I've never understood why fans buy boxed sets. They already have the music except for the one or two new songs included (which usually aren't worth a listen). "Enchanted", however, is different. Disc three was obviously created with the buyer in mind, and I bought "Enchanted" because of that disc. I'm sure I've saved piles of money!

The songs she's released for movies ("Blue Lamp", "Battle of the Dragon", "Violet and Blue", and "Sleeping Angel" for instance) rank with some of her best tracks. However, there was no way I was ever going to shell out the bucks for all those cheesy soundtrack CDs! All these songs are included in "Enchanted".

The inclusion of "Gold and Braid" is great! I loved that performance when I first heard it, and now I have it! Plus there's "Gold", a Buckingham Nicks song, "Garbo", a remix of "I Can't Wait", and lots of other great stuff here to warrant the purchase. Even some of the tracks taken from her CDs are actually slightly altered versions of the original songs. It's like they're going out of their way to make you feel good about purchasing this!

As to the demos ("Twisted", "Sweet Girl", and "It's Late"), I was surprised how much I enjoyed these stripped down tracks. As a solo artist, I think Stevie Nicks is sometimes over-produced, and I found the simplicity and intimate energy of these straight-forward performances really refreshing. She sounded very relaxed and natural.

I would've happily paid even more if they'd added a fourth disc like disc three. They could've included the rest of Stevie's Buckingham Nicks music, "Sorcerer", the remix of "The Nightmare" from the "I Can't Wait" maxi-single, unreleased studio tracks (there must be lots), and lots of demos. I bet stripped down demos of songs like "Sister Honey" or "If I Were You" would be revelations. Or how about that FM b-side "Book of Miracles"...

But I guess they had to draw the line somewhere! Great job!

Stevie Nicks' musical treasure, "Enchanted" is a masterpiece of incredible songs, reflecting an incredible career. Spanning many facets of this diva's life, "Enchanted" offers many bonuses to the Nicks fan. Firstly, the music is as always, incredible! The songs are bewitching, charming, and sincere. Nicks achieves an intimacy with her audience through her truthful lyrics and her haunting voice. Secondly, the box set offers many never released demos which are just buried treasure for all who love Stevie. All of the songs span her solo career, except for the very personal piano version of "Rhiannon". The box set is almost worth buying just for this version of the classic. It's a subtly charming cut that weaves into the listener's mind, creating fancy and dreams. Accompanying the music is this incredible libretto of sorts, which includes many great pictures of Stevie, and her own words concerning her music. She has often described this album as a photo collection of all her memories, and truly this is the feeling with "Enchanted". You feel as if you are sitting down with this incredible and rare scrapbook of a star. Enjoy!

I was really disappointed with this boxed set. We already have a Greatest Hits package of Stevie Nicks, do we really need another one? I have got most of Stevie's contributions on the soundtrack CDs that she has been included on, so there really wasnt very much point in me getting ENCHANTED. I bought it because Im a real fan and was initially very excited about it. What didnt really get me excited was the serious omission of "remix" or at least something to tell the listener about the songs taken from Street Angel. I have never heard the versions of the songs that were never singles in Europe (there were only two singles and Thousand Days was a b-side here - and on Enchanted, that version is so much better and longer!)(As a professional singer & pianist anyway, I can tell that these songs are perhaps the original version or something has happened! I was also disappointed that Stevie did not include remixes of songs by Stevie which have been remixed and used on singles, esp 12 " singles which are very rare to get, even here in the U.K If you read this Stevie, the next time you decide to do a special 3CD box set of your life, give me a call! I found the quality of songs good, but not totally outstanding. A poor result. Enchanting? In Chanting I pray Stevie will get her act together and do something...just a bit more than playing and selling out in the U.S

Stevie Nicks had the misfortune of starting her solo career in the early 1980's. That benighted decade was many things but it seems it represents some sort of musical twilight zone that today's crowd choose either to forget or make fun of. Fleetwood Mac broke the bank and all sorts of industry records with FLEETWOOD MAC and RUMOURS around the mid-1970's just as Nicks and her one time lover Lindsay Buckingham joined the band. Nicks contribution to that success was substantial; but it has also been overstated. It has to be pointed out again and again it seems that while Nicks compositions were popular it was Christie McVie's songs which carried the day for those albums-at least from the women's side of things. Nonetheless, erotic images of Nicks dancing across the concert stage in diaphanous robe-like dresses while singing of a Welch witch caught the imagination of enough fans and record executives that Nicks got her own record contract.

While I personally prefer Christie McVie, that is not to say that there isn't anything to like about Nicks. "Landside" is a song of such exceptional quality that I would wager that thousands of either gender wishes they had written it. "Gold Dust Woman" is one of the best songs written in the 1970's. "Sara" and "Storms" are likewise excellent compositions from the TUSK album. And last but not least I've always had a soft spot in my heart for "Fireflies" from the 1980 FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE album.

On the other hand, I have never liked "Rhiannon"-a song many consider to be Nick's signature song. There is something about that thudding rhythm section that turns me off. Likewise "Dreams"-another signature song-I consider to be in reality just a slowed down version of "Rhiannon" with the same thudding rhythm section. I am in a distinct minority in these particular judgments and so you can safely dismiss them. But in her career with Fleetwood Mac, we can see all the themes we will find in her solo records: a preoccupation with the fantastic and personal introspection.

It is hard to fault Ms Nicks for these things as many rockers are obsessed with the fantastic and many others write about nothing if not themselves. In Stevie Nicks' case this all works out in sword and sorcery, castles, bodice-ripping yarns, love and getting dumped on in one way or another. Even though this box set contains only three discs, this gets to be a bit much by the end of disc two. The box set is arranged chronologically so as the 1980's passes along Nicks moves from her rock moorings to the more frenzied machine manufactured sounds that so many have come to despise about the 80's. By Nicks own admission, a good deal of her music at this point was fueled by the drugs she was shoveling up her nose-which was fine as long as you were doing the same.

The same thermonuclear devise that went of in Seattle in the early 1990's and wiped hundreds of "hair" bands of the map also drove a host of other music into irrelevance as well. Nicks continued to make records; but she came to matter less and less.

One can't listen to this box set without the feeling that here was a career gone wrong... The best material tends to be toward the beginning-early in her solo records. But as a retrospective, ENCHANTED is excellent and balanced although the notes are not as informative as I would like. Pages of the inner booklet are filled with pictures not identified by time or place. There are a few unreleased tracks and b-sides included in this set; but none of Nicks' Fleetwood Mac material is presented here.

Of genuine value here is the third disc of entirely unreleased material. I enjoyed nearly every cut on this part of the box set as they seemed so out of left field. While most buyers probably would confine their interest to the first two discs, there is considerably more charm and warmth in this grab bag of loose ends. But is this one disc worth the price of the entire box set? Probably not.

Ms. Nicks recording career did not end with this box set. I can't say I like what has been made available so far; but Nicks has a following as strong as any and there are plenty of miles left for her voice to ride. Perhaps she'll write another song like "Landslide" that will change the perspective on her entire career. Maybe.

This set is a great collection from one of Rock's most enchanting singer/songwriters. I have been a Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks fan since the '70's, so I was very pleased when this release came out. It does a great job of covering Stevie's great solo career. I heard that there even more songs that she wanted to put on this set but was forced to settle for 3 discs only. I definately would have bought it with another disc on it. I just hope that they will re-release Buckingham/Nicks on cd soon. Both her and Lindsey said they would like to do it, so hopefully they will surprise us some day. It was great to have songs like Long Distance Winner, Gold, It's Late, Whenever I Call You Friend, Gold and Braid and Reconsider Me on this set. I'm also eagerly awaiting her new cd. She hasn't had one since 1994, so hurry up already Stevie. If you are a big Stevie fan, you must get this set. Let us know what you think of it.