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Originally Posted by sanders8323
I want to give a shout out to the alternate version of "Empire State." The original is good enough, but that outtake is a beast! It sounds like it could have come straight from Law and Order. At the behest of the record company at the time, I bet Lindsey was told to reign it in like so many other of his songs during that period. Mirage has his best production imo.
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I agree the alternate version is better. Either version would have been welcome on LAW AND ORDER, which is one of my favorite solo albums by any member of FM. But I’m less ecstatic about being on MIRAGE. Still, it’s presence there gives MIRAGE an added level of quirky/strange—or as Robert Cristagu said “pleasantly weird sh-t” that rounds out the hits.