Looking back on her career in the early 90s, Stevie Nicks described the first track of Rock a Little as “the most exciting song that I had ever heard.” This coming from a superstar who was already closely affiliated with several bajillion-selling Fleetwood Mac albums — to say nothing of her own benchmark solo debut. Her remarks attest to the enthusiasm and effort she invested in her third record, a 1985 work that quickly furthered Nicks’ profile and cemented itself as a piece of 80s pop lore.

Mastered at MoFi’s California studio, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, strictly limited to 4,000 numbered copies, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g 45RPM 2LP set presents Rock a Little in audiophile sound in celebration of its 40th anniversary. Recorded for a reported one million dollars, the platinum-certified album teems with a head-spinning array of colors, tones, dreamscapes, and accents. This reissue marks the first time they are brought to light and conveyed with proper balance, dimensionality, and positioning. Nicks and company spare no expense when it comes to distinguishing the music with expansive sonics. The degrees of spaciousness, headroom, and dynamics are nothing less than inspiring. As for Nicks’ voice? Wait ’til you experience the transparency and depth. So, rock a little, yes, but dare to feel even more.