> Am i the only one that thinks Fleetwood Mac's 'Mirage' album from 82-83 is
a
> great record?

Michael, I feel the same way about the Mirage album.
Many great tunes with great memories attached-of course that's how music
works within retrospect.
And whilst I was more into the Stevie Nicks tunes during that era (like most
boys-I had the monster crush for her), I was also loving Lindsey's studio
fun...such as the speed up guitars and mandolins and vocals on "Gypsy" and a
few others.

Yep, that's in the top two of MAC records for me. Rumors and Tusk are a
tied!  :)

Scott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Carpenter" <Stagefright@msn.com.au>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: F Mac


> Am i the only one that thinks Fleetwood Mac's 'Mirage' album from 82-83 is
a
> great record? For me it's in many ways my favourite F Mac record..
combining
> elements of the classic F Mac 'Rumours' era sound ('Love In Store', 'Wish
> You Were Here', 'Gypsy', 'Hold Me') with a distilled version of the
> quirkiness of 'Tusk' ('Eyes Of The World', 'I Can't Go Back', 'Empire
> State'). As well as having what i believe are the last great Stevie Nicks
> tracks before her voice went totally (the countrified 'I'm Alright' and
the
> powerful 'Straight Back' which does sound like it should have been on
Bella
> Donna).
>
> Actually the more i think about it, this IS my favourite Fleetwood Mac
> record.. and what i would truly consider to be the last REAL F Mac record.
> It's like they said "We loved Tusk, but it wasn't as big as Rumours. Hey
> Lindsay, how about we just reign the weirdness in, but let's not make
> Rumours 2 either"
>
> Plus, you can pick it up for almost nothing at most discount record stores
> these days.
>
> MC
>
> np: Love In Store - Fleetwood Mac (right up there with 'Think About Me' as
> my favourite pure pop F Mac moments)
>