"The Second Time" is the ONLY song on BTM that I dislike...no, that's not strong enough...I abhor it! It, for me, is Fleetwood Mac's all time WORST song...even worse than Danny Kirwan's "When You Say".
Even "Lizard People" would've been a better choice to end the album.
Well, that said, Rick's "Stand On The Rock" isn't one of his better songs (even from the BTM sessions), but I still kind of like it.
I think the overall mix of the album is kind of muddy...none of the songs have a crisp sound to them. It's almost like listening to it with a couple of blankets thrown over the speakers.
Also, the running order just annoys the hell out of me. My iPod playlist (which also includes a couple of outtakes I felt SHOULD've been on the album...and a couple of songs that were recorded quite a bit earlier that should've been used for an entire album with the then new lineup instead of as "new" songs on a Greatest Hits album):
When The Sun Goes Down
Behind The Mask
Hard Feelings
Freedom
As Long As You Follow
Intuition
Save Me
Paper Doll
Got No Home
Affairs Of The Heart
When It Comes To Love
Skies The Limit
Love Is Dangerous
In The Back Of My Mind
Do You Know?
Lizard People
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Among God's creations, two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes in order not to be separated from the man.---Andres Segovia
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