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| Allmusic Biography : While most bands undergo a number of changes over the course of their careers, few groups experienced such radical stylistic changes as Fleetwood Mac. Initially conceived as a hard-edged British blues combo in the late 60s, the band gradually evolved into a polished pop/rock act over the course of a decade. Throughout all of their incarnations, the only consistent members of Fleetwood Mac were drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie -- the rhythm section that provided the band with its name. Ironically, they had the least influence over the musical direction of the band. Originally, guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer provided the band with its gutsy, neo-psychedelic blues-rock sound, but as both guitarists descended into mental illness, the group began moving toward pop/rock with the songwriting of pianist Christine McVie. By the mid-70s, Fleetwood Mac had relocated to California, where they added the soft rock duo of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to their lineup. Obsessed with the meticulously arranged pop of the Beach Boys and the Beatles, Buckingham helped the band become one of the most popular groups of the late 70s. Combining soft rock with the confessional introspection of singer/songwriters, Fleetwood Mac created a slick but emotional sound that helped 1977s Rumours become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. The band retained its popularity through the early 80s, when Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie all began pursuing solo careers. The band reunited for one album, 1987s Tango in the Night, before splintering in the late 80s. Buckingham left the group initially, but the band decided to soldier on, releasing one other album before Nicks and McVie left the band in the early 90s, hastening the groups commercial decline. The roots of Fleetwood Mac lie in John Mayalls legendary British blues outfit, the Bluesbreakers. Bassist John McVie was one of the charter members of the Bluesbreakers, joining the group in 1963. In 1966 Peter Green replaced Eric Clapton, and a year later drummer Mick Fleetwood joined. Inspired by the success of Cream, the Yardbirds, and Jimi Hendrix, the trio decided to break away from Mayall in 1967. At their debut at the British Jazz and Blues Festival in August, Bob Brunning was playing bass in the group, since McVie was still under contract to Mayall. He joined the band a few weeks after their debut; by that time, slide guitarist Jeremy Spencer had joined the band. Fleetwood Mac soon signed with Blue Horizon, releasing their eponymous debut the following year. Fleetwood Mac was an enormous hit in the U.K., spending over a year in the Top Ten. Despite its British success, the album was virtually ignored in America. During 1968, the band added guitarist Danny Kirwan. The following year, they recorded Fleetwood Mac in Chicago with a variety of bluesmen, including Willie Dixon and Otis Spann. The set was released later that year, after the band had left Blue Horizon for a one-album deal with Immediate Records; in the U.S., they signed with Reprise/Warner Bros., and by 1970, Warner began releasing the bands British records as well. Fleetwood Mac released English Rose and Then Play On during 1969, which both indicated that the band was expanding its music, moving away from its blues purist roots. That year, Peter Greens "Man of the World" and "Oh Well" were number two hits. Though his music was providing the backbone of the group, Green was growing increasingly disturbed due to his large ingestion of hallucinogenic drugs. After announcing that he was planning to give all of his earnings away, Green suddenly left the band in the spring of 1970; he released two solo albums over the course of the 70s, but he rarely performed after leaving Fleetwood Mac. The band replaced him with Christine Perfect, a vocalist/pianist who had earned a small but loyal following in the U.K. by singing with Spencer Davis and the Chicken Shack. She had already performed uncredited on Then Play On. Contractual difficulties prevented her from becoming a full-fledged member of Fleetwood Mac until 1971; by that time she had married John McVie. Christine McVie didnt appear on 1970s Kiln House, the first album the band recorded without Peter Green. For that album, Jeremy Spencer dominated the bands musical direction, but he had also been undergoing mental problems due to heavy drug use. During the bands American tour in early 1971, Spencer disappeared; it was later discovered that he left the band to join the religious cult the Children of God. Fleetwood Mac had already been trying to determine the direction of their music, but Spencers departure sent the band into disarray. Christine McVie and Danny Kirwan began to move the band toward mainstream rock on 1971s Future Games, but new guitarist Bob Welch exerted a heavy influence on 1972s Bare Trees. Kirwan was fired after Bare Trees and was replaced by guitarists Bob Weston and Dave Walker, who appeared on 1973s Penguin. Walker left after that album, and Weston departed after making its follow-up, Mystery to Me (1973). In 1974, the groups manager, Clifford Davis, formed a bogus Fleetwood Mac and had the band tour the U.S. The real Fleetwood Mac filed and won a lawsuit against the imposters who, after losing, began performing under the name Stretch -- but the lawsuit kept the band off the road for most of the year. In the interim, they released Heroes Are Hard to Find. Late in 1974, Fleetwood Mac moved to California, with hopes of restarting their career. Welch left the band shortly after the move to form Paris. Early in 1975, Fleetwood and McVie were auditioning engineers for the bands new album when they heard Buckingham-Nicks, an album recorded by the soft rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The pair were asked to join the group and their addition revived the bands musical and commercial fortunes. Not only did Buckingham and Nicks write songs, but they brought distinctive talents the band had been lacking. Buckingham was a skilled pop craftsman, capable of arranging a commercial song while keeping it musically adventurous. Nicks had a husky voice and a sexy, hippie gypsy stage persona that gave the band a charismatic frontwoman. The new lineup of Fleetwood Mac released their eponymous debut in 1975 and it slowly became a huge hit, reaching number one in 1976 on the strength of the singles "Over My Head," "Rhiannon," and "Say You Love Me." The album would eventually sell over five million copies in the U.S. alone. While Fleetwood Mac had finally attained their long-desired commercial success, the band was fraying behind the scenes. The McVies divorced in 1976, and Buckingham and Nicks romance ended shortly afterward. The internal tensions formed the basis for the songs on their next album, Rumours. Released in the spring of 1977, Rumours became a blockbuster success, topping the American and British charts and generating the Top Ten singles "Go Your Own Way," "Dreams," "Dont Stop," and "You Make Loving Fun." It would eventually sell over 17 million copies in the U.S. alone, making it the second biggest-selling album of all time. Fleetwood Mac supported the album with an exhaustive, lucrative tour and then retired to the studio to record their follow-up to Rumours. A wildly experimental double album conceived largely by Buckingham, 1979s Tusk didnt duplicate the enormous success of Rumours, yet it did go multi-platinum and featured the Top Ten singles "Sara" and "Tusk." In 1980, they released the double album Live. Following the Tusk tour, Fleetwood, Buckingham, and Nicks all recorded solo albums. Of the solo projects, Stevie Nicks Bella Donna (1981) was the most successful, peaking at number one and featuring the hit singles "Stop Draggin My Heart Around," "Leather and Lace," and "Edge of Seventeen." Buckinghams Law and Order (1981) was a moderate success, spawning the Top Ten "Trouble." Fleetwood, for his part, made a world music album called The Visitor. Fleetwood Mac reconvened in 1982 for Mirage. More conventional and accessible than Tusk, Mirage reached number one and featured the hit singles "Hold Me" and "Gypsy." After Mirage, Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie all worked on solo albums. The hiatus was due to a variety of reasons. Each member had his or her own manager, Nicks was becoming the groups breakaway star, Buckingham was obsessive in the studio, and each member was suffering from various substance addictions. Nicks was able to maintain her popularity, with The Wild Heart (1983) and Rock a Little (1985) both reaching the Top 15. Christine McVie also had a Top Ten hit with "Got a Hold on Me" in 1984. Buckingham received the strongest reviews of all, but his 1984 album Go Insane failed to generate a hit. Fleetwood Mac reunited to record a new album in 1985. Buckingham, who had grown increasingly frustrated with the musical limitations of the band, decided to make it his last Fleetwood Mac project. When the resulting album, Tango in the Night, was finally released in 1987, it was greeted with mixed reviews but strong sales, reaching the Top Ten and generating the Top 20 hits "Little Lies," "Seven Wonders," and "Everywhere." Buckingham decided to leave Fleetwood Mac after completing Tango in the Night, and the group replaced him with guitarists Billy Burnette and Rick Vito. The new lineup of the band recorded their first album, Behind the Mask, in 1990. It became the bands first album since 1975 to not go gold. Following its supporting tour, Nicks and Christine McVie announced they would continue to record with the group, but not tour. Vito left the band in 1991, and the group released the box set 25 Years -- The Chain the following year. The classic Fleetwood Mac lineup of Fleetwood, the McVies, Buckingham, and Nicks reunited to play President Bill Clintons inauguration in early 1993, but the concert did not lead to a full-fledged reunion. Later that year, Nicks left the band and was replaced by Bekka Bramlett and Dave Mason; Christine McVie left the group shortly afterward. The new lineup of Fleetwood Mac began touring in 1994, releasing Time the following year to little attention. While the new version of Fleetwood Mac wasnt commercially successful, neither were the solo careers of Buckingham, Nicks, and McVie, prompting speculation of a full-fledged reunion in 1997. Soon these whispers proved to be true, as the classic Rumours quintet reunited for a live performance that became the 1997 album The Dance. The album performed well, debuting at number one on Billboard and generating an adult contemporary hit in the new version of "Landslide." Fleetwood Mac supported The Dance with a tour that lasted throughout the year and, early in 1998, the band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Not long afterward, Christine McVie announced she was leaving the band. Her departure may have slowed the speed of Fleetwood Macs reunion, but the remaining quartet set to work writing and recording a new album. The resulting Say You Will appeared in April of 2003; it was their first studio album in eight years and the first in 16 to feature Buckingham and Nicks. Say You Will performed well -- it went gold in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, with the singles "Peacekeeper" and "Say You Will" reaching the U.S. Adult Contemporary Top 20 -- and the accompanying international tour was a success. After a few quiet years where Buckingham resumed his solo career and the group unsuccessfully courted Sheryl Crow as a replacement for Christine McVie, they reconvened for a tour in 2009. Four years later, the group celebrated the 35th anniversary of Rumours with a new deluxe box reissue accompanied by a tour. As the tour got underway in April, the band unexpectedly released a four-track Extended Play of new material; it received good notices and entered the U.S. charts at 48. During a three-night stint at Londons O2 in September 2013, Christine McVie appeared with Fleetwood Mac for the first time in 15 years. In January of 2014, the band announced that Christine was rejoining the group and they started recording a new album. The progress on the album was slow and steady, partially due to individual solo projects, partially due to interruptions caused by the bands ongoing world tour; they played international dates in both 2014 and 2015. As the group continued to chip away at their new record, they released a Super Deluxe reissue of Tusk in time for the holidays of 2015, which was followed the subsequent fall by a Deluxe reissue of Mirage. Further catalog reissues followed in the next few years -- Tango in the Night received a Super Deluxe treatment in 2017, while their eponymous 1975 album got an upgrade in early 2018 -- but the bigger news in Fleetwood Mac circles was Buckingham and McVie recording a duet album together in 2017. Initially planned as a new Fleetwood Mac album, the 2017 set -- entitled Buckingham McVie, echoing 1973s Buckingham Nicks -- turned into a Lindsey and Christine project once Stevie Nicks decided to concentrate on her solo career. Retaining Mick Fleetwood and John McVie as their main rhythm section, Buckingham and McVie finished the album with the assistance of producers Mitchell Froom and Mark Needham, releasing the record in June 2017. Early in 2018, Fleetwood Mac reunited to play a gig celebrating their award as MusiCares Person of the Year. This turned out to be the last concert Buckingham would play with Fleetwood Mac. In April, Buckingham was fired from the band; he would later file a lawsuit against the group regarding his dismissal. Fleetwood Mac hired Neil Finn and Mike Campbell to replace him and launched an international tour in September 2018, releasing a compilation album titled 50 Years: Dont Stop as a companion to the tour. The album debuted at 12 on the U.K. charts and 65 on Billboards Top 200. The concert album, Before the Beginning: Rare Live & Demo Sessions 1968-1970, arrived in 2019 and featured previously unreleased live performances captured during Peter Greens time with the band. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 44 Title: Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac Released: 1968-02-24 Tracks: 12 Duration: 35:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% TrackSamples AlbumCover | 1 My Heart Beat Like a Hammer (03:00) 2 Merry Go Round (04:11) 3 Long Grey Mare (02:17) 4 Hellhound on My Trail (02:01) 5 Shake Your Moneymaker (02:57) 6 Looking for Somebody (02:53) 7 No Place to Go (03:24) 8 My Baby’s Good to Me (02:52) 9 I Loved Another Woman (02:57) 10 Cold Black Night (03:18) 11 The World Keep On Turning (02:31) 12 Got to Move (03:19) |
 | Album: 2 of 44 Title: Mr. Wonderful Released: 1968-08-23 Tracks: 12 Duration: 41:24 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Stop Messin’ Round (02:22) 2 I’ve Lost My Baby (04:17) 3 Rollin’ Man (02:54) 4 Dust My Broom (02:53) 5 Love That Burns (05:03) 6 Doctor Brown (03:46) 7 Need Your Love Tonight (03:28) 8 If You Be My Baby (03:53) 9 Evenin’ Boogie (02:42) 10 Lazy Poker Blues (02:35) 11 Coming Home (02:41) 12 Trying So Hard to Forget (04:45) |
| Mr. Wonderful : Allmusic album Review : Although it made number ten in the U.K., Fleetwood Macs second album was a disappointment following their promising debut. So much of the record was routine blues that it could even be said that it represented something of a regression from the first LP, despite the enlistment of a horn section and pianist Christine Perfect (the future Christine McVie) to help on the sessions. In particular, the limits of Jeremy Spencers potential for creative contribution were badly exposed, as the tracks that featured his songwriting and/or vocals were basic Elmore James covers or derivations. Peter Green, the bands major talent at this point, did not deliver original material on the level of the classic singles he would pen for the band in 1969, or even on the level of first-album standouts like "I Loved Another Woman." The best of the lot, perhaps, is "Love That Burns," with its mournful minor-key melody and sluggish, responsive horn lines. Mr. Wonderful, strangely, was not issued in the U.S., although about half the songs turned up on its stateside counterpart, English Rose, which was fleshed out with some standout late-60s British singles and a few new tracks penned by Danny Kirwan (who joined the band after Mr. Wonderful was recorded). | ||
 | Album: 3 of 44 Title: English Rose Released: 1969 Tracks: 12 Duration: 37:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Stop Messin’ Round (02:22) 2 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:37) 3 Doctor Brown (03:46) 4 Something Inside of Me (03:57) 5 Evenin’ Boogie (02:42) 6 Love That Burns (05:03) 7 Black Magic Woman (02:09) 8 I’ve Lost My Baby (04:17) 9 One Sunny Day (03:13) 10 Without You (02:22) 11 Coming Home (02:41) 12 Albatross (03:09) |
| English Rose : Allmusic album Review : For reasons that no one seems to recall in detail -- but for which we can be grateful -- when it was time to release a second Fleetwood Mac LP in America, producer Mike Vernon and the band didnt just send the existing Mr. Wonderful album across the Atlantic -- a little fine-tuning and retooling was in order. The band had just expanded by one member, to a quintet -- with the addition of guitarist Danny Kirwan -- by the end of 1968, whereas Mr. Wonderful represented them as a four-piece outfit. Additionally, the group had just toured the U.S. for the first time, as a quintet, playing to very enthusiastic audiences, and so there was some point to sending U.S. licensee Epic Records something extra, representing who they were at the start of 1969. And that became the English Rose album, offering three Kirwan-authored instrumentals, plus the hit U.K. single "Albatross," and also their previous single, "Black Magic Woman," which had been a British Top 40 hit (though it was unknown in the U.S., and preceded Santanas hit recording of it by almost two years). Half of Mr. Wonderful was still there, including the opener, "Stop Messin Round" and "Ive Lost My Baby," representing the stronger tracks from that record. Between the paring down of Mr. Wonderful and the addition of the single tracks, English Rose ended up being a stronger album than its predecessor, though without a hit single in America to drive sales and get it exposure, it barely brushed the Top 200 LP listings in the U.S. Strangely enough, despite the overlap with Mr. Wonderful, English Rose was released in England about six months later, probably to help make up for the loss of the groups contract (due to an oversight) by Blue Horizon. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 44 Title: The Biggest Thing Since Colossus Released: 1969-01-09 Tracks: 10 Duration: 40:08 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 My Love Depends on You (05:22) 2 Walkin’ (02:54) 3 It Was a Big Thing (03:26) 4 Temperature Is Rising (100.2°F) (06:13) 5 Dig You (03:04) 6 No More Doggin’ (03:00) 7 Ain’t Nobody’s Business (05:15) 8 She Needs Some Loving (03:08) 9 I Need Some Air (04:40) 10 Someday Baby (03:02) |
| The Biggest Thing Since Colossus : Allmusic album Review : In January of 1969, British power blues quintet Fleetwood Mac came to Chess Records studios to jam with the likes of Willie Dixon, S.P. Leary, Honeyboy Edwards, and longtime Muddy Waters pianist Otis Spann. The sessions were so rich and fruitful that three-fifths of the Mac (specifically bassist John McVie and guitarists Peter Green and Danny Kirwin) impressed Spann enough to cut a record with them at the same sessions. While the classic "Country Girl" and a seven-minute "Someday Soon Baby" (which features a lengthy intro from Green on which Spann can be heard barely off mic telling the rest of the band to "let him play on") ended up on the Macs Blues Jam at Chess double set: remaining cuts included "Dig You" and "Walkin" and are a near perfect match of Spanns exciting, emotive singing and the Macs youthful muscle. The Biggest Thing Since Colossus was released on Mac manager/producer/strongman Mike Vernons London-based Blue Horizon label. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 44 Title: The Pious Bird of Good Omen Released: 1969-08-15 Tracks: 12 Duration: 36:40 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Need Your Love So Bad (03:55) 2 Comin’ Home (02:41) 3 Rambling Pony (02:41) 4 The Big Boat (02:40) 5 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (02:57) 6 The Sun Is Shining (03:12) 7 Albatross (03:09) 8 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 9 Just the Blues (05:40) 10 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:37) 11 Looking for Somebody (02:53) 12 Stop Messin’ Round (02:18) |
| The Pious Bird of Good Omen : Allmusic album Review : With songs taken from Fleetwood Mac and Mr. Wonderful, Pious Bird of Good Omen serves as a worthy 12-track compilation of the bands early Peter Green days. Climbing to number 18 in the U.K., the album managed to catapult Fleetwood Macs version of Little Willie Johns "Need Your Love So Bad" into the English charts for the third time, resting at number 42. The album itself was released by Blue Horizon after the groups contract with them had expired, making it one of the best routes in which to explore their mingling of Chicago and British blues. "Albatross," "Black Magic Woman," and "I Believe My Time Aint Long" are timeless Fleetwood Mac standards, representing some of the bands best pre-Rumours work. Anyone who isnt familiar with Fleetwood Macs origins should use Pious Bird of Good Omen as a starting point in investigating the first wave of the band, which will almost certainly lead to further interests into albums such as English Rose, Then Play On, and Kiln House, and then into later albums like Bare Trees and Penguin, which reveal subtle yet effective changes in the bands blues sound. But even aside from its purpose as a collection, Pious Bird of Good Omen makes for a terrific laid-back stroll through some of the best British blues music ever made. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 44 Title: Then Play On Released: 1969-09 Tracks: 13 Duration: 54:13 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Coming Your Way (03:47) 2 Closing My Eyes (04:55) 3 Show‐Biz Blues (03:54) 4 My Dream (03:33) 5 Underway (02:54) 6 Oh Well (09:02) 7 Although the Sun Is Shining (02:25) 8 Rattlesnake Shake (03:30) 9 Searching for Madge (06:58) 10 Fighting for Madge (02:48) 11 When You Say (04:32) 12 Like Crying (02:24) 13 Before the Beginning (03:25) |
| Then Play On : Allmusic album Review : This Peter Green-led edition of the Mac isnt just an important transition between their initial blues-based incarnation and the mega-pop band they became, its also their most vital, exciting version. The addition of Danny Kirwan as second guitarist and songwriter foreshadows not only the soft-rock terrain of "Bare Trees" and "Kiln House" with Christine Perfect-McVie, but also predicts Rumours. That only pertains to roughly half of the also excellent material here, though; the rest is quintessential Green. The immortal "Oh Well," with its hard-edged, thickly layered guitars and chamber-like sections, is perhaps the bands most enduring progressive composition. "Rattlesnake Shake" is another familiar number, a down-and-dirty, even-paced funk, with clean, wall-of-sound guitars. Choogling drums and Greens fiery improvisations power "Searching for Madge," perhaps Macs most inspired work save "Green Manalishi," and leads into an unlikely symphonic interlude and the similar, lighter boogie "Fighting for Madge." A hot Afro-Cuban rhythm with beautiful guitars from Kirwan and Green on "Coming Your Way" not only defines the Macs sound, but the rock aesthetic of the day. Of the songs with Kirwans stamp on them, "Closing My Eyes" is a mysterious waltz love song; haunting guitars approach surf music on the instrumental "My Dream"; while "Although the Sun Is Shining" is the ultimate pre-Rumours number someone should revisit. Blues roots still crop up on the spatial, loose, Hendrix-tinged "Underway," the folky "Like Crying," and the final outcry of the ever-poignant "Show Biz Blues," with Green moaning "do you really give a damn for me?" Then Play On is a reminder of how pervasive and powerful Greens influence was on Macs originality and individual stance beyond his involvement. Still highly recommended and a must-buy after all these years, it remains their magnum opus. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 44 Title: Kiln House Released: 1970-09-18 Tracks: 10 Duration: 34:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 This Is the Rock (02:50) 2 Station Man (05:51) 3 Blood on the Floor (02:47) 4 Hi Ho Silver (03:08) 5 Jewel Eyed Judy (03:19) 6 Buddy‘s Song (02:12) 7 Earl Gray (04:04) 8 One Together (03:27) 9 Tell Me All the Things You Do (04:15) 10 Mission Bell (02:33) |
| Kiln House : Allmusic album Review : Fleetwood Mac was still primarily a blues band on this, their first album after the departure of founder/nominal leader Peter Green. But the remaining members, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan (plus McVies wife, Christine, not yet officially part of the group) started broadening the bands use of blues into other contexts, and adding new influences in the absence of Greens laser-like focus. Jeremy Spencers fascination with American rock & roll manifests itself on the album opener, "This Is the Rock" (which crosses paths with Elvis Presleys Sun Records sides), whilst "Hi Ho Silver" is a higher-wattage shouter covering the same territory that Spencer explored with the band (sans Green) on "Someones Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight," only with a little more subtlety and grace; and his tribute to Buddy Holly, "Buddys Song," even outdoes the classic Joe Meek/Mike Berry "Tribute to Buddy Holly" as a memorial to the late rock & roll star -- and it was always too good and sincere to be mistaken for part of any oldies revival. "Jewel Eyed Judy" and "Earl Gray" are two superb showcases for Danny Kirwan, the former as a vocalist and player and the latter as a composer and guitarist in tandem with Spencer, in what was a pretty good successor to the Green-era instrumental hit "Albatross." "One Together" shows off a harmony-vocal side to this band that was something new in 1970, on one of the prettiest tunes they ever had to work with. And Kirwan gets the spotlight once again as a guitarist on the hard-rocking "Tell Me All the Things You Do." The album ends with the lyrical, relaxed McCartney-esque folky pop of "Mission Bell," which seemed to point the way toward their future direction. None of this may be as intense as the music they cut with Peter Green running the show, but in its relaxed way Kiln House represents the same virtuoso blues-rock outfit having a little fun while making a record -- think of it as roughly Fleetwood Macs equivalent to the Rolling Stones Between the Buttons. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 44 Title: Black Magic Woman Released: 1971 Tracks: 16 Duration: 54:46 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 2 Coming Home (02:41) 3 Lazy Poker Blues (02:35) 4 Something Inside of Me (03:57) 5 Evenin’ Boogie (02:42) 6 If You Be My Baby (03:53) 7 Without You (04:34) 8 Rockin’ Boogie (03:46) 9 Need Your Love So Bad (03:51) 10 Rollin Man (02:53) 11 Dust My Broom (02:52) 12 I’ve Lost My Baby (04:17) 13 The Big Boat (02:39) 14 Shake Your Moneymaker (02:57) 15 The Sun Is Shining (03:11) 16 Last Night (04:58) |
| Black Magic Woman : Allmusic album Review : No U.S. label has seen fit to provide a multi-disc retrospective of the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac for the digital age. If you suspect that this richly warranted project will never come to fruition, you might want to hunt down this double LP of pre-Then Play On material. Originally issued in the early 1970s, it pairs Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac with English Rose, and is highlighted by the essential British hits "Albatross" and "Black Magic Woman." | ||
 | Album: 9 of 44 Title: The Original Fleetwood Mac Released: 1971 Tracks: 12 Duration: 42:11 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Drifting (03:30) 2 Leaving Town Blues (02:53) 3 Watch Out (03:30) 4 A Fool No More (04:35) 5 Mean Old Fireman (03:45) 6 Can’t Afford to Do It (02:02) 7 Fleetwood Mac (03:55) 8 Worried Dream (05:20) 9 Love That Woman (02:29) 10 Allow Me One More Show (03:01) 11 First Train Home (04:05) 12 Rambling Pony No. 2 (03:06) |
| The Original Fleetwood Mac : Allmusic album Review : As far as odds and ends packages go, Original Fleetwood Mac (1971) is an undeniably strong collection culled primarily from the bands first incarnation, featuring John McVie (bass/guitar), Mick Fleetwood (drums), Peter Green (guitar/vocals), and Jeremy Spencer (guitar/piano/vocals). As evidenced by the material, this quartet are an unmistakably blues-based combo. Early on they distinguished themselves as not only interpreters of traditional fare, but skilled composers, especially Green, who penned the vast majority of these selections. While their entire output during this era can be found on the six-disc Complete Blue Horizon Sessions: 1967-1969 (1999), the best of those secondary sides are contained within this disc. Greens total envelopment of the blues, coupled with equally inspired guitar craft, illuminate the traditional "Drifting" and "First Train Home," as well as an adventurous, hopped-up cover of Muddy Waters "Rollin and Tumblin," titled "Rambling Pony No. 2." "Watch Out" reveals Fleetwood Macs decidedly jazzier visage. While the driving upbeat rhythm is deeply rooted in a Chicago-style delivery, Greens fretwork is undeniably fresh, giving the outing fuel for the combos fiery contributions. "A Fool No More" is another notable variation and possible harbinger of their later psychedelic ventures. The instrumental "Fleetwood Mac" sounds as if it may have been taken from a jam session already in progress. The adaptation of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudups "Mean Old Fireman" offers an acoustic pseudo-slide lead from Green, but ultimately it fails to truly ignite. B.B. Kings "Worried Dream" is an interesting choice that would show up later in the bands concurrent concert repertoire. | ||
 | Album: 10 of 44 Title: Future Games Released: 1971-09-03 Tracks: 8 Duration: 42:27 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Woman of 1000 Years (05:28) 2 Morning Rain (05:38) 3 What a Shame (02:20) 4 Future Games (08:18) 5 Sands of Time (07:24) 6 Sometimes (05:26) 7 Lay It All Down (04:30) 8 Show Me a Smile (03:20) |
| Future Games : Allmusic album Review : By the time of this albums release, Jeremy Spencer had been replaced by Bob Welch and Christine McVie had begun to assert herself more as a singer and songwriter. The result is a distinct move toward folk-rock and pop; Future Games sounds almost nothing like Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac. Bob Welchs eight-minute title track, featuring lead guitar from Danny Kirwan, has one of Welchs characteristic haunting melodies, and with pruning and better editing, it could have been a hit. Christine McVies "Show Me a Smile" is one of her loveliest ballads. Initial popular reaction was mixed: the album didnt sell as well as Kiln House, but it sold better than any of the bands first three albums in the U.S. In the U.K., where the original lineup had been more successful, Future Games didnt chart at all; the same fate that would befall the rest of its albums until the Lindsey Buckingham-Stevie Nicks era. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 44 Title: Greatest Hits Released: 1971-11 Tracks: 12 Duration: 43:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (04:36) 2 Oh Well, Part 1 (03:31) 3 Oh Well, Part 2 (05:43) 4 Shake Your Money Maker (02:55) 5 Need Your Love So Bad (03:55) 6 Rattlesnake Shake (03:31) 7 Dragonfly (02:48) 8 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 9 Albatross (03:09) 10 Man of the World (02:50) 11 Stop Messin’ Around (02:21) 12 Love That Burns (05:03) |
 | Album: 12 of 44 Title: Bare Trees Released: 1972 Tracks: 10 Duration: 37:26 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Child of Mine (05:28) 2 The Ghost (04:04) 3 Homeward Bound (03:24) 4 Sunny Side of Heaven (03:12) 5 Bare Trees (05:06) 6 Sentimental Lady (04:34) 7 Danny’s Chant (03:21) 8 Spare Me a Little of Your Love (03:45) 9 Dust (02:43) 10 Thoughts on a Grey Day (01:45) |
| Bare Trees : Allmusic album Review : Arguably the first consistently strong album Fleetwood Mac ever recorded -- all the way back into the Peter Green/Jeremy Spencer era, the Macs albums had previously consisted of individual moments of brilliance in a sea of uninspired filler -- 1972s Bare Trees is also the album where the band finally defines its post-blues musical personality. Low-key but less narcoleptically mellow than 1971s sleepy Future Games, Bare Trees is a singer/songwriter album in the traditional early-70s style, backed up with just enough musical muscle to keep from sounding like weedy soft rock in the manner of Bread or Cat Stevens. This is the one Fleetwood Mac album on which singer/guitarist Danny Kirwan is the dominant figure, writing five songs to Christine McVie and Bob Welchs two apiece. Impressively, all three writers get off a small masterpiece on side two; McVies "Spare Me a Little of Your Love" sounds like a dry run for the string of hits she would start writing with 1975s Fleetwood Mac, and its her first really good pop song. By comparison, Kirwan and Welchs best songs are all-time career highlights. Kirwans "Dust" combines a gentle, gliding melody with resigned, melancholy lyrics and his most memorable chorus. Welchs "Sentimental Lady" was, of course, his first solo hit in its 1977 re-recorded version, but this original take is far superior, and one of the great lost pop songs of the early 70s. Outfitted with a terrific vocal melody, hooks galore, and an impressive tremolo guitar solo, "Sentimental Lady" is perhaps a little trite lyrically, but its a heartfelt and lovable tune regardless, and the best thing Fleetwood Mac did in the years between "Albatross" and "Over My Head." The rest of the album is less magical, but the instrumental "Sunny Side of Heaven" and the downright funky "Dannys Chant" are impressive in their use of atmospheric arrangements and so point toward the subtle but effective production choices that would make Fleetwood Mac and Rumours among the most listenable albums of their time. Bare Trees isnt in that league, but it shows that after five years of false starts and failed experiments, Fleetwood Mac were finally on their way. | ||
 | Album: 13 of 44 Title: Mystery to Me Released: 1973-01-11 Tracks: 12 Duration: 48:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Emerald Eyes (03:34) 2 Believe Me (04:11) 3 Just Crazy Love (03:26) 4 Hypnotized (04:49) 5 Forever (04:07) 6 Keep On Going (04:04) 7 The City (03:36) 8 Miles Away (03:49) 9 Somebody (05:04) 10 The Way I Feel (02:43) 11 For Your Love (03:46) 12 Why (04:55) |
| Mystery to Me : Allmusic album Review : At this point, the band was best-known as a British blues unit. Slowly but surely the band was becoming more acclimated with a production style that was reminiscent of the California pop sound. With the majority of the blues and psychedelic behind them, Mystery to Me finds Fleetwood Mac in a more ruminative vein. American guitarist Bob Welch established that path. Despite the all-encompassing ethos, Welchs songwriting skills made him walk a fine line between the mystical and the silly. But luckily most everything works here. The leadoff song, the laid-back "Emerald Eyes" matches Welchs spacey lyrics and vocals as Christine McVie provides great backing help. The albums best track, the gorgeous and lyrically strong "Hypnotized" has Welch matching an effortless, soothing croon with jazzy guitar riffs. Throughout Mystery to Me the amazing and almost telepathic drums and bass of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie give this effort more panache and muscle than was represented on this efforts predecessor, Bare Trees. The best Bob Welch offering, "Keep on Going," has a strong, soulful string arrangement and Christine McVies customary sensual and poised vocals. The only weak spot is the ill-advised cover of "For Your Love" thats steeped in hackneyed, post-psychedelic style. Mystery to Mes interesting sound is directly attributed to the fact that it was recorded on the Rolling Stones Mobile Unit. This effort is custom-made for those who like thoughtful offerings and is a valuable set in the scheme of the band. | ||
 | Album: 14 of 44 Title: Penguin Released: 1973-03 Tracks: 9 Duration: 36:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Remember Me (02:45) 2 Bright Fire (04:33) 3 Dissatisfied (03:44) 4 (I’m a) Road Runner (04:55) 5 The Derelict (02:49) 6 Revelation (05:00) 7 Did You Ever Love Me (03:44) 8 Night Watch (06:17) 9 Caught in the Rain (02:48) |
| Penguin : Allmusic album Review : Fleetwood Macs first album made after the departure of Danny Kirwan features the additions of guitarist Bob Weston and singer Dave Walker. By now Bob Welch and Christine McVie were the dominant forces in the band, and all traces of blues-rock were gone, replaced by Welchs hypnotic melodies and McVies romantic sentiments married to up-tempo pop tunes. This album gave Fleetwood Mac its best U.S. chart showing yet, but the wonder is that this phase in the bands career wasnt even more popular. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 44 Title: Heroes Are Hard to Find Released: 1974-09-13 Tracks: 11 Duration: 39:37 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Heroes Are Hard to Find (03:34) 2 Coming Home (03:54) 3 Angel (03:54) 4 Bermuda Triangle (04:08) 5 Come a Little Bit Closer (04:48) 6 She’s Changing Me (02:59) 7 Bad Loser (03:25) 8 Silver Heels (03:27) 9 Prove Your Love (03:58) 10 Born Enchanter (02:54) 11 Safe Harbour (02:30) |
| Heroes Are Hard to Find : Allmusic album Review : Although this was Bob Welchs last album with the band he had worked with since 1971, it sounds like hes at his peak. Pared down to a foursome for the first and (as of 2002) only time since the addition of Danny Kirwan, both Welch and Christine McVie contribute some of their finest songs. Bolstered by sympathetic self-production and imaginative, often aggressive arrangements that include brassy horns on the title track (a blatant but failed attempt at a hit single), the album is one of their most cohesive yet diverse. Welch continues his fascination with UFOs in a sort of follow-up to Mystery to Mes "Hypnotized" called "Bermuda Triangle" and even heads into a spacy Hendrix "Third Stone From the Sun" groove on "Coming Home." Christine McVie is in wonderful voice on her own ballads like "Prove Your Love" but outdoes herself on the magnificent "Come a Little Bit Closer," a stunning track whose grandeur is heightened by strings and McVies majestic piano. Its a hidden classic and pedal steel by the Flying Burrito Brothers Sneaky Pete Kleinow is an unexpected and perfect addition to the albums most fully realized tune. Welchs folk-pop "Shes Changing Me" is one of his most upbeat, memorable melodies, offset by the rocker "Silver Heels" and his closing "Safe Harbor," a knowing nod back to Peter Greens atmospheric work on "Albatross" and his contributions to Then Play On. McVies haunting rocker "Bad Loser" is reinforced by the propulsive rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, both adding tense bite to even the most tender of ballads. Welch left soon after the albums release, and the group went on to bigger and better things, but Heroes is a minor gem that retains its effortless pop charms and contains some buried jewels in the extensive Fleetwood Mac catalog. | ||
 | Album: 16 of 44 Title: Vintage Years Released: 1975 Tracks: 24 Duration: 1:19:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 2 Coming Home (02:38) 3 Rambling Pony (02:41) 4 Something Inside of Me (03:53) 5 Dust My Broom (02:50) 6 The Sun Is Shining (03:12) 7 Albatross (03:09) 8 Just the Blues (05:36) 9 Evening Boogie (02:40) 10 The Big Boat (02:37) 11 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:34) 12 I’ve Lost My Baby (04:15) 1 Doctor Brown (03:44) 2 Need Your Love So Bad (03:54) 3 Looking for Somebody (02:50) 4 Need Your Love Tonight (03:27) 5 Shake Your Money Maker (02:55) 6 Man of the World (02:50) 7 Stop Messin’ Around (02:18) 8 Rollin’ Man (02:52) 9 Love That Burns (05:02) 10 If You Be My Baby (03:52) 11 Lazy Poker Blues (02:35) 12 Trying So Hard to Forget (04:45) |
 | Album: 17 of 44 Title: 2 Originals of Fleetwood Mac Released: 1976 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:16:58 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 This Is the Rock (02:50) 2 Station Man (05:51) 3 Blood on the Floor (02:47) 4 Hi Ho Silver (03:08) 5 Jewel Eyed Judy (03:19) 6 Buddy‘s Song (02:12) 7 Earl Gray (04:04) 8 One Together (03:27) 9 Tell Me All the Things You Do (04:15) 10 Mission Bell (02:33) 1 Woman of 1000 Years (05:28) 2 Morning Rain (05:38) 3 What a Shame (02:20) 4 Future Games (08:18) 5 Sands of Time (07:24) 6 Sometimes (05:26) 7 Lay It All Down (04:30) 8 Show Me a Smile (03:20) |
 | Album: 18 of 44 Title: Albatross Released: 1977 Tracks: 16 Duration: 51:07 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Albatross (03:09) 2 Rambling Pony (02:41) 3 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (02:57) 4 Doctor Brown (03:46) 5 Stop Messin’ Round (02:22) 6 Love That Burns (05:03) 7 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:37) 8 Need Your Love Tonight (03:28) 9 I’d Rather Go Blind (03:19) 10 Crazy ’Bout You Baby (03:05) 11 And That’s Saying a Lot (03:01) 12 I’m on My Way (03:12) 13 No Road Is the Right Road (02:53) 14 Let Me Go (Leave Me Alone) (03:38) 15 I’m Too Far Gone (To Turn Around) (03:30) 16 When You Say (03:18) |
 | Album: 19 of 44 Title: Rumours Released: 1977-02-04 Tracks: 11 Duration: 39:55 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Second Hand News (02:53) 2 Dreams (04:16) 3 Never Going Back Again (02:14) 4 Don’t Stop (03:12) 5 Go Your Own Way (03:39) 6 Songbird (03:20) 7 The Chain (04:30) 8 You Make Loving Fun (03:33) 9 I Don’t Want to Know (03:15) 10 Oh Daddy (03:56) 11 Gold Dust Woman (05:02) |
| Rumours : Allmusic album Review : Rumours is the kind of album that transcends its origins and reputation, entering the realm of legend -- its an album that simply exists outside of criticism and outside of its time, even if it thoroughly captures its era. Prior to this LP, Fleetwood Mac were moderately successful, but here they turned into a full-fledged phenomenon, with Rumours becoming the biggest-selling pop album to date. While its chart success was historic, much of the legend surrounding the record is born from the groups internal turmoil. Unlike most bands, Fleetwood Mac in the mid-70s were professionally and romantically intertwined, with no less than two couples in the band, but as their professional career took off, the personal side unraveled. Bassist John McVie and his keyboardist/singer wife Christine McVie filed for divorce as guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks split, with Stevie running to drummer Mick Fleetwood, unbeknown to the rest of the band. These personal tensions fueled nearly every song on Rumours, which makes listening to the album a nearly voyeuristic experience. Youre eavesdropping on the bandmates singing painful truths about each other, spreading nasty lies and rumors and wallowing in their grief, all in the presence of the person who caused the heartache. Everybody loves gawking at a good public breakup, but if that was all that it took to sell a record, Richard and Linda Thompsons Shoot Out the Lights would be multi-platinum. No, what made Rumours an unparalleled blockbuster is the quality of the music. Once again masterminded by producer/songwriter/guitarist Buckingham, Rumours is an exceptionally musical piece of work -- he toughens Christine McVie and softens Nicks, adding weird turns to accessibly melodic works, which gives the universal themes of the songs haunting resonance. It also cloaks the raw emotion of the lyrics in deceptively palatable arrangements that made a tune as wrecked and tortured as "Go Your Own Way" an anthemic hit. But thats what makes Rumours such an enduring achievement -- it turns private pain into something universal. Some of these songs may be too familiar, whether through their repeated exposure on FM radio or their use in presidential campaigns, but in the context of the album, each tune, each phrase regains its raw, immediate emotional power -- which is why Rumours touched a nerve upon its 1977 release, and has since transcended its era to be one of the greatest, most compelling pop albums of all time. | ||
 | Album: 20 of 44 Title: Man of the World Released: 1978 Tracks: 16 Duration: 53:31 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Man of the World (02:50) 2 Black Magic Woman (02:44) 3 Need Your Love Tonight (03:25) 4 Oh Well, Part 1 (02:55) 5 Watch Out (04:11) 6 Love That Burns (05:03) 7 I Cant Hold Out (03:25) 8 Stop Messin’ Around (02:18) 9 Albatross (03:09) 10 Need Your Love So Bad (03:48) 11 The Green Manalishi (04:05) 12 Like It This Way (03:45) 13 Looking for Somebody (02:48) 14 Shake Your Moneymaker (02:57) 15 Homework (03:16) 16 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (02:52) |
 | Album: 21 of 44 Title: Fleetwood Mac Released: 1979 Tracks: 12 Duration: 35:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Albatross (03:07) 2 Looking for Somebody (02:51) 3 The Sun Is Shining (03:03) 4 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (02:52) 5 Need Your Love Tonight (03:25) 6 Stop Messin’ Around (02:18) 7 Black Magic Woman (02:46) 8 Rambling Pony (02:37) 9 Coming Home (02:38) 10 Just the Blues (05:36) 11 The Big Boot (02:35) 12 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:33) |
| Fleetwood Mac : Allmusic album Review : Its unfair to say that Fleetwood Mac had no pop pretensions prior to the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to the lineup in 1975. When they were led by Bob Welch they often flirted with pop, even recording the first version of the unabashedly smooth and sappy "Sentimental Lady," which would later be one of the defining soft rock hits of the late 70s. Still, theres no denying that 1975s Fleetwood Mac represents not just the rebirth of the band, but in effect a second debut for the group -- the introduction of a band that would dominate the sound of American and British mainstream pop for the next seven years. In fact, in retrospect, its rather stunning how thoroughly Buckingham and Nicks, who had previously recorded as a duo and were romantically entangled in the past, overtook the British blues band. As soon as the Californian duo came onboard, Fleetwood Mac turned into a West Coast pop/rock band, transforming the very identity of the band and pushing the bands other songwriter, keyboardist Christine McVie, to a kindred soft rock sound. It could have all been too mellow if it werent for the nervy, restless spirit of Buckingham, whose insistent opener, "Monday Morning," sets the tone for the rest of the album, as well the next few years of the groups career. Surging with a pushily melodic chorus and a breezy Californian feel, the song has little to do with anything the Mac had done before this, and it is a positively brilliant slice of pop songwriting, simultaneously urgent and timeless. After that barnstorming opener, Buckingham lies back a bit, contributing only two other songs -- a cover of Richard Curtis "Blue Letter," the second best up-tempo song here, and the closer, "Im So Afraid" -- while the rest of the album is given over to the wily spirits of Nicks and McVie, whose singles "Rhiannon," "Say You Love Me," and "Over My Head" deservedly made this into a blockbuster. But a bandmembers contribution can never be reduced to his own tracks, and Buckingham not only gives the production depth, he motivates the rest of the band, particularly Nicks and McVie, to do great work, not just on the hit singles but the album tracks that give this record depth. It was diverse without being forced, percolating with innovative ideas, all filtered through an accessible yet sophisticated sensibility. While Rumours had more hits and Tusk was an inspired work of mad genius, Fleetwood Mac wrote the blueprint for Californian soft rock of the late 70s and was the standard the rest were judged by. | ||
 | Album: 22 of 44 Title: Tusk Released: 1979-10-19 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:12:20 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Over & Over (04:34) 2 The Ledge (02:08) 3 Think About Me (02:44) 4 Save Me a Place (02:42) 5 Sara (edit) (04:39) 6 What Makes You Think You’re the One (03:32) 7 Storms (05:22) 8 That’s All for Everyone (03:03) 9 Not That Funny (03:11) 10 Sisters of the Moon (04:43) 11 Angel (04:54) 12 That’s Enough for Me (01:50) 13 Brown Eyes (04:27) 14 Never Make Me Cry (02:18) 15 I Know I’m Not Wrong (03:02) 16 Honey Hi (02:44) 17 Beautiful Child (05:21) 18 Walk a Thin Line (03:47) 19 Tusk (03:36) 20 Never Forget (03:38) |
| Tusk : Allmusic album Review : More than any other Fleetwood Mac album, Tusk is born of a particular time and place -- it could only have been created in the aftermath of Rumours, which shattered sales records, which in turn gave the group a blank check for its next album. But if they were falling apart during the making of Rumours, they were officially broken and shattered during the making of Tusk, and that disconnect between bandmembers resulted in a sprawling, incoherent, and utterly brilliant 20-track double album. At the time of its release, it was a flop, never reaching the top of the charts and never spawning a true hit single, despite two well-received Top Ten hits. Coming after the monumental Rumours, this was a huge disappointment, but the truth of the matter is that Fleetwood Mac couldnt top that success no matter how hard they tried, so it was better for them to indulge themselves and come up with something as unique as Tusk. Lindsey Buckingham directed both Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, but he dominates here, composing nearly half the album, and giving Christine McVies and Stevie Nicks songs an ethereal, floating quality that turns them into welcome respites from the seriously twisted immersions into Buckinghams id. This is the ultimate cocaine album -- its mellow for long stretches, and then bursts wide open in manic, frantic explosions, such as the mounting tension on "The Ledge" or the rampaging "Thats Enough for Me," or the marching band-driven paranoia of the title track, all of which are relieved by smooth, reflective work from all three songwriters. While McVie and Nicks contribute some excellent songs, Buckingham owns this record with his nervous energy and obsessive production, winding up with a fussily detailed yet wildly messy record unlike any other. This is mainstream madness, crazier than Buckinghams idol Brian Wilson and weirder than any number of cult classics. Of course, thats why it bombed upon its original release, but Tusk is a bracing, weirdly affecting work that may not be as universal or immediate as Rumours, but is every bit as classic. As a piece of pop art, its peerless. | ||
 | Album: 23 of 44 Title: Mirage Released: 1982-06-28 Tracks: 12 Duration: 43:18 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Love in Store (03:16) 2 Can’t Go Back (02:44) 3 That’s Alright (03:10) 4 Book of Love (03:23) 5 Gypsy (04:28) 6 Only Over You (04:09) 7 Empire State (02:53) 8 Straight Back (04:13) 9 Hold Me (03:45) 10 Oh Diane (02:37) 11 Eyes of the World (03:48) 12 Wish You Were Here (04:47) |
| Mirage : Allmusic album Review : Fleetwood Mac retreated from the insular strangeness of Tusk and returned to straightforward pop songcraft for Mirage. Boasting a glossy, friendly production that makes even the lesser numbers pleasant and ingratiating, Mirage nonetheless suffers from a lack of substance. Rumours had raw emotion to give it a core, and Tusk had Lindsey Buckinghams runaway ambition. For its part, Mirage sounds as if its sole goal is to sustain Fleetwood Macs popularity, and while there may be a handful of terrific songs -- notably the hit singles "Gypsy," "Love in Store," and "Hold Me" -- it simply isnt as compelling as the groups previous three albums. | ||
 | Album: 24 of 44 Title: The Collection Released: 1987 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:04:48 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Shake Your Moneymaker (02:57) 2 Long Grey Mare (02:14) 3 I Loved Another Woman (02:57) 4 Got to Move (03:19) 5 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 6 Need Your Love So Bad (03:55) 7 Doctor Brown (03:45) 8 Love That Burns (05:02) 9 Lazy Poker Blues (02:36) 10 Drifting (03:31) 11 Fleetwood Mac (03:53) 12 Love That Woman (02:29) 13 Ive Lost My Baby (04:17) 14 Man of the World (02:50) 15 Someones Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonite (02:46) 16 Watch Out (03:27) 17 Homework (03:20) 18 Rockin’ Boogie (03:46) 19 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:33) 20 Albatross (03:09) |
 | Album: 25 of 44 Title: Tango in the Night Released: 1987-04-09 Tracks: 12 Duration: 44:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Big Love (03:40) 2 Seven Wonders (03:45) 3 Everywhere (03:49) 4 Caroline (03:57) 5 Tango in the Night (04:05) 6 Mystified (03:12) 7 Little Lies (03:43) 8 Family Man (04:09) 9 Welcome to the Room… Sara (03:44) 10 Isn’t It Midnight (04:16) 11 When I See You Again (03:51) 12 You and I, Part II (02:38) |
| Tango in the Night : Allmusic album Review : Artistically and commercially, the Stevie Nicks/Lindsey Buckingham/Mick Fleetwood/Christine and John McVie edition of Fleetwood Mac had been on a roll for over a decade when Tango in the Night was released in early 1987. This would, unfortunately, be Buckinghams last album with the pop/rock supergroup -- and he definitely ended his association with the band on a creative high note. Serving as the albums main producer, Buckingham gives an edgy quality to everything from the haunting "Isnt It Midnight" to the poetic "Seven Wonders" to the dreamy "Everywhere." Though Buckingham doesnt over-produce, his thoughtful use of synthesizers is a major asset. Without question, "Family Man" and "Caroline" are among the best songs ever written by Buckingham, who consistently brings out the best in his colleagues on this superb album. | ||
 | Album: 26 of 44 Title: The Best of the Original Fleetwood Mac Released: 1988 Tracks: 18 Duration: 57:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Black Magic Woman (02:48) 2 Ive Lost My Baby (04:17) 3 One Sunny Day (03:12) 4 Without You (04:34) 5 Coming Home (02:40) 6 Albatross (03:09) 7 Stop Messin Around (02:21) 8 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:33) 9 Doctor Brown (03:45) 10 Love That Burns (05:04) 11 My Heart Beat Like A Hammer (02:59) 12 Merry Go Round (04:08) 13 Hellhound On My Trail (02:00) 14 The World Keep On Turning (02:31) 15 If I Loved Another Woman (02:58) 16 Cold Black Night (03:20) 17 Shake Your Moneymaker (02:57) 18 No Place To Go (03:20) |
| The Best of the Original Fleetwood Mac : Allmusic album Review : One of several compilations of Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac material, this 18-song compilation has the virtue of budget pricing to recommend it, along with a healthy cross-section of material variously attributed to Green, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan (as well as Howlin Wolf et. al.), though at this stage of the groups history, originality of composition wasnt a virtue. The selection is excellent and the producers have put together a nice, basic package, filled with virtuoso playing -- apart from the lack of liner notes (which, in fairness, could be a bit much to ask for on a budget-priced CD), the only other flaw concerns the mastering of the sound, which, at times, varies a fair amount in volume between the different tracks; its a minor problem, and easy enough to fix for those who notice, but theres still no reason for it being a problem except carelessness. The music rather speaks for itself, bold, assertive British blues played about as well as it was by anybody, but lacking either the flashy pop sensibilities of, say, Cream, or the presence of a charismatic personality, à la Jack Bruce or Eric Clapton, to sell the band successfully in America at the time. | ||
 | Album: 27 of 44 Title: The Hits of Fleetwood Mac Released: 1990 Tracks: 16 Duration: 50:23 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Albatross (03:09) 2 Need Your Love So Bad (03:54) 3 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 4 Coming Home (02:37) 5 Just the Blues (05:31) 6 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:32) 7 Stop Messin’ Round (02:18) 8 Let Me Go (03:33) 9 Id Rather Go Blind (03:15) 10 The Big Boot (02:35) 11 Rambling Pony (02:37) 12 Doctor Brown (03:43) 13 Looking for Somebody (02:43) 14 Merry Go Round (04:05) 15 Crazy bout You Baby (03:02) 16 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (02:52) |
 | Album: 28 of 44 Title: Looking Back On Released: 1990 Tracks: 16 Duration: 50:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Albatross (03:09) 2 Looking for Someone (02:51) 3 My Baby’s Good to Me (02:52) 4 I Loved Another Woman (02:57) 5 If You Be My Baby (03:53) 6 Without You (04:33) 7 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:37) 8 Black Magic Woman (02:47) 9 Need Your Love So Bad (03:51) 10 Love That Burns (05:03) 11 My Heart Beat Like a Hammer (03:00) 12 I Believe My Time Aint Long (02:56) 13 Shake Your Moneymaker (02:57) 14 The World Keep On Turning (02:31) 15 Stop Messin’ Round (02:22) 16 Coming Home (02:38) |
 | Album: 29 of 44 Title: Collection Gold Released: 1990 Tracks: 16 Duration: 52:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:35) 2 I Believe My Time Aint Long (02:56) 3 Need your Love So Bad (03:56) 4 Rattlesnake Shake (03:30) 5 The Sun Is Shining (03:12) 6 Coming Home (02:41) 7 Albatross (03:09) 8 Black Maguic Woman (02:52) 9 Just The Blues (05:35) 10 The Big Boat (02:38) 11 No Phace To Go (03:21) 12 Ive Lost My Baby (04:17) 13 Stop Messin Around (02:21) 14 Shake Your Moneymaker (02:56) 15 Love That Burns (05:04) 16 Rambling Pony (02:39) |
| Collection Gold : Allmusic album Review : Comprised of songs from the early, hard-edged blues-based Fleetwood Mac, before they morphed into the polished rock act for which they will forever be known, Collection Gold is an excellent overview of the groups roots and the vision of guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. The raw groove of one of Greens most famous compositions, "Black Magic Woman," the beautiful atmospherics of "Albatross," and the shuffling cover of the Howlin Wolf tune "No Place to Go" certainly highlight the early days of Fleetwood Mac and serve to document a fascinating group who commanded as much importance in the British psychedelic blues scene as much as the American pop scene. | ||
 | Album: 30 of 44 Title: Behind the Mask Released: 1990-04-10 Tracks: 13 Duration: 54:26 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Skies the Limit (03:45) 2 Love Is Dangerous (03:18) 3 In the Back of My Mind (07:02) 4 Do You Know (04:19) 5 Save Me (04:15) 6 Affairs of the Heart (04:22) 7 When the Sun Goes Down (03:18) 8 Behind the Mask (04:18) 9 Stand on the Rock (03:59) 10 Hard Feelings (04:54) 11 Freedom (04:12) 12 When It Comes to Love (04:08) 13 The Second Time (02:31) |
| Behind the Mask : Allmusic album Review : Fleetwood Macs only full-length album with a lineup of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Billy Burnette, and Rick Vito proved an artistic and commercial disappointment not so much because Lindsey Buckingham was missing as songwriter/guitarist/singer/ producer as because the groups other writers, Nicks and Christine McVie, didnt pick up the slack, relying on Burnette and Vito to come up with material. They tried: Burnettes "Hard Feelings," written with Jeff Silbar, was a worthy effort. But Nickss four contributions (three of them co-written) werent up to her usual standard, and while McVie proved more dependable, turning in the Top 40 pop hit "Save Me" and the Top Ten Adult Contemporary hit "Skies The Limit," her light, romantic efforts needed sturdier work to play off of. Behind The Mask was never less than pleasant, but never of the calibre of the work of the previous lineup, either. Though it went gold, it was Fleetwood Macs least successful new album in 15 years. | ||
 | Album: 31 of 44 Title: Like It This Way Released: 1991 Tracks: 20 Duration: 1:09:21 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Like It This Way (03:52) 2 Need Your Love Tonight (03:28) 3 Rambling Pony (02:41) 4 Lazy Poker Blues (02:36) 5 The Big Boat (02:38) 6 Dust My Broom (02:53) 7 Home Work (03:21) 8 I Can’t Hold Out (03:38) 9 Merry Go Round (04:08) 10 Just the Blues (05:34) 11 Last Night (04:39) 12 Trying So Hard to Forget (04:46) 13 Something Inside of Me (03:56) 14 Rockin’ Boogie (03:48) 15 Cold Black Night (03:17) 16 Dragonfly (02:48) 17 Hellhound on My Trail (02:00) 18 Evening Boogie (02:41) 19 Docter Brown (03:45) 20 Rollin’ Man (02:52) |
 | Album: 32 of 44 Title: Selections From 25 Years: The Chain Released: 1992 Tracks: 37 Duration: 2:30:46 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Paper Doll (03:57) 2 Love Shines (04:47) 3 Love in Store (03:23) 4 Goodbye Angel (03:06) 5 Heart of Stone (04:39) 6 Silver Springs (04:30) 7 Oh Diane (02:33) 8 Big Love (03:40) 9 Rhiannon (04:11) 10 Crystal (05:08) 11 The Chain (04:19) 12 Over My Head (03:38) 13 Dreams (04:16) 14 Go Your Own Way (03:39) 15 Sara (06:26) 16 Hold Me (03:25) 17 Gypsy (05:21) 18 Make Me a Mask (04:01) 1 Don’t Stop (03:12) 2 Everywhere (03:42) 3 Tusk (03:13) 4 Not That Funny (07:56) 5 Beautiful Child (05:21) 6 Teen Beat (02:43) 7 Need Your Love So Bad (03:54) 8 Did You Ever Love Me (03:41) 9 Oh Well, Part 1 (03:31) 10 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (02:51) 11 Bermuda Triangle (04:09) 12 Why (04:55) 13 Station Man (05:41) 14 Albatross (03:09) 15 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 16 Stop Messin’ Around (02:21) 17 Trinity (04:08) 18 Heroes Are Hard to Find (03:34) 19 Green Manalishi (04:37) |
| Selections From 25 Years: The Chain : Allmusic album Review : Here are two discs culled from the original four-disc box on Warner documenting Fleetwood Macs first 25 years. While there is plenty of room for argument about which tracks to include -- and exclude -- here, the notion to include new songs was plainly a bad idea when a band has as rich a history as this one did at the time. Perhaps the thinking here was that they wanted to be known as a going concern despite the fact that their singles potential had all but worn utterly through by this point (in 1992). The set includes the rarity "Silver Spring," which had been only released as a B-side, and remains an eternal fave of fans. There are some alternate mixes and edits in the set, but disc one is made up of huge hits and new songs (none of which measure up, by the way). Disc two, which kicks off with the Tusk material -- "Sara" being the big single from the period -- also includes the original mono version of "Oh Well, Part 1," which is not as great as the single or album version. Bob Welchs "Bermuda Triangle" is the only tune by the him on the set, which makes no sense, and the early Peter Green/Jeremy Spencer blues material makes up less than a third of the collection. Its a mixed bag to be sure, but there was no way to win. Fans of the early to middle period Mac tend not to like the blissed-out 70s pop, and fans of the later material will blanch at the sheer raw ugly beauty of the electric British blues. | ||
 | Album: 33 of 44 Title: 25 Years: The Chain Released: 1992-11-24 Tracks: 72 Duration: 4:53:49 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Paper Doll (03:57) 2 Love Shines (04:47) 3 Stand Back (live) (05:02) 4 Crystal (05:08) 5 Isnt It Midnight (04:03) 6 Big Love (03:40) 7 Everywhere (03:42) 8 Affairs of the Heart (04:22) 9 Heart of Stone (04:39) 10 Sara (06:26) 11 That’s All for Everyone (03:03) 12 Over My Head (03:38) 13 Little Lies (03:38) 14 Eyes of the World (03:42) 15 Oh Diane (02:33) 16 In the Back of My Mind (07:02) 17 Make Me a Mask (04:01) 1 Save Me (04:14) 2 Goodbye Angel (03:06) 3 Silver Springs (04:30) 4 What Makes You Think You’re the One (03:32) 5 Think About Me (02:40) 6 Gypsy (05:21) 7 You Make Loving Fun (03:33) 8 Second Hand News (02:50) 9 Love in Store (03:23) 10 The Chain (04:19) 11 Teen Beat (02:43) 12 Dreams (04:16) 13 Only Over You (04:05) 14 Im So Afraid (07:27) 15 Love Is Dangerous (03:18) 16 Gold Dust Woman (05:02) 17 Not That Funny (07:56) 1 Warm Ways (03:50) 2 Say You Love Me (03:46) 3 Don’t Stop (03:12) 4 Rhiannon (04:11) 5 Walk a Thin Line (03:45) 6 Storms (05:27) 7 Go Your Own Way (03:39) 8 Sisters of the Moon (04:37) 9 Monday Morning (03:36) 10 Landslide (03:18) 11 Hypnotized (04:49) 12 Lay It All Down (04:35) 13 Angel (04:54) 14 Beautiful Child (05:21) 15 Brown Eyes (04:56) 16 Save Me a Place (02:42) 17 Tusk (03:13) 18 Never Going Back Again (02:02) 19 Songbird (03:20) 1 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (02:51) 2 Need Your Love So Bad (03:54) 3 Rattlesnake Shake (03:30) 4 Oh Well, Part 1 (03:31) 5 Stop Messin’ Around (02:21) 6 Green Manalishi (04:37) 7 Albatross (03:09) 8 Man of the World (02:50) 9 Love That Burns (05:03) 10 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 11 Watch Out (04:14) 12 String‐A‐Long (02:15) 13 Station Man (05:41) 14 Did You Ever Love Me (03:41) 15 Sentimental Lady (04:32) 16 Come a Little Bit Closer (04:48) 17 Heroes Are Hard to Find (03:34) 18 Trinity (04:08) 19 Why (04:55) |
| 25 Years: The Chain : Allmusic album Review : Overall, Fleetwood Macs four-CD box set, 25 Years: The Chain, contains a lot of great music, with plenty of the 1970s hits that made them one of the biggest bands in the world. It fails as a complete chronicle; not enough weight is given to the early, blues-based Mac with Peter Green, and there are too many songs (nearly a whole discs worth) from the lightweight 1980s albums. Also, the haphazard song sequencing doesnt help matters -- it doesnt make the case for Fleetwood Macs music as a body of work, and it doesnt trace the evolution, which should be apparent from the diversity of the music. If nothing else, 25 Years: The Chain offers evidence that Lindsey Buckingham was a brilliant pop composer and that the bands 70s success was well deserved. | ||
 | Album: 34 of 44 Title: The Blues Years Released: 1993 Tracks: 12 Duration: 1:15:30 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Black Magic Woman (06:08) 2 Madison Blues (04:50) 3 The Green Manalishi (07:31) 4 Jumping at Shadows (04:53) 5 Red Hot Mamma (04:09) 6 Oh Well (03:04) 7 Sandy Mary (05:13) 8 Rattle Snake Shake (24:23) 9 Got to Move (03:49) 10 Like It This Way (04:19) 11 Teenage Darling (04:21) 12 Man of the World (02:50) |
 | Album: 35 of 44 Title: Time Released: 1995-10-01 Tracks: 13 Duration: 1:00:55 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Talkin’ to My Heart (04:56) 2 Hollywood (Some Other Kind of Town) (05:46) 3 Blow by Blow (04:28) 4 Winds of Change (04:28) 5 I Do (04:28) 6 Nothing Without You (03:09) 7 Dreamin’ the Dream (03:46) 8 Sooner or Later (05:42) 9 I Wonder Why (04:30) 10 Nights in Estoril (04:47) 11 I Got It In for You (04:11) 12 All Over Again (03:37) 13 These Strange Times (07:07) |
| Time : Allmusic album Review : Fleetwood Mac suffered more personnel changes following the release of Behind the Mask in 1990, with Stevie Nicks and Rick Vito leaving, to be replaced by newcomer Bekka Bramlett (daughter of Delaney & Bonnie) and veteran Dave Mason. As a result, the group slipped down another notch in terms of quality and attention. Christine McVie could always be relied on to turn in her quotient of four or five perky songs of romantic devotion; Mason checked in with "Blow by Blow," a statement of renewed purpose that was braver than it was accurate; and Bramlett was an appealing, emotive singer. But despite the familiar rhythm section, this simply was not the group that made the great blues-rock of the 1960s or the group that made the great pop/rock of the 70s. And nobody was fooled: Time didnt even make the charts. | ||
 | Album: 36 of 44 Title: The Best of Fleetwood Mac Released: 1996 Tracks: 12 Duration: 40:51 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Albatross (03:09) 2 No Place to Go (03:24) 3 Merry Go Round (04:11) 4 Long Grey Mare (02:14) 5 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 6 Rambling Pony (02:41) 7 Watch Out! (04:14) 8 My Baby’s Good to Me (02:52) 9 The World Keep On Turning (02:31) 10 Need Your Love So Bad (03:51) 11 Doctor Brown (03:46) 12 Love That Burns (05:03) |
 | Album: 37 of 44 Title: The Vaudeville Years: 1968 to 1970 Released: 1998-10-13 Tracks: 31 Duration: 2:20:38 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Intro / Lazy Poker Blues (03:48) 2 My Babys Sweeter (03:53) 3 Love That Burns (04:15) 4 Talk to Me Baby (03:37) 5 Everyday I Have The Blues (1) (04:13) 6 Jeremys Contribution to Doo Wop (03:34) 7 Everyday I Have The Blues (2) (04:23) 8 Death Bells (05:05) 9 (Watch Out for Yourself) Mr. Jones (03:35) 10 Man of Action (05:21) 11 Do You Give a Damn for Me (03:45) 12 Man of the World (03:28) 13 Like It This Way (03:17) 14 Blues in B Flat Minor (04:16) 15 Someones Gonna Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight (02:58) 16 Although the Sun Is Shining (02:24) 17 Showbiz Blues (06:51) 1 Underway (16:15) 2 The Madge Sessions (1) (17:21) 3 The Madge Sessions (2) (02:42) 4 (Thats What) I Want to Know (03:54) 5 Oh Well (02:47) 6 Love It Seems (02:39) 7 Mighty Cold (02:28) 8 Fast Talking Woman Blues (04:02) 9 Tell Me From the Start (02:02) 10 October Jam (1) (05:01) 11 October Jam (2) (01:57) 12 The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (04:43) 13 World in Harmony (03:28) 14 Farewell (02:18) |
 | Album: 38 of 44 Title: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions: 1967–1969 Released: 1999-11-23 Tracks: 99 Duration: 6:44:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 My Heart Beat Like a Hammer (take 2) (03:33) 2 Merry Go Round (take 2) (04:19) 3 Long Grey Mare (02:17) 4 Hellhound on My Trail (take 1) (02:05) 5 Shake Your Moneymaker (03:13) 6 Looking for Somebody (02:53) 7 No Place to Go (03:20) 8 My Baby’s Good to Me (02:52) 9 I Loved Another Woman (02:57) 10 Cold Black Night (03:18) 11 The World Keep On Turning (02:31) 12 Got to Move (03:19) 13 My Heart Beat Like a Hammer (take 1) (03:43) 14 Merry Go Round (take 1) (00:56) 15 I Loved Another Woman (take 1–4) (06:09) 16 I Loved Another Woman (take 5–6) (05:10) 17 Cold Black Night (take 1–6) (05:30) 18 You’re So Evil (03:06) 19 I’m Coming Home to Stay (02:28) 1 Stop Messin’ Round (take 4) (02:35) 2 I’ve Lost My Baby (04:17) 3 Rollin’ Man (02:54) 4 Dust My Broom (02:53) 5 Love That Burns (05:03) 6 Doctor Brown (03:46) 7 Need Your Love Tonight (03:28) 8 If You Be My Baby (03:53) 9 Evenin’ Boogie (02:42) 10 Lazy Poker Blues (02:35) 11 Coming Home (02:41) 12 Trying So Hard to Forget (04:50) 13 Stop Messin’ Round (take 1–3) (04:33) 14 Stop Messin’ Round (take 5) (02:50) 15 I Held My Baby Last Night (04:27) 16 Mystery Boogie (02:52) 1 Need Your Love So Bad (version #2 (remake), take 4) (06:57) 2 Rambling Pony (03:34) 3 I Believe My Time Ain’t Long (03:03) 4 The Sun Is Shining (03:12) 5 Albatross (03:09) 6 Black Magic Woman (02:52) 7 Jigsaw Puzzle Blues (01:34) 8 Like Crying (02:30) 9 Need Your Love So Bad (version #1, takes 1, 2 & 3) (11:34) 10 Need Your Love So Bad (version #2 (remake), takes 1 & 2) (13:08) 11 Need Your Love So Bad (version #2 (remake), take 3) (06:21) 12 Need Your Love So Bad (USA version) (06:19) 1 Watch Out (04:20) 2 Ooh Baby (04:05) 3 South Indiana (take 1) (03:21) 4 South Indiana (take 2) (03:46) 5 Last Night (05:01) 6 Red Hot Jam (take 1) (05:55) 7 Red Hot Jam (take 2) (06:02) 8 I’m Worried (03:46) 9 I Held My Baby Last Night (05:16) 10 Madison Blues (04:55) 11 I Can’t Hold Out (04:48) 12 Bobby’s Rock (03:59) 13 I Need Your Love (take 2) (04:31) 14 Horton’s Boogie Woogie (take 1) (03:37) 15 I Got the Blues (04:54) 1 World’s in a Tangle (05:25) 2 Talk With You (03:27) 3 Like It This Way (04:24) 4 Someday Soon Baby (07:36) 5 Hungry Country Girl (05:46) 6 Black Jack Blues (05:08) 7 Everyday I Have the Blues (04:54) 8 Rockin’ Boogie (03:57) 9 My Baby’s Gone (04:04) 10 Sugar Mama (take 1) (00:49) 11 Sugar Mama (06:08) 12 Homework (03:20) 13 Honey Boy Blues (02:19) 14 I Need Your Love (take 1) (02:15) 15 Horton’s Boogie Woogie (take 2) (03:39) 16 Have a Good Time (04:54) 17 That’s Wrong (04:12) 18 Rock Me Baby (03:24) 1 Drifting (03:32) 2 Leaving Town Blues (take 5) (03:11) 3 Watch Out (take 2) (04:47) 4 A Fool No More (take 1–8) (08:01) 5 Mean Old Fireman (take 1–2) (04:08) 6 Can’t Afford to Do It (02:04) 7 Fleetwood Mac (03:55) 8 Worried Dream (take 1) (06:56) 9 Love That Woman (alternate original mix) (02:33) 10 Allow Me One More Show (alternate original mix) (03:00) 11 First Train Home (04:06) 12 Rambling Pony No. 2 (alternate original mix) (02:55) 13 Watch Out (take 1) (03:08) 14 Something Inside of Me (03:56) 15 Something Inside of Me (take 2) (04:06) 16 Something Inside of Me (take 3) (04:17) 17 One Sunny Day (03:13) 18 Without You (04:33) 19 Coming Your Way (take 6) (03:01) |
| The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions: 1967–1969 : Allmusic album Review : A six-CD set of everything Fleetwood Mac recorded for the British Blue Horizon label. Wait, youre saying, didnt they only do two albums for Blue Horizon before leaving the company in early 1969? True, but there were also the non-LP singles that comprised the bulk of the U.K. compilation The Pious Bird of Good Omen, the two albums of blues jams in Chicago that came out later in 1969, and the 1971 LP The Original Fleetwood Mac, comprised of early outtakes. Make each of those half-dozen LPs a CD, add some outtakes and alternate takes to each, and youve got a pretty full box. Unintentionally, this box makes the Mac a candidate for Most Erratic Major Rock Group of the Late 1960s, ranging from the sheer brilliance of Peter Greens songs to rote blues covers that are downright mundane, particularly some of the Jeremy Spencer showcases and Chicago blues jams. If youre a committed enough fan to consider buying this box, you already know that; youre probably more concerned with whether the previously unreleased material merits the cost. Those extras are marginal, to be honest, comprised largely of false starts, incidental studio chatter, and alternate versions that are pretty close to the official takes. Certainly the highlight of those newly unearthed tracks is the 37 minutes of alternate takes of "Need Your Love So Bad." Its also nice that the Danny Kirwan tracks that appeared only on the U.S. album English Rose are here as well. Unfortunately, this is not a complete retrospective of the Peter Green era, whose best material was recorded for Reprise; theres also a lot of noteworthy live stuff that appeared on different labels. Looking for more reasons to get the box anyway? There are extensive notes by producer Mike Vernon, which incorporate a few comments from Green. | ||
 | Album: 39 of 44 Title: Alone With the Blues Released: 2000-04-25 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:09:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Walkin’ the Road (03:50) 2 Trying So Hard to Forget (05:14) 3 Coming, I’m Coming (01:43) 4 Kind Hearted Woman (02:33) 5 Jumping at Shadows (04:11) 6 Sandy Mary (05:20) 7 Same Old Blues (03:45) 8 Born Under a Bad Sign (02:58) 9 Tribal Dance (04:29) 10 Time for Me to Go (03:51) 11 A Fool No More (07:44) 12 Loser Two Times (04:29) 13 Fallin’ Apart (03:49) 14 Just for You (04:40) 15 Last Train to San Antone (05:32) 16 Give Me Back My Freedom (05:39) |
 | Album: 40 of 44 Title: Bleeding Heart Released: 2001 Tracks: 10 Duration: 48:01 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Got to Move (04:26) 2 Bleeding Heart (04:25) 3 Buzz Me (03:50) 4 I Held My Baby Last Night (05:10) 5 My Baby’s a Good Un (05:10) 6 How Blue Can You Get (04:03) 7 My Baby’s Sweet (03:26) 8 The World Keeps On Turning (04:43) 9 The Dream (06:25) 10 Don’t Know Which Way to Go (06:19) |
 | Album: 41 of 44 Title: Fleetwood Mac & Peter Green Released: 2001 Tracks: 25 Duration: 2:03:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 A Fool No More (07:44) 2 Just Another Guy (06:07) 3 Six String Guitar (04:34) 4 Rubbing My Eyes (04:23) 5 Long Way From Home (03:46) 6 I Like a Hot Tomato (03:09) 7 Funky Jam (08:15) 8 Gotta See Her Tonight (05:47) 9 Born on the Wild Side (03:02) 10 Bullet in the Sky (03:24) 11 Carry My Love (05:00) 12 Bad Bad Feeling (03:40) 13 White Sky (08:51) 14 Touch My Spirit (03:47) 1 Man of the World (02:50) 2 Got to Move (04:42) 3 Bleeding Heart (04:31) 4 Buzz Me (03:58) 5 I Held My Baby Last Night (05:10) 6 My Baby’s a Good Un (05:11) 7 How Blue Can You Get (04:06) 8 My Baby’s Sweet (03:32) 9 The World Keeps on Turning (05:09) 10 The Dream (06:33) 11 Don’t Know Which Way to Go (06:27) |
 | Album: 42 of 44 Title: Show‐Biz Blues: 1968 to 1970, Volume 2 Released: 2001-06-26 Tracks: 29 Duration: 2:14:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Soul Dressing (instrumental) (03:49) 2 If You Want to Be Happy (02:31) 3 Outrage (instrumental) (02:48) 4 The Sun Is Shining (03:02) 5 Dont Be Cruel (01:42) 6 Im So Lonely and Blue (03:55) 7 How Blue Can You Get? (03:37) 8 My Babys Sweeter (03:39) 9 Long Grey Mare (02:00) 10 Buzz Me Baby (03:34) 11 Mind of My Own (03:00) 12 I Have to Laugh (03:28) 13 Youre the One (02:06) 14 Do You Give a Damn for Me (03:59) 15 Him and Me (04:02) 16 Show‐Biz Blues (04:04) 17 Fast Talkin Woman Blues (03:23) 18 World in Harmony (03:26) 19 Leaving Town Blues (03:50) 1 Black Magic Woman (07:49) 2 Jumpin at Shadows (05:25) 3 Rattlesnake Shake / Underway (14:10) 4 Stranger Blues (04:19) 5 World in Harmony (03:38) 6 Tiger (03:24) 7 The Green Manalishi (With the Two Pronged Crown) (15:23) 8 Coming Your Way (07:35) 9 Great Balls of Fire (02:42) 10 Twist and Shout (07:35) |
 | Album: 43 of 44 Title: Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years Released: 2002-07-23 Tracks: 36 Duration: 2:21:43 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Black Magic Woman (live) (07:11) 2 Jumpin’ at Shadows (live) (05:23) 3 Oh Well (live) (02:47) 4 Ride With Your Daddy Tonight (03:30) 5 Do You Give a Damn for Me? (03:41) 6 Love That Burns (04:15) 7 World in Harmony (03:26) 8 Long Grey Mare (02:00) 9 Talk to Me Baby (03:39) 10 Fast Talking Woman Blues (03:23) 11 Man of the World (early version) (03:01) 12 If You Let Me Love You (06:59) 13 My Baby’s Sweeter (03:39) 14 Like It This Way (03:11) 15 The Madge Sessions, No. 2 (02:43) 16 Lazy Poker Blues (03:24) 17 I Have to Laugh (03:28) 18 The Green Manalishi (04:44) 1 Man of the World (single version) (02:52) 2 Showbiz Blues (04:04) 3 Buzz Me Baby (03:34) 4 Blues in B Flat Minor (03:03) 5 It Takes Time (03:32) 6 Leaving Town Blues (03:50) 7 The Sun Is Shining (03:02) 8 Uranus (03:22) 9 Mind of My Own (03:01) 10 How Blue Can You Get? (03:37) 11 Trying So Hard to Forget (05:14) 12 Two Harps (01:40) 13 Thinking About a Woman (06:18) 14 Kind Hearted Woman (02:30) 15 Coming, I’m Coming (01:42) 16 Stranger Blues (live) (04:24) 17 Coming Your Way (live) (07:40) 18 Rattlesnake Shake (live) (07:48) |
 | Album: 44 of 44 Title: Say You Will Released: 2003-04-15 Tracks: 22 Duration: 1:33:33 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Wikipedia Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 What’s the World Coming To (03:51) 2 Murrow Turning Over in His Grave (04:14) 3 Illume (9‐11) (04:53) 4 Thrown Down (04:04) 5 Miranda (04:20) 6 Red Rover (04:00) 7 Say You Will (03:51) 8 Peacekeeper (04:13) 9 Come (06:01) 10 Smile at You (04:35) 11 Running Through the Garden (04:36) 12 Silver Girl (04:01) 13 Steal Your Heart Away (03:35) 14 Bleed to Love Her (04:08) 15 Everybody Finds Out (04:31) 16 Destiny Rules (04:28) 17 Say Goodbye (03:28) 18 Goodbye Baby (03:50) 1 Love Minus Zero/No Limit (04:11) 2 Not Make Believe (04:29) 3 Peacekeeper (live from AOL sessions) (04:16) 4 Say You Will (live from AOL sessions) (03:50) |
| Say You Will : Allmusic album Review : Lindsey Buckingham hadnt recorded a studio album with Fleetwood Mac in 16 years when Say You Will was released in April 2003. His partner, Stevie Nicks, had been missing in action from the group since 1990, and while both joined the reunited group in 1997 for a tour and live album (The Dance), not to mention Bill Clintons 1993 inauguration, it had been a long, long time since the two made new music for the Mac. They were lured back into the fold for...well, the specifics -- whether money, prestige, status, publicity, or creativity -- dont really matter, since the end result is the same, its that Buckingham and Nicks have come home. This doesnt qualify as a full-fledged Fleetwood reunion, since Christine McVie isnt here, choosing to opt out of this high-profile return to the breach (although her playing is occasionally heard on the album). This results in a record that never quite sounds like Fleetwood Mac. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are so grateful to have the two superstars back in the group that they cede ground to Buckingham and Nicks, who never collaborate as much as share space. Each singer/songwriter is given nine songs apiece, a move which, in itself, would not necessarily be a problem, but over the course of this lengthy, lengthy album, the evenhandedness starts to give the impression that this is two solo albums presented as a group effort. An assessment thats a little harsh, since the group can still conjure echoes of their classic sound, but the division of work is so deliberate and their work so dissimilar, it cant help but feel like two separate pieces pushed together to make the whole. Which is where Christine McVie becomes a critical factor. While never a star like Nicks, nor possessing the mad genius of Buckingham, McVie was a strong, likeable songwriter whose gently melodic works balanced the extremities of her bandmates while also forcing them to choose the best material to fit the record. Add to this that Fleetwood Mac have decided to run wild with the length of a CD, producing a record that is significantly longer than the messy, chaotic Tusk, but without its inspired insanity or depth of sound and character. Here, even if most songs are in the four-minute ballpark, they all feel longer, partially because the album clocks in at nearly 80 minutes and the sequencing flows as it was designed by committee. So, Say You Will winds up occupying a strange middle ground, often feeling as if it was Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks albums bouncing around on shuffle play, but also occasionally flashing moments that are purely, satisfyingly Fleetwood Mac. Although there are occasional misguided attempts to modernize the songs -- most notably drum loops on some of Nicks songs -- none of the songs sound as if the band were forcing themselves to sound contemporary. Sure, it sounds commercial, but thats the bands idiom -- whats important is that it never sounds compromised, it sounds as if the band is at once trying too hard while being unwilling to sacrifice individual moments for the greater good. So, Say You Will straddles many lines at once. Nicks material is better-realized than many of her recent albums, but Buckinghams always sounds as if it should be wilder than it is (it should all sound as unrestrained as his guitar, which is continually surprising throughout the record). It never sounds like classic Fleetwood Mac, nor does it sound modern. It often sounds like solo albums, but without the freedom that allows. Most of these problems derive merely from the length. Cut out half of the record -- have it weigh in at nine or ten songs and run no longer than 45 minutes -- and it would have been a good, solid comeback, perhaps even eclipsing the uneven Tango in the Night. But there are too many songs, simply too much to make Say You Will work, even if there is enough to admire to make you wish it did. | ||