I think the thing about WTTRS is that for a song on Tango, an excellent but somewhat contrived album (see: CM's songs), Stevie's few songs sound pretty natural and 'real'. WTTRS is so obviously that chapter of her life, in rehab, it sounds slightly paranoid and confused, with some acceptance.
The music is good and Stevie's singing is like her 80's solo stuff, 100% fine.
Kind of song I would have liked a video clip for. But Stevie didn't really have any really big Mac hits after Gypsy.
The thing about FM is they created albums, made between the people, not a bunch of singles thrown together, trimmed down. Like The Who, Cheap Trick, etc, you gotta listen to the complete thing and take the good with the bad. Thankfully FM didn't have many duds in the Rumours-era line up. Pretty amazing really considering how nuts and out of it they all were. They really did miss Ken Caillat on Mirage though..
- Spike
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