Mystery To Me was Fleetwood Mac's eighth studio album, and second release in 1973; the first one being Penguin. I scarfed up a couple early FMac albums ("early" is defined as "prior to Buckingham and Nicks showing up") at the used-records store last month. This is the first one I've converted.
- Tracks - (favorites in pink)
01. Emerald Eyes02. Believe Me
03. Just Crazy Love
04. Hypnotized
05. Forever
06. Keep On Going
07. The City
08. Miles Away
09. Somebody
10. The Way I Feel
11. For Your Love
12. Why
This is kind of a "tweener" album for Fleetwood Mac. Most of the early Peter Green-spawned blues influence is gone, and only Hypnotized and For Your Love stand out, as the group gears their sound towards a more radio-friendly style. Christine McVie and Bob Welch did most of the songwriting, and Welch shares guitar duties with Bob Weston, the latter with whom I'm unfamiliar.
I picked Mystery To Me up for $5, and the vinyl was in so-so shape. Side One was pretty clean, except for a few major scratches. Side Two was in worse shape. Whoever owned this (*) apparently played the second side a lot more than the first. The conversion suffered for the many scratches from side two. It seems to my ears like the highs and lows are gone, and I had to ramp up the volume on all track by about 50% after the conversion.
All in all, this is a solid effort, and you get just under 48 minutes of music, which is pretty good for an LP. Wikipedia says it produced no hit singles and sold only "moderately" well. Seems uderstandable. Long-time Mac fans will enjoy this album, but if you only started listening to them after Lindsey and Stevie showed up, you can probably skip this one.
(*) : S. Kirk, who put his/her name on the back cover.
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