If you had to pick just ONE from 'BTM'?

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Freedom!!!

I wholeheartedly agree!

[Matthew]

Me too. Freedom is great song.

[Neb-Maat-Re]

When The Sun Goes Down

The only time that Rick and Billy really put their personal stamp on FM. There should have been more of that happening.

Rick in particular and Billy to a lesser degree always seemed constrained.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Freedom! It ROCKS!

Save Me and Behind The Mask are definitely close runners up, though.

I've always found the mixture of the quality of songs on BTM to be quite intriguing. Everything seems to be really great, or gawd-awful turds. There's like no middle ground at all. For instance, I feel Stevie contributes one of the strongest songs of the album, (Freedom), while also bringing to the table what are arguably the album's worst songs. The same goes for the production on this album. While universally heavy-handed... that actually works in Christine's favor on Behind The Mask, while I think In The Back Of My Mind sounds utterly cheesy and over the top Halloween-y.

Your comments are always a welcome addition! You are spot on with your assessment about the album. 'Affairs of the Heart' could have been a better song if it had a better lyric, but 'The Second Time' is an undeniable turd and a half.

Among 'Freedom', 'Behind the Mask', and 'Hard Feelings' -- it's Sophie's choice for me.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by Heartboy

Nobody mentioned 'Love is Dangerous' That's a good one. It kinda has a country feel to it.

Yes, there are alot great songs. I love at the end of 'Save Me' when you can hear Stevie singing "Save Me....SAVE Me" LOL

'Do You Know' is a beautiful song.

I love the feeling of 'In the back of my mind' ...the harmonies are great & Stevie's voice is haunting in this song.

I definitely agree with all of that. I especially love the duets in Love Is Dangerous and Do You Know. They were throwbacks to an older, much simpler era in Fleetwood Mac.

I also agree with your summations of Stevie's backing vocals on various songs. She's terrific... actually, much better as a backing vocalist than she is a lead vocalist on this album.

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by macfan 57

Definitely, the title track...Behind The Mask.

One of Christine's best songs ever.

I completely agree. Behind The Mask is easily in my top 5 Christine songs.


Save Me and Freedom are goodies as well.

[UCYOURGYPC]

I'd want to pick one from ea. writer (somewhat);

When The Sun Goes Down (pick up a tambourine, and blast this one, you'll have guarenteed fun)

Freedom (Stevie)
Behind The Mast (Christine)

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by UCYOURGYPC

Behind The Mast (Christine)

This song might sound better if you're sailing.

[OldTimer]

Got No Home.

Okay, so it wasn't actually on the album -- it was a demo that was inexcusably passed over for the album. Actually it was one of several BTM demo offerings by Rick that were rejected -- instead, they chose his weaker (IMO) Stand On The Rock.

Originally Posted by Neb-Maat-Re

Rick in particular and Billy to a lesser degree always seemed constrained.

I don't think that was of Rick's choosing. He offered good stuff, FM didn't want it.
From his King Of Hearts Press Kit:
"I wrote one group of songs for BEHIND THE MASK that were in a bluesy rock direction," Rick notes, "but that turned out not to be the direction of the album. Almost the same day I got the thumbs down from Fleetwood Mac for this kind of song ......."

Lindsey called the album 'generic', and maybe he had a point. But if they'd given Rick & Billy more free rein, it could have been much more distinctive, like When the Sun Goes Down.

So with that gripe off my chest, I'll also pick the title track. I loved dark and dangerous Chris. I wish she would have done more dark and dangerous over the years.

Behind The Mast (Christine)

This song might sound better if you're sailing.

Good one Viv. (Must be one of John's rare songs.)

[Miss Vicky]

"In the Back of My Mind" without question.

[sjpdg]

Toss up for me between "In The Back Of My Mind", "Freedom" and "Hard Feelings" but I think I'm gonna go with "Hard Feelings".

[HollywoodSteve]

"Skies The Limit". So upbeat, optimistic and uplifting.

[chiliD]

In The Back Of My Mind


And, vote #2 for Rick's "Got No Home"

Besides all the rhetoric about "not the direction of the album", blah, blah, blah. If you sequence "Got No Home" & "Intuition" into the album's running order (take out "Stand On The Rock" & "The Second Time"), they actually DO FIT the rest of the album's tunes...so Rick obviously was playing "politician" and toeing the "company line"....even though it was utter BS.

[chazlightyear]

'Do you know' is my favourite

[LittleCharmer]

In the baaaaaaaack of maaaah mind.

Or Save Me.