Break down of the white album

[Hawkeye]

OK I don't know who started it, but someone on the WTTRS thread started breaking down Tango and we all joined in this little trend. So I figured we should do it for all the albums. Starting with the white album. And I'm sure this will eventually migrate to the solo forums and the pre and post rumours forums. But for now it's the white album. you can make up your own category names but make sure there's a Great, awseome whatever type thing first and at the end there has to be a wretched awful kill yourself type thing. There doesn't need to be nothing there but the category should exist.

AMAZING Out of this world- Rhiannon, Blue Letter, Over My Head, Crystal, SYLM, World Turning, Monday Morning, I'm So Afraid

GOOD- Landslide, Warm Ways

OK- Sugar Daddy.

Horrible- None

[GypsySorcerer]

Outstanding: Rhiannon, Landslide, Crystal

Good: Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Over My Head, World Turning

Okay: SYLM (better on the Dance), Warm Ways

Below Average: Sugar Daddy

I don't know where to stick I'm So Afraid in. It's a brilliant song live, but I don't like the album version.

[darklinensuit]

Amazing: Rhiannon, Landslide, Crystal, Blue Letter

Great: Sugar Daddy (Sorry, I like it a lot!), SYLM

Good: Monday Morning, Over My Head, I'm So Afraid

Grown On Me: Warm Ways (Though it still makes me feel like I'm waiting at the orthodontist's), World Turning (Never liked it until this tour)

- Jake

[macfan 57]

Amazing-Say You Love Me, Over My Head, I'm So Afraid
Great-Warm Ways, Blue Letter, Sugar Daddy
Very Good-Monday Morning, Crystal, Landslide
Good-Rhiannon, World Turning

[Claudia]

This is one of my favourite albums.

Outstanding - Crystal, I'm So Afraid;

Great - Rhiannon (I prefer the live versions), Over My Head, Landslide, Blue Letter;

Very Good - Monday Morning, World Turning, Say You Love Me;

Good - Warm Ways, Sugar Daddy.

[dissention]

Amazing- World Turning, Crystal, Landslide, Monday Morning, Say You Love Me

Okay- Blue Letter, Rhiannon, Over My Head

Blah- Sugar Daddy, I'm So Afraid, Warm Ways

[ryan8472]

Amazing: Rhiannon, Blue Letter, Crystal, World Turning, I'm So Afraid, Over My Head

Good: Landslide, Monday Morning, Say You Love Me

Below Average: Warm Ways, Sugar Daddy

[darklinensuit]

Amazing: Rhiannon, Blue Letter, Crystal, World Turning, I'm So Afraid, Over My Head

Good: Landslide, Monday Morning, Say You Love Me

Below Average: Warm Ways, Sugar Daddy

Finally! I was beginning to think nobody else likes (studio) Rhiannon.

- Jake

[ryan8472]

Finally! I was beginning to think nobody else likes (studio) Rhiannon.

- Jake

I love Rhiannon. I do wish she'd kept all of the lyrics in it though.

[darklinensuit]

I love Rhiannon. I do wish she'd kept all of the lyrics in it though.

Yup, and I prefer the lyric "Taken TO the wind" to "Taken BY the wind." More poetic.

- Jake

[HomerMcvie]

Great: Sugar Daddy (Sorry, I like it a lot!),
Thank gawd. I thought I was the ONLY person who liked Sugar Daddy. The lyrics might leave something to be desired, but the whole vibe of the B3 working in tandem with that honky tonk piano, perfectly captures FM of the 70s. Musically, it sounds like it came from Mystery To Me, IMO.

[jbrownsjr]

Amazing: Warm Ways, Rhiannon, Crystal, I'm So Afraid
Very Good: Monday Morning, Say You Love Me, Landslide
Good: Over My Head, Sugar Daddy, Blue Letter

The overall feel and harmonies of this album is warm and beautiful.

I came into Fleetwood Mac during Mystery to Me, and was a Bob Welch fan but it wasn't until this album I realized just how quietly talented Christine McVie was. This album showed me she could perform and record with just about anyone. Fortunately for FMac it was SNicks and LBuckingham!

[darklinensuit]

Thank gawd. I thought I was the ONLY person who liked Sugar Daddy. The lyrics might leave something to be desired, but the whole vibe of the B3 working in tandem with that honky tonk piano, perfectly captures FM of the 70s. Musically, it sounds like it came from Mystery To Me, IMO.

It definitely throws back to some of Chris's earlier work such as Homeward Bound, which I love as well.

- Jake

[sodascouts]

Great: Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Over My Head, Crystal (though BN is better), Say You Love Me, Landslide

Pretty good: World Turning

Eh: Rhiannon

Boring: Warm Ways

Annoying: Sugar Daddy

How can it be so bad in the studio and so good live: ISA

[77Rumours77]

Blessing From God - Rhiannon, Say You Love Me, Blue Letter, Monday Morning
Good - World Turning, Over My Head, Sugar Daddy
Average - Landslide
From The Deviel Himself - Crystal, Warm Ways

O Sh*t!! This is my 100th post! :eek: :blob2: :woohoo: :nod: :cool: :thumbsup: :D :shocked: :p Whoooo!

[chiliD]

Hard to do since I am PAINFULLY burnt out on this album.

Cream of the Crop: Rhiannon, Blue Letter, Landslide, I'm So Afraid
Floating just under: World Turning, Say You Love Me, Over My Head, Monday Morning
So-so (but by no means "bad"): Warm Ways, Sugar Daddy, Crystal

The only ?? I have is the redundancy of "Crystal", it already was on the Buckingham Nicks album. :shrug: (since both were STUDIO cuts and there's nothing all that unique a difference between them...it is a little different situation than with "Bleed To Love Her" on SYW, which I have defended its presence; due to the fact that the studio version of BTLH is what intiated The Dance reunion...so it was already destined to be on whatever the next FMac/LBuckingham album would be.)

[littlelies7]

My White Album breakdown:

"They're So Freakin' Awesome!":
Over My Head, World Turning, Rhiannon, ISA, Blue Letter, Landslide, Sugar Daddy, Say You Love Me

"Ehh, They're Okay":
Warm Ways, Monday Morning, Crystal

"Hit the Search Button Now!!":
None of them! :D

[David]

I would say my favorites are Sugar Daddy & Crystal.

The others fly around like a bird in flight!

[Lala]

Awesome!
-Warm Ways...I just think it's really nice and pretty
-Blue Letter...great harmonies
-Crystal...I love Lindsey when he's not so angry and can just sing softly
-Say You Love Me...I don't know what it is about this song, it just really gives me a good feeling. I remember hearing it as a child
-Landslide...This song has made me cry and always seems to apply to my life
-I'm So Afraid...I prefer this version to anything live because you can't duplicate that harmonic guitar thing on stage

Okay
-Rhiannon...I think I'm the only person here that isn't completely nuts for this song. It's better live when she really gets into it. Think Midnight Special!
-Over My Head...kinda boring...nice harmonies
-World Turning...The whole drum solo goes on for waaaaaaaaaay too long

Please Kill Me Now!
-Monday Morning...I used to like it but now I've heard it waaaaaaaaay too much
-Sugar Daddy...after that nice Warm Ways song...it just went to hell

[markolas]

Great: Crystal, Blue Letter, World Turning, I'm So Afraid, Warm Ways, Landslide, Over My Head, Say You Love Me
Okay: Rhiannon, Sugar Daddy, Monday Morning
Don't care for: none

[Cristian]

Great, great - Monday Morning, Landslide, Rhiannon, Over My Head
Good - Warm Ways, Blue Letter, I'm So Afraid, Crystal
Blah - Sugar Daddy, World Turning


Song of the moment - Behind The Mask

[AliP]

Finally! I was beginning to think nobody else likes (studio) Rhiannon.

- Jake

Actually, I love the studio version of Rhiannon (yes, even more than the live versions, especially nowadays).

All that and a bag of chips: Rhiannon, Over My Head, Landslide, Blue Letter
Not quite the cat's meow, but almost: Say You Love, Warm Ways
eh, could take it or leave it: Monday Morning, Crystal, World Turning
Poo-poo: Sugar Daddy, I'm So Afraid

[estranged4life]

Simply great (aka Amazing Out of this world)-
Rhiannon
Blue Letter
Say You Love Me
World Turning
Monday Morning
Landslide

Simply Good-
Over My Head
Crystal
Warm Ways
I'm So Afraid

Simply OK-
Sugar Daddy

Simply Horrible-
None

[BrokenWing]

Pure heaven: Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Rhiannon, Say You Love Me, I'm So Afraid
Very good: Landslide (pure heaven if performed live), Over My Head, World Turning
Eh, they're ok: Crystal, Sugar Daddy
Ow, my bleeding ears!: Warm Ways

Eileen

[wondergirl9847]

SPEC-FRIGGIN-TACULAR:

ISA
Rhiannon
Blue Letter
Monday Morning
Landslide

Great:

Over My Head
Crystal
Warm Ways
SYLM
World Turning

BLECK!!!!!!!:

Sugar Daddy

[ontheEdgeof17]

Yay for these songs: Warm Ways, Monday Morning, SUGAR DADDY (yes, I love it), Landslide, World Turning, CRYSTAL

Better Live: ISA, Rhiannon, Say You Love Me

I love you, but not in love with you: Over My Head, Blue Letter


-Curtis

[Gypsy3]

Amazing: Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Rhiannon, Over My Head, Say You Love Me, Landslide

Great: Crystal, World Turning, I'm So Afraid

Good: Sugar Daddy

Okay: Warm Ways

Not A Favorite: NONE

[SaraRhiannon]

Great: Warm Ways, Rhiannon, Blue Letter, I'm So Afraid
Good: Landslide, Crystal, Monday Morning, Over My Head
Okay: SYLM, World Turning, Sugar Daddy

[David]

Great: SYLM, World Turning, Sugar Daddy
Good: Landslide, Crystal, Monday Morning, Over My Head
Okay: Warm Ways, Rhiannon, Blue Letter, I'm So AfraidI always knew you were a "Sugar Daddy" fan!!

[Sugar]

What's with all the Sugar Daddy hatin'? I don't really listen to this album anymore, but here's my take:

Wahoo!: Monday Morning, Landslide, Over My Head, Crystal, Sugar Daddy!
Eh: Blue Letter, Rhiannon, SYLM
No, Thank You: Warm Ways, World Turning, I'm So Afraid

[jwd]

GOLD: Rhiannon, Landslide, Crystal, Blue Letter, Over My Head, World Turning, I'm So Afraid

SILVER: Say You Love Me

BRONZE: Monday Morning, Warm Ways, Sugar Daddy

[Hippocampus]

Simply The Best: Rhiannon, Crystal, Landslide, I'm So Afraid

Great: Warm Ways, Blue Letter, Say You Love Me, World Turning, Sugar Daddy

Good: Monday Morning, Over My Head

Great album :)

[jmn3]

Excellence - Rhiannon, Crystal, Landslide, Say You Love Me, Blue Letter
Good - Monday Morning, Over My Head, World Turning
Ugh - Sugar Daddy, Warm Ways

I'll get tarred and feathered for this one, but...I'm So Afraid goes below Ugh if that's possible. I love this song, but I can't get into the album version. :shrug:

[Mari]

excellent: Rhiannon,I'm So Afraid, Crystal,
great: Landslide, Over My Head, Say You Love Me, World Turning, Warm Ways
good: Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Sugar Daddy

[macmar71]

Awesome: Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Crystal, World Turning, Sugar Daddy




OK:Rhiannon, Over My Head, Say You Love Me, I'm So Afraid





Fair: Warm Ways, Landslide

[TheMacAttack]

"Big Love"--Rhiannon, Landslide, I'm So Afriad (I like the LP version--haunting)

"Don't Stop"--Monday Morning, Blue Letter, Crystal (love the harmonies), Warms Ways(I wish it could have been me who made Christine a woman that night ;) ),, Say You Love Me, World Turning

"That's Alright"--Sugar Daddy(I do like the CMcV's laught at the end), Over My Head

"Go Your Own Way"--none



The Bottom Line: A great start that only hints at things to come.