The 1985 Fleetwood Mac album .......

[BLY]

........that could have been.

Got a Hold on Me
Loving Cup
No Spoken Word
Slow Dancing
Love Will Show us How
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You

Go Insane
I'm so Excited
Imperial Hotel
Ask Anybody
Play in the Rain
I Sing for the Things

[DauphineMarie]

........that could have been.

Got a Hold on Me
Loving Cup
No Spoken Word
Slow Dancing
Love Will Show us How
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You

Go Insane
I'm so Excited
Imperial Hotel
Ask Anybody
Play in the Rain
I Sing for the Things

This both excited me and makes me exceedingly uncomfortable lol. This would have been very interesting, and made for a twist in the balance of time for Fleetwood Mac.

[Macfan4life]

Interesting mix. I would need The smile I live for on that album ;)

[BLY]

Interesting mix. I would need The smile I live for on that album ;)


I know, it was hard to keep it to 12 tracks .

[secondhandchain]

Sorry, but that would have been an awful album.

[BLY]

Sorry, but that would have been an awful album.


I would have to disagree. Fleetwood Mac would have had a major hit album as a follow up to Mirage. Those songs or any other picks from those solo albums would have sold much more and got more radio play than those 3 solo releases.

[DauphineMarie]

I would have to disagree. Fleetwood Mac would have had a major hit album as a follow up to Mirage. Those songs or any other picks from those solo albums would have sold much more and got more radio play than those 3 solo releases.

However, Tango did pretty well on its own. I think some of Stevie's stuff would have been better accepted - and adapted - on a Fleetwood Mac record than on Rock a Little.... Her songs on TITN are really just sup-par, and I think the opportunity to get her well-written songs on a record before her disastrous takes on Tango would have been beneficial.

[Nick]

^ I know you're not talking about "Seven Wonders", which is a f*cking jam.

Her other 2 songs on that album I agree are not among Stevie's greatest.

[secondhandchain]

^ I know you're not talking about "Seven Wonders", which is a f*cking jam.

Her other 2 songs on that album I agree are not among Stevie's greatest.

Stevie's singing on Seven Wonders is over the top and awful. Her singing in that time period was not good.

[DauphineMarie]

^ I know you're not talking about "Seven Wonders", which is a f*cking jam.

Her other 2 songs on that album I agree are not among Stevie's greatest.

No, Seven Wonders is one of my favourite songs ever. :) Even though I love the other two songs, they should NEVER have been included on a FM album...

[BLY]

Back to the topic....... Fleetwood Mac would have had a big hit in 1985 with 12 songs from those three solo releases!

[BlueDenimLamp]

If FM had issued a record in 1985 there most likely would have been no TITN since Stevie had records that had to be recorded for her solo contract and it's quite possible that a new record so soon after Mirage would have only moved up the time frame for LB's departure...

[Macfanforever]

I never thought of this. That s a good question if the Mac drop an album in 1985.

If it happen I would get a chance to see Lindsey with them before 1987 split.

Stevie would probably had to delay her RAL album release to spring instead of Nov 1985 and and still have her tour in 1986.

Unless she gives some of her RAL tunes to FM as noted.

I love Seven Wonders.I had it playing in my head since last Saturdays show.LOL....

[Villavic]

I don't see this track list as a strong album. I choose Tango, not sure it was the right moment (thinking in the turmoil) but I love that album

[BlueDenimLamp]

Another "IF"...If there had been a '85 album how many of the songs from the list would have been on the record??? "85" would have been recorded mostly in 1984 so Stevie's songs would probably have been "Mirror Mirror" tracks and not RAL songs...It's better that LB didn't have to use his solo tracks for FM since we never would have heard the end of him whining about "I had to use my solo stuff for FM" .

[SisterNightroad]

I don't think that a Fleetwood Mac album of the mid 80's would have been like that, rather:

Theory N'1: Fleetwood Mac would still have been affected by the aftermath of Mirage.
Knowing their preferences among Stevie's material, I really doubt that Lindsey or Christine would have liked so much Imperial hotel or I sing for the things to include them in a band album. I also think that in this case Lindsey would have kept the most adventurous choices for his solo albums and instead give to the band his most safe material.

or

Theory N'2: Fleetwood Mac start earlier the disintegration shown in Tango in the night.
Stevie would have kept her best material for her solo album, so definitely no Has anyone ever written anything for you. Lindsey on the other hand would have experimented more and centralized the power in the studio in his hands.


That being said, I think the existence of this album would have bring the opportunity to record Julia, Mabel normand and Joan of arc on a Fleetwood Mac album. I can picture Go insane being in such album.

[Macfan4life]

Here is another idea. I like half the songs on Tango. I think Stevie's songs were rushed. The welcome to the room sara is worse than the demo. The song never goes anywhere. I don't care for If I see you again, Caroline, Welcome to the room Sara, and Family Man.
How about dropping these songs and adding better songs like No Spoken Word, Loving Cup, I sing for the things, etc
Then I would love Tango even with the 80's sync sound