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Originally Posted by aleuzzi
Do you mean, are any of us old farts who can remember that far back?
Hell yes. Most of the die hands on this site were at least 20 by then. I was 11. Hold Me (#4) was a huge hut, the biggest single on Mirage. Gypsy (#12)was also huge and my favorite song on the album. Love In Store got a lot of airplay as well, and was a mid-sized hit (#22). The Billboard peak positions don't even give a full indication of the impact these songs made, particularly the first two. They were also in frequent rotation on rock stations.
Still, many critics (not counting some crucial exceptions) thought the album was spotty and that, to fans of the previous three records, Lindsey had gone mad. Christine was universally praised. Stevie was not. Lindsey's songs were oddball curios but they weren't edgy or energetic in the same way as they were on Tusk. Years on, the criticisms of it aren't warranted, I think. It really holds up better than Tango.
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I love mirage, I can listen to it without skipping any songs. I wish they did one more music video for Mirage, maybe one of Lindsey's songs or for Love in Store.
Tango is awesome too, but a lot of the songs are too chorus heavy (this coming from the guy whose favorite song is Hold Me, I know.) I still love them though, Seven Wonders, Little Lies, Everywhere (these three being the chorus heavy ones) and Family man are my favorites. Big Love, Isn't it Midnight, Welcome to the room Sara and Mystified are great as well, but I usually skip Caroline and that one slow Stevie song near the end of the CD.