Interview: Dave Stewart talks Stevie Nicks' new album 'In Your Dreams'

BY MELINDA NEWMAN
HITFIX

Stevie Nicks will release, “In Your Dreams,” her first solo album in 10 years on May 3. Nicks recorded “In Your Dreams” in her Los Angeles home with co-producers Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.

Stewart, best known as half of Eurythmics, says recording with Nicks was an absolute joy. “We co-wrote eight or nine songs together,” he tells Hitfix, seven of which ultimately ended up on the album. “After the second or third song, she said I’ve never sat together and written with someone in my life. It’s an amazing album.”

Nicks, who inspired a generation of singers, is the last artist who will be chasing trends, Stewart says. “It’s not like trying to answer or compete with any pop market.”

Stewart says he learned much about Nicks and her craft. “I learned how incredibly focused she is and how unbelievably committed she is to her art form and includes the words, research, her obsession with poets like Edgar Allan Poe and all the details.”

Nicks is prepping for a North American tour with co-headliner Rod Stewart. The Heart & Soul Tour kicks off March 20 at the Bank Atlantic Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Secret Love on the Adult Rock Radio Charts + Updated Sales Figures For Stevie Nicks Catalogue

"Secret Love" will enter the Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 30 Chart this week at #29.

NICKS OF TIME

Hi Gary,

The legendary Stevie Nicks is releasing a new album soon. Could you please provide up-to-date sales totals for her albums?

Thanks,

John Irving
Austin, Texas
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Hi John,

Nicks releases "In Your Dreams" May 3. The Nicks-written, Dave Stewart-produced first single "Secret Love" is bubbling under the Adult Contemporary chart.

In what should be a tour bursting with beloved hits, Nicks and Rod Stewart's "Heart & Soul" trek runs March 20 through April 23 (although the pair's April 15 show in Phoenix is the closest they'll come to Austin ...)

Here is a look at Nicks' album sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan:

46,000, "The Soundstage Sessions" (2009)
348,000, "Crystal Visions... The Very Best of Stevie Nicks" (2007)
663,000, "Trouble in Shangri-La" (2001)
172,000, "The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks" (1998)
231,000, "Street Angel" (1994)
1,543,000, "Timespace: Best of Stevie Nicks" (1991)

Sales for albums released prior to the advent of SoundScan in 1991:
79,000, "The Other Side of the Mirror" (1989)
99,000, "Rock a Little" (1986)
200,000, "The Wild Heart" (1983)
855,000, "Bella Donna" (1981)

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), here are the certifications for Nicks' four pre-SoundScan era studio albums:

Platinum, "The Other Side of the Mirror"
Platinum, "Rock a Little"
2x Multi-Platinum, "The Wild Heart"
4x Multi-Platinum, "Bella Donna"

Nicks has collaborated on several songs with songwriter Rick Nowels, whose deep resume includes hits for Madonna, Belinda Carlisle and Colbie Caillat.

Nowels wrote three of my favorite Nicks songs: "I Can't Wait" (1986), "Two Kinds of Love," featuring Bruce Hornsby and Kenny G (1989), and "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" (1994).

In an e-mail last year, Nowels called "Two Kinds of Love" (which inexplicably failed to reach the Adult Contemporary chart upon its release as the second single from "The Other Side of the Mirror") "one of my faves too!"

"Madonna, Belinda, Stevie ... all goddesses of pop."

FLEETWOOD MAC'S RUMOURS EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE: Warner Bros. Records and Affiliated Labels Announce Exclusive Vinyl Releases for Record Store Day on Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Warner Bros. Records has announced that it will make a series of vinyl albums and singles available on April 16th exclusively in honor of Record Store Day -- a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally. Warner Bros. Records is not only a partner in Record Store Day, but readies more vinyl for release than any other label. This year, we are outdoing ourselves with even more special releases to meet the demands of vinyl enthusiasts nationally and internationally as well. All items are available in very limited quantities and are sure to sell out fast, so don't delay!

[Rumours included in a long list of vinyl releases]

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours - Standard and Deluxe Editions (Bernie Grundman Mastering)

The Diamond Award Winning, Grammy "Album Of The Year" masterpiece from Fleetwood Mac is available as an Audiophile Deluxe Version pressed on 2-Disc 45 RPM, 180 gram vinyl (pressed At Pallas), as well as a standard 33 1/3 single disc.

About Record Store Day: Record Store Day is managed by the Music Monitor Network and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) and celebrates the culture of independent record stores by playing host to in-store events/performances, signings and special product releases on a global scale on Saturday, April 16, 2011.

For more about National Record Store Day, please visit www.recordstoreday.com.

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"Secret Love" Video Screen Caps

The daughter of Glen Parrish, Stevie's former Manager, is the younger version of Stevie in the bottom two screen caps... That's Stevie in the top photo.  

The video Dave Stewart produced, and is editing hasn't premiered just yet... But we are getting closer.  Teaser number 566 from Dave Stewart screen captures from the "Secret Love" video... Looks awesome even though I have no idea what it means.  But the word "dreamscapes" comes to mind - an adjective Dave used months ago when describing what was being filmed.  So knowing that there is a younger version of Stevie (the daughter of Glen Parrish) in the video and given the fact that the song is from the mid 70's... It looks as if we are going to be travelling back in time.  Coincidently I always thought that the ending of the song Secret Love just before it abruptly ends sounded like the music was in reverse.  Imagine video clips whizzing by at a fair clip while that last bit plays.

"Hey Stevie Nicks Fans , here a few screen grabs from the video we are editing for "Secret Love" from the movie "In Your Dreams" anyone recognize the green dress ?"


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ROD STEWART & STEVIE NICKS: Sing Your Way to Hollywood contest #Denver

Two Legends - One Stage

Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks - The Heart and Soul 2011 Tour

Two of music’s most legendary forces have teamed up for a tour that will feature both performing all rock & roll sets from their incomparable catalogs! They won’t be coming to Denver, so KOSI wants to send you to Hollywood to see them!

IF YOU ARE IN DENVER OR THE SURROUNDING AREA... 

Listen to Murphy & Denise February 28 - March 4 between 5a and 9a for your chance to Sing Your Way to Hollywood. They will play a clip of a legendary Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks song and then ask your to correctly finish the lyrics. If you correctly finish the song, you’ll win a copy of Stevie Nick’s new CD In Your Dreams before you can even buy it and you’ll qualify for the grand prize trip to Los Angeles to see Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks perform their Heart and Soul Tour at the Hollywood Bowl on April 16th!

You’ll want to be a Facebook Fan of Murphy & Denise.

They’ll post the days' song prior to play.

Stevie Nicks new song SECRET LOVE is available now on iTunes.

Stevie Nicks new album IN YOUR DREAMS will be available May 3rd.

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CHART UPDATES: FLEETWOOD MAC, IRELAND, UK, AUSTRALIA, NETHERLANDS ALBUMS CHARTS

2002 The Very Best Of | 2009 The Very Best Of | Rumours

UNITED KINGDOM: 
Top 100 Albums Chart - Week ending 5th March, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" drops down to # 92 from # 63 last week on the Top 100 UK Albums Chart.  The 2004 2 disc "Rumours" remastered CD is sitting at # 38 on the Top 40 Catalogue Chart.

         itunes: UK Top 10 Rock Albums Chart

• In the UK on The Top 10 Rock Albums on itunes as of today, Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" single disc 2002 version is still in the top 10 at # 8.

IRELAND: 
itunes Ireland Top 10 Rock Albums Chart

• In Ireland on The Top 10 Rock Albums Chart on itunes as of today (Feb 27th) - Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" single disc 2002 version is still in the top 10 at # 7, with "Rumours" at # 9.

NETHERLANDS:
Top 50 Back Catalogue Chart - Week Ending 26th February, 2011

• "Rumours" moves down the chart to # 5 from # 4 on the Top 50 back catalogue chart.

AUSTRALIA:
Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart - Week of 28th, February, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac remain at # 1 on the Top 50 Catalogue Chart with "The Very Best Of" for the 10th consecutive week. Total weeks on this chart - 48.  

         itunes: Australia Top 10 Rock Albums Chart

• In Australia on The Top 10 Rock Albums on itunes as of today (Feb 27th) - "Rumours" is charting at # 8 and "The Very Best Of" is # 6.

Top 40 DVD Chart - Australia - Week of 28th, February, 2011

• On the Top 40 Music DVD Chart, Fleetwood Mac's 8x Platinum "The Dance" moves up two position to # 13 this week from # 15 last week. Total non-consecutive weeks for "The Dance" on this chart 225.