The Soundstage Sessions

The Soundstage Sessions
Live album by Stevie Nicks
Released	March 31, 2009
Recorded	Oct. 2007–2008 Grainger Studio (Chicago, Illinois) Ocean Way Recording (Nashville, Tennessee) Chicago Recording Company (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	Rock
Length	54:25
Label	Reprise Records
Producer	Joe Thomas Stevie Nicks Waddy Watchel
Stevie Nicks chronology
Crystal Visions - The Very Best of Stevie Nicks (2007) The Soundstage Sessions (2009) In Your Dreams (2011)
The Soundstage Sessions: Live in Chicago
CD/DVD Deluxe Edition

The Soundstage Sessions is the tenth album released by the 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, with the set list containing 18 songs. In early 2008, Nicks went to Nashville and entered the studio with director/producer Joe Thomas. In the studio, they added "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." 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stand Back"	Nicks	4:40
2.	"Crash into Me"	Dave Matthews	5:33
3.	"Sara"	Nicks	6:56
4.	"If Anyone Falls in Love"	Nicks/Sandy Stewart	4:07
5.	"Landslide" (Orchestra Version)	Nicks	4:20
6.	"How Still My Love"	Nicks	7:34
7.	"Circle Dance" (Duet with Vanessa Carlton)	Bonnie Raitt	4:14
8.	"Fall from Grace"	Nicks	4:35
9.	"Sorcerer"	Nicks	5:00
10.	"Beauty and the Beast"	Nicks	7:14
Total length:			54:25

Amazon MP3 edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Enchanted" (Live concert mix)	Nicks	3:14
Total length:			57:39

Deluxe iTunes edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Gold Dust Woman" (Live concert mix)	Nicks	10:07
12.	"Edge of Seventeen" (Live concert mix)	Nicks	12:33
Total length:			77:05

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 downloads of "Rhiannon" and "The One".

Standard and Blu-Ray DVD

The Blu-Ray DVD of this performance has been available exclusively at Sears since December 1, 2008 and features a total of 16 tracks in high-definition. The standard edition DVD of this performance was released by Reprise Records as Live in Chicago.

Personnel

Main Performers

• Stevie Nicks - vocals, producer
• Vanessa Carlton - guest performer
• Sharon Celani - backup vocals
• Lori Nicks - backup vocals
• Jana Anderson - backup vocals

Production

• Joe Thomas - producer
• Waddy Wachtel - producer
• Frank Pappalardo - engineering
• Michael Czaszwicz -engineering
• Patrick DeWitte - assistant engineering
• Mixed at HD Ready, St. Charles

Musicians

• Waddy Wachtel - musical director/guitar
• Lenny Castro - percussion
• Al Ortiz - bass
• Jimmy Paxson - drums
• Ricky Peterson - keyboards
• Carlos Rios - guitar
• Darrell Smith - keyboards

String Section

• 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 - drums
• Michael Rhodes - bass
• Joe Thomas - keyboards

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	47
U.S. Billboard Top Current Rock Albums	15
U.S. Billboard Top Digital Albums	55
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums	5