Was Mirage an attempt to get back into the Rumours groove?

[jbrownsjr]

I love Mirage and it's quirky little Everly Brothers/Beach Boys/50's influences. I think it's as close to a Buckingham/McVie album as you can get. I love the harmonies and backing vocals. The voices on this album are incredible. The Stevie tunes are excellent as well. I think Christine is everywhere on this album from the keyboards/synths to her vocal work on Straight Back. I think Lindsey did some extra keyboard work, which I always guessed to be the jingle on Can't go Back.

I don't think it sounds anything like Rumours, and honestly Gypsy and Hold Me were really stand out as far as pop songs. I believe Hold Me was released first and I remember thinking... Who is singing that tune it's incredible. Of course when I realized it was FM, I got excited for the album release just as I did Tusk. I was fascinated by the videos (back then we did not get to see their faces whenever we felt like it) there was a lot more mystery as to whom these people were. The Gypsy video was incredible at the time (still is). It (the video) just added to the sort of haunting mystery that was FM. And there was no youtube.. so you had to watch MTV for hours just to see it.

Mirage wasn't toured very much, so it did fall fast but it was a great 3-4 months for FM because they were plastered everywhere from HBO to MTV and the airwaves...