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Fleetwood Mac- After 8 pages I now know that you're a big fan of certain band's later albums that a lot of people often see as weaker efforts and this Fleetwood Mac effort falls into that category. Fleetwood Mac I love with a passion and Lindsey Buckingham has always been a musical hero of mine, so any Mac album without him on post-1975 gets a big thumbs down from me  Behind the Mask is not a bad album it just lacks Lindsey and without him the heart and soul of the band are not really there. Billy Burnette and Rick Vito did a decent job on the album, but neither of these two could find the spark that was needed. The following album was also average but things got back to normal when Lindsey returned on Say You Will which is a very good album. Do you know Lindsey's solo discography? As his second album Go Insane is Lindsey at his best.
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It may seem so, but that's just coincidence. The thing about Fleetwood Mac is that I first got into them via Rumours, then Mirage and then Tango, after which I was hungry for their next album. I personally liked Mask, and the fact that Lindsey B was not there --- though I did remark upon it during the review --- didn't spoil the album for me, or indeed make any difference. MY favourite in FM has always been Stevie!
Say you will was an excellent album, I agree, without question. I haven't heard much of LB's solo material, may check it out at some point. I assume you've heard Stevie's? I had two Christine albums too, they were ok but nothing special.
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Millenium- I don't know this band but I'm very interested in giving them a listen.
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That album just amazed me. Admittedly, the other two were not as good, but for a band I'd never heard of I was just so impressed.
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Mostly Autumn- I've not heard too much of their stuff, but seeing this has now reminded me to give them a listen.
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I spent about half a year listening to Mostly Autumn, exclusively. I had to force myself to turn to other music. They're still one of my favourites; another band who came out of nothing in terms of where I knew them from --- recommendation from allofmp3.com, may ye rest in peace...
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Peter Gabriel- Hahaha I think Us is a very average album also and doesn't come near the quality of the two albums either side of it So and Up, but admittedly I last heard this album about 10 years ago!!! when I listen to Gabriel these days, it still tends to be his Genesis stuff and his first four solo albums.
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SO I can understand: great, great album, but how you can compare UP to it or indeed US is beyond me! I tried and tried to get into that album, (UP) but even after seeing him live on the telly, the songs he performed from it left me totally cold. I was so disappointed with NEW BLOOD too, as you'll see later on --- it won some bad Pollys! I was so sure it was going to be great and in the end the best I can say is it was meh. But I agree the early PG stuff was great, the first three albums --- not so familiar with the fourth --- not to mention Plays Live and of course then So. Ovo is also a fantastic album, and if you haven't heard Passion (the music for the movie "The last temptation of Christ"), seek it out as it is amazing. But I think in recent years Gabriel has begun to lose it, and I'm sorry to have to say that.
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Pink Floyd- Now Division Bell is a great album and I was happy for Gilmour, Wright and Mason, because they demonstrated that they really could produce a great album without Roger Waters, their previous effort A Momentary Lapse of Reason showed that without Waters they weren't really capable, but Division Bell is the business and their best post-The Wall release without a doubt. BTW I was always a fan of Richard Wright and know he often took a confidence battering from Roger Waters.
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I liked Momentary Lapse, though there was a heavy feeling of doom about it, very morose (black prog rock?) and also an idea of "we can make it without Waters" which made it a little strained. Division Bell was definitely much better, more cohesive, more an album made for the enjoyment of it rather than because they were trying to prove a point.
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Ric Ocasek-Now I know his solo stuff really well, Beautitude was always a slow plodding synth based effort with very few highlights, its best track "Jimmy Jimmy" was part of the Heartbeat City tour and always seemed even more polished and speeded up on that tour set, there are some other nice tunes as well, but the whole thing still gets the thumbs down from me and the best thing about the album is actually its name, its such an Ocasek word
Now This Side of Paradise is a different kettle of fish altogether. It's almost like a Heartbeat City pt.2 and stand's as Ocasek's finest solo release, its full of Ocasek classics and most of the songs on here would have gotten on any great Cars album, what's great about this album is the ambient feel it has and Ocasek has got that spot on, on this release. I love the tracks "Look in Your Eyes" which actually features Ben Orr and the final two tracks on the album are what actually elevate the whole thing to classic status "Hello Darkness" written with Greg Hawkes and "This Side of Paradise" the album closer.
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I was surprised by the quality of some of the solo material, though I didnt review ALL his solo albums --- I think he has seven? --- the ones I did I was generally impressed with. Mostly. But doesn't he, and the Cars, shamefully rip off a lot of old melodies, even he doing so with Cars ones on his solos?
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That's all I've got time for now, but next time page 9 and more Ric Ocasek and maybe pt.2 of the NWOBHM.
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Look forward to it!