Rename the 1975 album.

DownOnRodeo · #1 11-08-2003, 10:13 PM

OK, so it was called Fleetwood Mac, it was self titled, it was eponymously named, it was White, it was the one before Rumours...

About time the 'white album' got a memorable name in league with 'Rumours', 'Mirage' and 'Tango in the Night' etc. ?

It could be the first word or phrase that comes to mind when you think of those songs, it could be one of the song titles, it could be a number!

Go for it!

(If there is a lot of suggestions we could poll the most popular or repeated ones!)

squealy · #2 11-08-2003, 10:22 PM

I suppose Landslide, Crystal or World Turning would all work as album titles.

Johnny Stew · #3 11-08-2003, 10:39 PM

Around my Freshman year in high school, my friend, Deana, and I would short-handedly refer to it as 'Crystal.'
It was an easy point of reference, since Mick's holding a crystal ball on the cover, of course, and the album contains the song "Crystal."

It was only later that I found out that other fans (and the band) referred to it as "the white album."

Gypsy · #4 11-08-2003, 10:54 PM

...Love Me

*cough*

Seriously, I think it would have been a great title. But then again, if they'd named that first album, "Say You Love Me", they really couldn't have been able to call this recent one "Say You Will", now could they?

The Chain · #5 11-08-2003, 11:52 PM

Will You Ever Win

To Long;?

xdreamsunwindx · #6 11-09-2003, 01:05 AM

I like 'Message in Your Eyes'... not sure why though... lol.

darklinensuit · #7 11-09-2003, 01:35 AM

How about:

- Beardless Mick in Ugly Freakin' Album Cover Photo
- Now We Have TWO Hot Blonds
- The Album BEFORE Her Voice Will Change!

Seriously, I like titles that come from song lines rather than titles. How about:

- Mirror in the Sky (Landslide)
- Seasons to Handle (Landslide)
- Faces of Love (Crystal)
- Back Where I Belong (World Turning, and ironic for a new Mac lineup)
- Forever Love (Warm Ways)
- The Rain and The Sun (I'm So Afraid)
- On or Off the Road to Paradise (Blue Letter)

Finally, these might just be approprite:

- Triumvirate
(Now that there was a power trio of singer/songwriters)
- Incarnation
(The Mac had already had a bunch of lives)

- Jake

goldie · #8 11-09-2003, 09:33 AM

I bet they didn't give it a name (besides FM) because they couldn't agree on one!! Not that they fought about it, because at that point they had really just met each other and were probably just trying to make everyone happy to some degree. They didn't want to favor any one person by letting their song title be the name of the album, maybe?

I like Crystal because of the crystal ball on the cover. But then naming the album after a song from the two newest members might not have felt right at first (?)

No one likes Rhiannon as a title?

Gypsy · #9 11-09-2003, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by darklinensuit
How about:

- Beardless Mick in Ugly Freakin' Album Cover Photo
- Now We Have TWO Hot Blonds
- The Album BEFORE Her Voice Will Change!

Hey Jake,
Too Funny!

Quote:

- Back Where I Belong (World Turning, and ironic for a new Mac lineup)
- On the Road to Paradise (Blue Letter)

I do like 'Back Where I Belong' and 'On the Road to Paradise' or 'Road to Paradise'. (They were about to enter the road to paradise with the breakthrough of Rumours, right?)

Quote:

- Incarnation
(The Mac had already had a bunch of lives)

- Jake [/B]

I really would have liked 'Incarnation' as the title for the latest 2003 album. Really good!

DownOnRodeo · #10 11-09-2003, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by goldie
I bet they didn't give it a name (besides FM) because they couldn't agree on one!! Not that they fought about it, because at that point they had really just met each other and were probably just trying to make everyone happy to some degree. They didn't want to favor any one person by letting their song title be the name of the album, maybe?

I think you are spot on.

I'd never thought of it that way before.

jwd · #11 11-09-2003, 11:18 AM

If I'd rename the lp I would title it "Over My Head". It was the first single from The White Album and would have been a good marketing tool, to a degree, to promote the album. The song is also indicative of the bittersweetness the band had experienced in their past(the highs and the lows). And from a premonitory stance, what was yet to come! Also from a comical viewpoint, I could just envision John thinking about Mick on the front cover; "DUDE, YOU'RE WAY OVER MY HEAD"!

But mostly, I just like it as a title to the album.

Joe

strandinthewind · #12 11-09-2003, 01:29 PM

Choo Choo Makes the Sound of the Money Train Fast Approachin' "

Seriously, I think they chose "Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac" to stress they were still FM as long as John and Mick and, to a lesser extent Chris, were there. Sort of like a new beginning. Having said that, I would have chosen Rhainnon, which I know would never have happened, but it is a cool title and looks cool in prose.

DownOnRodeo · #13 11-09-2003, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jwd
If I'd rename the lp I would title it "Over My Head". It was the first single from The White Album

Ah yes, good thinking. I'd say this was a major contender at the time.

HomerMcvie · #14 11-09-2003, 01:53 PM

I think World Turning would've been a great album title. Both descriptive of the personnel changes in the band, and, unknowingly, a forewarning of the rollercoaster ride they were about to encounter. If you consider the political climate in this Watergate era, it makes even more sense.

jwd · #15 11-09-2003, 02:08 PM

Blue Letters From Crappy Bathrooms

Joe