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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew
No arguing with the numbers, of course, but it is still surprising that one of the members' solo albums (released at the nadir of her career, no less) sold seven times better than a brand new album with the Fleetwood Mac name on it. That was pretty shocking at the time.
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I wasn't at all shocked. After about a month of the record company not promoting it, I figured it was DOA as far as they were concerned. Mick and John were miffed, to say the least. But, then again, it's not like they toured behind the album. And, if I were the record company and I knew that Christine had quit the band, Bekka & Billy were heading to Nashville, and that the ice between Mick and Lindsey had thawed, especially in light of the Eagles and Zepplin (sort of) reunions, why throw more money into the project? So that Fleetwood Mac could become a glorified version of the Dave Mason Band?
See, Stevie toured behind her album and worked the press to sell it. It didn't work, but at least she tried, which is why it got some results.
Lindsey was the big loser in all of it. He made videos, worked the press, and toured behind OOTC, and it sold about the same as Time. I suspect that's why he was willing to reconcile with the band.
Considering
Time and the
Twister soundtrack were released seven months apart, I think the sales numbers say more about the reunion than whatever bad blood may have existed.