CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ME
BABY DON'T YOU HAND ME A LINE
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T MATTER
YOU AND ME
GOT PLENTLY OF TIME
Mirage
is the
thirteenth
studio album
by
British-American
Rock Band
released on
July, 2nd 1982
by Warner Bros. Records.
This studio effort's
soft rock sound
stood in stark contrast
to its more
experimental predecessor,
1979's Tusk.
Mirage
yielded several singles:
"Hold Me"
which peaked at
number four
on the
US Billboard Pop Chart,
remaining there
for seven weeks,
"Gypsy"
(number 12 US Pop Chart),
"Love in Store"
(number 22 US Pop Chart),
"Oh Diane"
(number nine in the UK),
and
"Can't Go Back"
(number 83 in the UK).
Background and Recording
After the completion
of the worldwide
Tusk Tour,
the band took a
year-long hiatus.
During this time,
Stevie Nicks,
Mick Fleetwood,
and
Lindsey Buckingham
had each started
solo careers,
with Nicks
achieving a
multi-platinum,
number-one success
with 1981's
Bella Donna.
Ken Caillat,
who reprised his role
as producer
after working with
the band on
Rumours
and Tusk,
remembered that there
was a sense of
rivalry between
Nicks and Buckingham
over the
commercial trajectory
of their solo careers.
Unlike the
band's previous
four albums,
Fleetwood wanted
the band to record
Mirage
outside of
Los Angeles;
he also sought to
eschew the
experimentation found
on Tusk
and instead replicate
the commercial
appeal of
Rumours.
To achieve this,
Caillat scouted for
potential studios
and came across
Le Château in
Hérouville, France.
The band agreed to
record at the facility,
although Caillat
said that certain members,
particularly
Nicks and Buckingham,
were difficult to work with.
The band hired
a chef to
cook meals for them,
but Caillat said
that Buckingham and Nicks
would complain
about the food
and the lack of television.
In an attempt
to appease them,
Caillat brought the two
video machines
with baseball games
taped by one
of his friends
in Los Angeles
After the five-week
recording sessions
at Château D'Hérouville,
the band finished the album
in California.
By September 1981,
Fleetwood remarked
in an interview with
Cleveland Scene
that the band was
"more than halfway finished"
with Mirage.
He mentioned that
the band originally
wanted the album
out by November,
but said that a release
around the New Year
was more likely.
Nicks said that the band
attempted to complete
the album in multiple
Los Angeles recording studios,
but she was unsure
how much work
was conducted
after they left
Château D'Hérouville.
Caillat stated in a
1982 interview
that Nicks' involvement
with Mirage
was largely limited to
the initial
recording sessions
at Château D'Hérouville
and said that
she spent between ten
and fifteen days
at various
Los Angeles studios
for further overdubs.
Most of the recording sessions
were attended by Caillat,
Dashut, Buckingham,
Fleetwood,
and
Christine McVie.
Buckingham said that
Fleetwood would provide
feedback to
the proceedings
when he
identified problems
with the mix
TRACKLIST
CD 1
(Remastered)
Love In Store
Can't Go Back
That's Alright
Book Of Love
Gypsy
Only Over You
Empire State
Straight Back
Hold Me
Oh Diane
Eyes Of The World
Wish You Were Here
Hold Me
(Remix) [*]
Love In Store
(Vocal Mix) [*]
Oh Diane
(Vocal Mix) [*]
Book Of Love
(Vocal Mix) [*]
Wish You Were Here
(Vocal Mix) [*]
CD 2
(Outtakes B-Sides)
Love In Store
(Early Version)
Suma's Walk Aka Can't Go Back
(Outtake)
That's Alright
(Alternate Take)
Book Of Love
(Early Version)
Gypsy
(Early Version)
Only Over You
(Alternate Version)
If You Were My Love
(Outtake)
Hold Me
(Early Version)
Oh Diane
(Early Version)
Smile At You
(Outtake)
Goodbye Angel
(Original Outtake)
Eyes Of The World
(Alternate Early Version)
Straight Back
Wish You Were Here
(Alternate Version)
Cool Water
Put A Candle In The Window
(Run-Through)
Teen Beat
(Outtake)
Blue Monday
(Jam)
The Chain
(Long Remix) [*]
CD 3
Recorded in
Los Angeles
during
Fleetwood Mac’s
1982 tour;
The Chain
(Live)
Gypsy
(Live)
Love In Store
(Live)
Not That Funny
(Live)
You Make Loving Fun
(Live)
I'm So Afraid
(Live)
Blue Letter
(Live)
Rhiannon
(Live)
Tusk
(Live)
Eyes Of The World
(Live)
Go Your Own Way
(Live)
Sisters Of The Moon
(Live)
Songbird
(Live)
Landslide
(Live) [*]
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