Which two albums represent Christine's best Fleetwood Mac work?

[Ulpian]

Quote:
"Well I always had a bit of a penchant for Mystery To Me. I loved a lot of Bob Welch's songs, but I'm afraid it's a distinct third place to Rumours with the White album sitting at second place."


Maybe it's a British turn of phrase, but to my ear "I loved a lot of Bob Welch's songs, but it's a distinct third place to Rumours" sounds ambiguous, like she meant Rumours is in third place.

[TrueFaith77]

Over and Over is her masterpiece.

Honey Hi!

Think About Me!

Brown Eyes!

Never Forget!

wow

TUSK towers... but then there's Rumours and White... in which she mastered the pop song.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

Over and Over is her masterpiece.

Honey Hi!

Think About Me!

Brown Eyes!

Never Forget!

wow

TUSK towers... but then there's Rumours and White... in which she mastered the pop song.

Over and Over on the LIve album has that amazing crescendo at the end. It's amazing!

[MacShadowsBall]

Originally Posted by Ulpian

Hm. Good question. She doesn't seem to think TITN is one of her best, maybe because those recording sessions weren't a happy affair by all accounts.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I would hope she would be proud of her TITN material. It's some really good stuff.

I agree. With two big hits for her Everywhere and Little Lies, she outta be very proud of her work on that album. Her teamwork with Lindsey is great, too.

Originally Posted by michelej1

Here is the Mojo article in this thread. I scanned the interview:

http://www.ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/sh...ad.php?t=51151

Christine said that Rumours is her favorite. The White Album is #2 and Mystery to Me is in distinct third place.

Michele

Thanks, Michele, didn't think to look down in the Christine forum.

Originally Posted by Ulpian

Quote:
"Well I always had a bit of a penchant for Mystery To Me. I loved a lot of Bob Welch's songs, but I'm afraid it's a distinct third place to Rumours with the White album sitting at second place."

Maybe it's a British turn of phrase, but to my ear "I loved a lot of Bob Welch's songs, but it's a distinct third place to Rumours" sounds ambiguous, like she meant Rumours is in third place.

It does sound a bit confusing. Maybe she said it differently, but in the article it was worded in a different way.

[Macfanforever]

I have a tossup between Tango and Rumours and Mirage..I do miss her in the band .


What gets me is those tunes of Christine's should of done better on the charts like Dreams did..

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Ulpian

Maybe it's a British turn of phrase, but to my ear "I loved a lot of Bob Welch's songs, but it's a distinct third place to Rumours" sounds ambiguous, like she meant Rumours is in third place.

I think American and British usage is the same on this one. But yes, of course, you're right that interpretation depends on language style and usage for each listener or reader.

To me, when you place second or third TO anything that thing is in the number one position, whether it's a sports contest or beauty pageant. Anything that comes in "to it" is a runner up.

Otherwise, she would have said, "Rumours comes in at distinct third place," if she meant that Mystery to Me was #1.

Michele

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I think American and British usage is the same on this one. But yes, of course, you're right that interpretation depends on language style and usage for each listener or reader.

To me, when you place second or third TO anything that thing is in the number one position, whether it's a sports contest or beauty pageant. Anything that comes in "to it" is a runner up.

Otherwise, she would have said, "Rumours comes in at distinct third place," if she meant that Mystery to Me was #1.

Michele

I agree. I don't see anything ambiguous about it. Seems pretty clear MTM is 3rd place.

[Ulpian]

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

I agree. I don't see anything ambiguous about it. Seems pretty clear MTM is 3rd place.

As I say, it's perhaps a turn of phrase in my part of Britain that threw up the ambiguity for me.

[jbrownsjr]

As of now, TITN leads. wow..

[redbird]

Not to say TITN shouldn't be leading (votes are votes) but in fairness, the Rumours-era albums have way more exposure, some of the earlier album (MTM? Heroes?) couldn't even be properly supported because of the fake Fleetwood Mac fiasco.

TITN had, like, 6-7 singles released from it, which is incredible and a testament to its appeal no doubt. But there are also more factors there I think, and maybe things would look different if the catalog had more even exposure. I know my opinion would have been different a few years ago, before I had given myself time to get to know the early 70's albums.

(Not that everyone would love them, but some people might!)

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by redbird

Not to say TITN shouldn't be leading (votes are votes) but in fairness, the Rumours-era albums have way more exposure, some of the earlier album (MTM? Heroes?) couldn't even be properly supported because of the fake Fleetwood Mac fiasco.

TITN had, like, 6-7 singles released from it, which is incredible and a testament to its appeal no doubt. But there are also more factors there I think, and maybe things would look different if the catalog had more even exposure. I know my opinion would have been different a few years ago, before I had given myself time to get to know the early 70's albums.

(Not that everyone would love them, but some people might!)

What were the 6-7 singles? I remember

Big Love
Seven Wonders
Little Lies
Everywhere

were there other 45's?