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Originally Posted by secret love
Respectfully I disagree - there are far too many Lindsey dud songs on SYW. Murrow, Red Rover, Miranda, Say Goodbye are just sub-par for someone as talented as Buckingham and did not really excite me as I listened to them for the first time. Miranda I used to like but after a few listens it wore thin. Say Goodbye is just cliché central, as is Red Rover. Murrow is too frenetic musically and the lyric doesn't make a lot of sense. I loved the four new Stevie songs Illume, Destiny Rules, Say You Will and Silver Girl - they make a neat little EP-style playlist like that. What's the World Coming To, Peacekeeper and Come are all really cool.
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I like you, secret love, but I really can't make any sense of any of this!
Murrow too frenetic and nonsensical, but Come is really cool. Say Goodbye cliche central but you really like Silver Girl. Miranda (!!!) wears thin but not Say You Will. My mind is having trouble processing all of these.
Different strokes, though!
Generally, I really like almost every song on the album (Silver Girl and Come being ones I sort of struggle with) but I can see why people say Lindsey "shines" here. His work on the album is just showier. He's a great guitarist going absolutely crazy on his guitar and demonstrating the heights of his skill level whenever possible. Stevie is a great singer-songwriter, but her voice and lyrical content are more subdued on much of SYW compared to the work that made her famous. I can just see Lindsey hitting harder for many listeners.