Chicago Tribune, 9-28-08
http://www.chicagotribune.com/featur...,5230266.story
A decade ago, "Gift of Screws" was going to be Lindsey Buckingham's fourth solo album, but a Fleetwood Mac reunion got in the way, and many of those songs ended up on Mac's "Say You Will" in 2003. Now Buckingham has resurrected the title for his fifth solo work, the successor to 2006's "Under the Skin."
Mac fans will be pleased to hear Mick Fleetwood and John McVie join Buckingham on several tracks, including the bluesy stomp "Wait For You" and the unhinged garage-rock romp of the title track. And elsewhere, Buckingham resurrects the percussive experimentalism of "Tusk" ("Great Day") and demonstrates his prowess at writing sunny and instantly catchy pop melodies ("Did You Miss Me").
Sometimes his studio wizardry and guitar skills — Buckingham is an underrated guitar hero — get the best of him: "Time Precious Time" and a few others impress mostly as technical achievements. But they still impress.
— Steve Klinge