BELLA DONNA (1981)

Bella Donna is Stevie Nicks’ 1981 solo recording debut. It features the hit singles “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” “Leather and Lace,” and “Edge of Seventeen.”

A year earlier, Stevie Nicks launched Modern Records with record executives Danny Goldberg and Paul Fishkin as a vehicle for the backlog of unrecorded material that Stevie had amassed over the years. With help of producer Jimmy Iovine and high-profile acts, such as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Eagles member Don Henley, Bella Donna became a critical and commercial success. Stevie later earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Performance for “Edge of Seventeen.”

Release

Modern Records released Bella Donna on Monday, July 27, 1981. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart and produced the Top 40 singles “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (#3), “Leather and Lace” (#5), “Edge of Seventeen” (#11), and “After the Glitter Fades” (#32).

In 2004, the RIAA certified the album 5X platinum for the shipment of five million units to retailers. Bella Donna remains Stevie Nicks’ best selling album to date.

Songs

1. Bella Donna
2. Kind of Woman
3. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Duet with Tom Petty)
4. Think About It
5. After the Glitter Fades
6. Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)
7. How Still My Love
8. Leather and Lace (Duet with Don Henley)
9. Outside the Rain
10. The Highwayman

Charts

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Duet with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)

Leather and Lace (Duet with Don Henley)

Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)

After the Glitter Fades

Full Album

Music Videos

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around

Leather and Lace

Edge of Seventeen

Edge of Seventeen

After the Glitter Fades