A little while ago a friend gently reminded me that I’ve run two consecutive eighties posts, both of which allude to Bret Easton Ellis. Tomorrow we return to new albums and singles. It’s been a fallow week, mind, and I will not publish an opinion on Gaslight Anthem.
In the latest poll I participated in, I voted on the twenty greatest Fleetwood Mac songs. Because I’ve heard little of the Peter Green era material and just a bit more of the queer Bob Welsh-Danny Kirwan-Jeremy Spencer interregnum, my choices are almost all Buckingham-Nicks tracks. Thanks to the poll, though, Bare Trees amazed me enough (bought two weeks ago!) to squeeze in the title track. I’ve written enough about Buckingham-Nicks over the years. Mirage offered the most surprises (it wants for a reissue), Tango in the Night the best twelve-inch remixes (check out the Arthur Baker remix of “Big Love,” with live Stevie Nicks vocals).
1. Sara
2. Warm Ways
3. Go Your Own Way
4. The Chain
5. Little Lies
6. Hold Me
7. Monday Morning
8. Think About Me (single mix)
9. Seven Wonders (12″ extended mix)
10. Not That Funny
11. What Makes You Think…
12. Second Hand News
13. Brown Eyes
14. Blue Letter
15. Silver Springs
16. Thrown Down
17. Bleed To Love Her
18. Gold Dust Woman
19. Eyes of the World
20. Bare Trees
