The Wild Heart (album)

The Wild Heart
Studio album by Stevie Nicks
Released	June 10, 1983
Recorded	1982–1983
Genre	Rock
Length	45:11
Label	Modern Records
Producer	Jimmy Iovine, Gordon Perry and Tom Petty
Stevie Nicks chronology
Bella Donna (1981) The Wild Heart (1983) Rock a Little (1985)

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The Wild Heart is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks. Released on June 10, 1983, a year after Fleetwood Mac's successful #1 album, Mirage, it reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard 200 charts and achieved platinum status on September 12, 1983. It achieved double-platinum status in 1993, ten years after its release, for shipping two million copies in the U.S. It was also certified Silver in the UK.

Recording began in late 1982, shortly after the end of Fleetwood Mac's Mirage Tour. After the death of her best friend, Robin Anderson, and with new appreciation for her life and career, the recording took only a few months and the album was released in June 1983, preceded by the single "Stand Back", to much critical acclaim.

The album is notable for its array of prominent guest musicians. Tom Petty made a return to write "I Will Run to You", on which his bandmates from the Heartbreakers performed. Nicks' Fleetwood Mac bandmate, drummer Mick Fleetwood, made an appearance on the track "Sable on Blond". Toto's Steve Lukather contributed some of the guitar work on what would become the album's biggest hit single, "Stand Back" (#5), which also features an uncredited contribution from Prince, who played the synthesizer track. Nicks also worked with friend Sandy Stewart, who wrote the music for three tracks on the album and performed on several (Stewart would go on to write the 1987 Fleetwood Mac hit "Seven Wonders"). The album's final track, "Beauty and the Beast", features a full string section.

The set produced three Top 40 singles in "Stand Back" (#5), "If Anyone Falls" (#14) and "Nightbird" (#33). The first two singles featured accompanying videos that went into heavy rotation on MTV. "Nightbird", a track Nicks told MTV was her favorite on the album, was performed live on "Solid Gold" and "Saturday Night Live".

Track listing

All songs written by Stevie Nicks, except where noted.

1. "Wild Heart" – 6:11
2. "If Anyone Falls" (Nicks, Sandy Stewart) – 4:09
3. "Gate and Garden" – 4:06
4. "Enchanted" – 3:06
5. "Nightbird" (Nicks, Stewart) – 5:00
6. "Stand Back" – 4:51
7. "I Will Run to You" (Tom Petty) – 3:22
   • performed by Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty
8. "Nothing Ever Changes" (Nicks, Stewart) – 4:09
9. "Sable on Blond" – 4:15
10. "Beauty and the Beast" – 6:02

Personnel

Main Performers

• Stevie Nicks – vocals
• Sharon Celani – backup vocals
• Lori Perry – backup vocals

Guest Musicians

• Sandy Stewart – keyboards, synthesizer, backup vocals, piano (tracks 1, 3, 5-6, 8-9)
• Tom Petty – guitar, vocals (track 7)
• Mike Campbell – guitar (track 7)
• Benmont Tench – organ, keyboards (tracks 3-5, 7)
• Howie Epstein – bass (track 7)
• Stan Lynch – drums (track 7)
• Mick Fleetwood – drums (track 9)
• Steve Lukather – guitar (track 6)
• Don Felder – guitar (track 8)
• Prince – synthesizer on "Stand Back" (uncredited)

Session Musicians

• David Monday – guitar (tracks 1, 3)
• Dean Parks – guitar (track 1)
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar (tracks 2-6, 9)
• David Williams – guitar (track 6)
• Roger Tausz – bass (track 1)
• Bob Glaub – bass (tracks 2, 4, 8)
• Kenny Edwards – bass (tracks 5, 9)
• John Beal - bass (track 10)
• Roy Bittan – synthesizer, piano (tracks 2, 4, 8-9)
• David Foster – piano (track 5)
• Brad Smith – drums, percussion (tracks 1, 3)
• Russ Kunkel – drums, drum overdubs (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
• Bobbye Hall – percussion (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
• Chet McCracken – drum overdubs (track 5)
• Marvin Caruso – drums (tracks 5-6)
• Ian Wallace – percussion (track 6)
• David Bluefield - OBX-A programming, DMX drum machine (track 6)
• Phil Kenzie – saxophone (track 8)
• Carolyn Brooks - background vocals (tracks 2, 10)

String section on "Beauty and the Beast"

• Kenneth Whitfield - string arrangement
• Paul Buckmaster - string arrangement
• Gene Bianco – harp
• Jesse Levine – viola
• Julien Barber – viola
• Theodore Israel – viola
• Harry Zaratzian – viola
• Jesse Levy – cello
• Frederick Zlotkin – cello
• Seymour Barab – cello
• Jon Abramowitz – cello
• Marvin Morgenstern – violin
• Herbert Sorkin – violin
• John Pintavalle – violin
• Max Ellen – violin
• Regis Eandiorio – violin
• Harry Glickman – violin
• Peter Dimitriades – violin
• Paul Winter – violin
• Matthew Raimondi – violin
• Harry Cykman – violin
• Raymond Kunicki – violin
• Lewis Eley – violin
• Ruth Waterman – violin
• Paul Gershman – violin

Production

• Produced By Jimmy Iovine, Gordon Perry and Tom Petty
• Recorded & Engineered By Greg Edwards & Shelly Yakus
• Assistant Engineers: Josh Abbey, David Bianco, Michael Brooks, Bobby Cohen, John Curcio, Bill Freesh, Pete Kudas, John Smith, Julian Stoll
• Mixed By Greg Edwards, Lori Perry & Shelly Yakus
• Mastered By Stephen Marcussen

Charts

Album

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US	5
UK	28
AUS	8
CAN	7

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1983	"Stand Back"	U.S. Billboard 100	5
1983	"Stand Back"	U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
1983	"If Anyone Falls"	U.S. Billboard 100	14
1983	"If Anyone Falls"	U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks	8
1983	"Nightbird"	U.S. Billboard 100	33

Tour

Nicks went on a national tour in support of The Wild Heart. After headlining the massive US Festival on May 30 in San Bernardino, California, the tour officially started in Knoxville, Tennessee on June 21, 1983 and ended in Ames, Iowa on November 20, 1983.

Tour Setlist:

• Gold Dust Woman
• Outside The Rain
• Dreams
• I Need To Know
• Sara
• If Anyone Falls
• Leather And Lace
• Stand Back
• Beauty And The Beast
• Gypsy
• How Still My Love
• Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
• Edge Of Seventeen

Encore:

• Rhiannon (piano version)
• Rhiannon (full rock version)

• Angel* (see notes below)
• Gold & Braid* (see notes below)
• Enchanted* (see notes below)
• I Will Run To You* (see notes below)
• Nightbird* (see notes below)

Tour Dates:

• May 30 - San Bernardino, California, Devore Park/US Festival II
• June 21 - Knoxville, Tennessee, Civic Coliseum
• June 23 - Norfolk, Virginia, The Scope
• June 24 - East Rutherford, New Jersey, Meadowlands Arena
• June 27 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Spectrum
• June 28 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Civic Arena
• July 2 - Buffalo, New York, War Memorial
• July 3 - Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford Civic Center
• July 6 - Worcester, Massachusetts, Centrum
• July 7 - Landover, Maryland, Capitol Center
• July 10 - Greensboro, North Carolina, Coliseum
• July 11 - Atlanta, Georgia, The Omni
• July 14 - Kansas City, Missouri, Kemper Arena
• July 15 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, Met Center
• July 17 - Chicago, Illinois Rosemont, Horizon
• July 18 - Chicago, Illinois Rosemont, Horizon
• July 19 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada CNE, Bandshell
• July 21 - Cuyahaga Falls, Ohio Blossom, Music Center
• July 22 - Cuyahaga Falls, Ohio Blossom, Music Center
• July 23 - Detroit, Michigan, Joe Louis Arena
• July 26 - St. Louis, Missouri, Checkerdome
• July 27 - Indianapolis, Indiana, Market Square Arena
• July 30 - Alpine Valley, Wisconsin, Music Theatre
• July 31 - Cincinnati, Ohio, Riverfront Coliseum
• August 31 - Austin, Texas
• September 5 - Dallas, Texas, Reunion Arena
• September 9 - Bristol, Rhode Island
• September 12 - New York, Radio City Music Hall
• September 13 - New York, Radio City Music Hall
• September 17 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Myriad
• September 24 - Irvine, California, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
• September 25 - Tempe, Arizona, Compton Terrace
• October 2 - Los Angeles, California, Inglewood Forum
• October 4 - Oakland, California, Oakland Coliseum
• October 21 - Columbia, South Carolina, Carolina Coliseum
• October 22 - Columbia, South Carolina, Carolina Coliseum
• October 25 - Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston Civic Center
• October 26 - Roanoke, Virginia, Roanoke Civic Center
• October 29 - Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama
• October 30 - Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi Coliseum
• November 2 - Jacksonville, Florida, Memorial Coliseum
• November 4 - Lakeland, Florida, Lakeland Civic Center
• November 5 - Miami, Florida, Sportatorium
• November 8 - Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri
• November 9 - Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi State University
• November 12 - Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assembly Center
• November 13 - Little Rock, Arkansas, T.H. Barton Coliseum
• November 16 - Madison, Wisconsin, Dane County Arena
• November 19 - Iowa City, Iowa, University of Iowa
• November 20 - Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University

External links

• The Official Stevie Nicks web site
• AMG Entry for Stevie Nicks