I confess it's hard for me to listen to Tango beginning to end now, but for years it was one of my favorite albums. Of course, Cradle supplanted Tango as my most-listened-to record. Curiously enough, I don't have any records now that I play over and over. I'm more democratic in how I listen to my music now.
I believe that in both Mirage and Tango Lindsey was struggling with lyrics. He had hit an apex with Tusk, only to slide in the following years. It must have had something to do with the creative problems he has said he was having. Cradle changed everything. Not only was he writing way better, very deep lyrics, his playing and production had gotten better than ever.
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