IYD - Rank the Songs

[tothegypsy]

I'm not ready to rank all the songs, but I will say that New Orleans and Soldier's Angel are the clunkers. Maybe donate those songs to charity compilations?

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by tabruns

Actually yes they do. Plate tectonics push mountains upward. They grow.

Actually, no, they don't grow. I know how mountains are formed, just as you said, but that is not "growing", rather it is "pushing." Besides when was the last time Mt. Shasta "grew" from current measurements?

KarmaContestant has the right idea.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by Richard B

I have an issue with her singing "mountains grow tall". Mountains don't grow.

Apparently nobody told that to Stevie's bra all through the 1980s.


- Jake

[DefDumbandBlond]

Mine in order of favorite to least.

Ghosts Are Gone
Wide Sargasso Sea
Moonlight
In Your Dreams
Annabel Lee
Italian Summer
Secret Love
New Orleans
Everybody Loves You
Cheaper Than Free
You May Be The One
Soldier's Angel
For What It's Worth

I haven't heard the full version of My Heart yet so I don't know where to put it.

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Actually, no, they don't grow. I know how mountains are formed, just as you said, but that is not "growing", rather it is "pushing." Besides when was the last time Mt. Shasta "grew" from current measurements?

KarmaContestant has the right idea.

Pfeh, this is semantics. In geological timeframes mountains get larger if they're being pushed (as you said) by plate tectonics, but in common usage people do constantly refer to mountains "growing", even in scientific literature: "Studying growth of Himalyan mountains..." http://www.research.vt.edu/resmag/20...mountains.html

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by DefDumbandBlond

I haven't heard the full version of My Heart yet so I don't know where to put it.

I was just going to say, I hope people will start adding it to their rankings. For me, it's her worst release since the late 1980s, so a very distant last place. I am so glad it did not make the 'real' album, and I thank her for that.

- Jake

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by tothegypsy

I'm not ready to rank all the songs, but I will say that New Orleans and Soldier's Angel are the clunkers. Maybe donate those songs to charity compilations?

these were two that I was dreading but I have to say I really like them.They and For What It's Worth and Annabel are the songs that sound the most like prime era Fleetwood Mac songs IMO.

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

these were two that I was dreading but I have to say I really like them.They and For What It's Worth and Annabel are the songs that sound the most like prime era Fleetwood Mac songs IMO.

I agree....I think "New Orleans", "For What It's Worth" , "Annabel Lee" and "Moonlight" all sound like lost or coulda been Mac songs.

"Soldier's Angel" could be....I think of it more like a BuckinghamNicks song.

[jeffd8382]

I will also use LikeAWillow's system of dividing the songs into different tiers... (great idea! )

Tier One (these are tied for favorites):

1. Moonlight
2. Annabel Lee
3. Secret Love

Tier Two (these I am liking a lot!):

4. In Your Dreams
5. Everybody Loves You
6. Wide Sargasso Sea

Tier Three (these I like, but will probably need to grow on me some):

7. Italian Summer
8. You May Be The One
9. Ghosts Are Gone
10. New Orleans
11. My Heart

Tier Four (these ones just don't do much for me.. yet anyways):

12. Soldier's Angel
13. Cheaper Than Free
14. For What It's Worth

[WildHeart69]

Ok, this was tough, and it varies with every listen. I think I would have Secret Love at number 5 if it hadnt been released so much earlier, I think there is some novelty for a lot of these songs still so, again, this changes constantly

1. Moonlight
2. For What its Worth
3. Wide Sargasso Sea
4. Italian Summer
5. Anabel Lee
6. In Your Dreams
7. Secret Love
8. Everybody loves you
9. Cheaper Than Free
10. Ghosts are Gone
11. New Orleans
12. You May be the One (just havent listened to it enough I think...)
13. Soldier's Angel

[Japhry]

The absolute best for me:

1. For What It's Worth
2. Soldier's Angel
3. In Your Dreams
4. New Orleans
5. Annabel Lee
6. Italian Summer

Very good:

7. Moonlight
8. Wide Sargasso Sea
9. Ghosts Are Gone
10. You May Be The One
11. Everybody Loves You

not so fond of:

12. Secret Love
13. Cheaper Than Free

[IKV Nexis]

Hmmm Lets see....

1- Secret Love - Love it!!!
2- For What It's Worth - Love it!!!
3- In Your Dreams - Like it a lot (Is it me or did I detect a hint of Tom Petty?)
4- Wide Sargasso Sea - Love it!!!
5- New Orleans - Like it (but not as much-Need to listen to it again)
6- Moonlight - Don't care for it (I think one of the main reasons is that I'm utterly fed up with vampires. I wonder if they had taken out that part of the title I may have liked it better?)
7- Annabel Lee - Love It!!
8- Soldier's Angel - All right (maybe it will grow on me)
9- Everybody Loves You - All right
10- Ghosts Are Gone - Nope sorry
11- You May Be The One - OK
12- Italian Summer - NO Sorry not my taste at all
13- Cheaper Than Free - Sigh, sorry again nope.

Of course this is only my first go through so we will see if it grows on me after a few repeat listening.

[Villavic]

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but I hear Stevie's voice.. younger. I don't mean it's getting like in the Rumours era, but when I listen, specially Secret Love, it sounds like a far more younger woman, better than in Say you Will.

[jeffd8382]

Originally Posted by Japhry

The absolute best for me:

1. For What It's Worth

I'm glad a lot of people are liking "For What It's Worth"... it actually frustrates me that I can't get into it at all, and I just can't figure out why exactly. I think the chorus evades me as though it doesn't exist when I listen, and the one note melody that begins the verses doesn't really agree with me either. I do like the guitar riff and the overall production has a very nice early to mid-70's folk/rock sound, which is probably the reason why I want to like this one so much.

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by IKV Nexis

Hmmm Lets see....

1- Secret Love - Love it!!!
2- For What It's Worth - Love it!!!
3- In Your Dreams - Like it a lot (Is it me or did I detect a hint of Tom Petty?)
4- Wide Sargasso Sea - Love it!!!
5- New Orleans - Like it (but not as much-Need to listen to it again)
6- Moonlight - Don't care for it (I think one of the main reasons is that I'm utterly fed up with vampires. I wonder if they had taken out that part of the title I may have liked it better?)
7- Annabel Lee - Love It!!
8- Soldier's Angel - All right (maybe it will grow on me)
9- Everybody Loves You - All right
10- Ghosts Are Gone - Nope sorry
11- You May Be The One - OK
12- Italian Summer - NO Sorry not my taste at all
13- Cheaper Than Free - Sigh, sorry again nope.

Of course this is only my first go through so we will see if it grows on me after a few repeat listening.

Just call it "Moonlight" and ignore the subtitle. Most of us are.