Buckingham McVie - First Impressions - Rank the Songs

[elle]

argh i should have saved reviews i posted before but here's another try!

my ranking:


EXTTREME LOVE for these: (extremely happy to have these songs!)

LOVE IS HERE TO STAY - Rock Away Blind meets She Acts Like You, gorgeous natural vocal, gorgeous guitar picking that never reaches the sublime guitar picking gorgeousness levels in Rock Away Blind, especially outro, but I actually like the melodic verses and chorus a bit better.
LAY DOWN FOR FREE – Your typical soft Fleetwood mac-y Lindsey at his best, but with gorgeous natural vocal
ON WITH THE SHOW - Gorgeous natural vocal from Lindsey, especially in verses

LOVE these:

RED SUN – this song is like a far better version of Say You Will, building off Christine’s superior melodic and musical abilities. When I first heard the whole song lalalalalalas at the end about ruined it for me but now I’m back to ignoring that part and loving this song like a guilty pleasure it is.
CARNIVAL BEGIN - nice marriage of ISA background from Lindsey, Mick and John with some nice additional drums from Mick and Christine’s slower Tusk songs, with bets of slower melodic Christine weaved through the song ending up in a song that’s superior to her slower Tusk songs. I love her happiness in rejoining FM and uplifting new lease on life that’s so clearly coming through here.

LIKE these:

TOO FAR GONE – mashup of Tusk, Wrong and World Turning that resulted in a nice fun bluesy track, but not quite reaching the level of greatness that is World Turning.
FEEL ABOUT YOU – we already discussed this one a lot. Crafty Christine pop songs that sounds a bit like a musical and a bit schmaltzy, yet there’s a lot to enjoy here.

just OK:

GAME OF PRETEND – Songbird meets some schmaltz, sometimes I’m in a mood to listen through it, other times not, but some nice piano, guitar, and h typical warm Christine singing.

Can't stand:

IN MY WORLD – Still have utter disdain for this one.

Non-ranked but LOVE nevertheless:

SLEEPING AROUND THE CORNER – since I knew and loved this song for years, as your typical Fleetwood Mac-y pop-crafting Lindsey (which made all the sense for not adding it as a solo album track on Seeds), I can’t rank it with the new songs I just heard for the first time.