Bella Donna is the first solo studio album by Stevie Nicks. Released in 1981, the album peaked at #11 on the UK album chart and #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and has been certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over 4,000,000 copies.
Release Date: July 27, 1981
originally released on vinyl LP, cassette and 8 track
later released on remastered vinyl and CD
Track List
1. Bella Donna [5:18] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
2. Kind Of Woman [3:08] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks, Benmont Tench
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
3. Stop Draggin' My Heart Around [4:02] [LYRICS]
Written by: Tom Petty, Mike Campbell
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine, Tom Petty
4. Think About It [3:33] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks, Roy Bittan
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
5. After The Glitter Fades [3:27] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
6. Edge Of Seventeen [5:28] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
7. How Still My Love [3:51] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
8. Leather and Lace [3:55] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
9. Outside The Rain [4:17] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
10. The Highwayman [4:49] [LYRICS]
Written by: Stevie Nicks
Produced by: Jimmy Iovine
Bella Donna (1981), the first of Stevie Nicks' solo efforts and two million seller, features an outstanding group of musicians in support of the singer. Tom Petty duets with Stevie on his composition "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," a hit single which also features many of Petty's Heartbreakers. Other guest performers include pianist Roy Bittan (from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Fund). guitarists Waddy Wachtel, Davey Johnstone (of Elton John's Band) and Don Felder (late of the Eagles) and drummer Russ Kunkel. Heartbreaker Belmont Tench serves as musical director. Nicks' stint with Fleetwood Mac, which she joined in 1975, has included the albums Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Tusk, Fleetwood Mac Live and Mirage. Among her individual contributions to the group are "Rhiannon," "Dreams" (Fleetwood Mac's first ever number one single in America), "Sara" and "Gypsy," Aside from "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," her hits from Bella Donna were "Leather And Lace" (a duet with ex Eagle Don Henley). "Edge Of Seventeen" (a Grammy nominee in the Best Female Rock Vocal Category) and "After The Glitter Fades," Moat recently, Ms. Nicks has released the album The Wild Heart.
Leather and Lace was originally written for Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter in 1975.
