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Originally Posted by gldstwmn
Well silent q, I don't worship them either. They are human. I am, however, confused now as to whether you think the production on the American recordings sucked or not. 
Rubin took Cash right out of the box with those recordings and since Fleetwood, whether conciously or subconciously has now IMO fallen into a pattern of praying to the commerical gods (the exact opposite of what they tried to do on Tusk) I thought he might be a good fit for them.
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No! I absolutely love the American albums (and the Unearthed box, disc 3 of which is just as good as any of the actual albums). I just don't think that kind of approach would work well with Fleetwood Mac.
Rubin's approach to producing Cash's albums was, in large part, not to produce them at all. I mean, the first album is nothing more than Johnny and his acoustic guitar. The approach worked brilliantly for Cash simply because he's such a commanding presence, both vocally and mythically. Rubin let Cash's voice carry all of those without much overt production getting in the way or diverting your attention.
But I don't think either Stevie or Lindsey has the voice to make that kind of stripped-down approach really work. So if we're going to bring in Rick Rubin, I think I'd be far more entertained by an approach more along the lines of "99 Problems" than "Unchained."