Released May 11, 1989 Artist Stevie Nicks Producer Rupert Hine | Length 56:10 Release date 11 May 1989 Label Modern Records | |
The Other Side of the Mirror
(1989) Timespace The Best of Stevie Nicks
(1991) Genres Rock music, Adult contemporary music Similar Stevie Nicks albums, Rock music albums |
The Other Side Of The Mirror is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks.
Contents
- Stevie nicks ghosts the other side of the mirror
- Album history
- Personnel
- Releases and promotions
- Songs
- References
Released in May 1989, it was recorded in Los Angeles, mixed in Buckinghamshire in England, and is loosely based around the theme of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The album reached #10 on the U.S. Billboard albums charts, propelled by the hit single, "Rooms on Fire" (No.16), and achieved platinum status for selling in excess of 1,000,000 units. The album reached #3 in the UK and was certified gold there for sales in excess of 100,000 units, and is Nicks' highest charting album to date in various European countries including Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Stevie nicks ghosts the other side of the mirror
Album history
Following the huge success of Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night in the UK, The Other Side of the Mirror became Nicks' highest charting solo album there, reaching number three and spawning her first UK top 40 hit with "Rooms on Fire" (also No.16) which Nicks performed on the BBC show Top of the Pops. The album was certified Gold in the UK for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. Her first, and so far only, solo tour of the UK and Europe, (Sweden, France and The Netherlands) followed the album, as well as a tour of the U.S., though Nicks has famously commented since that she has no recollection of the tours due to her increasing dependency on the prescribed tranquiliser Klonopin at that time.
In the US, "Two Kinds of Love" was released as a single, featuring vocals by Bruce Hornsby and instrumental interlude by Kenny G, which became Nicks' first single to fail to chart, missing both the Billboard and Cashbox charts completely. "Long Way to Go" gained substantial airplay, making Billboard's Top Album Tracks chart, and also made the Top 75 in the UK Singles Chart, as did "Whole Lotta Trouble". Promotional videos were shot for "Rooms on Fire" and "Whole Lotta Trouble". The former was released in two slightly different edits, while the "Whole Lotta Trouble" video was shot during the American leg of Nicks' tour at the Summit Arena in Houston, Texas.
An earlier, instrumental version of the song "Juliet" entitled "Book of Miracles" was released by Fleetwood Mac in 1987 as the B-side to "Seven Wonders". The song "Cry Wolf" was originally recorded by Laura Branigan for her 1987 album Touch.
Personnel
Releases and promotions
Songs
1Rooms on Fire4:34
2Long Way to Go4:08
3Two Kinds of Love4:46