St. Petersburg Times, April 13, 2008
Lindsey Buckingham
Album: Live at the Bass Performance Hall (Reprise)
In stores: Now
Why we care: The Fleetwood Mac picker and upholder of the SoCal sound is the most underrated guitarist in the pop pantheon. (Discuss.) His baroque flurries on this CD/DVD set sound like the work of five players, and the 58-year-old's gift for stuck-in-yer-head hooks is menacing.
Why we like it: There has never been a Buckingham hits collection, so this does the trick just fine. His reworkings of such solo goodies as Trouble and Go Insane are positively faboo, and the cross-current harmonies on Cast Away Dreams and It Was You were made for late-night headphone listening.
Reminds us of: "Loving you / Isn't the right thing to do..." There, now it's stuck in yours, too.
Download these: Trouble and Holiday Road
Grade: A
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