If you had to choose: MIRAGE vs. TANGO IN THE NIGHT

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

My comment still stands. ^^ This only supports it.

From Miss Sandy C.

Were you on any of the FM offshoot boards circa 2007? Where my literal board name was Sandy. C...

Good times.

[Wdm6789]

Love both albums, but I’m going to have to go with Tango. Lindsey and Christine really did an excellent job with this album. I wish Stevie’s contributions to Tango were more on par with her contributions to the previous four album, but Seven Wonders and Welcome to the Room Sara are good enough.

Mirage, I really like every song by all three songwriters, but Tango is a little more my style. Tango has a great 80s glamour rock/pop/new wave sound but it’s also distinctively Fleetwood Mac. Mirage was a great transitional album from the 70s to the 80s, but it is a little more tame and soft. Tango is sharper and harder.

But Hold Me and Gypsy are two of my favorite songs and Gypsy is one of the most beautiful songs ever.

[Villavic]

It's an interesting poll and the technical tie proves it. I think it would be pointless to compare these albums with Tusk or Rumours, but a poll of these 80s albums and its unpredictable result is very very interesting.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Villavic

It's an interesting poll and the technical tie proves it. I think it would be pointless to compare these albums with Tusk or Rumours, but a poll of these 80s albums and its unpredictable result is very very interesting.

Like Tony said, "I'm glad we have both of them." And Christine shined on both albums. She just kept getting stronger and stronger in whatever genre they were tackling.

[jbrownsjr]

TBT: Traveling with Fleetwood Mac in London in April of 1987 in support of the band's new album "Tango In The Night", (produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut). I got a chance to snap this photo of happy Fleetwood Mac managers Dennis Dunstan and John Courage, Mick Fleetwood, and Christine McVie, receiving gold records for "Tango", and a multi-platinum record for "Rumors", from Martin, head of their English label. That night there was a celebration with good food and plenty of drink that lasted into the wee hours of the morning. As the sun began to come up, Mick took me for a guided limo tour of some of his old London haunts. He showed me clubs he had played in, and drove through his old neighborhood past his house and the garage where he practiced his drums. He told me about playing drums in the garage as a teenager and his neighbor, keyboardist Pete Bardens, showing up to check out what all the racket was about. Pete and Mick played together for a while in early bands, and then Pete went on to form the progressive rock group Camel, and Mick started Fleetwood Mac. In late 1987, when Pete got a solo record deal with Capitol Records, he came to the United States to record and tour. Mick brought him to my recording studio, Nileland in Malibu, CA and introduced us. Pete ended up living at the studio, where we worked on his album together, became great friends, and eventually toured across the country as Pete Bardens and the Speed Of Light Band featuring Mick Fleetwood. ~Dennis Dunstan.

[HomerMcvie]

^^^You beat me to this.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

^^^You beat me to this.

I will always beat you, mommie dearest!

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

From Miss Sandy C.

Were you on any of the FM offshoot boards circa 2007? Where my literal board name was Sandy. C...

Good times.

I was, but don't remember that. Old brain.