I think what Christine meant was; what a lot of us were saying here at the ledge. It's not cohesive as an album. And Christine's writing, singing and playing may have made that bridge that brings us back together...
As far as comparing B/N to SYW...
B/N was a tight album. It's pristine and flows as an album. The harmonies are flawless.
Even though Linsdey sure did grow as a writer and even moreso as a player, this album is so much tighter than SYW.
SYW is all over the place. Stevie's voice is so nasal. I think if he would have edited it down as a whole it might have had that arc. It probably would have been a blockbuster double album w/ Christine McVie. Filling in the gaps and making it more of a story or a piece on it's own.
Otherwise, it will always be a rendition of themselves in fragments.