| TrueFaith77 |
08-22-2007 12:56 PM |
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Originally Posted by David
(Post 714491)
Well of course that's a subjective assessment, although your view is probably the majority view among the Lindsey B. fans. To me, the first solo album is just about the best work he's done, at least since that time. That first album seems to me to plunge into the new territory (not just new for him but new for '80s pop-rock) of I guess I'd call it neo-crooner. The guiding attitude of the whole project & of individual moments seems to be "We were a lot less naive in the old days than people now say we were." However, I've enjoyed a lot of his work since then, like the DW Suite & his imaginative & very emotional remake of All My Sorrows.
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I love Law and Order and Go Insane (and Out of the Cradle for that matter, though I feel I just can't judge Gift of Screws). My point had less to do with the individual quality of the songs ("Trouble" and "Go Insane" are indisputable classic tracks). And while each of his solo albums undoubtedly represent thematic integration (of the sort you point out in Law and Order), I feel that the tracks in Say You Will gain significance in their relation to the tracks he produces for Stevie. That's the great return to form that Say You Will represents. Add to that the virtues of collaborating with John and Mick and the competitive need to match Stevie's excellent output AND the slimmed down tracklistings. . . and it just means more to me to experience.
That said, I prefer Law and Order and Go Insane to the 80s Mac albums because those Mac albums don't represent innovation (which you rightly attribute to the solo albums) and because there's no longer that kind of communication between Lindsey and Stevie in the songs . . . except for maybe "Gypsy". . . and the artistic juice that flows in Lindsey's collabs with Christine. Amazingly, as the title suggests, this shared sensitivity returns in Say You Will. . . probably as a consequence of The Dance. . . Together, Stevie and Lindsey look back at the legacy of Fleetwood Mac. In doing so, they, surprisingly, address the needs of the post-9/11 era.
I want more (with or without Christine). Say You Will, indeed. . .
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