back in 1990 when Lindsey was already out of the band. Stevie and Christine announced in mid tour that they were leaving the band. For about six years after that, there was no FM anymore in my opinion, with no disrespect to the Time lineup. A friend of mine dragged me to a Time concert and i've never been more disappointed. It wasn't because the actual band was bad, but because the front people-Christine, Lindsey and Stevie-were gone and they were the main reason that i liked the band. Mick and John are one of the best rhythm sections, but i could care less about the rest of the band if there isn't at least one of the Rumours members present.

So, this brings me to my point....I, too, tend to get critical of them. And i have been critical of Say You Will. Yes, the album does lack a certain cohesiveness....I think maybe it is too long. I have certain songs that don't have the FM sound to me and i skip over them. But anyway, i now try to just appreciate each song individually of the others. I really don't listen to the whole cd all the way through anymore...i never really did. I tend to skip around and that works better for me.

There are certain groups of songs that work for me. In my opinion, i think songs like "Murrow", "Everybody Finds Out", and "Say Goodbye" really stand out. I think they are really strong and fresh tunes. I really don't know why they chose to omit the first two from their tour setlist.

Anyway, the songs to me that work best for this record in terms of the overall sound is....drum roll please....and this is the order that i think i would listen to it in:

Murrow
Thrown Down
Say You Will
Peacekeeper
Smile At You
Miranda
Not Make Believe
What's the World Coming To
Steal Your Heart Away
Silver Girl
Bleed To Love Her
Destiny Rules
Say Goodbye


Finally, it's not that i don't like the ones that i omitted, it's just that i would rather hear them on solo albums.