What can be said A classic
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Great Tunes!
Music like this is still good to listen to after all these years. Great music, great memories. CD quality and case quality great. No delivery problems. Good purchase.
The Buckingham-Nicks Team Debuts With A Bang
Their entrance did what Bob Welch only did on occasion: it added an anguished fire to the music, as both added to keyboardist/singer/songwriter Christine McVie's soulful sound to give the group three talented singer/songwriters who each added their own stamp to the band sound. With their self-titled 1975 album, Fleetwood Mac added what would become the two most crucial elements of their classic 70s AOR sound: singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks and guitarist/singer/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham. The result was their best album yet. Get this one and RUMOURS first, preferably both at once.
Wonderful
However, I have found it to be just as powerful to me today as my mother says it was to her nearly 30 years ago. I am twenty-five years old, and not alive when this album was released. Although I have nearly all the songs on this CD in other Fleetwood Mac compilation discs, Crystal is one of the hardest and most beautiful songs one could try and find. It is high above the musical programme of anything recorded today. I have searched for Crystal for awhile since losing my original recording of this album. Anyone wishing to purchase this should listen to the sample of Crystal, and they should know instantly that this is one of the greatest albums in rock, well music history in general.
Stevie and Lindsey Join the Mac
Things began to change for the band, as co-founding members Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer slowly began to lose ground to drug abuse and mental illness. Fleetwood Mac (possibly taken from the names of two of it's founding members, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie) started out as a psychedelic/blues band in the late-'60s. Come some years later, Lindsey Buckingham was asked to join the band on guitar, but Lindsey said he would join the band only under the condition that they would accept Stevie Nicks in as well, since Lindsey and Stevie were a "duo" act (which never went anywhere) and something of a couple. With this, the new -- and more commercially successful -- Fleetwood Mac was born.
Fleetwood Mac's self-titled 1975 release is loaded wih tracks exhibiting the somewhat slick, but tasteful, emotive pop rock that the Mac would eventually become famous with. Lindsey's tasteful, country-tinged guitar licks, Christine McVie's sensual, husky vocals, and Stevie Nicks' mystical, introspective leanings are all noticeable here. These three are the dominating songwriters and personalities of the band, but that's not to say that Mick Fleetwood and John McVie aren't worth mentioning: Fleetwood's drumming is simple for the most part, but just as tasteful and enjoyable, and McVie provides impressive and tasteful backing basslines, which are readily noticeable.
"Monday Morning" is catchy, melodic and infectious, regardless of the slick production. Lindsey's vocals and guitar playing here are highly enjoyable. The vocal harmonies are great too. "Warm Ways" is a sensual, seductive, silky-smooth romantic ballad written and sung by keyboardist Christine McVie. Romantic souls (like myself) will eat this sweet thing up. "Blue Letter" is a short, fast-paced country-tinged rocker sung by Lindsey. Catchy, hummable verses give way to the infectious "I ain't waitin'" close-out. Next up is Stevie's "Rhiannon," which became a hit for the band. Christine McVie dazzles and seduces again with "Over My Head," a subtly wispy number with McVie's emotive lyrical and vocal delivery. In regards to the ladies of the band, I find Christine McVie's songs -- and vocals -- to be more seductive and enjoyable than Stevie Nicks' on the whole, if anyone reading this review hasn't figured that out by now. This isn't to shortchange Stevie Nicks' contributions at all, as I enjoy those too. Speaking of Stevie, she writes the next song "Crystal," which is a slow-groover with an airy atmosphere.
Next, it's Christine McVie again, with the charming, romantic, and hummable "Say You Love Me. " This one can be heard on radio stations, even today. Stevie Nicks' shining moment on this disc is "Landslide," an introspective number featuring arpeggios from Lindsey Buckingham, which paint something of a somber, reflective atmosphere to match that of the song's nature. The Christine McVie/Buckingham-written "World Turning" bears a slight resemblance to disco, but not too much as to ruin your appetite (assuming the majority of reviewers/Mac fans who read this review are as put off by most disco as I am. ) Christine McVie charms once again with "Sugar Daddy," but this one isn't as charming as the other McVie numbers that appeared earlier on the disc. The closing track, "I'm So Afraid" (written and sung by Buckingham) is a minor-key, melancholic number with a haunting, semi-chilling atmosphere brought on by the minor chords that dominate the track. The lyrics are quite melancholic and pained as well. The solo near the end of the track can be described as devastating.
Things would get a bit heavier in atmosphere next time around on 1977's _Rumours_, due to the drama surrounding the band, but this drama helped to inspire what would become Fleetwood Mac's biggest album. While things weren't too heavy during this release, the album still came out excellent. Make sure you pick up both for some tasteful, moving, sensuous (and sometimes fun) pop music.
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