Mirage: Side 1 or Side 2?
Side one
1. "Love in Store" 2. "Can't Go Back" 3. "That's Alright" 4. "Book of Love" 5. "Gypsy" 6. "Only Over You" Side two 1. "Empire State" 2. "Straight Back" 3. "Hold Me" 4. "Oh Diane" 5. "Eyes of the World" 6. "Wish You Were Here" |
Like Tango, I have to pick the side that doesn't have the best song- Hold Me. Side one has great running order and flows to the wondrous Gypsy- second best song and a career high for Stevie. IMO Lindsey's best production on any of her songs including all of Rumours and Tusk. I like Lindsey's songs better on side one and Love in Store, while not Christine's best song, starts the album off just fine. That's Alright features one of the 3 stellar vocals from Stevie as well. She really knocks it out of the part vocally.
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Side one for me. But, if you dropped Only Over You and replaced it with Hold Me, I'd be even more fore side one!
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I love them all, but side one is a knockout. Perfect sequencing of candy.
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I would have to go with side one too. It pains me because Straight Back and Wish you were here and Hold me are on side 2. But side one is better overall IMHO
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I can’t decide. Overall side one? But “Eyes” and “Hold Me” are essential to the success of the record. “Straight Back” is strong, and “Empire State” is so aggressively stupid I cannot not laugh and listen along. But I couldn’t imagine being without “Gypsy” or “Love in Store” either, so...no vote here.
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Side one ..like Tango it kind of falls apart a bit on side two but not as badly. Those two Stevie songs should have never seen a major release.
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For me, Can't Go Back and Book of Love are the standout gems on the album. They're what makes side one the best. It flows perfectly because of them.
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Straight back should have been the album opener or first track on side two. No way after Bella Donna stardom were they going to let that happen. Its funny because the song is actually about her having to return to Fleetwood Mac so quickly. "The dream is not over, the dream has just begun" IMHO sounds like her reality of having to shelve her successful solo career for a contract obligation with the Mac. But she did go "Straight Back" to the Mac. The song is also about breaking up with Jimmy. I love Mirage but it needed some rawness and some anger, and more rock. The album is very good but a few tweaks, it could have been sensational. |
Never understood why Hold Me was put where it was, but I love side 2 because of it.
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For the same reason the lovely opening to “Only Over You” is more widely known because it followed “Gypsy.” Whether one stayed tune or not...well, I can’t say. But they were aware of it unless they bolted to the tuning arm. |
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And I'm sick of Gypsy and not sick of Hold Me (which shows how they held up) I actually sometimes skip Gypsy when listening to Mirage. Great song, I'm just done with it. |
Love In Store is such a snoozer to open the album with. Sounds totally unfinished to me.. just too many spaces where there's just nothing going on. Too bare.
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My dream Mirage track list would be (sorry I would scrap Oh Diane for Smile at You)
Straight Back Cant Go Back Love In Store Gypsy Eyes of the World Only Over You Hold Me Empire State Smile At You Book of Love Thats alright Wish You Were Here |
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I felt like they were trying to do a Second Hand News in the style of Everly Bros. |
How dare anyone speak ill of Love In Store. OMG I LOVE that song. It is sort of Everly Bros and doo wap. Those amazing harmonies when Stevie had an amazing voice. Its so damn peppy too. The lyrics are so honest and make me blush. It transformed into a killer live too. I can never understand why they never considered it for a quick encore with On with the show. It features all of them singing and is so upbeat.
Its a great album opener IMHO but Straight Back is better. I cant fight it anymore But I will fight each one of you individually if I have to |
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MacFan, killer sequencing for Mirage, going to make a playlist in honour of the album that could've been :)
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Don't F*CK with that order!!!!:mad::lol::mad::lol::mad: |
When I was going over the track list, it reoccurred to me that Stevie got the shaft on this album. I can understand why though. Bella Donna was on top of the charts cranking out huge hits. While Lindsey got 5 songs, Christine only 4, Stevie had only 3. Stevie's songs are sort of hidden within the album and not leading off any side. Stevie offered up some fantastic songs and its a shame only 3 of them made the album. But I get it, they were already fighting the "Stevie is the lead singer" stigma, but the limelight of Bella Donna definitely had an impact on tracking and number of songs IMHO. I think if a song is good, it should make the album no matter who the writer is. Although you must keep some order in the band. Its also the "tradition" within the band that Stevie only gets 3 songs. When they are so crappy like on Tango, I vote to uphold that legacy. But if good songs are on the table, let them live on an album. We could have gotten Sleeping Angel or Smile at you among others on this album.
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I agree a bit more of who has written the best songs balanced out with equal running time is a good approach. Also, they could choose to switch up the vocalists, I recall a Christine interview where she made that suggestion. How about a Christine vocal on If You Were My Love, Lindsey on Love In Store, Stevie on Can't Go Back (recall the Wild Heart Dressing Room, so makes sense for her to sing it). Almost 40 years too late, but hey, there's no shortage of ideas with this band. :p
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