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Originally Posted by David
I remember Christine making the (valid) point that producing "Behind the Mask" was a refreshing change (I'm paraphrasing here) from the older Fleetwood Mac albums because so much of it was tracked live, & months weren't spent on all the picky minutiae.
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Right. I think change of any kind, after having done something one way for a long time, can be refreshing and exciting. And that works both ways - for the band and for Lindsey. From almost all accounts, there was a lot of tension between several bandmembers during the recording of Tango. When one main player takes himself out of that environment, it's undoubtedly going to shift everything, make people reevaluate, and spark a sense of renewal in some way. While some of the comments about Lindsey's leaving being good for the band were probably personal shots at him, I don't it's fair to say all of them were. Many weren't. They were about embracing change and enjoying the new situation. And I don't think Lindsey was a jerk for feeling the same way and saying so about his departure and his sense of renewal without them.