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Originally Posted by David
Yeah, & how Stevie does the same thing for all her solo work, & even how Fleetwood Mac threw a lot more session players into the scene starting on tour in 1987. The consequence to me from all of this is a much more generic sound in these projects. Even the production on the 1990 album flattens out the little idiosyncrasies in the band's playing, instead of highlighting it.
the best pop-rock is always slightly off-kilter & always highly personal: Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Police, Elvis Costello, U2, VU, Talking Heads, Prince, etc. Fleetwood Mac was always aesthetically better off reminding listeners of Squeeze or Sly & the Family Stone than the Eagles or Billy Joel.
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I agree with you about all of this, except for the rhythm section for Chris's solo band: Hawkins and Ferrone have a lot of personality. And the guitar-bass-drum work on In the Meantime was almost as distinctive as Mac stuff.