The Wild Heart (album)
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| Studio album by Stevie Nicks | |||||
| Released | June 10, 1983 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982–1983 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 49:09 | ||||
| Label | Modern | ||||
| Producer | Jimmy Iovine, Gordon Perry and Tom Petty | ||||
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The Wild Heart is the second solo album by American singer/songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Released in summer 1983, a year after Fleetwood Mac's successful #1 album Mirage, it reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard charts and achieved Platinum status on September 12th, 1983. It has sold over 2 million copies in the U.S. to date, achieving double-platinum status in 1993, ten years after its release.
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" (#5), 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 (Stewart would go on to write the 1987 Fleetwood Mac hit "Seven Wonders"). The album's final track, "Beauty and the Beast", features a full string section.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Stevie Nicks, except where noted.
- "Wild Heart" – 6:08
- "If Anyone Falls" (Nicks, Sandy Stewart) – 4:07
- "Gate and Garden" – 4:05
- "Enchanted" – 3:05
- "Nightbird" (Nicks, Stewart) – 4:59
- "Stand Back" – 4:18
- "I Will Run to You" (Tom Petty) – 3:21
- performed by Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
- "Nothing Ever Changes" (Nicks, Stewart) – 4:09
- "Sable on Blond" – 4:13
- "Beauty and the Beast" – 6:02
[edit] Personnel
Main Performers
- Stevie Nicks – vocals
- Sharon Celani – backup vocals
- Lori Perry – backup vocals
Guest Musicians
- Sandy Stewart – keyboards, synthesizer, backup vocals, piano
- Tom Petty – guitar, vocals
- Mike Campbell – guitar
- Benmont Tench – organ, keyboards
- Howie Epstein – bass
- Stan Lynch – drums
- Mick Fleetwood – drums
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Don Felder – guitar
- Prince – synthesizer on "Stand Back" (uncredited)
Session Musicians
- David Monday – guitar
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Waddy Wachtel – guitar
- David Williams – guitar
- Roger Jausz – bass
- Bob Glaub – bass
- Kenny Edwards – bass
- Roy Bittan – synthesizer, piano
- David Foster – piano
- Brad Smith – drums, percussion
- Russ Kunkel – drums, drum overdubs
- Bobbye Hall – percussion
- Chet McCracken – drum overdubs
- Marvin Caruso – drums
- Ian Wallace – percussion
- Phil Kenzie – saxophone
String section on "Beauty and the Beast"
- Gene Bianco – harp
- Jesse Levine – viola
- Julien Barber – viola
- Theodore Israel – viola
- Harry Zaratzian – viola
- Jesse Levy – cello
- Frederick Zlotkin – cello
- Seymour Barab – cello
- Jon Abramowitz – cello
- Marvin Morgenstern – violin
- Herbert Sorkin – violin
- John Pintavalle – violin
- Max Ellen – violin
- Regis Eandiorio – violin
- Harry Glickman – violin
- Peter Dimitriades – violin
- Paul Winter – violin
- Matthew Raimondi – violin
- Harry Cykman – violin
- Raymond Kunicki – violin
- Lewis Eley – violin
- Ruth Waterman – violin
- Paul Gershman – violin
[edit] Production
- Producer: Jimmy Iovine, Producer
- Producer: Gordon Perry, Producer
- Producer: Tom Petty, Producer
- Engineer: Shelly Yakus, Engineer
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1983 | US | 5 |
| 1983 | UK | 28 |
| 1983 | AUS | 8 |
| 1983 | CAN | 7 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1983 | "Stand Back" | Pop Singles | 5 |
| 1983 | "Stand Back" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 2 |
| 1983 | "If Anyone Falls" | Pop Singles | 14 |
| 1983 | "If Anyone Falls" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 8 |
| 1983 | "Nightbird" | Pop Singles | 33 |
