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Originally Posted by aleuzzi
Well, 34 years ago I was really bummed. The album, imo, is their worst.
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My usual two pennyworth on this subject.
A third of a century has not dimmed the sense of despondency I felt when I first listened to it. I first became a fan when Tango came out, and whilst that was a flawed gem, it captivated my interest and I explored the band's history.
And then this. Someone on
Rolling Stone in his review had the nerve to say "what's really funny, though, is that the addition of Rick Vito and Billy Burnette is the best thing to ever happen to Fleetwood Mac." I suppose in the sense that they didn't suffer from schizophrenia, join a cult, or sleep with Mick's wife or descend into a spiral of drink and drugs that might be true. Stevie was terrible on this album, Christine was sub-par and occasionally embarassingly so and seemed to know it.
I didn't know whether to laugh or just stare at the wall to see if doing that was more fulfilling.
Out of the Cradle a couple of years later was a cathartic moment and a hint at what could have been...