Lindsey Buckingham and the Mystery of the Grower

[ZachTroutman]

I have read that with Lindsey's work, be it individual songs or whole albums, selections that are often off-putting at first eventually reward repeated listening. Indeed, for myself, I have found this to be true as well......except with Seeds We Sow (full album, not track). After over a month of listening now, I still just can't get into it in any way that even remotely resembles how I feel about the rest of his body of work. I also know that while many others can relate to the idea of LB's work growing on you over time, I am very much in the minority about that aspect of this particular album. All of this to ask; which of LB's songs or records took you the longest time to warm up to?

and........go.

[Regina]

With the exception of the song, Trouble, Law and Order.
I heard it, for the first time in 1997 and...I'm still not even moderately luke warm.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by Regina

With the exception of the song, Trouble, Law and Order.
I heard it, for the first time in 1997 and...I'm still not even moderately luke warm.

Same here -- Law and Order. I bought it when it was released. Although I was impressed that he played all the intruments on it, I was confused by the disparate style of the songs. Trouble was the only song I really loved because it sounded most like a Fleetwood Mac song.

All these years later, I've come to love the album for what it is. I understand his approach. It holds a distinction among his other albums.

In my experience, aside from Out of the Cradle, all of his solo albums are growers.

[mylittledemon]

Zach, for the most part, I still don't like Law & Order or Go Insane

[HejiraNYC]

I'm a bit more of a grower than a show... oh, this isn't the TMI thread? Oops, my bad!

I think Lindsey's Tusk songs took the longest for me to warm to. I recall initially dubbing a cassette tape of Tusk with all of the Lindsey songs cut out of it- that's how much I despised his songs initially. Now, thirty years later, I find his songs on that album indispensible.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I think Lindsey's Tusk songs took the longest for me to warm to. I recall initially dubbing a cassette tape of Tusk with all of the Lindsey songs cut out of it- that's how much I despised his songs initially. Now, thirty years later, I find his songs on that album indispensible.

I may have done that once before as well... with the exception of Save Me A Place and Tusk