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I fished this out of the cutout rack because of the radio song ('Trouble'). I had to listen to it a few times before it made sense. But every year I like it better. Alternatively weepy and acerbic, just about every track packs some kind of punch. Wouldn't Paul McCartney have loved to have written 'Shadow of the West'? Buckingham played most of the parts and made ample but effective use of studio gimmickry. And he's a genuine wizard of six string instruments. Songs like 'Mary Lee Jones' and 'That's How We Do it in LA' are goofy and edgy at the same time. I listened to his later records but didn't encounter quite the same creativity that led to this gem.