Songs with the best trio harmonies
 

Songs where you can clearly hear all three of them on the harmonies:

Gold Dust Woman
Dreams
That's Alright
Crystal
If You Were My Love

Did I miss any? Oddly enough, it seems that the songs with the best three part harmonies are Stevie songs.

Farmer's Daughter and Honey Hi stand out in my mind.

The Chain
Say You Love Me

You can't hear Christine that much on the album version of The Chain, I like it live much better. Say You Love Me is really good too, but Christine's voice is more prominent than Stevie and Lindsey's on the chorus.

Studio:
LOVE IN STORE
Its almost like the Mac are a doo wop band.

Live:
Over and Over live is great

Mine would be.......
 

Say You Love Me
The Chain
Honey Hi
Beautiful Child
The Famers Daughter
Love in Store
That's Alright
Little Lies
Seven Wonders
Bleed To Love Her

Think About Me
Little Lies
As Long As You Follow
Seven Wonders
Love in Store

I'll throw in Temporary One to the list if it counts, despite it being a "live" track it's got some really great harmonies.

However, one rules above all: The live version of WHY from the midnight special. None of the bands harmonies will ever top that.

That is for sure!

Dreams, Oh Daddy, Honey Hi, Brown Eyes, Beautiful Child,
Love In Store, The Chain, That's Alright.

Say You Love Me
You Make Loving Fun
Dreams
The Chain (Christine's voice blends into the mix but without it the effect would be much different)
Oh Daddy
Honey Hi (possibly the best case, along with YMLF)
Over and Over
Brown Eyes
Love in Store
That's Alright
Farmer's Daughter

And then five really good live ones from The Dance

Silver Springs
Gold Dust Woman
Temporary One
Bleed to Love Her
Sweet Girl

The live Think About Me on YouTube!

The Chain (Live Tusk Deluxe) - My God do these three people connect. That intro is pristine.
Crystal (White Album)
Dreams (Rumours) Wow just wow
Farmer's Daughter
Monday Morning
Silver Springs (Dance)

Why
 

The live version of "Why" that was on Midnight Special.

Thanks to whomever started this thread. I think many of us have been feeling disappointed lately about no new F Mac CD and maybe even the first two songs from Buckingham McVie, but this is a great reminder of all the wonderful music we have had from them. :)

I would add the live version of Blue Letter. One of my very favorites.

Kevin

Totally agree. Even more amazing, since they raised the key from D to E. #youngervoices

So is that the reason it hasn't been sung live since the mid seventies then? Their voices are old and it's too difficult now ?

Their harmonies have never topped Honey Hi. Also, I haven't seen anyone mention Never Forget yet. Lindsey was at his vocal-arranging best during the Tusk and Mirage era.

Live performances of Why and Hypnotized, Warm Ways rehearsals, Blue Letter, Over My Head, Beautiful Child, Sisters of the Moon, Brown Eyes, Honey Hi, Love in Store, Little Lies.

I was going to mention Never Forget, but I have a quibble with Stevie's harmony there--it's arranged too low. When it's in the mix, something doesn't hang perfectly right there. It's still a great song with great harmonies, but I wish she was signing either a slightly higher harmony or a more imaginative lower one.

I just came here to mention Never Forget. I'm always left smiling at the end of listening to Tusk just because of those harmonies alone.

Tusk really is a fantastic album. I feel like Honey Hi and Never Forget don't get enough credit. Those harmonies are FM's best imo.

Honey Hi was the first to come to mind for me. I can just get lost in the ending of that song.

Honey Hi is probably my favorite harmony the band has done. As much as Mystified is hated, I love it and the gorgeous harmonies.

I adore the arrangement of Honey Hi.

"Honey Hi" is perhaps one of the most underrated moments in Fleetwood Mac history. It is, hands down, the greatest three part harmony that the band has ever recorded.

Tusk...Tusk...Tusk! So many gems and yes one of their best three part harmonies recorded.

How has nobody said Steal Your Heart Away yet?

I second this!

Just watched it, yeah that's a good one.

I've had that same feeling at the end of Tusk. : ) What a great closing song.

An often forgotten gem.

Never Forget is one of my favorites off of Tusk, glad to see it get some attention! Always figured I was the only one to hold it in such high regard. The harmonies, her vocals, the beat, the piano, and the fact that it might be the best closer to ANY Fleetwood Mac album make it exceptional for me.

(GDW is probably a better song standalone but Never Forget finishes Tusk so much more effectively)

While I like most of Christine's song on the album well enough (Brown Eyes mainly) Never Forget is the song I think of to represent her contributions.

She opens and closes the album. Which I often forget of this LB album.

I love Never Forget. It's not a harmony part but when Chris sings "just remember that love is gold" it kills me every time (in a good way)

It's always seemed like a missed opportunity that there aren't more songs where I can clearly distinguish all 3 singers, no matter who's on lead. Backing vocals are backing vocals, so it's not appropriate for every production, but I still wish there were more songs like this.

On songs like "Go Your Own Way," I know Stevie and Christine are probably in there but it's hard to tell. Concerning the studio version of "The Chain," I didn't even know Christine was vocally present till I read it recently. I'd like to think Stevie is on "Think About Me," but I really don't know what to think. Some of you probably have better ears than I do.

Christine has a smooth tone that tends to blend in, so even if can tell she's in the mix (e.g. "Dreams"), I don't necessarily pick up her distinctive sound. And Stevie was criminally underutilized on backing vocals/harmonies.

Lindsey, however, was perhaps overused. By Mirage/Tango, it seemed like almost every song had a lush blurry choir of Lindseys. Not long ago, I played Mirage straight through for my bf who'd never heard anything but the singles. "Lindsey 'I've Got to Be on Every Song' Buckingham" was what he called him afterward.

But anyway, here are my studio faves where I can clearly hear all 3:

Say You Love Me
Honey Hi
Over & Over
The Farmer's Daughter (studio outtake)
Never Forget
Beautiful Child
Never Forget
Love in Store
Little Lies (I'm stretching for songs to include, but I'm stopping at WTTRS and WISYA)
Steal Your Heart Away (wish there were a bit more Christine, but I hear her)

Little Lies
The Chain
Love in Store

Oh I love the harmonies in Never Forget. Beautiful song. Honey Hi is also a standout. Wish they'd done proper harmonies on Save Me A Place instead of all Lindsey - that would have been amazing.

Farmer's Daughter and Dreams for me are the best. But there's so many, that's the magic of Fleetwood Mac.

I thought we were talking about 3 part harmonies, not just Christine and Stevie.

Some good points here.

Stevie and Chris are definitely on GYOW, you can hear them when Lindsey drops out before the big guitar solo, but because Stevie is just doubling Lindsey's main chorus melody, and Lindsey is harmonising with himself on the lower harmony, you can't hear it that well.

Think About Me, very hard to tell, I feel like Stevie is again singing the melody in the chorus which makes it hard to pick out.

Dreams, Stevie doubles up Christine's harmony and I think S's one is mixed too high at some points drowning Christine out.

Definitely - if Lindsey had gone for a proper 3 part on his songs instead of all him it would have sounded amazing