Poor Family Man

[He's So Unusual]

Originally Posted by Dex

I actually haven't noticed this sentiment at all. The only negative attitudes I see towards Tango are those coming from fans who clearly have difficulty accepting the fact that Stevie is (by far) the clear weakest link on that album.

I've come across a fair few comments from people who think that Tango in the Night is a rubbish pop album that brings shame to the original Fleetwood Mac. I've replied to a few of them, explaining that it's simply an album of its time. I don't get why people give FM a hard time over TITN, a lot of other 1960s and 1970s bands and singers released albums with a more poppy sound in the 1980s, it was the fashion.

Originally Posted by James89

For me, I think that 'Gypsy' should've been a massive hit but it wasn't, only in the US sadly. We Brits have never actually gone wild for any singles written and sung by Stevie. Surprisingly her highest charting lead vocal single here was her own and not with FM with 'Rooms on Fire' which peaked at #16 thanks to the overwhelming reception to 'Tango in the Night' which top 10 singles were either Lindsey's or Christine's.

This has always confused me. I know the Rumours incarnation of the band haven’t accumulated a lot of top 10 singles in the UK overall, but Stevie hasn’t had a single top 10 hit in the UK, whereas Christine has had two (though she did have to wait till TITN to achieve them) and Lindsey has had three. Dreams was the highest charting single in the UK from Rumours, but I wonder why Sara, Gypsy and Seven Wonders didn't chart higher. It just shows you that chart positions aren’t the be-all and end-all.