SYW: A Dud Album

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by Sarah

But. It still sold 850k+ copies, and still stands a chance to go platinum over the next several years. It's not exactly a disgrace.

And I could not possibly disagree more about an album being too long. If I'm paying almost 20 bucks for a cd, the more music they cram on it, the better. I don't understand where people get off on wanting less new music. At all. It'd be awesome if it wasn't **** like Silver Girl, but I can excuse that for 17 other at least fairly decent songs.

As far as solo records mashed together with Fleetwood/McVie - what's new about that? Shouldn't we be used to that by now?

I think the white album, Rumours, and Tusk (and even Mirage) were more of a collaborative effort than other Nicks/Buckingham/McVie albums. I think SYW lacked that vibe. It was like a Lindsey solo album and a Stevie one mashed together. In other words, the album didnt flow well together.

I'm not judging SYW on sales. I think that has nothing to do with success (the way I define it anyway). I just think, compared to other Mac albums...and the amount of time they had to work on it that it could've been a better record. I really believe that Christine's absence has a lot to do with it. That being said, I'd rather have SOME incarnation of Fleetwood Mac than none at all. I also would rather see them release more albums than tour so much.