Biggest studio album mistake?

[becca]

I'm curious... what do people consider the worst track on all the pre-1975 studio recorded albums? That track you'd pull off completely, that goes deliberately unlistened to?

I avoid For Your Love and Mrs Scarriot's recitation myself, but I'm not sure there is anything original written by a member? Have FM ever been actually uninteresting or just plain bad? Usually they suffer from an embarassment of riches having to leave things off an album.

[macfan 57]

I think both of Dave Walker's songs on Penguin were mistakes. I don't like either song & I think Dave Walker was out of place in Fleetwood Mac, as a number of band members(Mick & Chris) have said in interviews over the years. There is really nothing else I would fault them for during the 1970's...from Kiln House to Tusk.

[brightfire]

Thoughts On A Grey Day, Roadrunner, and I don't know what to think of The Derelict. It's the weirdest Fleetwood Mac song ever.

[Karlie]

Originally Posted by brightfire

Thoughts On A Grey Day, Roadrunner, and I don't know what to think of The Derelict. It's the weirdest Fleetwood Mac song ever.

I actually love The Derelict. And I sometimes even listen to Thoughts On A Grey Day, just because it's so funny and weird.

[becca]

I love The Derelict too; it's a great blues piece and great to hear Dave Walker getting to do an original. Maybe for some though Dave is like having Bob Seger join Queen, I don't know, but I treasure that track. I have never warmed up to the Road Runner thing though because it seems unfinished. Now if it could've been the Jonathan Richman Road Runner... and generally I can never get up a lot of excitement for most white guy covers of black American stuff when I have and like the original. But if you get to hear Fats Domino doing Lady Madonna or Little Richard covering Freedom Blues... Ooooohweee.