''The Soundstage Sessions'' is the tenth album released by American singer-songwriter and
Fleetwood Mac vocalist
Stevie Nicks. Although it is the first live album of Nicks' solo career, it was produced to sound like a studio album.
Album information
''The Soundstage Sessions'' was recorded in October 2007 before an intimate audience at
WTTW's Grainger Studio in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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set list
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containing 18 songs. In early 2008, Nicks went to
Ocean Way Studio in
Nashville with director/producer
Joe Thomas to add "Nashville strings" and additional vocals to the songs that were to go on the CD. Nicks wanted the CD to sound perfect, and when asked about the project has said "I am as proud of this as anything I’ve ever done in my entire career." The album reached #47 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 13,052 and as of February 2011, the album has sold 46,000 copies.
A cover of Dave Matthews, "Crash Into Me" was released as the lead single.
Track listing
Deluxe edition
Reprise Records released a Deluxe Edition exclusively through the Warner Bros. Records Store, which is called ''The Soundstage Sessions: Live in Chicago''. The Deluxe Edition is a CD/DVD set, and includes new cover art, a
lithograph of Nicks, and free
mp3
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downloads of "Rhiannon" and "The One".
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DVD and Blu-ray editions
The DVD edition of this performance was released by Reprise Records as ''
Live in Chicago''. The
Blu-ray
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edition of this performance has been available exclusively at Sears since December 1, 2008 and features a total of 16 tracks in high-definition. It does not include the performances of Dreams or the orchestral version of Landslide, both of which are included on the DVD edition.
Personnel
* Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine
*
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York City bars and clubs while ...
– vocals, solo verse on "Circle Dance"
* Sharon Celani – backing vocals
* Lori Nicks – backing vocals
* Jana Anderson – backing vocals
*
Waddy Wachtel
Robert "Waddy" Wachtel (born May 24, 1947) is an American musician, composer and record producer, most notable for his guitar work. Wachtel has worked as session musician for other artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, Kim Carnes, Randy ...
– guitar, backing vocals
* Ricky Peterson – keyboards
*
Lenny Castro – percussion
* Darrell Smith – keyboards
* Carlos Rios – guitar
* Al Ortiz – bass
*
Jimmy Paxson
Jimmy Paxson is an American drummer who has toured, performed and/or recorded with Stevie Nicks, The Chicks, Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite, Lady Blackbird, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, David Crosby, Beyoncé, Alanis Morissette, Idina Men ...
– drums
Orchestra
* Eric Roth – conductor
* Janice MacDonald – flute
* Deb Stevenson – oboe
* Greg Flint – horn
* Christine Worthing – horn
* Guillaume Combet – violin
* Jennifer Cappelli – violin
* Carmen Llop-Kassinger – violin
* Christine Keiko Abe – violin
* Carol Cook – viola
* Jocelyn Davis-Beck – cello
*
Eddie Bayers
Eddie Bayers (born January 28, 1949) is an American session drummer who has played on 300 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for fourteen years, has three times won the Nashville Music ...
– drums
* Michael Rhodes – bass
*
Joe Thomas – keyboards
Charts
References
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Stevie Nicks albums
Albums produced by Waddy Wachtel
2009 live albums
2009 video albums
Live video albums
Reprise Records live albums
Reprise Records video albums