Stevie Nicks

This No. 1 album of 1981 features the witchiest of witchy women at a major high point in her career. Her first solo album yielded the still-great duets, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Leather and Lace." Along with the creepy album cover, Bella Donna cemented Nicks' place as the high priestess of music played while going all the way in the back of a van.

Bella Donna proves that Fleetwood Mac's blond priestess of the occult can stand on her
own as a solo act. With the masterful aid of producer Jimmy Iovine, Stevie Nicks emerges as
a tougher, more emotionally direct singer than in her work with Fleetwood Mac. Even
though Bella Donna is awash with impenetrable poeticizing, Nicks' musical approach has
shifted from folk music toward rock & roll, and this hardier balance – along with t... More >