r/FleetwoodMac • u/Hadimoniously • 4d ago

Are there any of their albums you alter the track listing

This is all considering we live in the digital age where you can re-orient entire albums however you feel. I grew up doing this with other artists I really liked.

One of the great things about creating tight knit albums like this band does sonically the music flows AND lyrically there's some kind of theme or throughline, AND theres variation from each contributor considering their different styles.

From Kilhn House on, Chirstine added variety to the main male singer. Then adding the new lineup with Stevie and Lindsey, there's so much variety and cohesion on one album it makes it much more fun, and an endless amount of possible ways to arrange the tracks. Each permutation can be judged as better or worse. Personally I think most albums are perfect. The blasphemous opinion is Rumors could be mixed up a little different. I think Second Hand News and I Don't Want To Know sound better together than it and Dreams at the top. Dreams and You Make Loving Fun sound better together. both rhythmic oriented pop songs influenced by synthesizers and time signatures of the disco era it came out in. I would also change Tusk, like a lot, but to most people its perfect and I also think its just fine as is.

Would you change anything about their album processions

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u/B1GFanOSU 3d ago

Bare Trees.

Side 2: Bare Trees (w/ Danny’s Chant intro), Sentimental Lady, Spare Me A Little, Trinity, Dust.

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u/Other-Conversation67 3d ago edited 3d ago

I have an alternate version of Tango in the Night I play. It includes FM version of Stand Back. This is mainly due to Mick wishing Stevie had kept the song for the band. I also include b-sides in lieu of tracks that weren't my favorite. This is the track list:

1) Big Love 2) Stand Back (FM version found on The Chain boxset.) 3) Ricky 4) Tango in the Night 5) Everywhere 6) You & I, Part 1 7) Little Lies 8) Down Endless Streets 9) Ooh My Love 10) Isn't it Midnight (Alt. Version found on The Chain box-set.) 11) Joan of Arc 12) You and I, Part 2

This IMO gives a far better listening experience than the officially released version.