Rate Tango in the Night

[stefan]

1. Big love (that song made me aware of Fleetwood Mac- I still love this version- the song is just cool, Lindsey looks cool on the video, the voice is cool, the production is cool, the drums are cool)
2. Little lies (Christine at her best- super production by LB)
3. Caroline (I remember this song being the absolute favourite of a friend of mine, who wasn't even a FM fan but a casual listener. When I say absolute favourite- it`s meant as his general favourite song at that time and among any other song- not only among FM songs)
4. Isn't it midnight (back in 88 I left it out of my tape, now it's in the UEFA Cup region )
5.Seven wonders (Stevie should use someone elses compositions more often)
6.TITN
7.WTTRS (like the LB singing parts on it- he was in his prime concerning the voice at this time. The song has a nice melody also)
8.Everywhere (nice little pop tune. I always think of christmas when I hear the instrumental part in the beginning, as I listened to the album around christmas 87 alot)
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9. You and I part 2 (it's a nice but shallow pop song. Sounds somehow cheap due to the synth sound. Seems it was done in half a day, which it surely wasn't- it just sounds like that) It`s a filler.
By the way- Part one is a song fragment- I don`t understand how many people refer to it as a good song. It has no chorus and is a work in progress.
10. Family man. Get rid of this cheap synth sound Lindsey! Leave it and do something different on the chorus- it could be really good. Work in progress... The relative of this song is "Soul drifter" with the same synth sound beginning, but then developing into a much better song on OOTC)
11. WISYA - I like the LB singing part at the end but it`s still a filler
12. Mystified (Christine and LB at their worst. A schmaltzy (does this word exist in english? ;-) song- it`s nearly as hard to bear as "Only over you" from Mirage")

Finally: the album is one of my favourites but I agree with some of the posters, saying that there's a gap of quality in between. I drew this line where that division is imo.
Stefan