Again, I have to go "none of the above".
Granted, "I'm So Afraid" was, even admitted by Lindsey, recorded in the wrong key...which is why it sounds like it does compared to the live versions...as soon as they got on the road he dropped it a whole step (From Gm to Fm)...if I'm not mistaken, he's even dropped it another half-step down to Em since The Dance. But, can't ever call the original studio version my "Least Favorite" due to my initial reaction to the song upon first listen (see Christine McVie thread here for that story).
"Blue Letter" is the only song on the album that just downright straight ahead ROCKS...and listen to that John McVie tear it up on bass. Probably why they chose to do it, since the album was lacking that type of song from the band's own writers. But, at this point, despite it being written by somebody outside of the band, the song is pretty much their own...even the Curtis Bros own version of the song pales horribly by comparison.
If any of the three songs actually come close to being my least favorite it's "Monday Morning"...but, that's just my own bias against the song because it was the song that bumped "Station Man" out of the live set. Never really forgave them for that. But, that's out of context with the album track, so can't say "least favorite" because of that, I DO like the song.
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Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man.---Andres Segovia
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