Song with the Best Harmonies

[Cristian]

Of course "The Farmer's Daughter" was made for them to showcase their vocal talents, so that's a given. I love it, although I get lost in trying to find Lindsey here. Is he doing a very high note?

The harmony issue on Fleetwood Mac was very incorporated to the sound of the band since early days. Remember that "Station Man" is a very rudimentary three-part harmony, but still a very attractive one. Then Christine did great harmonies with Bob Welch in songs like "Hypnotized" or "Why"... But of course the great moment of harmonization comes into Fleetwood Mac when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham join the band. They do a great job in "Say You Love Me" and "Rhiannon", for that album. One could always rescue the sound that Stevie and Lindsey reached when they sang as a duo. It was so terrific... "Crystal" and "I Don't Want To Know" are examples.

Oh, so many songs... in fact I believe one of the most powerful reasons for me to start getting in to this band in the first place was the vocal mix. "Little Lies" is sublime; "Everywhere" is just fantastic; "Brown Eyes", "Caught In The Rain", "Sara"... they all have this fantastic background harmony; "Angel", "That's Alright", "Think About Me" are three-part rockers (sort-of); I love the Lindsey/Christine duets on "Hold Me" and "Don't Stop" and the very rare Stevie/Christine duets on "Straight Back" and "Skies The Limit".

I also love the harmonies in the much maligned BTM album!!! I like the fact that they are multiparted and they do not sound like a gospell choir.

Oh, I'll stop rambling now. They did a wonderful work with vocals in those days... That's something they've been losing these days, I believe (except for some Lindsey harmonies in Stevie songs in Say You Will).... Oh well.





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