Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks

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Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1991
Recorded19801991
Genre Rock
Length63:58
Label Modern (US)
Atlantic (Canada)
EMI (UK)
Producer
Stevie Nicks chronology
The Other Side of the Mirror
(1989)
Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
(1991)
Street Angel
(1994)

Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks is a compilation album featuring songs from the solo career of American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was released on September 3, 1991. The album features many of her hit singles, along with three new songs: "Sometimes It's a Bitch" first single released from the album, co-written by Jon Bon Jovi), "Love's a Hard Game to Play" (co-written by Bret Michaels) and "Desert Angel" (which Nicks wrote for the men and women serving in the Gulf War). The CD's booklet contains notes written by Nicks herself about the making of each song.

Contents

The album debuted and peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard 200, Nicks' lowest charting album at the time, but it remained on the chart for nearly six months and, as of February 2011, the album had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States. [1] The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1997. The album also achieved a Gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipping 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom and was Nicks' third top 20 album there. The album spent four weeks at number one in New Zealand. [ citation needed ]

The Fleetwood Mac song "Silver Springs" (written by Nicks) was originally intended to be in the compilation, but Mick Fleetwood, the band's drummer, would not allow Nicks to release the song because of his plans to release it on a forthcoming Fleetwood Mac box set. This led to a dispute, resulting in Nicks leaving Fleetwood Mac for several years. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sometimes It's a Bitch" (Previously unreleased) Jon Bon Jovi, Billy Falcon 4:38
2."Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (Duet with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Chris Lord-Alge Remix) Tom Petty, Mike Campbell 4:04
3."Whole Lotta Trouble" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)Nicks, Campbell4:31
4."Talk to Me"Chas Sandford4:12
5."Stand Back" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)Nicks4:57
6."Beauty and the Beast"Nicks6:04
7."If Anyone Falls" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)Nicks, Sandy Stewart 4:08
8."Rooms on Fire" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)Nicks, Rick Nowels 4:40
9."Love's a Hard Game to Play" (Previously unreleased) Bret Michaels, Pat Schunk5:03
10."Edge of Seventeen" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)Nicks5:27
11."Leather and Lace" (Duet with Don Henley, Chris Lord-Alge Remix)Nicks3:49
12."I Can't Wait"Nicks, Nowels, Eric Pressly4:37
13."Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)Nicks4:39
14."Desert Angel" (Previously unreleased, CD bonus track – not on vinyl and cassette)Nicks, Campbell5:21
Total length:63:58

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart 13
Canadian Albums Chart 38
New Zealand Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart 37
UK Albums Chart 15
US Billboard 200 30

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7] Platinum70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [8] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [9] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [10] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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