this is, though, is a bunch of recordings of her own songs, originally demoed by herself between 1969 and 1995. Plus a Vanessa Carlton song, which was her mother's favourite song when she was sick and dying. You don't need me to tell you that this is absolutely lovely - the sound of pure beauty distilled through a pair of vocal chords. What you actually need is to stop reading and start listening to this album right now!