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Originally posted by louielouie2000
MTM was just an incredible album though! Every song was worth its weight in gold and then some! My second fav Mac album (behind Tusk). Of course the only pre '75 albums I have are Kiln House, Bare Trees, Mystery To Me, and Heroes are Hard to Find, so as I collect more, my vote may change!  -Louie
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MTM rocks!!! I'm glad that there are other people here who give Bob Welch the respect that he deserves as one of the Mac's most influential musicians. He was the Lindsey Buckingham of the band back then, writing most of the songs and willing to take those creative leaps. Both MTM and Tusk are rather experimental albums (probably Tusk more so), but what MTM has that Tusk doesn't is cohesiveness. The entire album flows better than any other Mac album and the nearly perfect production is rivaled only by Rumours. Bob Weston is heard on this album; although he is somewhat disliked for having an affair with Mick's wife which nearly caused the band to break up during the MTM tour, his guitar playing complements Bob Welch's nicely. Christine also shines on this album, but unlike her post-1975 work, this is a BLUES album. Her voice is perfectly designed for blues singing, and it rings clearer here than it does on her later work. Just listen to "Why" and "Believe Me." Christine is always and forever a blues artist; although she made the transition to pop in 1975, many of her greatest pop songs (Don't Stop, World Turning, Say You Love Me, Over and Over, Brown Eyes, etc.) retain a distinctive blues sound to them.
In terms of other pre-1975 albums, they're all worth a listen, but if you can't get a hold of all of them (as most of them are damn near impossible to find on CD here in the US), nobody's Mac collection should be without MTM, Bare Trees, Kiln House, Then Play On, and English Rose. I hate to say this, but many of the unofficial live albums featuring the original lineup are not worth the money. Not that there's anything wrong with the music, but on most of them the sound quality is far less than you'd expect.
***myndpeace***