Reeking Insincerity

[michelej1]

I was just reading reviews of FM stuff in Q's "Review Reissues" section and although, being very fond of the Mirage album, I don't agree with what Christine said, I do think it's a good way to put it and I think Lindsey would agree with her, as he doesn't like Mirage either.

Mirage, Warners 1982


After Tusk's seeming attempt to sabotage their own career a watertreading live double album, plus solo excursions from Fleetwood, Buckingham and most successfully by far, Nicks (her Bella Donna headed the US album charts in 1981), Mirage marked a return to the Rumours formula. Trouble was it sounded forced and insubstantial by comparison, or as Christine McVie later described, like it was, "reeking of insincerity". The two best moments belong to Nicks and McVie herself for Gypsy and Hold Me respectively, the latter a delightful slice of seduction that effortlessly underlined her pop credentials.