'In the Meantime' Philly Inquirer Review

[jwd]

Originally Posted by David

Fleetwood Mac used to be critics' pets. For a mainstream pop band, they were favored darlings in the U.S. press. Overall, "Rumours" got great reviews, as did "Tusk" (someone recently said that "Tusk" was a critical & commercial failure, but it was not a critical failure).

Interesting. I just have this feeling that they did not get good critical acclaim. Perhaps it was my perception that FM was not exalted like other supergroups from that period, like Zeppelin and The Who. Or maybe it was the fact that I picked up on the Stevie criticisms imbedded within the reviews. I don't know. Your response has piqued my interest, and although I've checked one review(Rolling Stone's '77 review of Rumours, which was favorable), I'd like to dig a little deeper. Thanks.

[jwd]

Originally Posted by jwd

I'd like to dig a little deeper.

Here's one that's not so flattering. Frankly, these were the kinds of things being written about FM that I remember reading. Ironically, Christine gets the thumbs up in this one.


http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.ph...v2&id=533&c=18

[macfan 57]

Now, that was an "interesting" review & Creem Magazine was a major music magazine in its day. I didn't think there were that many somewhat negative reviews of Tusk. But, this guy really liked Christine. He was even familiar with her real early 1971-1974 work. Something tells me this guy probably wouldn't care for SYW & probably would like In The Meantime.