you told me to...future games

[littlewolf]

when i joined this board,my first posting was on favorite pre -75 album.
all i really wanted was for you to confirm my thought that i should buy kiln house,but no,you thought it´d be better to get future games.
now i have and here´s my opinion on it:
color of the sleeve is light green although i thought it should´ve been yellow.
maybe it´s been released on several colors.
back cover has got pictures of all members except john mcvie which is replaced by a picture of penguin,the first time?
it doesn´t include any writing credits,which is very annoying,
sleevenotes mention lay it all down as bob welch song,show me a smile christine song and including three danny songs woman of 1000 years,sometimes,sands of time. my guess is all songs are single credits,
at least danny always wrote alone and christine often.
the songs:
woman of 1000 years
lenght 5.28 not 8.20 like the sleeve says,lenghts are almost every time wrong.
opens with acoustic intro,song is build upon acoustic guitars,electric giving color,song has a spacey feeling. there´s no drums and only little percussion.
danny´s voice is either doubletracked or or with himself on backing vocals all the time.
morning rain
opens with piano,lenghty intro before christine´s voice comes on.
after about 1 minute tempo picks up and bob welch´s guitar becomes more prominent,christine plays excellent boogie piano,but it´s low in the mix.
mick´s drums are almost inaudible in the mix,you can hear cymbals and hi-hat.
what a shame
john perfect (is it chris´relative?)on sax which is the lead instrument on this instrumental. to me this sounds as if it is just a piece of jam,cut to make it as a song. muddy mix.
future games
electric guitar intro,half whispered vocals,on chorus vocals are semi falsetto and layered so that i can´t hear the words.
guitar paints wonderful atmosphere like on woman of 1000 years only this time with electric guitars.bob welch on vocals
sands of time
intro fades in,thudding rhythm,not really moving until 2 min. into the song when mick changes rhythm.
danny´s vocals seem bit uninspired,guitar work is very good throughout the song.
sometimes
country tinged intro,christine´s piano most upfront so far.
danny uses bit more power on vocals than on others.
piano and slide guitar keep country flavors on top though rhythmically it´s not a country song.
best song on the album!
lay it all down
guitar or distoted bass intro,john bass is buried under rhythm guitar.
most rocking song on the album,this is the strenght of album,when other songs stand by lesser songs,it gives them legitimacy,on singles these kinda songs would be a throwaways.
it´s good to have a faster song on the album to liven it up a bit,but otherwise not very good song.
show me a smile
christine´s electric piano is barely noticable,but i love those little bits you can hear here and there.
lyrically it´s written to a baby boy,very touching.i wonder does she have a sister who would´ve had a baby about that time?
christine´s melodic sense is already in place,but her songs are similar to danny´s.
on bare trees her own style is more developed as are her vocals.
in my opinion her vocals and songwriting and looks became evermore better as the years progressed.

so there you go,NOW then,do you think i should get mystery to me or kiln house?