

Themes of love, loss, and camaraderie characterized the songs of the recording sessions. Shortly after the Mirage tour ended in late 1982, Stevie began recording The Wild Heart. During this time, Stevie was already in the process of gathering material for her second solo album, The Wild Heart. I Will Run to You (Duet with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)Īfter a brief tour to promote her massively successful debut solo album Bella Donna (1981), Stevie returned to Fleetwood Mac to began the recording sessions for the band’s thirteenth album Mirage (1982).It features the hit singles “Stand Back” and “If Anyone Falls” and notable collaborations with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (“I Will Run to You”), singer-songwriter Sandy Stewart (“Nightbird”), and Prince (“Stand Back”). Learn about the people, places, and events that have influenced her work-and why Nicks’ music is as powerfully alluring today as it was when you first heard it decades ago.ĭrawing from Rolling Stone magazine’s extensive archives, and his long time appreciation of Nicks, Sheffield shares the stories behind the best-selling records and the spitfire 1997 Fleetwood Mac reunion show that put the band back on top of the charts-and why Stevie Nicks still speaks to us today.The Wild Heart is Stevie Nicks’ second solo album. Grab your lace shawl and top hat and get ready to twirl-this is a full-throttle appreciation of the life and voice of Stevie Nicks from one of rock criticism’s most celebrated writers.īest-selling author and Rolling Stone columnist Rob Sheffield explores the music and artistry of the rock goddess who has kept generations of music lovers totally bewitched and spellbound, with such classic rock hits as "Rhiannon" and "Gypsy." With Stevie Nicks’s 2019 solo induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the time is right to uncover the stories behind the songs you love.
