I do know that, but how would it have gone down if they had replaced Grace with another female? Not well I would think.

My point is what Gail said above - Bekka was always going to come across as a cheap knock-off of Stevie, and the general public I doubt would have ever bought into it :shrug:

I guess we'll have to agree to acknowledge we are diametrically opposed on this topic.

I'll take that :D

Behind The Mask

I prefer Time. BTM is, as everyone else has said, badly produced...the music sounds muddy and generic.

Here are my thoughts on Time. I love all the songs except David Mason's. Some good reasons were explained above as to why he ended up with the band, but in terms of new directions, his presence seems odd at best.

I love Christine's songs on Time but I think, oddly, Time would have been better if she had taken them and completed a solo album...Having just Becka and Billy would have established a core sound. Christine's songs--as fine as they are--don't really sit well alongside theirs. (Don't shoot me.)

Besides, any opportunity for a full Chris solo album would have been awesome...

And that could easily have happened. She had recorded about 40 or so demos for a solo album, including her Time songs plus "Temporary One" & probably "Easy Come, Easy Go".

Is there a Temporary One demo floating AROUND????? I HEART THAT SONG!!:]

Yes, the music on BTM album sounds muddy and generic, but i think that it´s good thing! For example on SYW album are songs very similar.

And because on Time album aren´t Stevie´s voice I can´t vote for it.

But it´s true that I love Nights In Estoril... great song!!!!:blob2:

BTM is my preferred album, all the way down to the art design. Love it, epecially the album cover. Love the overall sound and songs especially the title track, WTSGD and Stand On The Rock, which was great live too.

Time is decent, not great though and they were really trying way too hard to salvage Stevie not being there. I prefer bekka with The Zoo/Shaking The Cage. They really didn't need another female vocalist. This album is a bit cream puff and Mason tracks are terrible. C'mon, Blow by Blow is just that. It blows.

See, I've always liked the sound of BTM.... I don't know how to describe it, but I always say it has kind of a glossy sound to me. OSOTM is the same way..... Sort of.:lol: