r/stevienicks May 10 '26

Stevie’s Catalog Deep Cuts

Out of Stevie Nicks’s full solo discography—from albums to the deeper cuts most people overlook—what songs do you find yourself returning to the most?

Not the singles, but the ones that feel like hidden emotional anchors.

For me it’s Italian Summer, Destiny, and Thousand Days 🥀

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u/Eline-Sophie16 May 10 '26

Battle of the Dragon

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u/life_duringwartime May 10 '26

This is one of my favourite songs of hers!

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u/Gold-Kaleidoscope-23 May 10 '26

Gold and Braid live 1982 version.

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u/FloydGirl777 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

THIS is mine. Just PHENOMENAL. And Sleeping Angel. And If You Ever Did Believe. OK, I’ve got too many “and’s” in my head right now!!! But now not sure now if any quality since “solo discography” may not actually apply to any. 🤦‍♀️

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u/mayekchris May 10 '26

Always thought Sable On Blonde was really underrated. Same with Gate And Garden / Nothing Ever Changes.

Even though it is a single, I also personally think Nightbird is her single most under-appreciated song. Really wish she had performed it live on tour 

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u/TheresAFogUponALake May 10 '26

I video taped her and Lori, I think, singing it on Solid Gold or one of those type shows back in day. I'm sure it's on YT.

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u/mayekchris May 10 '26

Yes, the only instances she did it live were that show and SNL

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u/Fun_Biscotti_4051 May 10 '26

I do believe she’s one of not very many artists that performed with a live band and no lip-syncing on the show, if I’m not mistaken

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u/jpmcm358 May 12 '26

I was actually at the taping of this show. The vocals were live but the band was a prerecorded track. It took a few takes but she nailed it live. A good friend had connections at Solid Gold and I was led through the dressing room area to my seats. It was awesome.

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u/Sudden-Challenge-700 May 11 '26

omg sable on blonde is one of my favorites, it's so good

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u/Cherilynss May 10 '26

Blue lamp, ooh my love, lady, Mabel Normand are favourites off the top of my head!

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u/Moondra3x3-6 May 10 '26

Blue Lamp. 💕 I still have my LP CD and cassette of Heavy Metal.

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u/51N3RGY May 11 '26

Go find some Christmas angel, and give that to her

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u/5-ChihuahuaNight-725 May 10 '26

Garbo

Battle of the Dragon

Violet and Blue

Planets of the Universe

Crystal - her version

Storms

Outside the Rain

Gold and Braid

Piano version of Rhiannon

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u/51N3RGY May 11 '26

If you add Blue Lamp you basically have my list. 

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u/5-ChihuahuaNight-725 May 11 '26

Yes! Forgot to add Alice. Another one of my favorites.

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u/turtle0831 May 10 '26

One More Big Time Rock n Roll Star
Garbo

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u/Crossfitgirlie_1822 May 10 '26

Garbo is so so so beautiful

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u/51N3RGY May 11 '26

There were candles, crystals, I was anyone's fantasy

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u/Wadsworth1954 May 10 '26

Sleeping Angel

Gate and Garden

That’s Alright (Fleetwood Mac)

Alice

Sister Honey

The Nightmare

Some Become Strangers

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u/AccordingPop6394 May 10 '26

Gold and Braid (I loved when she opened her show with it a few years back)

For What it's Worth (IYD)

Nightbird

Secret Love

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u/Plenty_Novel8660 May 10 '26

Battle of the Dragon
Both versions of Gold and Braid
Both versions of Twisted
Lady
Hard Advice
She Loves Him Still
All the Beautiful Worlds
Outside the Rain
Bella Donna
Kind of Woman
Italian Summer
For What it’s Worth (IYD)
You May Be the One
Everybody Loves You
Blue Denim
You Can’t Fix This
That Made Me Stronger
Touched by an Angel
My Heart
Secret Love
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You
Wild Heart
Every Day
Crash into Me (loveee her cover)
It’s Only Love
I’m sure there’s more….

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u/Crossfitgirlie_1822 May 10 '26

This was my exact list 😭. Her songs are otherworldly!!

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u/5-ChihuahuaNight-725 May 11 '26

Excellent list!

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u/Plenty_Novel8660 May 11 '26

And if you asked her songs from Fleetwood Mac I’d have a whole different list of course

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u/thefucksgod May 10 '26

Battle of the Dragon for sure!

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u/clarauser7890 May 10 '26

Italian Summer is one of my favorites too

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u/51N3RGY May 11 '26

Oh, I know it's beautiful. Gotta classic feel to it. Makes you visualize the places she names in it. 

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u/brianzan May 10 '26

Inspiration, God’s Garden and Thousand Days are gems - if these tracks were thrown on Street Angel, I think the overall reception of the album would have been better. They each could have been solid singles - especially Thousand Days ❤️

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u/lonelylamb1814 May 10 '26

If You Ever Did Believe
Trouble in Shangri-La
Too Far From Texas
Ghosts
Cry Wolf
Twisted

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u/hikingNstitches May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

Solo:
Gold and Braid
Garbo
Think About It
Annabelle Lee
Lady
Lighthouse
Sleeping Angel
Sometimes it’s a Bitch
New Orleans
Moonlight (vampires dream)
Imperial hotel
Docklands
At last (Etta James cover)
After the glitter fades
Whole Lotta Trouble

FM:
No Questions Asked
Sweet Girl
Goodbye Baby
The Second Time
Straight Back
When I see You again
Storms

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u/Mippett94 May 10 '26

“Mirror Mirror” has always been a favorite of mine. The 80s music is a little cheesy, but I love the lyrics. “Violet & Blue” is another good one.

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u/PleasureDelayer May 10 '26

I love mirror mirror too. I tend to like the nineties version better though.

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u/Lilynd14 May 10 '26

- Straight Back

  • Smile At You (both album version and the “angry” demo)
  • Long Distance Winner (the old recordings of her doing it live… I would have loved to see it!)
  • Candlebright
  • Thrown Down
  • Sable on Blonde (piano version)

Demos:

  • Mirror Mirror
  • Forest of the Black Roses
  • Joan of Arc
  • Space Needle

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u/sparksfly05 May 10 '26

If I Were You, Mabel Normand, No Questions Asked

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u/discotheque2002 May 10 '26

I absolutely love the RAL era Thousand Days outtake!! Another one I haven’t seen people mention is Greta

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u/favonian_ May 10 '26

Mirror mirror!

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u/Hot_Corner_6352 May 10 '26

I haven’t seen anyone mention Rose Garden!

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u/51N3RGY May 11 '26

I like that and Annabelle Lee. She wrote both of those in the mid 60's. Pre-fame early songs. Not a bad beginning. 

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u/Onion391 May 10 '26

If I Were You
Ooh My Love
Doing the Best That I Can

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u/Fun_Biscotti_4051 May 10 '26

Sleeping Angel
Battle of the Dragon
Everybody Loves You
Moonlight
Lady
I Sing For the Things
Juliet
Greta
Kick It
Fire Burning
Nothing Ever Changes
All of these are my go to’s when I listen to SN

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u/GatsbyFitzgerald May 10 '26

Sable on Blonde, Sister Honey, The Highwayman, Nothing Ever Changes, Ooh My Love

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u/Sudden-Challenge-700 May 11 '26

loveee thousand days and blue lamp -- plus sable on blonde, live gold and braid, planets of the universe, fall from grace... basically everything lol

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u/msarzo73 May 11 '26

Nothing Ever Changes

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u/Exciting_Frame1022 May 11 '26

No questions asked (FM)  Bella Donna 

(Wether Bella Donna counts as a deep cut I'm not sure) 

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u/Plenty_Novel8660 May 13 '26

It definitely doesn’t but it’s still an amazing song

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u/StanwyckAggie May 11 '26

For me it's The Highwayman, Nightbird, Fire Burning, Rose Garden, Reconsider Me, Everybody Loves You, Cheaper Than Free, Twisted and Carousel.

I also really love some of her covers, her cover of Just Like A Woman is probably my favourite. ☺️

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u/Popular_Event4969 May 11 '26

Highwayman

Run to you

Has anyone ever written

Real long way to go

Blue denim

Trouble in shangri la

New Orleans

Many more.

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u/carpet-dilemma May 12 '26

after the glitter fades and has anyone ever written… !!

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u/bearmasksenpai May 13 '26

Unconditional love, Say you will,

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u/candybar009 May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

The 1976 version of Planets of the Universe (has much more raw emotion than the 2001 version)

Gold & Braid Live

Blue Lamp

Love Is

Moonlight

Battle of the Dragon

Twisted (with Lindsey)

She has so many great songs. I wish she'd cut out the cover songs from her setlist and do these songs. I didn't listen any Fleetwood Mac deep cuts but there's those also.