In 1981, Stevie Nicks launched her solo career with Bella Donna, her debut album after becoming a star with Fleetwood Mac. The 10-track record opened a new chapter for Nicks, with nine songs written by her. It went on to top the Billboard 200 and included one of her most iconic hits, “Edge of Seventeen.”
At the time, Nicks was eager to see what she could accomplish without Lindsey Buckingham, her former romantic partner and Fleetwood Mac bandmate. In a 1981 interview with Blair Jackson, she explained how working with Buckingham had often meant handing over control of her songs.
“When you work with somebody who is that much in control,” Nicks said, “you forget that you’re even capable of doing something yourself.” She explained that she would write a song, and Buckingham would “fix it, change it around, chop it up and then put it back together.”
Making Bella Donna on her own was a completely different experience for Nicks. When asked whether working on her own was difficult, she said, “No, it was exhilarating! Instead of just sitting around hour after hour, I got to be a part of it.”
“On this album I didn’t have to fight to do my songs the way I wanted to,” the songstress added. “The other players just did them the way I wrote them and they came out great.”
Pursuing a solo career while Fleetwood Mac was at the height of its success was a risk for Nicks. She later said the album’s title reflected the uncertainty she felt at the time. She named the record Bella Donna after the belladonna plant, also known as deadly nightshade.
“[Bella donna] meant beautiful woman but also poisonous root,” Nicks told Classic Rock in 2003. “People use it for healing, but if you take too much, you can die. I thought, ‘This is the perfect double-edged sword title for the record.’”
One of the album’s biggest songs, “Edge of Seventeen,” also came from a difficult period in Nicks’ life. In December 1980, her uncle Jonathan died after battling cancer, while John Lennon was murdered in New York City that same week.
“‘And the days go by like a strand in the wind,’ that’s how fast those days were going by during my uncle’s illness, and it was so upsetting to me,” she said in 1981.
Nicks also revealed that the song’s white-winged dove represented a spirit leaving the body. “I felt a great loss at how both Johns were taken,” she said.
Bella Donna ultimately proved that Nicks could stand on her own. The album reached No. 1, remained on the Billboard 200 for nearly three years and established her solo career alongside her continued success with Fleetwood Mac.
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