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* Fleetwood Mac Delivers Soft-Rock Bliss Amid Thematic Longing on Mirage: Double-Platinum 1982 Album Distills Band's Trademark Strengths, Features Addictive Pop Hooks and Three Top 25 Hits

* Experience the Well-Recorded and Well-Crafted Set in Reference Sound: Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Plays with Absorbing Clarity and Insightful Detail

If every significant artist has an underrated gem in it's catalog, then Mirage is that album for Fleetwood Mac. An obvious return to relative simplicity, 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. Home to three Top 25 singles, Mirage rightfully resonated with the mainstream. And how, via a smart blend of sugary melodies, warm harmonies, interlaced notes, nimble rhythms, taut structures, and passionate vocals.

Sourced from the original master tapes and housed in mini-LP 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. Though Rumours has a permanent spot in the audiophile hall of fame, the smooth, clear, and dynamic sonics here confirm that what stood as Fleetwood Mac's last album 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. Other prized aural aspects - separation, definition, impact, tonal balance - are also abundant. 'Can't Go Back'? We beg to differ.

Numbered Hybrid Stereo SACD

NUMBERED SPECIAL EDITION

Track List

1. Love in Store

2. Can't Go Back

3. That's Alright

4. Book of Love

5. Gypsy

6. Only over You

7. Empire State

8. Straight Back

9. Hold Me

10. Oh Diane

11. Eyes of the World

12. Wish You Were Here