The best of cover

wetcamelfood · #1 08-29-2002, 11:46 AM

Amazon.com has the cover now for the new Best of FM CD:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=music

What does everyone think of it?

John

rhiannon1119 · #2 08-29-2002, 11:54 AM

Well, it isn't what I expected. Honestly, I don't really know what I expected..lol I really like it though.. and even pre-ordered the CD.

Michelle

Les · #3 08-29-2002, 12:14 PM

Gotta work in that damn crystal ball somehow...

sulamith · #4 08-29-2002, 12:54 PM

I was hoping for new pic, but they picked one from my favorite era, so I like it.

Isn't it funny how their clothes and hair are all back in style?
They look just as cool and fresh as any of the current groups....
lol!
I bet it will really draw in some new young fans who may think they are a new group that looks very 'today'!
haha!

I can't wait to get my hands on it to see what else is inside!
Thanks!
-Sharon

wetcamelfood · #5 08-29-2002, 01:28 PM

If you do order the CD at amazon online, use Marty's links to do it as (I don't know much about how it works but...) it helps him to fund The Penguin website. I personally won't be buying it but I just figured if a bunch of people here might buy it this way anyways that it was/would be worth mentioning, that's all.

John

jwd · #6 08-29-2002, 04:23 PM

Hi John

Not that damn crystal ball again!! I am really sick of that little "instrument" being overused. I like the picture but it seems outdated to me. It's safe to say that I don't like the cover, or better yet it really didn't impress me. Well, since it's being released on reprise I guess you couldn't expect them to put a lot of thought into it and come up with something NEW.

Thanks for the link John.

Joe

Barbara · #7 08-29-2002, 04:32 PM

I would have preferred The Dance era - IMO this is too dated.
Barbara

Vianna · #8 08-29-2002, 05:04 PM

kinda weird but ok I guess. I'd have preferred a more current picture of them. Like Les says they just can't get rid of that crystal ball, can they..

BellaDonnaGypsy · #9 08-29-2002, 05:07 PM

Hmm... not too bad. It could be worse. But I totally agree that they should have used a more recent pic. And for some reason that giant hand is really bugging me... LOL! I don't know why, but it is.

Laura.

FiercestCalmSea · #10 08-29-2002, 06:18 PM

i could deal with the crystal ball alot better if there was a more recent picture in it...but since they did pick an oldie,at least it is a cool one.

seteca · #11 08-29-2002, 06:26 PM

There is not one new song on this set, the cover picture is not new, and the album is not even being promoted on their official website.....so I think we can say with almost complete certainty that this will be the last time Fleetwood Mac will have anything to with Reprise / WB.....I get the feeling FM & their management totally were against the idea altogether and probably had very little, if any, say in what should and shouldn't go on it (it looks like the entire construction and promotion has been left to Reprise to put together what they can with "old" material).....but they HAD to release one last thing with that label so they said "Fine, you can have one final album, and that's it...we're not going to help you promote it any way and we're certainly not giving you any new songs...".

Good...!! After all that stuff about WB dropping "old artists" simply because "they're old"....I'm glad FM are leaving them...they deserve a label that fully appreciates the honour of having them signed.

I would be EXTREMELY surprised if those rumours of the tour in support of the GH package came true (unless they have a contract with Reprise to tour in support of it).....whoever started those rumours probably mistook this release for the "new album" release date and so assumed that they would be touring in support of it.

chiliD · #12 08-30-2002, 12:06 AM

I think the only thing keeping this from being a "perfect" cover is the lack of a penguin...other than that, I like it a lot! It's a time capsule of the past. They're promoting a band whose biggest success was between 1976-1980 (and the music contained is majorily from that era as well), so why put a recent photo? Market them as THEY WERE, not as THEY ARE. This collection is, to the older folks, for reminiscing, for that longing for "the good ol' days"...and to the younger crowd---those who are just LEARNING about Fleetwood Mac, it's a "starter kit". That's all.

This new album isn't designed to be "for us"...we're beyond this and we should KNOW that, and not be so upset by it. I really would rather see THIS album with THIS cover than something like that God-awful cover from the 1988 GH package.

The NEW album next year will show them as they are now. And, I'm REALLY looking forward to THAT!

And besides, I used to have the poster of the original photo (from the "chicken coop shoot") that this cover photo was taken from.

wondergirl9847 · #13 08-30-2002, 12:15 AM

Right chilid!! I agree...let's not get mad about it. It's a more complete GH CD then the crappy 1988 one, with that dumb cover. This cover carries on the "crystal vision" tradition.

I hope there are some cool photos in the booklet inside...cuz I'm buying the fricken thing even tho I have all the CD's and stuff.

I like listening to the box set sometimes because of the wierd tracking of the songs (I like not really knowing what song is coming on next!!) This CD will get me through at work on RADIO DAY FRIDAYS!! LOL I do wish they had some pre-SnL songs on there, more Danny Kirwan (hehe) would be nice...for me, anyways.

SmthngOfADreamr · #14 08-30-2002, 01:36 AM

I have to agree with those who like the new cover. All those songs are from the past, so what good would a new photo be? The old photo on there is not that bad, so I guess it could be worse.

I also have to agree with those who have expressed their disliking of the 88 album cover. What the hell is that mushroomy or flowery enigma supposed to be or represent anyway? (i'm seriously asking because i have no clue whatsoever)

macfan 57 · #15 08-30-2002, 06:05 AM

I like the cover just fine. As others have said, most of these songs are from 1975-1979 so it makes sense to have a cover photo from that era. I also completely agree with seteca about this being the last album from Warner/Reprise. As soon as I saw that there were no new songs, that's what I thought had happened.

By the way, that is an orange blossom on the front cover of the 1988 Greatest Hits album.