I think part of what is coloring our judgement is the long term live performances. For example, nobody has yet to reply about Songbird. To me Landside is to Stevie as Songbird is to Christine. Yet Landslide was deemed a hit and Songbird seems to leaning towards 'non-hit'. However, with Christine and most of her songs retired, Songbird hasn't been played live since '98, plenty of time for it and others to get out of the 'hit' status.
Meanwhile, FM setlists since 2003 focus incredibly on the early Rumours stuff keeping those songs in our memories more and alot longer.
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