{"product_id":"fleetwood-mac-mirage-original-master-recording-super-audio-cd-sealed-us-super-audio-cd-sacd-udsacd2283-862557","title":"Fleetwood Mac Mirage - Original Master Recording - Super Audio CD - Sealed US Super audio CD","description":"FLEETWOOD MAC Mirage (\u003cb\u003eOriginal Master Recording\u003c\/b\u003e  limited edition Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 12-track \u003cb\u003eSuper  Audio CD\u003c\/b\u003e mastered by Rob LoVerde on the Gain HD  System. Fleetwood Mac delivers soft-rock bliss amid thematic  longing on Mirage: their 1982 album distills the band’s  trademark strengths, features addictive pop hooks and three  Top 25 Hits in Hold Me, Gypsy, and Love In Store, plus Oh  Diane and Can't Go Back. Gatefold picture sleeve individually  gold-foil numbered andfactory sealed. Recommended)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-stretch: 100%; color: #999; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eTRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperience the Well-Recorded and Well-Crafted Set in Reference Sound: Mobile Fidelity’s Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Plays with Absorbing Clarity and Insightful Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf every significant artist has an underrated gem in its catalog, then Mirage is that album for Fleetwood Mac. An obvious return to relative simplicity after the dramatic tension of Rumours and experimental ambitions of Tusk, the 1982 album finds the band re-grouping after a brief hiatus and again climbing to the top of the charts. Extremely well-crafted, well-produced, and well-performed, the double-platinum effort distills the group’s hallmark strengths into a filler-free set that never runs short of addictive pop hooks or daft accents. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSourced from the original analog master tapes and housed in mini-LP-style packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD presents Mirage in reference sound. The efforts co-producers\/engineers Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut went to capture the splintered albeit formidable band can be heard with stunning accuracy, range, depth, and detail. Not to mention it plays with absorbing clarity that helps ensure you don’t miss anything that was captured on tape. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough Rumours understandably gets a permanent spot in the audiophile hall of fame, the smooth, clear, and dynamic sonics on Mirage confirm that the record that stood as Fleetwood Mac’s last effort for five years deserves a place in the same vaunted arena. The presence and imaging of Mick Fleetwood’s percussion alone on this reissue might have you wondering how this slice of soft-rock bliss has gone under-noticed for decades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike much surrounding Fleetwood Mac in the 1980s, arriving at Mirage was not easy. Caillat searched for studios located outside of Los Angeles on a mission to change up the vibe of the band’s prior recording sessions. Everyone settled on Le Chateau in France, where relations between some members remained icy — and cooperation with the producers strained. Battles with exhaustion, bitterness, and addiction further informed the proceedings at the 18th century complex in the French countryside, where even communal meals were allegedly eaten in silence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInevitably, the feelings that co-producer Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, and company harbored — as well as the situations in which they found themselves — drifted into the songwriting. In its rapid ascent to rock-star royalty status, Fleetwood Mac drifted apart, embarked on solo pursuits, and found it was lonely at the top. Emptiness, the illusion of dreams, the longing for love, the want to escape to bygone times of innocence and happiness: Such themes inform a majority of the narratives. Even if the lyrics regularly take a back seat to easygoing arrangements that allow Mirage to come on like a refreshing breeze on a sunny summer afternoon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHome to three Top 25 singles in the U.S. and having occupied the pole position of the Top 200 album charts for five weeks, Mirage rightfully resonated with the mainstream and attracted listeners on both sides of the pond. And how, via a smart blend of sugary melodies, warm harmonies, interlaced notes, nimble rhythms, taut structures, and passionate vocals. Not to mention the presence of what arguably remains Nicks’ signature song, the biographical “Gypsy,” a meditation on the loss of her close friend Robin Anderson that teems with majesty, mystery, and mysticism — and which gets an assist from Buckinham’s shaded tack piano and richly strummed guitar chords. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIts ranking as an all-time classic aside, that No. 12 hit has plenty of company when it comes to brilliant pop turns on Mirage. On the subject of Nicks, the raspy singer gets a little bit country on “That’s Alright.” Its clip-clopping pace and two-stepping progression complement subtle vocal swells that emerge during the final verse of a tune that is ostensibly about leaving but still conveys forgiveness and grace. And what would a Fleetwood Mac record be without Nicks drawing on the tools of the supernatural — cards, dreams, wolves, and the like — on the twirling “Straight Back.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the potency of Nicks’ primary contributions, Mirage seemingly unfolds as a tight competition between Buckingham and McVie — and one that ultimately ends in a draw. Buckingham’s salvos include the contagious “Can’t Go Back,” a yearning to time-travel back to the past that’s complete with hall-of-mirrors backing vocals; “Oh Diane,” out-of- left-field ear candy sweetened with hiccupped vocals and salt-and-pepper-shaken grooves; the chiming “Eyes of the World”; and “Empire State,” a delightfully fluttering track whose high-range vocals, lap harp notes, and ringing xylophones hint at the galaxies of sound that would erupt on Tango in the Night. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen there’s McVie. As elegant, understated, and coolheaded as she’s ever been on record, she pours her heart out on cuts that revolve around her inevitable split with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. In the process, she punctuates Mirage with a characteristic not always associated with catchy pop music: emotional weight, and the sense of dreaded acceptance in the face of dreams deferred.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I wish you were here\/Holding me tight,” McVie sings over a delicate melody on the album-closing piano ballad “Wish You Were Here.” Though they hoped otherwise, for the members Fleetwood Mac, distance and separation were always close at hand. Believing otherwise, inviting nostalgia, and pretending everything was fine only amounts to a mirage. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Love in Store\u003cbr\u003e2. Can’t Go Back\u003cbr\u003e3. That’s Alright\u003cbr\u003e4. Book of Love\u003cbr\u003e5. Gypsy\u003cbr\u003e6. Only over You\u003cbr\u003e7. Empire State\u003cbr\u003e8. Straight Back\u003cbr\u003e9. Hold Me\u003cbr\u003e10. Oh Diane\u003cbr\u003e11. Eyes of the World\u003cbr\u003e12. 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