Mirage :30 Years

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by moon

Book Of Love would have been a big radio song. I couldn't forget it!

Yes. I love Book of Love(and Can't Go Back), and agree BOL could have been a big hit! It makes nearly every FM compilation I've ever made.

[Dreamz19]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Besides EOTW, I thought Lindsey's single should have been Empire State, but after reading all of macshadowballs' polls I've come to learn that I'm the only Ledgie that likes that song.

Originally Posted by Villavic

You are not alone. I do like the song, but I think Can't Go Back and Eyes of the World are better. That wouldn't be a reason to say ES sucks, of course. I also like Family Man (another non grata song by many ledgies).

I probably disagree with many ledgies opinions about songs. For example my fave album is not Tusk, but Rumours. And I'm not a fan of Beautiful Child. don't know who agree with me about this but I'm sure I'm not alone either.

Originally Posted by moon

Hey, I like Empire State too!! Also Family Man, and the feelings about Beautiful Child are the same...

Well, Oh Diane is a beautiful song, I really like it, and Can't Go Back and EOTW sounded well, but I totally agree with aleuzzi; Book Of Love would have been a big radio song. I couldn't forget it!

Wow, people who love Family Man and Empire State. I thought I was alone for the longest.

[~*BellaDonna*~]

I've come to like this album in recenet years. Sure, I absolutley adored Gypsy when it was first realsed as a single in early September of 1982. But... upon purchasing Mirage and listening to it for the very first time, I pretty much hated it, to be honest. A few tracks, in my opinion, were just dreadful, ear-piecing noise that gave me nightmares.... but I will not reveal which ones, as I do NOT want to start a silly debate. Anyway, not too long after I bought it, a dear friend of mine asked if could she could borrow it (she was having a hard time finding it and she is a HUGE Fleetwood Mac fan) And I said "yes" and I also told her "you can keep it" she was stunned and asked why and I told her, it was because I hated it. However, about 15 years ago I re-purchased it and had a completely different opinion on it. Now it's become one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums. That's the story of my love/hate relationship with this album.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by ~*BellaDonna*~

But... upon purchasing Mirage and listening to it for the very first time, I pretty much hated it, to be honest. A few tracks, in my opinion, were just dreadful, ear-piecing noise that gave me nightmares.... but I will not reveal which ones, as I do NOT want to start a silly debate. Anyway, not too long after I bought it, a dear friend of mine asked if could she could borrow it (she was having a hard time finding it and she is a HUGE Fleetwood Mac fan) And I said "yes" and I also told her "you can keep it" she was stunned and asked why and I told her, it was because I hated it.

Haha, that's how I got Say You Will. My friend bought it(the deluxe version, even), and absolutely HATED it, and practically begged me to get it out of her house. I often think my friend was correct. I like Time better than SYW!

[sue]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Haha, that's how I got Say You Will. My friend bought it(the deluxe version, even), and absolutely HATED it, and practically begged me to get it out of her house. I often think my friend was correct. I like Time better than SYW!

I bought SYW about 3 years ago from a local charity shop, for round about £3....its one of my favourite FM Cds...

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by sue

I bought SYW about 3 years ago from a local charity shop, for round about £3....its one of my favourite FM Cds...

I saw it for $3 at the cd shop a while back. It was the deluxe version.

[sue]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I saw it for $3 at the cd shop a while back. It was the deluxe version.

Crikey I was robbed for 3 quid, then.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by sue

Crikey I was robbed for 3 quid, then.

hahahaha

[pattyfan]

It came out when I was Eurailinig in Italy. I was staying for a few days with friends of my parents' friend. I remember buying the record in a small record store in Lucca and then going to their house and waiting until the next day when they were all working and I played it on their record player. I was so surprised when That's Alright came on because I hadn't expected it to hear Designs of Love, which is what the demo had been called. I love Stevie's and Christine's songs, but wasn't (and still am not) a big fan of Lindsey's songs. I think Love in Store, Hold Me, Gypsy, That's Alright, Straight Back, and Eyes of the World are the best tracks, and I like Wish You Were Here a lot too. I had to lug that record all around Italy and then back to Spain to fly home.

Kevin

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by sue

Crikey I was robbed for 3 quid, then.

Perhaps we Americans are more astute at recognizing sub par FM recordings. Especially given the absence of the British songbird.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by sue

I bought SYW about 3 years ago from a local charity shop, for round about £3....its one of my favourite FM Cds...

BTW, you do have "the rest" of them, right?

And SYW is a favorite?

That's like saying that K-mart brand toilet paper is my favorite brand....

[~*BellaDonna*~]

To this day, I still don't like SYW. Its the ONLY Fleetwood Mac album I've EVER thrown in the trash.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by ~*BellaDonna*~

To this day, I still don't like SYW. Its the ONLY Fleetwood Mac album I've EVER thrown in the trash.

WOW
Its definitely missing Christine but the songs are incredible. Its some of Lindsey's best work. If Chris was on the album it would out of this world.
No way trash material.

[James89]

I have to say, SYW is certainly not traditional Mac and yes it's weird, but overall it's a phenomenal album. From start to finish.

[Jondalar]

I love Lindsey's song songs on SYW, but there are only a couple of Stevie's songs I like. Thrown Down and Illume were ruined by nonsensical lyrics. Lindsey's production was stellar.