DISCUSSION: Lindsey's songs from the 1975 Fleetwood Mac album

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

1. Blue Letter
2. Crystal
3. I'm So Afraid
4. Monday Morning
5. World Turning

i think songs should be ordered by tracklisting rather than alphabet.

1. Blue Letter - I always wondered if this was Lindsey/Christine or Lindsey/Stevie. But lately I hear it as a Lindsey/Stevie duet. It's wonderful, of course. Returning to it could boost their country cred, but I Don't Want to Know surpasses it in every way. Should this be Lindsey or odds-and-ends?
2. Crystal - Again, controversial for me to put this in Lindsey rather than Stevie, but it also says so much that the song is best executed by soulmate.
3. I'm So Afraid - Essential to the Mac, Lindsey, and this album. Sugar Daddy would have made a dynamite closer for a POP album, but this song announces deeper art intentions. It's an ambitious song that succeeds.
4. Monday Morning - My second favorite track on the album and Lindsey's best on the record. Wow! What an opener for the new Mac, for the Lindsey/Stevie mythos! The perfect ROCK update of Mamas and the Papas. The complicated romantic/heartbreaking/mature lyrics.
5. World Turning - It's not my favorite thing and I always feel like I want it cut from the setlist, yet whenever it's playing or whenever I'm seeing it performed live: it's awesome.