Fleetwood Mac – Mirage, C/D?

Yeah, that record is strange within their discography for the vastness of the gulf between its strongest and its weakest material...

and viewed by the band (and Lindsey) as their one sellout "compromised" recording.

I like how it sounds like 1982 (i.e. the slow fade of the seventies studio rock ethos) yet nods towards a DIY ethic that never really took hold.

"Eyes of the World" and "Hold Me" made my ballot, while "Love in Store" is a fine third single.

ok...I think I love "That's Allright" after all those years: the banjo, Stevie holding those high notes.

oh...the album was #1 exactly thirty years ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RRO5_NkmjU

fucking remaster this already!

^^This.

Continuing my Mac vinyl journey, listened to this one last night and again now. Christine's voice sounds so great here. "That's Alright" wouldn't have sounded out of place on an '80s Roseanne Cash record.

the existing cd sounds good to me. You just have to turn it up bring out the colors. It's a very diaphanous production and I feel like when they remaster it the beefed up kick drum is going to be crushing the life out of those upper mid range silk scarves etc etc

The vinyl is heavenly, and is sadly the end of my Mac excursion in the medium for the time being as my clean-looking TITN is botched ("Little Lies" is skip city).

argh

Stephen T Erlewine
‏@sterlewine

#BREAKING Deluxe editions of Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage out July 29. 2-CD with outtakes & B-sides, 3-CD, 5.1 & LP box that has extra live CD

YES

According to Super Deluxe Edition:

Disc 2
1. Love In Store (Early Version)
2. Suma’s Walk aka Can’t Go Back (Outtake)
3. That’s Alright (Alternate Take)
4. Book of Love (Early Version)
5. Gypsy (Early Version)
6. Only Over You (Alternate Version)
7. Empire State (Early Version)
8. If You Were My Love (Outtake)
9. Hold Me (Early Version)
10. Oh Diane (Early Version)
11. Smile At You (Outtake)
12. Goodbye Angel (Original Outtake)
13. Eyes of the World (Alternate Early Version)
14. Straight Back (Original Vinyl Version)
15. Wish You Were Here (Alternate Version)
16. Cool Water (2016 Remastered)
17. Gypsy (Video Version) [2016 Remastered]
18. Put a Candle In the Window (Run-Through)
19. Teen Beat (Outtake) [2016 Remastered]
20. Blue Monday (Jam)

The 5-disc super deluxe edition:

Disc 3
1. The Chain (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
2. Gypsy (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
3. Love In Store (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982
4. Not That Funny (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
5. You Make Loving Fun (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
6. I’m So Afraid (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
7. Blue Letter (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
8. Rhiannon (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
9. Tusk (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
10. Eyes of the World (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
11. Go Your Own Way (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
12. Sisters of the Moon (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)
13. Songbird (Live at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA October 21-22, 1982)

Disc 4
DVD featuring a 5.1 Surround Mix (by Ken Caillat) and 24/96 Stereo Audio mixes

Disc 5
Vinyl

Annie Zaleski on the making of: http://www.avclub.com/article/fleetwood-macs-mirage-well-crafted-diamond-rough-239731

Surely the outsider's Fleetwood Mac record is Kiln House. Or Penguin? Or...Behind the Mask?

Anyway I love this record, definitely my fav from the Buckingham/Nicks era

Didn't know "Straight Back" was a holdover from Buckingham Nicks, that record shows up again in the guitar hook for Buckingham's "Eyes of the World", stolen from himself off of "Stephanie"

That clip upthread of the demo for "Hold Me" is a brilliant illustration of Buckingham's genius for producing, why didn't that guy produce more records for other people? Not interested? Did no one think to ask?

Doesn't play well with others.

Actually, I had no idea he had a hand in the second Dream Academy album, getting production/writing credits on these two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiJUKZSS9Ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cKK5JTyukE

Surely the outsider's Fleetwood Mac record is Kiln House. Or Penguin? Or...Behind the Mask?

Yeah for such a huge band, they certainly have a lot of forgotten/lost albums. There are still five or six I've never heard and I consider myself a big fan.

Mirage is excellent though.

That clip upthread of the demo for "Hold Me" is a brilliant illustration of Buckingham's genius for producing,

One of my favorite little details on this song is the guitar solo -- the lead guitar starts by holding one high note that decays fairly quickly, so it seems as if the muted, arpeggiated guitar figure is the solo, until the lead guitar comes back in a couple of bars in. Then at the end both of those guitars are joined by these amazingly lush 12-string strums. And yet none of them overwhelms the others and they're all perfectly balanced.

Good review in Uncut:

http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/fleetwood-mac-mirage

Delayed till September, it looks like.

It's September!

Supposed to come out yesterday.

never take your love away

it's out!

this is obvious i guess but this album sounds exquisite

i a/b'd it with the original cd and wow the remaster is kinda incredible

My review of the reissue.

thanks for that!

this is a pretty revelatory remaster, it really brought the music forth and made it shine without overdoing it. Wonder if they'll do the same to Tango in the Night (which doesn't quite measure up)

wow, does indeed seem impressive at first listen

I didn't know a remaster was planned. good surprise !
Such a great album.
it seems the public liked it but not the critics.
I think it's my favourite FM album (with Tusk close behind).

It wasn't disliked by critics, just accepted as "ho-hum, more Mac."

The original Rolling Stone review: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/mirage-19820816

Nice, thanks !
yeah, the stars# doesn't really reflect the article's very light approach on the album.

I am hearing so many new things in this remaster it's almost as if it's been remixed.

yeah this sounds really really good. there are little palm-mute arpeggios in "hold me" that i've NEVER heard before.

Tempting. Already last year's Tusk remaster was revelatory

now had the chance to do a bit of a/b'ing - my old vinyl copy does sound more or less the same... digital remaster a bit... tighter.. perhaps better

but hearing the same details

It's essentially the same but louder. Mirage, indeed.

thanks for that!

― sleeve, Sunday, September 25, 2016

thank you!

Nearing the end of side b of this remaster. Things that stand out---

The many instances of recessed wordless backing harmonies sound more richly colored, like they're oils now instead of watercolors.

This record is so thickly populated with things that click and scrape! Every song has cluckings tappings thumpings most of which are coming from Lindsay's guitar and the attacks of all these little percussive sounds are so clear and palpable, like the abovementioned muted arpeggios on hold me: listen to that pick!

The worlds meekest one note organ sitting in the back of the room on only over you <3

remaster or no, how fantastic is "Gypsy"

how come Stevie's solo demo isn't on this thing

Buckingham heard about ILM's preference for Grimes' "Realiti" demo iirc

if someone had told me Oh Diane was Suicide i'd have believed them. it's a *total* Vega rip! he must have been a fan, i recall he liked his punk-y stuff?

you must think the Grease soundtrack also sounds like Suicide

lol

oh diane is a definite lowlight

gtfo

such an underrated album. also crucial eccojam sample material:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN0czUMRMU8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pukb_scv1Ao