Thanks, I'm trying to be more open-minded! I just get really Stevie-obsessed sometimes.

It was actually this album that got me hooked on Fleetwood Mac, I loved it then and still do. In fact it was the performance of Peacekeeper on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno that was constantly played on a pay tv channel in Australia that got me hooked. Once I figured out who was performing I got the album immediately. I've actually come to appreciate it a lot more now understanding more of the story behind the band and how lucky we are to have them still recording a top notch album.

Tynan

I don't know what a lot of you guys have against Silver Girl either, :shrug: I personally don't think there are any filler tracks on the album.

Tynan

To me it has been in a reversed way. "The other way round" as some say. I really really liked it at first listen but now, comparing it to some other very underrated older Fleetwood Mac albums (Mystery To Me, Bare Trees, Then Play On) and other very good works from the Rumours lineup (Fleetwood Mac, Tusk and even Mirage), it just pales. Of course there are great songs in it ("Red Rover", "Say Goodbye", "Steal Your Heart Away", "Thrown Down", "Goodbye Baby", "Running Through The Garden", "Destiny Rules") but... I don't really know why I don't like it now as much as I did when I first bought it. :sorry:


Song of the moment - The Ledge

Unfortunately, it's not one of my favorite Fleetwood albums. I don't listen to it much -- parts of it hurt my ears -- but I like Steal Your Heart Away & Silver Girl quite a bit.

While it didnt take long...
 

to grow on me, I havent played it much as of late...

I liked it right away! :)

Pip

Now a lot of people were caught by The Dance. But I think you're the only one who stated to have gotten a fan of the band through SYW! Anyone else?

Say You Will
 

I would say it has grown on me over time.

When I first heard it I thought it was too long and I still do. Not by much but by about 3 or 4 songs.

I think they should have cut it down a bit or done what Lindsey wanted and made a double album with 2 CD's each of about 50 - 60 minutes.

Maybe my attention span is not that good but I find it hard to listen to right through.

Gail

I loved it immediately. Some of Lindsey's best work and some of Stevie's best vocals.

Thrown Down is still wretched and Bleed To Love Her still has way too much noodling for my taste, though. The rest is superb.

Loved it!
 

'Twas love at first sight for me.
Still, my appreciation of the album improved by leaps and bounds, once I worked out (taking a few suggestions from chiliD's own re-sequencing) a new track-listing.

I think as it is, the album is a bit "top-heavy," and I really believe that's the cause for a lot of the disappointment some fans and critics had with the album. It needed to be balanced and better paced, IMO, so that by the time you get to track #18, you're not exhausted or burned out.

Hey, what does the restructured track list look like???

I think I missed that!

I have two, in fact. The first is how I listen to it on CD, the second is how I listen to it on my mp3 player, since there isn't a time-limit and I'm able to add "Not Make Believe" and "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" to the running order.

Version 1:

1. What's The World Coming To
2. Say You Will
3. Bleed To Love Her
4. Thrown Down
5. Peacekeeper
6. Smile At You
7. Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
8. Illume
9. Say Goodbye
10. Running Through The Garden
11. Miranda
12. Everybody Finds Out
13. Steal Your Heart Away
14. Silver Girl
15. Come
16. Destiny Rules
17. Red Rover
18. Goodbye Baby

Version 2:

1. What's The World Coming To
2. Say You Will
3. Bleed To Love Her
4. Not Make Believe
5. Peacekeeper
6. Smile At You
7. Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
8. Illume
9. Say Goodbye
10. Running Through The Garden
11. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
12. Everybody Finds Out
13. Steal Your Heart Away
14. Silver Girl
15. Come
16. Thrown Down
17. Miranda
18. Destiny Rules
19. Red Rover
20. Goodbye Baby

A few Stevie songs had to grow on me (especially the ones on the second half).

Album length is an issue with me as well. 76 mins is a lot of music to digest and I probably would have cut at least 4 tracks

My biggest problem is how this CD was marketed. Peacekeeper and Say You Will are bit too "safe" in my opinion and I think it would have done them better to have tracks like Illume, Come and Smile At You (maybe Thrown Down) as singles with videos.

That said I still enjoy this album and I think it has some of Lindsey's best material.