The legendary singer, recently named the "Greatest Rock Frontwoman” of all time by BBC Music, spread her wings beyond Fleetwood Mac on July 27, 1981, releasing her first solo album. More than four decades later, the album remains a timeless piece of rock history.
Nicks once explained why she released Bella Donna amid the height of her fame in Fleetwood Mac.
“This was the freest thing I’ve ever done,” she added.
“If you want to do an album, I know that you're really used to being like the midnight cat queen that comes in whenever you feel like it . …This is not how we're gonna do this album,” Nocks recalled Iovine telling her. First of all, you only have three months, and second, I don't want to waste my time with a cartoon."
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Nicks also brought in backing vocalists Lori Perry-Nicks and Sharon Celani.
“Bella Donna was a dream,” she wrote in 2021. “I chose Lori Perry-Nicks and Sharon Celani as my army to go on that journey with me. I wanted us to sound like the girl version of Crosby, Stills and Nash. I did not want the record to sound anything like Fleetwood Mac—that would have defeated the dream."
Forty-five years after the release of Bella Donna, the album continues to resonate with fans all over the world.
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