Renaming Albums

[BigAl84]

Christine on the making of Mirage (2016):

Well, I don’t think any of us remember a huge amount about it! But I don’t remember there being anything bad about it, how about that [laughs]?

It was extremely odd in the sense that it wasn’t really a studio. It really was a rather beaten-up old castle. We were living in it, and then there was another area that was made to be a studio. And there were wine cellars underneath, which I believe we used as echo chambers. So it was unusual, but it also provided a “come-together” sort of moment. Because we really had no options to do anything else. In Sausalito, at least you were close to restaurants, clubs, whatever. But at the chateau, you were just there. We had the table tennis out, we had some radio-controlled helicopters, we had food cooked for us every night on the premises. … I don’t know, it was like some weird, manic kind of resort or something. But I think we got on really well during the making of the record. The actual recording part of it, there were no particular spats I can think of. And some of the tracks are really good.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by BigAl84

Christine on the making of Mirage (2016):

Well, I don’t think any of us remember a huge amount about it! But I don’t remember there being anything bad about it, how about that [laughs]?

It was extremely odd in the sense that it wasn’t really a studio. It really was a rather beaten-up old castle. We were living in it, and then there was another area that was made to be a studio. And there were wine cellars underneath, which I believe we used as echo chambers. So it was unusual, but it also provided a “come-together” sort of moment. Because we really had no options to do anything else. In Sausalito, at least you were close to restaurants, clubs, whatever. But at the chateau, you were just there. We had the table tennis out, we had some radio-controlled helicopters, we had food cooked for us every night on the premises. … I don’t know, it was like some weird, manic kind of resort or something. But I think we got on really well during the making of the record. The actual recording part of it, there were no particular spats I can think of. And some of the tracks are really good.

Sounds right-ish. Mick recalls "semi-tense" discussions about the direction of the sound for the record because Lindsey wanted a 50s-style Eddie Cochran thing whereas the rest of band wanted to "get back to basics." The sonics of the album suggest a a compromise that tilts a little towards what the rest of the band wanted.

[bwboy]

I remember an interview where they mentioned other names for the Rumours album, but once John mentioned the album should be called Rumours (because of all the rumors going around about them, natch) they all agreed instantly that was the name. It would be interesting if anyone could remember what the other possible names were.

Behind the Mask was originally titled Twist of Fate.

I think, after Rumours, Tusk, and Mirage, Lindsey wanted to end the one word title streak, hence Tango in the Night.

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I remember an interview where they mentioned other names for the Rumours album, but once John mentioned the album should be called Rumours (because of all the rumors going around about them, natch) they all agreed instantly that was the name. It would be interesting if anyone could remember what the other possible names were.

Behind the Mask was originally titled Twist of Fate.

I think, after Rumours, Tusk, and Mirage, Lindsey wanted to end the one word title streak, hence Tango in the Night.

I thought Rumours was originally titled “Yesterday’s Gone?”

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jmn3

I thought Rumours was originally titled “Yesterday’s Gone?”

It was. Rumours is so much more intriguing.

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally Posted by jmn3

I thought Rumours was originally titled “Yesterday’s Gone?”

Instead of decades of confusion as to the spelling of "Rumours", we could have been enjoying decades of confusion about pluralization and apostrophe placement of "Yesterdays".

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

Instead of decades of confusion as to the spelling of "Rumours", we could have been enjoying decades of confusion about pluralization and apostrophe placement of "Yesterdays".

Thank goodness for John! “Skies the Limit” is the most egregious thing Christine McVie ever put out in the world 🤣

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Thank goodness for John! “Skies the Limit” is the most egregious thing Christine McVie ever put out in the world 🤣

It’s funny how some people are irritated by that! The interesting thing is, nowhere in the song does anyone sing “skies the limit.” It only appears in the title. In the song, it’s always “the sky is the limit now” and “oh, the sky is the limit.”

In terms of speaking the title, Skies the Limit rolls off the tongue better than The Sky is the Limit or The Sky’s the Limit.

Is there even such a word as sky’s?

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Thank goodness for John! “Skies the Limit” is the most egregious thing Christine McVie ever put out in the world ��

Musically and editorially.

But then there is the line Stevie gave her for “Oh, Daddy”: “and I can’t walk away from you, baby if I tried”—this is bad grammar. Christine’s original line was grammatical, though less evocative.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I remember an interview where they mentioned other names for the Rumours album, but once John mentioned the album should be called Rumours (because of all the rumors going around about them, natch) they all agreed instantly that was the name. It would be interesting if anyone could remember what the other possible names were.

Behind the Mask was originally titled Twist of Fate.

I think, after Rumours, Tusk, and Mirage, Lindsey wanted to end the one word title streak, hence Tango in the Night.

I thought they were leaning towards Yesterday's Gone before John came up with Rumours.

--Lis

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

I thought they were leaning towards Yesterday's Gone before John came up with Rumours.

--Lis

Yes, you and jmn3 are right, as soon as you guys said that, I recognized it. Yesterday’s Gone is actually a good title and very fitting, but Rumours is the perfect title.

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by bwboy

Yes, you and jmn3 are right, as soon as you guys said that, I recognized it. Yesterday’s Gone is actually a good title and very fitting, but Rumours is the perfect title.

It’s serviceable but not nearly as endearing as Rumours. They pretty much nailed everything having to do with that album.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by jmn3

It’s serviceable but not nearly as endearing as Rumours. They pretty much nailed everything having to do with that album.

Agreed, the title Rumours (with the "u") gives it a certain magic.