Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks

Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Greatest hits album by
Stevie Nicks
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1991
Recorded1980–1991
GenreRock
Length63:58
LabelsModern (US)
Atlantic (Canada)
EMI (UK)
Producers
Stevie Nicks chronology
The Other Side of the Mirror
(1989)		 Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
(1991)		 Street Angel
(1994)
Singles from Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
  1. "Sometimes It's a Bitch"
    Released: August 12, 1991
  2. "Love’s a Hard Game to Play"
    Released: September 1991
  3. "I Can't Wait (reissue)"
    Released: October 1991

Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was released on September 3, 1991, via Modern and Atlantic Records in the U.S. and EMI internationally. The album features many of her hit singles from her solo career. Included in the track list are three new songs: "Sometimes It's a Bitch"–co-written by Jon Bon Jovi, "Love's a Hard Game to Play"–co-written by Bret Michaels, and "Desert Angel", which Nicks wrote for the soldiers serving in the Gulf War. The album's booklet contains notes written by Nicks herself about each song.

The album debuted and peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard 200, Nicks' lowest charting album at the time, but it remained on the chart for nearly six months and, as of February 2011, the album had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States.[1] The album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1997. The album also achieved a Gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipping 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom and was Nicks' third top 20 album there. The album spent four weeks at number one in New Zealand.

The Fleetwood Mac song "Silver Springs" (written by Nicks) was originally intended to be in the compilation, but Mick Fleetwood, the band's drummer and leader, would not allow Nicks to release the song because of his plans to release it on a forthcoming Fleetwood Mac box set. This led to a dispute, resulting in Nicks leaving Fleetwood Mac for several years.[2][3][4]

Content

Timespace features ten of Nicks' previous singles from her solo career, along with the album cut "Beauty and the Beast" from The Wild Heart (1983). Most of the previously released singles included have been remixed by Chris Lord-Alge for the album.

Three new singles were recorded for Timespace specifically. The opening track to the album, "Sometimes It's a Bitch", was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Falcon. Nicks initially did not want to record the track due to the inclusion of the word 'bitch' but had a change of heart once she realized that "he dreamed about what the notorious Stevie Nicks had been like...and what it had all done to her...the indulgences, the lifestyle."[5] "Love's a Hard Game to Play", the second newly recorded track, was written by Bret Michaels of Poison and Pat Schunk. She described how Michaels had brought back her "laughter" that she thought she had lost, and how she hoped he would stay her "friend for a long time".[5] The third and final newly recorded song, "Desert Angel", was only included on CD editions of Timespace and was written by Nicks and Mike Campbell. She reflected on how she wanted to write a letter to the soldiers serving in the Gulf War and how "we had lived through it, we had prayed, and my song would make at least all of us...never forget this war."[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[6]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[8]
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar[9]

Timespace received a positive reception from music critics, praising the previous material and defining it as a "splendid representation" of her solo career. The new tracks, meanwhile, received mixed reviews. Chuck Campbell of Denver Rocky Mountain News compared the three new songs as "comparatively awful against these illustrious hits."[10]

Personnel for new tracks

Taken from the Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks booklet.[5]

Track listing

Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Original AlbumLength
1."Sometimes It's a Bitch"
Previously unreleased4:38
2."Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (Duet with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Chris Lord-Alge Remix)
Bella Donna4:04
3."Whole Lotta Trouble" (Tom Lord-Alge Remix)
  • Nicks
  • Campbell
The Other Side of the Mirror4:31
4."Talk to Me"Chas SandfordRock a Little4:12
5."Stand Back" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)NicksThe Wild Heart4:57
6."Beauty and the Beast"NicksThe Wild Heart6:04
7."If Anyone Falls" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)
The Wild Heart4:08
8."Rooms on Fire" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)
The Other Side of the Mirror4:40
9."Love's a Hard Game to Play"
Previously unreleased5:03
10."Edge of Seventeen" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)NicksBella Donna5:27
11."Leather and Lace" (Duet with Don Henley, Chris Lord-Alge Remix)NicksBella Donna3:49
12."I Can't Wait"
  • Nicks
  • Nowels
  • Eric Pressly
Rock a Little4:37
13."Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?" (Chris Lord-Alge Remix)NicksRock a Little4:39
14."Desert Angel" (CD bonus track – not on vinyl and cassette)
  • Nicks
  • Campbell
Previously unreleased5:21
Total length:63:58

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[23] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[25] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Music Chart Analysis, Artist Spotlights, Music Insider, Chart Beat & News". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac Timeline for the 1990s". Fleetwoodmac-uk.com. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  3. ↑ Nettle, Gemma (March 22, 2023). "Silver Springs: The Story Behind That Viral Fleetwood Mac Video". The Indiependent. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ Howe, Zoë (October 13, 2014). Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams and Rumours. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-78323-128-7.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks (CD album liner notes). Stevie Nicks. Modern Records. 1991. 7 91711-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ DeGagne, Mike. "Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks". AllMusic. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 9780312245603.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1997. ISBN 9780857125958.
  9. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 585. ISBN 9780743201698.
  10. ↑ "Stevie Nicks fans get more than a greatest hits album". Denver Rocky Mountain News. October 5, 1991. Retrieved August 6, 2026 – via Stevie Nicks Info.
  11. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Stevie Nicks – TimeSpace - The Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "RPM100 Albums (CD & Cassettes)". RPM. Vol. 54, no. 19. Toronto, Ontario. October 12, 1991. p. 11.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Stevie Nicks – TimeSpace - The Best Of" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums". Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 40. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. October 5, 1991. p. 25. OCLC 29800226.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Stevie Nicks – TimeSpace - The Best Of" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe – Ireland". Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 38. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. September 21, 1991. p. 23. OCLC 29800226.
  17. ↑ "Charts.nz – Stevie Nicks – TimeSpace - The Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Stevie Nicks – TimeSpace - The Best Of". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Stevie Nicks Songs and Albums | Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Stevie Nicks Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  21. ↑ "END OF YEAR CHARTS 1991 – OFFICIAL TOP 40 ALBUMS". RIANZ. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  22. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 203.
  23. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Stevie Nicks – Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  24. ↑ "British album certifications – Stevie Nicks – Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks in the "Search:" field.
  25. ↑ "American album certifications – Stevie Nicks – Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks". Recording Industry Association of America.
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