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Originally Posted by chiliD
1) Being primarily a Fleetwood Mac fan, I think that had the vocals been remixed (drier, less effects & pushed more out front in the mix) on "Right Place To Fade", I would suggest that it should've been the lead single...but, as is, no...the lyrics are pretty much unintelligible with all the effects on the vocals. If you can't make the distinction between a lyric of "Right Place To Fade" & "Twist Of Fate", there's a glaring problem with the song (as a single).
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You hit the nail right on the head there. Its a very low quality recording in that respect. This was one of the main concerns WBR cited back in '98 when Lindsey got all butt hurt about being asked to re-record the song (with Sarah McLachlan) as a condition of releasing GOS (as it stood) with the lavish roll out LB was expecting after he played ball with the label on "The Dance".
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Originally Posted by chiliD
Being that musically it sounds vaguely similar to "Second Hand News", which would make it have more of an immediate visceral attraction of a long-time, but generic, Fleetwood Mac fan to the song...something along the lines of: "I like it cuz it sounds like something I already know, but it is just different enough to be new".
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Played this song for my father (a casual FM fan), and 30 seconds in, he said "Second Hand News?" Definitely another problem.
There's a lot of good in "Twist of Fate", its just so muddled and nebulous that there's no way it could/should be held up as a singular (pun intended) representation of that album.