I just posted a variation of this on the Stevie board. It seems we're always talking about favorites, the best of the best, what speaks to our hearts, etc. So let's dish some dirt now instead!
What's the worst Mac album to you, and why? I say we should include any album from 1975-present, including Behind the Mask and Time.
To me, the title, tiara, and bouquet go to Mirage. The whole heaping mess just seems like an afterthought, filler, and half hearted. Lindsey's songs are all abominations, sans Eyes Of The World. The whole '50s pop throwback theme he was going for was just gross, and unimaginative. I realize he probably did it as a way to protest the band members wanting to go back to a more pop-commercial sound. Stevie's nod to country western, That's Alright, has no place on a Mac album. The only person who has consistently good material on this album is Christine.
It's not all bad though. Stevie's songs Straight Back and Gypsy were the last really great Mac songs she ever recorded. Christine's material is predictably good, with Hold Me being one of my favorite Mac tunes of all time. It just makes me smile hugely, and ALWAYS puts me in the
best mood when I hear it on the radio. As a whole though, the album just comes across as flat and soulless to me though.
