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Originally Posted by WatchChain
Do some research on record labels and the music business. Record companies release records THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF PROMOTING quite often when the artist is ON THE LAST ALBUM of their contract. It happens ALL THE TIME. In addition, they will often rush the last release just to complete the artist's contract so that both parties can move forward and onto other business ventures. Warner/Reprise had no intention of making money off "24 Karat Gold". Record labels know this, artists know this, it's just how the music business works. Stevie did NOT rush to Nashville to record with session musicians that are known to work FAST and EFFICIENT and quickly record albums like an assembly line because she had "free time". If she truly had "free time", 24 Karat Gold would have been recorded at the leisurely and enjoyable pace that "In Your Dreams" was. She can say whatever she wants. In addition, she told Dave Stewart that the album needed to be recorded quickly and HE suggested Nashville session players because they can record SO QUICKLY. You can check that. A record label can put forth a due date anytime it wants to. Recording contracts ARE ALWAYS written in the favor of the labels. Thus, it makes perfect sense.
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I don't recall Stevie ever saying she was forced to make this album. She has said it fulfilled her contract but she never said she was required to deliver an album by a certain time. Anything to that effect is speculation. As I mentioned in my post above she claimed at the time when Christine joined that she had a few months to kill and nothing planned so she wasn't thinking of contractual obligation only a few months before recording the album.