New Fleetwood Mac album?

[reebokandlace]

Mic just posted on his instagram that he is flying to LA to go into the studio to record? “Off to LA to work on a crazy album….Long working hours ahead…”

What???!!

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Mic just posted on his instagram that he is flying to LA to go into the studio to record? “Off to LA to work on a crazy album….Long working hours ahead…”

What???!!

He is a musician and an amazing drummer, so he's just doing what he loves!:nod:

It is nice to hear that he is still interested in making new music!:]

[DownOnRodeo]

Not a chance in Hades that this is a FM project. Fleetwood Mac has long been good at promising imminent new material that ends up taking half a decade or more or never eventuates at all. If it really was supposed to be an FM project, let alone one at such an advanced stage, those involved on the label/management end would be flooding the ether with a deafening buzz of on-the-nose 'hints'.

[reebokandlace]

I’m pretty sure Mic took the 1st opportunity to spill the beans. He mentions Fleetwood Mac and tradition. So I am going with yes the band is recording a new album. Stevie was waxing eloquent (People Mag last week quoted the podcast) and hinted about a reconciliation. Even if she opts to not sit in a studio for months, I hope Stevie gives them three songs that she wrote, I don’t care if she produced it herself using Apple Garage Band (that’s how she recorded the foundation of Lighthouse). Even better pull something raw out of her vault that Lindsey tweaked back in the day that didn’t make the cut on Rumours or Tusk or Mirage era. That would be awesome. Raw, unaltered. Young Stevie voice. Beautiful.

[Villavic]

He is a musician and an amazing drummer, so he's just doing what he loves!:nod:


Yes and he likes to play live or collaborate recording with other musicians. Shimabukuro, Gimour, Lindsey, etc. I think a Mac album would be the least likely possibility (hopefully).

I just read he is expected to appear as a guest at Saturday's R&R HOF induction. That could be a main reason for this travel, too.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

I’m pretty sure Mic took the 1st opportunity to spill the beans. He mentions Fleetwood Mac and tradition. So I am going with yes the band is recording a new album. Stevie was waxing eloquent (People Mag last week quoted the podcast) and hinted about a reconciliation. Even if she opts to not sit in a studio for months, I hope Stevie gives them three songs that she wrote, I don’t care if she produced it herself using Apple Garage Band (that’s how she recorded the foundation of Lighthouse). Even better pull something raw out of her vault that Lindsey tweaked back in the day that didn’t make the cut on Rumours or Tusk or Mirage era. That would be awesome. Raw, unaltered. Young Stevie voice. Beautiful.

"That would be awesome. Raw, unadulterated. Young Stevie Voice. Beautiful" :xoxo::blob1::blob2::]

[David]

So I am going with yes the band is recording a new album.

Mick gets involved with other musicians and records out-of-the-way albums. The idea that this is a Lindsey and Stevie recording in the making really feels unlikely to me, but who knows.

Except:

Lindsey has been down on Stevie for so long because of her refusal to get into a studio again. With her tentative plan earlier this year to record her Ghost album filled with songs about her loves, maybe that excited him enough to ask her to be involved to pull those songs together. The songs would have already been written — she’s on tour, after all — and Lindsey and Mick might be doing some record-making with Stevie on the road.

[bombaysaffires]

Not.Gonna.Happen.

https://www.tiktok.com/@stevienicksnation_/video/7242788341102497050

[sleepless child]

He played Tusk with the USC marching band last night at half time. Pretty cool.

[Villavic]

He played Tusk with the USC marching band last night at half time. Pretty cool.

Oh I see.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQxy50FjgAP/

[estranged4life]

He played Tusk with the USC marching band last night at half time. Pretty cool.

Was interesting to say the least...Fight On!!

[sleepless child]

He also inducted Bad Company into the R&R hall of fame last night. Paul Roger's was a big Fleetwood mac Peter Green Era fan.

[Villavic]

He also inducted Bad Company into the R&R hall of fame last night. Paul Roger's was a big Fleetwood mac Peter Green Era fan.

OH I see, here's the speech.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1510495593534764

[Villavic]

Mic just posted on his instagram that he is flying to LA to go into the studio to record? “Off to LA to work on a crazy album….Long working hours ahead…”

What???!!

It's a solo album. He just posted "In the studio recording my solo album … all is going great!! xx, Mick" and a couple of pictures. No details yet.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BdbYokXSN/

[reebokandlace]

It's a solo album. He just posted "In the studio recording my solo album … all is going great!! xx, Mick" and a couple of pictures. No details yet.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BdbYokXSN/



Ok…. So it’s an album of just drumming?

[sands of time]

Ok…. So it’s an album of just drumming?

No. Try again.

[Villavic]

Who knows. Maybe he has bought this book. :)

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71aTzm+TU-L._AC_UF350,350_QL50_.jpg

[reebokandlace]

No. Try again.

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…. He is a drummer…. Stevie’s solo albums…she is the focus of the album. I don’t consider the band “The Zoo” a Mick Fleetwood solo project, it’s a band of collective musicians. He is the drummer in that band. So please explain it to me like I am 10.

[Villavic]

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…. He is a drummer…. Stevie’s solo albums…she is the focus of the album. I don’t consider the band “The Zoo” a Mick Fleetwood solo project, it’s a band of collective musicians. He is the drummer in that band. So please explain it to me like I am 10.

My common sense agree with you. But The Visitor (1981) was known as his debut solo album. The Something Big (2004) was known as a The Mick Fleetwood Band album, with John and Jeremy as guests. In both cases no song was written by Mick. So I think in this case there will be something similar.

Anyway talking about Mick I can't help going back to sarcasm. Maybe he has bought the whole collection. :laugh:

[Street_Dreamer]

If Lindsey releases a solo album, it's not just him playing guitar and singing. If Stevie releases a solo album, it's not just her warbling into a microphone on her own. A "solo" album simply means someone who's famous (or infamous) for working in a band is releasing music under their name. The Zoo was a Mick-led project just as his The Visitor album was because he was the band's leader. The only difference is for The Visitor, he released it using his name only while I'm Not Me and Shakin' The Cage were with his name headlining the band.

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…. He is a drummer…. Stevie’s solo albums…she is the focus of the album. I don’t consider the band “The Zoo” a Mick Fleetwood solo project, it’s a band of collective musicians. He is the drummer in that band. So please explain it to me like I am 10.

[sue]

Maybe this Solo Album will be Mick and previous friends he has played in bands with.

So, tracks could include Lindsey and Stevie….though not together ..
No John, I think he has truly hung up his bass…(sold them actually)

[bombaysaffires]

Seriously- I am clueless. I am not being intentionally obtuse. Solo means he is the focus of the album…

No, it means he is in CHARGE of the album/project and gets to decide who else plays on it and what they play etc. A solo album says "here's what I like and the kind of songs and music I like and the musicians I personally wanted to play music with" as opposed to a band which reflects the talents and tastes of all the various pesky members with the compromises that entails.

Solo albums are just someone saying "I get to be the big boss with the final say on what gets done and how"

[justcrazylove]

Ok, are we really doing this. Explaining how solo albums work?

Lindsey is already confirmed to be playing and singing on the new album Mick has been working on for at least the last year. The producer of the Album is a dude called Carl Fark.

Lindsey has in the past used other musicians and collaborators on his solo records, but on the whole, he writes, produce's, engineers and plays everything on his records.

Stevie is not a musician, we all know this by now. Of course she needs others to produce, engineer, and play on her records.

Regarding Mick's records being deemed a 'solo' albums. If it has his name on it and other musicians record the vocals and instrumentation it's still a solo album. The Zoo was a collection of musicians that Mick had been gigging with in LA when FM was on hiatus 'I'm Not Me' is a great album, better than some of SN late 80's output. That album had a song of Lindsey's that he sung lead on. The Visitor was a different beast all together, frankly, Mick went to Africa to play with percussionists well before Paul Simon made 'Graceland'. It's also a bloody solid album.

Chris's, solo albums always had tunes not written by her. John had an album with his name on it, but obviously only played the bass.

It will be interesting to see how this album plays out. I won't be shocked if Mick has some great collabs on here. Big names singing lead and famous musicians playing on it.

Can I clarify this further?

Peace,

[DownOnRodeo]

I hope you're all wrong and it's wall-to-wall Lizard People.

[Villavic]

I think Sting explained very well in his first "solo" album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles:

Since I started this thing, people have constantly referred to it as my solo album, which of course is ridiculous. It's as if I have done everything myself, well I didn't. The contribution and commitment of all those involved...

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/710PZId+cqL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg

[Mr Scarrott]

I think Sting explained very well in his first "solo" album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles:

Since I started this thing, people have constantly referred to it as my solo album, which of course is ridiculous. It's as if I have done everything myself, well I didn't. The contribution and commitment of all those involved...



I suppose it depends on the artist and the album. Take Out of the Cradle, Lindsey's masterpiece. It really is nearly all Lindsey. Obviously, a Mick equivalent to this capolavoro would be, well, somewhat different. It might have its moments. ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Cradle

Personnel
Main performer

Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, bass, percussion, programming
Additional personnel

Larry Klein – bass (8, 9, 12)
Alex Acuña – percussion (9, 12)
Buell Neidlinger – bass (10)
Mitchell Froom – organ (14)

[Villavic]

I don't really think there's a formal definition of "solo album". I think it's just for emphasize when the artist is or has recently been a member of a band and that album is independent of that band. Because I don't think they usually say "solo album" for Celine Dion or Josh Groban. Even about Elton John, Bowie, or Paul McCartney, haven't said "his solo album" for decades.

[BLY]

I don't really think there's a formal definition of "solo album". I think it's just for emphasize when the artist is or has recently been a member of a band and that album is independent of that band. Because I don't think they usually say "solo album" for Celine Dion or Josh Groban. Even about Elton John, Bowie, or Paul McCartney, haven't said "his solo album" for decades.


Yes you nailed it. I also believe the term “solo album” is used when a member of a band releases an album without the other band members.

[reebokandlace]

Thank you… everyone. I understand now.

[sands of time]

Thank you… everyone. I understand now.

But seriously, before these explanations did you believe that Stevie Nicks played all of the instruments on all of the albums she released under her own name?

[HomerMcvie]

But seriously, before these explanations did you believe that Stevie Nicks played all of the instruments on all of the albums she released under her own name?

Sh1t, they taped down the fukcing jinglebobs on her fukcing tambourine. They're not letting her do anything but bleat.

[Villavic]

But seriously, before these explanations did you believe that Stevie Nicks played all of the instruments on all of the albums she released under her own name?

Seriously, yes. Before and after the explanations. Who doubts it? And not only that. She has discovered the formula to stop the greenhouse effect. Her theory on the causes of business cycles has broken all paradigms; she is sure to win the Nobel Prize in Economics 2026. It's not for nothing that the Pope is going to canonize her.

Seriously.

[reebokandlace]

But seriously, before these explanations did you believe that Stevie Nicks played all of the instruments on all of the albums she released under her own name?


No, what i understood solo to mean was that the person who was releasing the solo album was the main focus of the album. If they were a singer then I understood it to mean that they sang lead on the songs. So it honestly threw me when a drummer was releasing a solo album. I have never listened to Mick’s album the visitor because i always thought it was just heavily focused on Mick’s African influenced rhythm drumming. That’s all I ever heard about that I ever heard about the visitor is how the sound was heavily influenced by his time in Ghana…how it changed and influenced his drumming style. I wasn’t sure if he sang on it too like he did that song on the zoo album (these strange times)… but I just was never really interested in a drummers solo album. So yes, thought it meant he was just drumming. No, I didn’t think Stevie played all the instruments but she did sing lead on all the songs.

That’s just raw honesty.

I get it now. Sometimes you just need people to explain things to you. I’d rather ask and understand than to stay ignorant.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Seriously, yes. Before and after the explanations. Who doubts it? And not only that. She has discovered the formula to stop the greenhouse effect. Her theory on the causes of business cycles has broken all paradigms; she is sure to win the Nobel Prize in Economics 2026. It's not for nothing that the Pope is going to canonize her.

Seriously.

:laugh::laugh: Too funny! :laugh:...:laugh:

[Villavic]

If I guess which FM member would collaborate with Mick in this album, I'd say just Lindsey. He has done it in the past, as Christine, Billy, Bekka, John, Jeremy (and even Sara Recor :) ) once did it, in a Mick album or one of his bands'. But for whatever reason, I see Lindsey as more willing to record with Mick, in fact the only one.

Stevie hasn't recorded with Mick, but sometimes she's sung live with The Zoo, which is why they called her The Zooette. Or so I read. I wouldn't believe she would participate this time, but who know.

[HomerMcvie]

Stevie hasn't recorded with Mick, but sometimes she's sung live with The Zoo, which is why they called her The Zooette. Or so I read. I wouldn't believe she would participate this time, but who know.

That was a different Stevie. Back before she was a legend in her own mind.