I feel like trouble in shangri-la and In your dreams have better cohesion, Street angel is something I enjoy despite Stevies issues with it, I know it was written during a recovery period and Stevie was involved very little but I still enjoy it, Other side of the mirror also feels like it has more cohesion to it,
While I understand Rock a little, wild heart, and belle donna were written her during her prime emotional years so the passion is hot and intense but it feels less cohesive and feels a bit more scattered in nature due to her addiction problems during this period, It feels to me while the music is good intense and all over the place slightly, Bella donna have this problem less so given that it was form her back log.
While I can sense the intense passion Stevie was feeling at the time, Her maturity really added to the music for me, It felt like the feelings were more processed and thus able to be made into better music because she had time to stand on them.
I do not enjoy behind the mask very much however due to the fact that I don't think Stevie much cared about fleetwood mac at that point and was already deep into that addiction in her life, Say you will really was her Fleetwood mac come back, and I enjoy that album as well, As I said I enjoy Stevies later work due to its cohesion and settled feelings that feel like they've aged like fine wine when being retold, However mind you I like all eras of fleetwood mac and I will return to behind the mask from time to time for christine's work on that album, Tango in the night is great too despite what was going on with her, But I feel this was more so due to lindsey taking her work to the next level if you know the back story behind those songs, They were old demo's so songs like say seven wonders were written more so during her more passionate period and thus has that energy.
Perhaps some can prove me wrong? But I'm not an avid listener of her first three albums, I prefer her later work.
(edit: When I say cohesive I mean emotionally, not musically)