Well, they try to lump artists into a certain bag, as it were. And whenever one of them tried to break away from the 'Mac sound,' well, it wasn't just the respective record company that acted diffident or unprepared. Stevie Nicks' work was as much an extension of her personality and tendencies are her ex's, but as he proved with TUSK, Buckingham wasn't about to be a one or two-trick pony, and he proved that here beyond any doubt. And on the vinyl version--right out of a LIVE AT THE APOLLO reissue--"Play in the Rain" ends stone cold on Side 1, continues stone cold on Side 2--which was also radical, when you think about. Lindsey's the kind of restless rocker I like (Johnny Winter was the same way), he just can't sit still and do what you might like, he's got to please himself first (as everyone should). I mean, why should be care about being commercial anyway? When you've had some really huge, lucrative hits, why not go a little crazy and indulge? Certainly worked well here....
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