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Originally Posted by elle
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Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (Warner 1977)
From its origins as a passable to good blues rock outfit featuring the deeply disturbed guitarists Peter Green and the vanishing Jeremy Spencer, Fleetwood Mac had morphed into a somewhat popular pure pop group by the time that this career-changing/defining 11-song set was released...
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Why do so many music "journalists" say the early FM was a mediocre or second-rate blues band? I've read this kind of sentiment before and it annoys me. They were easily as good Mayall's best outfits and vocally more apt, since Green's manly baritone has a broader, more authentic appeal than Mayall's high-pitched whine. And the music from 1967-69? It holds up beautifully, I think. 1970's Kiln House (not pure blues but certainly influenced by it) is just as good.