What's your favorite version of Rumours and why?
The choices:
LP version: SHN, Dreams, NGBA, Don't Stop, GYOW, Songbird
**potty/beer break**
The Chain, YMLF, IDWK, Oh Daddy, GDW
Original CD release: SHN, Dreams, NGBA, Don't Stop, GYOW, Songbird, The Chain, YMLF, IDWK, Oh Daddy, GDW
DVD-A: SHN, Dreams, NGBA, Don't Stop, GYOW, Silver Springs, The Chain, YMLF, IDWK, Oh Daddy, GDW, Songbird
2004 CD re-issue (ignore the bonus CD factor...that would too obviously move this one ahead): SHN, Dreams, NGBA, Don't Stop, GYOW, Songbird, Silver Springs, The Chain, YMLF, IDWK, Oh Daddy, GDW,
Now, I included the sequencing of each because that is a factor for me (and I'm sure others), and I know some people do prefer the album w/o Silver Springs. I have to say the DVD-A, in the end, is my fave. You can't beat SS following GYOW, IMO. Plus, all those juicy parts throughout the album you can hear only on this one. I especially love the enhancement of all the harmonies in YMLF, in particularly Stevie's low ones at the end in the word "you" in the repeated "
you, you make lovin' fun". My one hesitation in picking this version as my fave is NGBA. I love getting to hear this version with the extra guitar, but I prefer the simpler version in the context of the album. {Though it is not a factor here, I do prefer the versions of SS (Chain boxset or Dance) where you
cannot hear Stevie/Stevie does not go up a note at the end of "...but you won't forget
me" and "...you would not let
me".}