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Originally Posted by David
I made the point in a very old Ledge post years ago about "Say You Will": Never had any other official Fleetwood Mac album since the band's founding consisted of tracks recorded over such an enormous stretch of time. Some tracks were recorded in the years leading up to "The Dance," & others were recorded in 2002. So you have a stretch of about six or seven years, which is the main reason behind the disparity of sound & style, as far as I'm concerned.
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I agree that the album has a mixture of very disparate styles - even between each of the 2 songwriters. Lindsey's materical moves from the eclecticism of Red Rover to the more accessible Miranda and even Stevie has the fairly dull Smile At You (apologies for fans of this track) and the excellent Thrown Down. Of course we all know how old Smile At You is so that makes the point made in the last post all the more obvious.
That said, I still think it's a ppretty good record and has Stevie's strongest set of Mac songs for a long time. If/when they do a new album I'd have to agree that a more focused approach could be beneficial though.
Now that I've written that I'm unsure if focused is the right word but I'm sure you know what I mean...