Rank Mirage
 

1. Straight Back
2. Hold Me
3. That's Alright
4. Gypsy (Lindsey's production makes this glisten)
5. Wish You Were Here
6. Eyes of The World
7. Only Over You
8. Can't Go Back
9. Love In Store
10. Empire State
11. Book of Love
12 Oh Diane

This was way harder than I thought. I kept changing my mind. Feel free to scorn me because I don't feel this is truthful for more than a few moments. (then it changes again)

1. Hold Me
2. Gypsy
3. Straight Back
4. Love in Store
5. That's Alright
6. Book of Love
7. Wish You Were Here
8. Only Over You
9. Oh Diane (I'm probably one of the few people who actually kinda likes this song)
10. Eyes of the World
11. Can't Go Back
12. Empire State

Interesting one.
Sorry Lindsey, old boy. Just being honest...

1. Gypsy
2. Wish You Were Here
3. That's Alright
4. Hold Me
5. Straight Back
6. Only Over You
7. Can't Go Back
8. Love In Store
9. Eyes of The World
10. Oh Diane
11. Book of Love
12. Empire State

I LOVE:
Love in Store
Book of Love
Gypsy
That's Alright
Straight Back
Eyes of the World

I LIKE:
Hold Me
Wish You Were Here
Can't Go Back
Only Over You

I DISLIKE:
Empire State
Oh Diane

I see I am one of the few that likes Book of Love. I think this is one of Lindsey's few songs where be put his heart on his sleeve. Oh Diane, to me, just doesn't sound like a FM song to me and I don't like Lindsey's voice on it. And it's interesting to see that Stevie's songs rate so high, but I'll be the first to say Lindsey did a phenomenal job with them!

1. Gypsy
2. Hold Me
3. That's Alright
4. Straight Back
5. Wish You Were Here
6. Love in Store
7. Oh Diane
8. Book of Love
9. Only Over You
10. Empire State
11. Eyes of the World
12. Cant Go Back

I think I recall Richard saying on Truth & Consequences this song originally came from him. He'd started writing the words to the song (inspired by Mary Torrey Devitto???) and then Lindsey came on board and completed it. RD described it as his most significant songwriting moment. I don't know whether this is true, perhaps Lindsey might say otherwise.

I remember that too, he wrote the lyrics inspired by the break-up with his then girlfriend whose name I don't remember but she was a TV actress who starred in one of those well-known 80's tv dramas. She left him for a South American tycoon or something to that extent, and the heartbreak prompt him to write the words, while Lindsey wad the one who did all the musical part if I remember well.

And I like Book of Love too.

1. Gypsy
2. Love in Store
3. Hold Me
4. Eyes of the World

(The rest is good but not on the same level as the first four):

5. Only Over You
6. That's Alright
7. Straight Back
8. Book of Love
9. Can't Go Back
10. Wish You Were Here
11. Empire State
12. Oh Diane

Wow this is hard.

Love in Store - a simple love song but the harmonies still make me melt
Straight Back - pure Stevie magic, the writing, the music, the Christine backing vocals still give me goosebumps
Gypsy - played to death but one of the best Mac songs ever - best bridge on any song
Hold Me - pure pop greatness Amazing piano and melody - great guitar solo too
Wish you were here - love it
Only over you - a dreamy love haze song
That's Alright - could almost be a country cross over
Empire State
Cant Go Back
Eyes of the World - much better live
Oh Diane
Book of Love

I love all the songs and it was hard ranking them

Gypsy
Hold Me
Only Over You
That's Alright
If You Were My Love (if they kept working on it and cleaned it up more. I would trade Straight Back for a more polished If You Were My Love)

1. Straight Back
2. Love In Store
3. Empire State
4. Book Of Love
5. Hold Me
6. Gypsy
7. Oh Diane
8. Eyes Of The World
9. Can't Go Back
10. That's Alright
11. Only Over You
12. Wish You Were Here

Gypsy
Hold Me
That's Alright
Book of Love
Love In Store
Can't Go Back
Straight Back
Eyes of the World
Oh Diane
Wish You Were Here
Only Over You
Empire State

This album's highlights belong to Stevie and Christine, but Book of Love is one of my favorites from any album of theirs.

"Mirage" is the most underrated Fleetwood Mac album ever recorded. It's my music box and I LOVE it!

Gypsy
That's Alright
Hold Me
Can't Go Back
Love In Store
Straight Back
Eyes of the World
Only Over You
Wish You Were Here
Book Of Love
Empire State
Oh Diane

Thanks for the scoop about Book of Love, FuzzyPlum and SisterNightroad! That even explains why it doesn't 'seem' like a Lindsey song, at least lyrically.

I love that song and the christine and lindsey ahhhhhhh's and oooooh'ss... and the guitar is great, too... hard to rank these tunes..

And I always thought it was Stevie's fairy dust that made it glisten!!! :shrug:

1. Hold Me
2. Gypsy
3. Book Of Love
4. Can't Go Back
5. That's Alright
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Love In Store
8. Eyes Of The World
9. Straight Back
10. Only Over You
11. Empire State
12. Oh Diane

he snorted her fairy dust and then produced the song...

Is this the coke in the bum story?

she farted and dust blew into all their noses.. and they all went... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

1. Hold Me
2. Love in Store
3. Can't Go Back
4. That's Alright
5. Gypsy
6. Eyes of the World
7. Straight Back
8. Empire State
9. Book of Love
10. Oh Diane
11. Only Over You
12. Wish You Were Here

1) Gypsy
2) That's Alright
3) Hold Me
4) Straight Back
5) Empire State
6) Eyes Of The World
7) Oh Diane
8) Love In Store
9) Can't Go Back
10) Book Of Love
11) Only Over You
12) Wish You Were Here - 11/12 are interchangeable. They're practically the same song. Boring.

Pamela Sue Martin

Well look at you... Good info!

Love in Store (of all songs the one that introduced me to Fleetwood Mac)
Gypsy
Wish You Were Here
Can't Go Back
Eyes of the World
That's Alright
Hold Me
Only Over You
Book of Love
Straight Back
Oh Diane
Empire State

I can't rank this album. I like all the tracks just some better than others. I will put them in 3 buckets (1. Favs 2. Greats and the Mirage box set versions make me like some of them even more. 3. "like it")

1. Love in Store, Gypsy, Hold Me, That's Alright, Eyes of the World
2. Book of Love, Wish You Were Here, Empire State,Can't Go Back, Straight Back and Oh Diane.
3. Only Over You

Yes, it was her. In my country she's famous for Dynasty and for appearing on the cover of the national equivalent of Playboy.

I love Mirage, it came out in my last year in High School. Ranked in order of preference and quality to my ears:

1. Gypsy- best produced Stevie Nicks track of the era. I've heard a lot of casual fans give this a lot of love.
2. Hold Me- One of Christine McVie's best pop songs still sounds great almost 35 years later.
3. Straight Back- See where I'm going with this, Stevie and Christine steal the show on Mirage.
4. Love in Store- Great opener and almost as good as Hold Me.
5. That's Alright- Didn't know it was an older demo at the time, but loved the vocal and country tinges. It really works for Stevie and too bad they didn't explore this side of her writing a little more over the years.
6. Empire State- I like this groovy little song and think it's Lindsey's high point on the record.
7. Wish you were Here- Nice ballad and could have been a radio hit with a little editing- in the vein of Over My Head.
8. Eyes of the world- Nice little harmony.
9. Book of Love- A little too cliche for my tastes but not a bad song
10. Only Over You- to me one of Christine's weaker songs, but not bad by any means.
11. Can't go Back- Lindsey needed a really good song early in the record and this one falls a bit flat.
12. Oh Diane- Not that I don't like it, it just is not up to the quality of his earlier work.

Ok....All bets off. I'm listening to Mirage in 5.1 SS. AMAZING! All of the tracks. I'm sure any long time MAC fans out there that listen to these versions are with me. It's like listening to these albums for the first time.

1. Book of love
2. Gypsy
3. Straight back
4. Only over you
5. Eyes of the world
6. Love in store
7. Empire state
8. Hold me
9. That's alright
10. Oh Diane
11. Wish you were here
12. Can't go back

😀

Nice to see Book Of Love make someone's Number 1

1) That's Alright
2) Gypsy
3) Hold Me
4) Book of Love
5) Eyes of the World
6) Wish You Were Here
7) Can't Go Back
8) Straight Back
9) Love in Store
10) Oh Diane
11) Empire State
12) Only Over You

1. Love in Store
2. Hold Me
3. Gypsy
4. Eyes of the World
5. Oh Diane
6. Book of Love
7. Can't Go Back
8. Straight Back
9. Wish You Were Here
10. Only Over You
11. That's Alright
12. Empire State

1. Gypsy
2. Hold Me
3. Love In Store
4. Can't Go Back
5. Only Over You
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Book Of Love
8. Straight Back
9. That's Alright
10. Eyes Of The World
11. Oh Diane
12. Empire State

1.Only Over You
2.Hold Me
3.Eyes Of The World
4.Gypsy
5.Wish You Were Here
6.Straight Back
7.Book Of Love
8.Love In Store
9.Empire State
10.Oh Diane
11.Can't Go Back
12.That's Alright

The songs I almost always listen to:
1. Gypsy: Perfection. Some of Stevie's best vocals
2. Love in Store: Easy song to listen and hum along to, although I did prefer the livelier Mirage Tour version. Wouldn't be as notable if it didn't have all three members singing together.
3. Straight Back: I really shouldn't like this song as much as I do, as it's meandering structure would normally turn me off. But the layered vocals and keyboards always take me somewhere else.
4. Eyes of the World: Better in every live incarnation but still Lindsey's best song on the album. The guitar solo is one of his best.

Here are the ones that I sometimes skip but still generally like:
5. Hold Me: I used to despise this one but I've gradually grown fond of it. The Early Version helped me to do that a lot, as I thought it was fantastic. I also liked the boots of this song from McVie's solo tour and wished they'd sung it like that in the Mirage Tour.
6. That's Alright: it's a nice song, but the Alternate Version is bumped up a place or two
7. Book of Love: I always forget this song exists unless it randomly pops up. Not big on the verses but I do like the angsty chorus.
8. Oh Diane: Dumb song, but I really like the way the guitar sounds. At least it's short :) The lip-synced performance of this on Top of the Pops is also hilarious. I love it when Stevie and Christine try and pretend to sing that heavily-altered harmony.

These I almost always skip
9. Cant Go Back: I really like the instrumental of this song but the lyrics do nothing for me at all
10. Wish You Were Here: Very middle of the road McVie song. I feel nothing for it.
11. Only Over You: Really I like most of the song but those wails at the beginning... Chill me to the bone.

And finally, I HATE this song:
12. Empire State: So annoying. Embodies the worst of Lindsey's experimental side.

I've never seen this list before. Love it! Only Over You at #1...

1. Hold Me
2. Gypsy
3. That's Alright
4. Straight Back
5. Only Over You
6. Eyes Of The World
7. Book Of Love
8. Wish You Were Here
9. Love In Store
10. Oh Diane
11. Can't Go Back
12. Empire State

Mirage is a great album.

Here is my ranking:

01. That's Alright
02. Love In Store
03. Hold Me
04. Wish You Were Here
05. Straight Back
06. Book Of Love
07. Only Over You
08. Can't Go Back
09. Gypsy
10. Empire State
11. Eyes Of The World
12. Oh Diane

1. Gypsy
2. Straight Back
3. Hold Me
4. That's Alright
5. Wish You Were Here (alternate version)
6. Can't Go Back
7. Only Over You (alternate version)
8. Love In Store
9. Empire State
10. Oh Diane
11. Eyes Of The World <-- much better live
12. Book Of Love

I think "Smile At You" should have made the album in place of one of the Buckingham songs, "Book Of Love" IMO.