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Originally Posted by aleuzzi
As a listener, I find a lot of it interesting and even innovative—but it lacks earth, and it lacks heart. By contrast, Christine’s IN THE MEANTIME has so much heart, is so genuine and honest. No pretense or posturing…No calculation.
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Well I must agree with this since I listen to ITM all the way through more from time to time. SYW... I usually listen to songs that I always choose. Again, I’m not a music pro, so I won't compare albums technically, but as a simple listener, I simply enjoy ITM much more.
So I did the homework Macfan4life asked me to do. Yes SYW sounds great with headphones (Lindsey's production never dissapoints). But so does Tango or Mirage. Even The Dance, I loved to listen to it with headphones. Sorry but it didn't change my feelings about the SYW album.
For the record, I don't hate it. I do like some songs. But I do find the album less Fleetwood Mac, a bit cold, lacks heart.
Back to the topic, SYW is not Rumours 2 at all. Maybe the recording process and decisions had similarities to Tusk, but it is not Tusk 2 either.
Now, I remember back in those days there were "what if" threads about an
In The Meantime Say You Will album. I found it fun, specially because that would have mean Christine never left the band. I think the title of that album would have been completely different—starting with the fact that it wouldn't have included 31 songs. I’m not going to play the game of picking which ones, but in that parallel universe, I imagine it with a more Mac sound.