Best and Worst Set of Songs From Each Vocalist?

[elle]

interesting topic. i think i'll approach it a bit differently than others and generalize a bit beyond just specific albums:

Lindsey

his strongest set of songs, both musically and lyrically, i feel is the GOS/SYW period - which was really the mid to late 90s. i guess that coincides with the period in his life when he finally cleaned up and got re-rooted. songs he wrote for the originally GOS that ended up scattered on SYW, UTS and GOS were incredibly strong set of songs (and what makes SYW such a great album, beyond poppiness and adult comtemporariness of your mainstream Rumours-era FM. i feel Lindsey's 2nd best periods are Seeds (2010-2011) and Tusk periods. beyond those 2, he had individual or 2-songs flashes (like SHN and GYOW pair) but not the whole sets like during GOS, SWS and Tusk.

his weakest song set - a lot of Mirage and Tango. lazy lyrics, music drawing from periods that i don't care about.


Christine

strongest - Rumours and Tango, but as others have said, Christine is very consistent and dependable in her craft, so it's hard to really tell. she is definitely McCartney of FM. amazing hooks and pop craft, and some really interesting bluesy songs. she never let down to this day.

weakest - this is so hard for Christine, much easier for the other 2. maybe White album? i LOVE Say You Love Me, but don't really care for her other songs there much. and, while some of her lyrics are extremely beautiful or interesting, a lot of them are very bland and in your face.


Stevie

strongest - end of her BN era through maybe 1976 or so. most of her strongest songs were written then, including Landslide, Rhiannon, etc. - before she joined FM. even her most recent albums heavily draw from the songs written in this period. she was incredibly prolific then, writing some very interesting stuff, and i don't know whether it was drugs, rnr lifestyle, becoming a star or what that messed with her inspiration, but other than flashes of a song here and there, she never ever was able to even nearly reach this period again. she became molded into a highly successful commercial artist, selling her witchy fairy rock queen persona to go with her commercial pop songs, but it seems that early 20s inspiration never struck again.

weakest - i guess Tango because at the time she was not even trying to pull out and rework some of her old songs, but after Tusk it was really all downhill.