Love for FM circa 1970-1974

[louielouie2000]

I really love the '73-'74 era myself. I feel it's probably the most underrated era in the Mac timeline. The music was just so GOOD! And there was no shortage of material being released, either.

On a song by song basis, Mystery To Me has to be the highest quality album the Mac ever released. Every single song is worth it's weight in gold. What a tight, musically focused band that era was.

I adore Penguin, too. Christine has some wonderfully bopping little songs such as Remember Me, Dissatisfied, and Did You Ever Love Me. I love how Bob Welch's ethereal and metaphysical tracks are juxtaposed against Christine's far more literal ones.

Heroes is great too, in my eyes. I think perhaps my fav Christine song of all is on this one, Prove Your Love. It's such a mystical, beautiful tune. More Bob Welch buttah on this album, too!

Bob Welch is one of my very fav Macsters, and I feel he shined brightest in the '73-'74 era. He took the band in a very philosophical, existential direction during these years... cool, cool music. It was intelligent music that made you ponder the larger schemes of life.