Lindsey Says New Album is Completed
 

By Dean Goodman, April 12, 2011 Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...ertainmentNews
Lindsey Buckingham gearing up for new album, tour

(Reuters) - Fleetwood Mac frontman Lindsey Buckingham has finished work on his third solo album in six years, a project he expects to release in September and promote with a tour.

The album, "Seeds We Sow," will also be his first outside the Warner Bros. family. Buckingham told Reuters that he was unhappy with its handling of his solo projects, and he was now considering teaming up with a new label or going the DIY route with an independent promotion team.

Fleetwood Mac is also a free agent after more than 40 years at Warner Bros., Buckingham said. The Anglo-American rock icons last released an album in 2003 and were the ninth biggest touring act in 2009 with U.S. ticket sales of $55 million, according to Pollstar.

Buckingham, 61, said Fleetwood Mac will continue to tour and record. Given classic-rock audiences' disdain for hearing new music in concert, he said he enjoys the creative challenge of giving old favorites a new sheen on stage.

Despite a busy family life, Buckingham has also been on a creative tear in his solo career, releasing albums in 2006 and 2008, and touring to promote both of them. Before then, he had not released a solo album since 1992's "Out of the Cradle."

Coincidentally, he said "Seeds We Sow" will be similar in tone to "Out of the Cradle," which received a rapturous critical response but was a relatively poor seller.

ANOTHER STONES COVER

The title track opens the album. "I don't think anyone's gonna take that for a radio song because it's just voice and acoustic guitar and there's a lot of that on the record," he said. "It runs the gamut. There's some lead playing, there's a little bit of everything on there."

As he did on 2006's "Under the Skin," he covers an obscure Rolling Stones song, this time "She Smiled Sweetly" from the band's 1967 album "Between the Buttons." He previously reworked their 1966 tune "I Am Waiting."

Buckingham said he was a fan of the Stones' experimental recordings with original leader Brian Jones, an ill-fated virtuoso with whom he shares a musical versatility.

He recorded "Seeds We Sow" at his home studio in Los Angeles, playing most of the instruments and mixing it himself while fulfilling his obligations as the married father of three preteens.

While there is no theme to the album, his late-in-life domesticity inevitably means songs "get filtered through looking at the world a little differently, perhaps a little more philosophically."

Buckingham will take a break from laying the groundwork for the album when he appears at the annual ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo for musicians and songwriters in Hollywood on April 29. His Q&A with pop singer Sara Bareilles will follow the presentation of the performing rights group's Golden Note Award for career achievement.

"Maybe I'll take a guitar and a little amp and do a little picking on stage," he said.

But he warned attendees not to ask him technical questions related to publishing and licensing. And maybe not to tax him too much with tips for songwriting.

"I don't really think of myself so much as a writer as a stylist, someone who came into writing from the back door and has found it through a certain very specific and personal means. It's all about what you do with the style. Hopefully I'll have something good to say. We'll see."

(Editing by Jill Serjeant)

ha - we posted at the same time in two different threads.

i'll delete mine.

I started to put it in that thread too.

So, I gather Lindsey is looking for a label. Michele

Thank you so much for catching this and sharing! :woohoo:

I'm excited to see we'll finally get an official release for "She Smiled Sweetly"... I always liked his recording of this! I am assuming, like the last 2 albums, that this will be the same recording as was done during the original Gift of Screws sessions.

:thumbsup:

yeah i just read that part and thought that was great!

With all the clamor over Stevie's new album, I was hoping for an update on Lindsey's. I adore all of his solo albums (I'm not sure I'm exactly in love with Go Insane...might have to give it another listen), especially these last two. Very anxious to hear this one.

yeah, interesting that he's saying september, although not sure which label or no label yet.

and that FM is not on WB anymore either.

I am SO happy that "She Smiled Sweetly" will be on this album. SO great to hear that this will be similar to OOTC. Awesome news, can't wait.

I guess he must've been signed to a multi-album deal with WB...he should've gone this "indy" route after they fumbled with Out Of The Cradle.

Another case in point that Fleetwood Mac and its members have ZERO knowledge of what their fans really want. "Distain for hearing new music"? They really are clueless in respect to knowing their fans.

I wonder if we'll finally get the long-awaited (by me, anyway) studio version of "My Little Demon"?

And, I'm guessing that "Gotta Get Away" is being held for either his next album or the next Fleetwood Mac album. I suppose he doesn't want to put more than one Stones cover per album. :shrug:


Well, thank God Lindsey has a swimming background...wouldn't want him copying Brian Jones' swimming pool techniques, too. :lol:

I'm thrilled to hear Lindsey will be touring behind this one, and he and Fleetwood Mac have left Warner Bros! I hope Fleetwood Mac stays far, far away from Warner Bros... they have been SO lackadaisical in promoting Lindsey's, Fleetwood Mac's, and Stevie's new albums the past 10 years. I hope Lindsey is right that FM will keep recording, too. I'm also thoroughly intrigued Lindsey compares his new album to Out Of The Cradle... I'm more excited than ever for this project!!

see, i think "classic rock audience" is different than fans. classic rock audience wants to hear hits; may not necessarily be fans of specific classic rock band they want to see. fans however have heard hits many times before and want to hear something new. as a new fan, i wanna hear both:thumbsup::laugh:

that and she smiled sweetly are two of my favorite leftover RS covers he had. would love to have both, but i'm really happy we are getting she smiled sweetly.

i also still want deep dense!:wavey: and wear you down.:wavey:

Exciting stuff indeed :D cannot wait! Hopefully we will be hearing some clips in the coming months.

Since we'd gotten the UTS comparison in the past, to hear that it's similar to OOTC was a suprise to me too -- and a very welcome one. I'm excited.

Michele

from descriptions in both interviews about the album, i'm thinking it will be more of a mix, somewhat like GoS/UTS hybrid.

Rolling Stone blurb / digest
 

Digest: Lindsey Buckingham to Release New Album; Alicia Keys Reissues Her Debut
Also: Eminem and Elvis Costello headline Osheaga Festival; Odd Future launch club tour

By Matthew Perpetua
April 12, 2011 5:55 PM ET

Lindsey Buckingham Plans New Album and Tour
Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham has finished work on a new solo album titled Seeds We Sow. The singer plans to release the album in September, but has not committed to a label and says he is considering putting it out himself. Either way, Buckingham will tour in support of the record in the fall. [Reuters]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...debut-20110412

Well I got all sorts of sh*t to look forward to now. Lindsey and Stevie releasing records. And lionsgate releasing the rest of Boy Meets World. I'm in heaven:thumbsup::cool:

Mick

This is all too much to take! But I'll take it... Love OOTC and can't imagine how he can compare just voice and guitar on this to that... but he said it's a real mixed bag so we'll see... Happy to hear he'll be out on the road. His show was one of the best sounding experiences I'd ever had at a live show.

Perhaps the comparison means that this one will be more consistently: pretty. :]

I'm really trying to be happy for Lindsey... but it kinda makes me sad that he is homeless and wondering what to do with himself. :distress: Same with FM. Fleetwood Mac and Warner Brothers is like the Beatles and EMI or Led Zeppelin and Atlantic. They are just so inextricably linked that it pains me to hear that FM, if they ever record another album, may have to go indie or to some B-list label like Nonesuch or Rhino. I mean, think of one artist/band that thrived after going from a major to an indie. :shrug:

My gut tells me that Lindsey pretty much has no choice but to release it himself. No other majors will touch him, and any interested indie would not be able to afford him.

Define "thrived." Cheap Trick has gone the alternative route (self-release? amazon-exclusive) and released their best album--The Latest--since 1979's Dream Police. Considering how weak they got in the 80s it's actually a miracle they recorded an album as wonderful as The Latest.

to me he seems pretty certain what he wants to do and happy to be out of WB. what have they done for him lately, other than interfere with any self promotion (not that Lindsey does much of that:laugh: but there were those youtube videos...).

Thank you soooooo much for She Smiled Sweetly!

i commit to buy 10 copies of Seeds We Sow. :eek:

Ootc
 

"Out of the Cradle" is my favorite Lindsey CD, actually one of my favorite CDs of any artist. To me, it's his "Bella Donna."

I wonder if they're lining up around the block in hopes of signing the graying rock star who sells his forthcoming product thus:

"Hopefully I'll have something good to say. We'll see."

that's actually my favorite quote from that interview! :thumbsup:

Hell Yes Baby!!! :]:blob1::blob2:

Bring it on LB!

I'm a Stevie fan first and foremost, but Out Of The Cradle totally blows Bella Donna out of the water. I personally think Out Of The Cradle is as good as Fleetwood Mac's best albums: Tusk and Mystery To Me... maybe better! I don't have the highest hopes Lindsey will come close to replicating the substantive beauty and emotion Out Of The Cradle possessed, but I'm so excited about the album regardless! :nod:

Fleetwood Mac will end up back at Warner Bros if they record another album... mark my word. I don't think that's the best thing for them, but it's what'll happen regardless. Like flies to sh!t! :laugh:

Ugh, Louie, you said it ALL with your praise of OOTC. That album is a masterpiece of epic proportions. I could never compare it to Bella Donna. As a whole Out Of The Cradle is such a work of peerless art and beauty that can be played endlessly without tire. It is gorgeous, infectious, pure music. It is the kind of stuff dreams are made of. OOTC is the album you hand a close friend from out of town to remember you with. It's the kind of music you play on a long car drive, while jogging by the beach, in an airplane- I have done all of this while listening to it.

It's an utter gem and, imo, the greatest Fleetwood Mac related thing there is. I don't think if he tried hard enough it could be touched. It's hard to make that kind of perfect in one lifetime, but anything remotely near would be breathtaking in my book.

Well this is great news. I've seen Lindsey everytime he's toured and if he comes in my area I will for sure see him again.

Couldn't agree more.

Guys, it's a great, great time to be a Fleetwood Mac fan. I've never seen Lindsey solo and I'm SUPER stoked for the opportunity in the future.

It worries me that he is deciding to not go with Warner. I feel they would continue to take him and/or Fleetwood Mac on, even if album sales are nil. No other label is going to put up with that. I could see him putting out the album himself, but signing with another label isn't the best idea. Also, why is he saying the album will be out in Sept. if he doesn't have a label yet?? It's too late in the game for all these changes.

And when you're lying in bed all alone :D

I remember when I was going through my depression and I needed a lift OOTC was the one album I turned to. not Bella Donna or Wild Heart, OOTC. with the exception of Street of Dreams, that album put me in the BEST frame of mind. It's peerless. To this day when I get the rare bout of depression. I grab my wife and on goes OOTC. So thank you Lindsey. For making my escape album. A beautiful piece of work:nod:

Mick

Squeeeeeee similar to OOTC?!?!?!?! YES!!! That is my favourite album of all time. Nico, I LOVE what you said about it...I have done all of those things to that album too, in fact, it basically lived with me during a very difficult time in my life...it got me through. It's just an incredible album, and the fact that he's comparing this one to it makes me even more excited than I already was!!

Re: Warner Bros, I'm SO glad to hear he's not with them anymore. He'd been unhappy there for a long time, and they did NOT treat him well. (I had the luxury of overhearing a conversation with a WB exec once, after a show...yikes.) I'd love to see him go with Nonesuch, they seem to be decent to their artists in terms of creativity, at least. Natalie Merchant released her last album with them, completely on her terms, and she toured behind it as well...I'm assuming they didn't make her pay for the entire thing, as WB did to Lindsey. I'm glad to hear he's also considering releasing it on his own though... I get the feeling that since he's saying it will be out in September, he's probably already talked to some labels, and if he doesn't like what they say he'll put it out himself. Whatever--just as long as it gets released in Canada, I'm happy, lol! He may not get the major marketing, etc, that a big label could provide... But they didn't provide it anyway, so hey, he can only go up from there! Actually, I have been thinking lately that there's already more buzz and news about this thing than there ever was with his last 2 albums on WB.

To sum it up: YAYYYYY!!!! :]

I was at a turning point in my life when OOTC was released. Things were starting to look up and it was the perfect album for me at the time, and my absolute favorite Lindsey album. " I'm just waiting on the countdown...things are about to turn around...and now I'm out of the lost and found...just waiting on the countdown..." :nod:

Great to have some new info! I plan on seeing him on his tour this year, if he swings by Dallas or somewhere close.

And Philly and the Keswick Theater. Hopefully he'll do a sound check this time.:thumbsup: