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Originally Posted by Villavic
I was reading this album wikipedia page, about her opinion of the record:
In a 1980 interview with Contemporary Keyboard, Perfect (who by that time had the surname of McVie) expressed embarrassment about the album's existence and felt that some of the songs lacked the artistic maturity she believed came during her time in Fleetwood Mac. "When I made that record, I wasn't really sure about my talent, or about what direction I wanted to go in musically. There were people all around who were trying to make me into this kind of a singer or that kind of a singer. Mike Vernon was a great help in many ways – I'm playing music now partly because of what he did to get me started – but even he was pushing me into becoming sort of a black-style English singer. I didn't really feel artistically together until I joined Fleetwood Mac."
I looked for the info because I was reading the chapter of Bob Brunning book (yes! I found my long lost book) about the interval between Mirage and Tango and it says:
Meanwhile, Christine was organizing the recording of her second solo album. Her first, recorded way back in 1969, had been subsequently released in the US against her wishes. “I didn’t have one finger in the pie except that I wrote a couple of weedy songs!”
I read the track listing and she wrote not all but more than a couple of songs. And she appears as co-producer with Mike Vernon (and Kirwan in one song). But judging by her words, it seems she wasn't actually very involved in the production.
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When her solo album was released on 1984 this album resurfaced and Christine got mad about it. In the record shops her album would be in the album rack next to this album that was reprinted and tried to capitalize on her new success as a solo artist. I cant remember if she sued someone but she definitely gave interviews telling people not to buy it in her wonderful sense of humor she had.
On another note, I started reading the Christine Biography again that I started last summer. Parts reminded me of how accidental her being in Fleetwood Mac was. She was intending on being a loyal housewife. Even though she had won a prestigious music/singing award in the UK her solo career went nowhere. Peter and Jeremy leaving really started the evolution of Fleetwood Mac. I had forgotten but things got so bleak after Jeremy left that Mick asked Peter Green to re-join which he did for a very brief time. But left again after a brief tour. Chris was hanging out with them and playing and she just fit perfectly.