Glad to have them all for different reasons--except Extended Play, which routinely bores me and feels sad sad sad sad, given the lack of genuine collaboration there. It should have been called Lindsey-Mick-John.
SYW is a VERY substantial record. I was awed by its heft and the strength of about half of its songs right away. This feeling has never left me.
Buckingham Nicks is a charming but--if I'm being honest--unexceptional record. The only tracks that achieve excelllence are "Frozen Love" and "Long Distance Winner," though the former is far greater than anything else on the record. The rest of album feels thin song-wise and light on arrangements. They sorely needed the FM backing on it.
Buckingham McVie is as good and as substantial as the best parts of SYW--and as a whole coherent project, the closest thing to a Mac album we've had since Tango, though with the warmth and spirit of Mirage.
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