Mck: FM finishing new album, SN likely not involved

[TheWILDheart]

Originally Posted by jwd

It wasn't supposed to have any new songs on it. They were songs from "the vault". All old songs that never made it to FM or her solo records. That was the theme of the record.

But why did she need to do that? If she was such a prolific songwriter, surely she would have an abundance of songs available to work from and mix with "songs from the vault" as she normally does?

Originally Posted by jwd

Tell that to Tom Petty!

The 2 Tom Petty inspired songs that we know about from the TISL sessions were written in 1995 - 6 years before the album was released. They were already old. Also, the best songs on the album were vault songs, with the exception of "Fall From Grace".