I keep coming back to Dreams and YMLF...maybe even GYOW.

I don't even listen to Rumours that much anymore (it's part of my bloodstream by now), but the production on it seems flawless. It's lush and warm and deep.

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LOL @ "part of my bloodstream" I feel the same. Although, with the re-issue, i've got to have me some Crystalline silver springs. I love the two on the reissue.

Yeah...the studio SS is up there too. :thumbsup:

They never blended those vocals like that again (rarely anyway). For me, there's just a sonic depth to Rumours that they never quite achieved again (perhaps by design).

I can still listen to that album with headphones and get lost in all the parts and harmonies of the songs.

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yep, yep, yep, and yep. Will I always be wowed by the Chain? yes. Ditto for the whole album.

Gypsy - hands down - for me at least :cool:

:thumbsup: me too

I mean they have some GREAT songs -- I think Tusk (the song) is just killer - but I have NEVER really encountered the majesty Gypsy has in any of their other songs. That production was just the perfect alingment of the stars :nod:

Compared to the Bella Donna demos it's a masterpiece. I try to visualize how a video would have looked if the song came out the way Stevie was doing it in the studio with Tom Petty. That gypsy reminds me of a runaway street tramp dancing in a go go bar, not the glamourous gypsy princess dancing in the enchanted forrest you get with the Mirage production. The video was a great interpretation of the song as produced on Mirage. It looks just like I pictured the song in my mind before ever seeing the video. The guitar work and the vocal arrangement, the backing vocals in particular, make that song something special. I don't care much for the song live but I never tire of the album version.

Absolutely
Honey hi, warm ways, never going back again, mistyfied and say goodbye.
Sorry more than one, but with their legacy??

Will
(could write down 20 instead these 5 :] )

I'll have to jump on the Gypsy bandwagon...It's just gorgeous. And unfortunatly it's the only instance where the song is. :laugh:

Not in any specific order:

Why
Hypnotized
Silver Springs(the original version)
You Make Loving Fun
Storms
Brown Eyes
Gypsy
Hold Me
Little Lies
Love Shines

I gotta go with something off "Say You Will". I can't tell if it's the production skills or just the fact that technology makes it sound more efficient/polished, but I think tracks like "Red Rover" and "Miranda" have so much going on that if you have a good pair of headphones you can feel like you're submersed in SO many layers of music. You can't get that in older albums. I guess off of an older album... "World Turning"? Odd choice, but that's what I keep coming back to.

And while we're on the topic of "Gypsy" being pure perfection - that is hands down my favorite guitar part from any song. That ...um, plinkery ending is just the best.

How true, how true. And that's the problem with making a studio masterpiece. It's usually impossible to pull off the magic on the recording, live. You'd think a witch could pull it off, though... :rolleyes: :shrug: :D

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Um, I like Mirage live Gypsy.... :sorry: :wavey: But then, I love stevie debauched and drawling. :D

Ooh, that's the one I can't bear to hear. :lol: I will admit to loving it on the Say You Will tour, especially on Live In Boston. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy. :D I'd love for them to ditch the full-band approach and make it acoustic like at the AHI Benefit, though.