I look at it a different way. I love Lindsey's solo career because to me, it's Fleetwood Mac taken to another degree. You do notice the lack of John and Mick on Out of the Cradle, but that's still his best, or second best solo record. There are so many themes of Fleetwood Mac in his music, because well, he is the architect of their sound.
With that being said, Stevie's solo work has always been a different beast. The Bella Donna LP would never have fit into the Mac paradigm. I think in a lot of ways, her solo stuff beats out much of her Mac catalog, especially after Mirage. I find myself listening to Stevie's solo stuff much more than her work in the Mac, where with Lindsey, I tend to go with his Fleetwood Mac stuff slightly more than his solo stuff. All in all, I listen to Fleetwood Mac much more than either artists solo work. Stevies has always been much more commerically aimed than Lindsey's but that's why Fleetwood Mac is always greater than the sum of its parts.
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