Behind The Mask

[David]

Originally Posted by Street_Dreamer

What?! No way. As far as Behind The Mask goes, it's one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums and the BTM lineup might be my favorite of all the Fleetwood Mac lineups. In my view, Christine's songs are some of her best ever and they collectively might be the strongest she has on any Mac album. Billy's songs are top notch too, in particular Hard Feelings which is among my all time favorites.

But an album is more than the songs, is it not?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by David

But an album is more than the songs, is it not?

That is indeed my problem with Say You Will... and somewhat Behind the Mask... although BTM has more of a band feel to it...

Some of the songs are good... but neither feel like an album....

Now Mirage.. .that feels like an album... felt like Christine and Lindsey really worked a lot on the arrangements together.... Tango too...

[aleuzzi]

I'm not really a fan of the music on Behind the Mask, the only Mac album I refuse to buy. I love Save Me--and that's it. The rest seems to me, in Lindsey's word, generic. It was a real come down for me when I first heard this. I felt deflated. The band was certainly working as a unit here, but to me the ideas were tired, the production too glossy, and the magic was gone.

On the other hand, Say You Will has a number of strong songs and fine performances but--as mentioned by jbrownsjr--it feels more like a set of loosely assembled songs than a coherent album.

By the way, I have always preferred Time to BTM. Though I hate Dave Mason's two songs, the rest of Time is well produced and performed.

[TheWILDheart]

Well, I love BTW and SYW! Mask will always be one of my favourite Fleetwood Mac albums. Don't ask me why - but I love it. As far as 'Time'...well, for me, that might as well not have been recorded. I have it, but I don't listen to it. SYW, imo, would've worked better as a Lindsey solo album and a Stevie solo album. I have made a Stevie solo album out of her SYW tracks and a few others:

My Heart
Illume
Thrown Down (Wall of Sound mix)
If You Ever Did Believe
Crystal (solo)
Say You Will
Smile At You
Running Through The Garden
Silver Girl
Everybody Finds Out
Not Make Believe
Destiny Rules
Goodbye Baby

Try it. It works so much better.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Though I hate Dave Mason's two songs, the rest of Time is well produced and performed.

How do you feel about Dave Mason's solo material overall?