Favorite FM album after Stevie and Lindsey Joined

[FierySequences]

[QUOTE=louielouie2000;1071946]Tusk is heads and tails ahead of the rest. That album truly changed the way I view & enjoy music.

I probably listen to the Live '80 album most these days, though. It's such a moment in time, and has a great flow & energy.[/QUOTE]

really great live recording!

[Blueletter18]

Good idea for a poll! Here is my ranking:

Tusk
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Mirage
Say You Will
Tango in the Night
Live
Time
The Dance
Live in Boston
Behind the Mask

[On Ice]

Could any other album but Tusk top the list?

TUSK!
Rumours
Live, '80
White Album
Say You Will
Mirage
The Dance
Tango In the Night
Behind the Mask
Time (is this really Fleetwood Mac or a band that Clifford Davis assembled?

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by On Ice

Time (is this really Fleetwood Mac or a band that Clifford Davis assembled?

Stupidest comment ever. If it was an attempt at a joke, it was a bomb, and a horrible one at that.

Band that sued Cliff Davis: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, and Bob Welch.

Time band: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Billy Burnette, Bekka Bramlett, and Dave Mason.

Seems like mostly the same band to me.

[moon]

MIRAGE!! I'm listening to it right now

Then...

- Live
- Tusk
- Say You Will
- The Dance
- The White Album
- Tango In The Night
- Rumours
- Behind the Mask and Time

[WildHearted]

If I had to rank them.

1) Tusk
2) Rumours
3) White Album
4) Say You Will / Mirage / Tango
5) Behind the Mask
6) Time

My top three are definitely those, although I love them all almost equally and it was hard to put them into an order. I love Say You Will exempting 1 or 2 songs (and then 1 or 2 songs that I think are better live), for some reason I just can't say I love it quite as much as those first three.. And then with Mirage and Tango, I don't love all of the songs, but the songs I do love, I love QUITE a lot.

Nothing on Behind the Mask stands out to me.

And then I don't really like Time at all.

I am not including The Dance or Live because those aren't studio albums. For the record, I adore them both.

[On Ice]

Stupidest comment ever. If it was an attempt at a joke, it was a bomb, and a horrible one at that.

Thanks Steve, I'll remember to keep it serious from now on.

[elle]

i can't include any of the band albums after Lindsey left because i've never heard them, and i would count live albums separately.

so of 6 studio albums with Lindsey, here is my order:

Tusk
Say You Will
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Mirage / Tango

i voted for Tusk when this poll first came out and it's definitely #1 on my list, but now i feel bad i didn't vote for SYW because i love it and it needs some votes, while Tusk (i'm really pleasantly surprised!) has tons already.

[elle]

Originally Posted by On Ice

Thanks Steve, I'll remember to keep it serious from now on.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Time band: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Billy Burnette, Bekka Bramlett, and Dave Mason.

Seems like mostly the same band to me.

But you know even Dave Mason said he felt like he was in a cover band.

Michele

[The Chain]

Tusk (obviously.. it's simply their best in my opinion, has the most depth. A work of art.)

Rumours - never understood why some people let the fact that it has become so overblown affect their opinion of the actual music.. Timeless, great songs, stellar production.

Tango - *this one is tricky.. I'm thinking of my personal version of Tango, which includes all the B-sides, Joan of Arc (which I know some people argue isn't a mac demo, but to my ears, theres no question.. the production screams Lindsey) and omits a few songs that made it onto the actual album.

Say You Will - Again, I'm using my SYW playlist as the reference here. Omits a few Lindsey & Stevie songs, includes Not Make Believe.

Fleetwood Mac & Mirage are pretty much tied- both have songs I love, songs I don't care for, and both represent Lindsey at his weakest (songwriting, not production) if you ask me. That said...Rhiannon, Over My Head, Say You Love Me, I'm So Afraid & Crystal & Landslide . Gypsy, Eyes of The World, Hold Me, Straight Back & Book of Love

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by michelej1

But you know even Dave Mason said he felt like he was in a cover band.

For the live shows, absolutely. However, they played like maybe one show after the album's release, so there was really no point in playing a bunch of songs that weren't available. I was frustrated that I had to wait a month for "Dreaming The Dream" back in 1995. Ideally, in a ten to twelve song set, they should have done no more than three or four old Mac songs and one old Mason song and focus the rest of the set on new material, but why bother with no album out?

The band that released "Time" more resembled the band that had to fight to use its name than the current version of Fleetwood Mac. The core of the band -Mick, John, and Christine- was the same in 1995 as it was in 1971. That's why I've never gotten this "I don't consider [Time] a 'real' Fleetwood Mac album" schtick. Really? So, "Future Games", "Bare Trees", "Penguin", "Mystery To Me", and "Heroes Are Hard To Find" weren't "real" Fleetwood Mac albums?

[Dreamz19]

Tusk
Rumours
Tango (sometimes Tango is my second place choice)
SYW
Fleetwood Mac
Mirage
Time
BTM

[MacShadowsBall]

Unlike most Ledgies, I don't care for the Tusk album. Lindsey's Mac songs are always my least favorite on every Mac album, too much of his songs on this album (I know, I know running time it's about equal per Lindsey/Stevie/Christine). Plus Christine's Tusk songs are so boring! While I love Sisters and Angel, one person can't carry a whole album for me.

I'm voting for three albums - '75 FM, Rumours, and Tango in the Night. Strong output from Christine on all three albums and Stevie's vocal really shines on Dreams and Gold Dust Woman. Tango has a nice cohesive '80's sound to it.

[Sleepless-Child]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Tusk is heads and tails ahead of the rest. That album truly changed the way I view & enjoy music.

I probably listen to the Live '80 album most these days, though. It's such a moment in time, and has a great flow & energy.

This. Tusk is not just an album to me, it's the reason why i love music the way i do, why i always need to know everything about it. Before i heard Tusk (and its background story), i was not only clueless about the way songs were recorded, but also about what was going on in music during the late 70's. Tusk was the reason i started to listen to The Clash and Joy Division, but also The Beach Boys and The Beatles' White Album.
I played Tusk, and i watched the Tusk documentary, and i read about Tusk, and nowadays it has simply become the reason why i don't really listen to Fleetwood Mac anymore, aside from this record. Tusk, with its multiple influences, made me realize that there was better music out there. And now i constantly look for new things (but to be fair i always get back to FM). I'm not kidding. I actually can explain how every album i listen to is somehow related to Tusk (yes, even the rap ones). Tusk is, in my mind, the mother of all albums.