Had to announce this...
 

Woooooooooooo!!!!
 

Congrats...
 

I bought it a few months back in a bargain bin for $2.99, Still the best $2.99 I spent on any Rumours era Fleetwood Mac members solo album.

OOTC will be your fav album for awhile. Be careful, you won't be able to listen to anything else. Plus, you will want to marry Lindsey and have his children...;-)

I <3 this album! Congrats to you for finally getting it! I hope Countdown becomes a fav for you! ;)

Hillary you will be a Lindsey obsessive before you know it!
Now you can join in with the OOTC survivor when it comes round!

Yay Hillary! I love OOTC. Every song is so good! I have to listen to it at least once a week! My fav right now is You do or You Don't!

Always glad to hear when someone picks up some Lindsey solo.
I actually like the "Go Insane" album better, but OOTC is, of course, wonderful too.

My favorite OOTC tune? "Doing What I Can"

Which, I can't seem to find anywhere. I was in NYC last weekend and every store had both 'Law and Order" and OOTC but 'Go Insane" was nowhere to be had. I did have on CD but something must have happened to it because I could only get a few songs to play which are now on my PC. I need the whole CD, now.
I guess I could just go through Amazon.com.

I've only ever seen one store that had all three albums, which was Best Buy.
Actually I've only been in two stores that carried his music at all. The other one was Barnes and Noble, but they only had OOTC.

When I bought my copies of his albums, I had to special order them. I didn't have credit cards at the time so I couldn't buy online. Actually, at the time I was still in High School and didn't have a job. But I used to save my lunch money and walk to the store after school and buy cds with it. :D

Congrats! :xoxo: Hope you enjoy it. 'Tis my favorite of Lindsey's.

Really? I love his intro! Then again, I just love hearing his voice no matter what (high pitched, deep, cracking, laughing, singing, talking...).

Believe it or not, my initial interest in Fleetwood Mac was a carry over of my love (at the time) of Stevie Nicks, or Bella Donna specifically. But as soon as "The Chain" started on the premiere of The Dance... my loyalties shifted and fast. I've been a Buckinghamaniac ever since.

Yay Hil!!! :thumbsup: :xoxo: I am SO happy for you...(I guess now I better get Mirage then, right?) Oh, and I got your email and I so will reply as soon as I can...I'm just thrilled you got OOTC because it has now become, like, my second fave album of all time (I mean, it overtook the Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Polly, Leonard, George...that means something). But, yeah, second to Plastic Ono Band for me, now. Love it. Love it. It's perfect. I even like the little speaking parts, though I totally get what you mean, lol!

That intro pitched somebody I know into a very severe unipolar depressive illness, which lasted approximately 7 months & resulted in several suicide attempts as well as a period of hospitalization.
Musically speaking, that's the wrong order at which to come at Fleetwood Mac. You did it ass-backwards. It might have ruined your appreciated for a well-crafted track or an unusual production job.

I like Amazon but there is nothing like going to a store and rushing back home to open it and pop it in your player. God I miss those days!
Anyway, glad to hear that you are enjoying OOTC. :)

Your friend? Sad. But def. not LB's fault.

As for getting into Fleetwood Mac the way I did... What can I say? I only became interested in Stevie because of her collaborations with Tom Petty. Then only found out that she was in Fleetwood Mac shortly before the '97 reunion.
Before that she was just "that blonde chick that sang with Tom."

BTW, I was all of 16 years old when The Dance first aired.

Definitely. I will get the album. It's on my list, believe me. I'm so happy you really like the album. I think it's perfect...and I'm even happier you got it on sale. Now you have a Lindsey solo item!!! (aside from GOS tracks)...yay!! I have to email you soon so I can see what you think. :nod: :blob1:

I remember when I first got OOTC. It was after I bought the Dance and was completely bowled over by Lindsey's talent. I loved OOTC so much that I bought both Law and Order and Go Insane at the local Best Buy a week later. I didn't like this as much, but I'm still glad I got them. Lindsey rules!

Gift of Screws and OOTC and Go Insane and Law & Order are like night and day. Very, very different. GOS and OOTC are much more introspective whereas the first two albums are quirky and experimental. So you might not like them or at least not as much.

Go Insane was the first LB solo album I ever got. I didn't know anything about his solo work so I chose Go Insane because I thought I knew the title song (from the Dance performance, but let me tell you, the live version and the album version are two very different songs). Then I got the other two.

If you like "Johnny Stew," you might like his first two albums then.
I wasn't aware that people hate "September Song." It certainly isn't one of Lindsey's best songs, but I really like the way his voice sounds on it.

"and the days dwindle down to a precious few..."

Well, to each their own I guess. The only Lindsey song that I truly don't like is "Oh Diane." The lyrics are inane, the music is bland, and even his wonderful voice can't save it.

"Love is like a grain of sand, slowly slippin' through your hand..." :eek: :distress:

Congratulations, Hill!

My faves on 'Out Of The Cradle': "Wrong," "Doing What I Can," "You Do Or You Don't," "Turn It On" and "All My Sorrows."
I love the entire album actually, but I've never found an appreciation for "Street Of Dreams." Every now and then I'll let it play through, but more often than not, I have to skip it... along with the spoken intro to "Surrender The Rain."

I really latched onto a couple of these songs during my "dark period" about ten years back. The very first time I ever really emotionally connected with Lindsey's work (aside from "I'm So Afraid"). :nod:

"You are the man, do what you can... just go out and turn it on...."

OOTC was the greatest thing I had EVER heard when I first purchased it about 3 years ago. I still love it alot. My favorites are This is the Time, Wrong, Street of Dreams, You Do OR You Dont and Countdown. The only songs I dislike are Surrender the Rain and This Nearly Was Mine

'Out Of The Cradle' was definitely the album that changed my opinion of Lindsey -- for the better.
I always loved his music for the sound of it and the production finesse. But it was always for those aesthetic qualities more than anything else. Like I said, until 'Cradle,' "I'm So Afraid" was pretty much his only song that I really connected with in a major way. But 'Cradle' really hit me where I live.

Unfortunately, I can't really say the same about too many of his 'Gift Of Screws' tracks. Not that I don't love those, too -- it's just that there were really only two or three of them that I truly connected with.

OOTC is superb!! Kick A$$ guitar work, melting vocals and need I say more... glad you like it! :blob1: :blob2: :blob1: :blob2:

Oh, David, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. I can relate, though. I had a good friend who was plunged into the depths of despair after contemplating the lyrics to "Holiday Road." Only after years of therapy was he able to overcome the depression this brought on, but to this day he can't watch any of the National Lampoon's Vacation series. Luckily the joy Lindsey brings outweighs these few tragic incidents.

Surrender the Rain was my second favorite song off OOTC the first few months I owned it, now it just annoys me, so who knows this could happen to you! :laugh: And This Nearly Was Mine is just a bad instrumental to my ears. Lets see, I like Miranda better then I do Surrender the Rain

Well...I like it...
 

but not that much.