SYW, best album of all time?
 

I think Say You Will might be my favorite Fleetwood Mac CD. It's weird because I wouldn't have thought it would be, I actually dreaded even listening to it thinking I would hate it so much.

I have been listening to it non-stop lately. Even with Christine gone I think it works. Songs I didn't like at first I have grown to absolutely love. I think it's completely crazy that I think this though!

There's no real Christine.

There's not as many harmonies, just echoing each other (as someone mentioned before).

I don't like the last 2 songs.

It took me a long time to like a lot of the songs.

Yet I love this CD. I love their matured voices. I love the order of the songs. I love that it is so different then anything they have done before, IMO.

Anyone else feel this way, or am I the only one? :laugh:

best album of all time? Certainly not. ;)

I do applaud the band for getting back together. At that time I was elated they were making another studio record. When I heard Christine was out... I was skeptical. I still like Say You Will, but it's so convoluted and... messy. I almost wish they had just released it as the 2-CD album it was originally envisioned. It's a hot mess, and I think they were attempting to do a Tusk Redux in some ways...but comes nowhere near the brilliance of Tusk.

I think Tango in the Night, Rumours, Tusk, The Dance, the White album, and possibly Mirage are all superior to Say You Will.

Sh*t no. I hate the thing. Such a lazy effort:sorry:

Mick

Haha yes. Thought that title would grab people's attention :lol:
I would definitely agree that The Dance is superior, but Mirage? :eek:

I'm sure there are many who feel the same way. Not sure why I love it so much, maybe it's just a phase :laugh:

love SYW, although i'd drop almost all stevie's songs and say goodbye, and WTWCT... no wonder almost none of the stevie fans like it!:laugh:

i'd rate SYW together with Tusk, and way ahead of Mirage and Tango.

but i'd still like better original GOS...

EDIT: The Dance doesn't count - it's the live album, like LiB

To be honest, I tend to forget that this album exists! :lol:

Without Christine, it just doesn't quite intrigue me. I don't really care for Stevie's "new" voice that seemed to emerge after the Dance. In general, Lindsey's songs are never my favorite.

I feel it was important that the album was made, i.e. that FM went on despite Christine's absence. Does that make sense? :shrug:

I'll check the songs more closely on Youtube, though.

This is right on:thumbsup:

Mick

Gypsy and Hold Me are better than anything we got off Say You Will.

Thrown Down I think is the true gem of Say You Will... the rest I'm in a love/hate relationship with.

BullSh*t! It had new songs on it. ;)

Yeah I still dislike Say Goodbye and Goodbye Baby but I love WTWCT!
The only reason I might count The Dance is because of Temporary One and Sweet Girl and I love those songs!

That makes perfect sense. It takes me a while to get into Lindsey's songs but then I end up loving them. Only one I don't like on SYW is Say Goodbye.

I really do love some of the songs on SYW... but I just don't think it's a great album. The absolute polarity of Lindsey & Stevie on Tusk was balanced out by the bridge that was Christine. SYW is like Tusk, only minus the bridge. So it comes across as combative & schizophrenic. Stevie definitely brought her best material to the table since Mirage (yes, I'm counting Behind The Mask). But it just had no relation or commonality to Lindsey's material. I think this stepping stone was one that was necessary to happen, though. I think Stevie & Lindsey needed to trip, fall, and bloody themselves up. And hopefully they'll be better for it on the next album. And I truly do think there will be one more 'next album.' :)

:thumbsup:

Thrown Down, along with Illume, Say You Will and Destiny Rules were my favorite off the CD when I first heard it. Gypsy is an amazing song but they only one I really love off Mirage, which is why I would rank SYW above it.

I love most of SYW. The only tracks I skip are Silver Girl, Say Goodbye & Goodbye Baby. But the two bonus tracks make up for those in my eyes.

:lol: man, are you combative. ;)

oh yeah, love minus zero! :nod::nod:

LOL how dare you! ;)