The New Album Thread

[secret love]

I'm telling you, once Stevie Nicks realises how little work is actually required of her for this album which is at least 50% done already, she is going to be in that studio with them quick smart!

All she needs to give them is three or four new songs. She could even just give them two new songs and drag up Joan of Arc and Space Needle or What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You? If she wanted to do that.

She adds backing vocals to the eight already finished songs Lindsey and Christine made in March/April and voila, hey presto ...a new studio album by Fleetwood Mac is complete.

Stevie only has 3 months full-time work, maximum that she needs to do to get this album finished. I'm sure that if they can't finish an album, we will get the music in the form of Extended Play CDs instead, anyway. Worst case, the material will get rolled into a solo Lindsey Buckingham album, featuring Christine McVie as a special guest.

I'm still jealous of the music journalists who were allowed to hear the danceable new tune Too Far Gone and the boppy How I Feel when they interviewed Lindsey and Christine in the studio in, I think it was April 2014.

[pberry]

This story was posted today on ultimate class rock, includes video of Stevie talking about the future:

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/linds...ogallery-1=147

Lindsey Buckingham Says Fleetwood Mac Could Be Beginning Its ‘Last Act’
by Dave Lifton December 30, 2014 3:56 PM

Before embarking on their current tour, Fleetwood Mac began work on their next album. In a recent interview, Lindsey Buckingham suggested that it could become a part of a final hurrah for the group.

“If you want to think of this [tour] as the beginning of the last act,” he told PBS’ Tavis Smiley. “That’s how it feels.”

Buckingham appears to be taking that approach with their upcoming release, which has only had some work done by Buckingham to flesh out some demos by keyboardist Christine McVie, who is back in the group after 15 years on the sidelines.

“She gave me a bunch of stuff to take home after we saw her in England when we played there,” he said towards the end of the interview. “And I worked on it at home, took lots of liberties, came back. She loved it. We went in the studio for two months and came up with probably the best group of songs that were co-written that we’ve done in years. So we are going to continue working on a new album and the solo stuff will probably take a back seat for another year or so.”

He then noted that it would be a “beautiful way to kind of wrap up this last act.”
Of course, Fleetwood Mac’s entire history has been filled with stops and starts, so who knows if this really is the beginning of the end?

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by secret love

I'm telling you, once Stevie Nicks realises how little work is actually required of her for this album which is at least 50% done already, she is going to be in that studio with them quick smart!

All she needs to give them is three or four new songs. She could even just give them two new songs and drag up Joan of Arc and Space Needle or What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You? If she wanted to do that.

Stevie only has 3 months full-time work, maximum that she needs to do to get this album finished.
I'm still jealous of the music journalists who were allowed to hear the danceable new tune Too Far Gone and the boppy How I Feel when they interviewed Lindsey and Christine in the studio in, I think it was April 2014.

When it comes to recording, Stevie has always had the least demanding role in the band. It's hard to imagine that she would even consider passing on being a part in the very last chapter of this historic and epic band.

I wonder if Christine will stay in California after it's all over. I suppose we can look forward to few more solo albums from Lindsey, Stevie, and hopefully Christine.

[secret love]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

When it comes to recording, Stevie has always had the least demanding role in the band. It's hard to imagine that she would even consider passing on being a part in the very last chapter of this historic and epic band.

I wonder if Christine will stay in California after it's all over. I suppose we can look forward to few more solo albums from Lindsey, Stevie, and hopefully Christine.

Somehow I doubt we will ever see another solo Christine McVie album before she shuffles off her mortal coil/kicks the bucket/passes into the next life.

I think she did In the Meantime because she had a stack of songs leftover from what she wrote during 1997 in the lead up to The Dance Reunion Tour and also because her nephew Dan Perfect wanted to help her. So it was an opportunity for her to really get to know the young feller who she hadn't paid much attention to for so long. Also, Fleetwood Mac had flat out refused Christine's participation in Say You Will if she was not prepared to tour the world with them.

An 18 month tour for someone who was petrified of flying at the time just wasn't going to happen, so that meant she had to go out on her own with her nephew Dan, at least temporarily.

I think that anything Christine writes and records from here on in will be released under the Fleetwood Mac banner, until one of them drops dead, at which point solo work for the living band members would come into play. I really think that Stevie's solo work with 24 Karat Gold Album was lovely but at the same time, it just goes to show she isn't as concerned about the one last hurrah as Lindsey and Christine, Mick and John are...those four really worked hard in the studio and they all really want to realise one last swan song for this seventies super band...to make them relevant to young people with new music, just one last time and also for the long-term diehard fans.

Stevie's 24 Karat Gold Album was a real treat for fans but she appears to see less value in a brand new studio album for Fleetwood Mac, which would have a broader appeal than her solo work at this particular juncture!

She will be there eventually, if the new studio album is given an official forthcoming release date - that's when we know that Stevie will be there helping to make it happen. Christine tentatively mentioned May 2015 as a potential release date, but qualified her statements in that interview with, "I'm going to be in big trouble if I stuff this up/get this wrong"

[teedeerocks]

If they tour after the new album it is going to be total frenzy and an emotional mess for the band and fans alike (especially Stevie).They'll be giving out tissues and Xanax at the door! If you think Stevie got emotional during "Say Goodbye" in 2013,wait until the LAST NIGHT of the final tour...I'll probably be effed up for a month!

[secret love]

Originally Posted by teedeerocks

If they tour after the new album it is going to be total frenzy and an emotional mess for the band and fans alike (especially Stevie).They'll be giving out tissues and Xanax at the door! If you think Stevie got emotional during "Say Goodbye" in 2013,wait until the LAST NIGHT of the final tour...I'll probably be effed up for a month!

At that time, John McVie had colon cancer and for all Stevie Nicks knew, he was slowly dying.

[mitzo]

I bet if there is that one more album, Stevie will be all over it, and will get the first single. Look at the Dance .... she came back then, and was front and centre, and had 2 singles from it. She knows how to wring facetime and money from FM, isn't it the case that she has had a deal to get 40% of the touring revenues?

[wheart]

Sorry but I find this whole notion of one last album very depressing, although it's most likely the way it will go down, if we get an album at all. It just makes me wonder what would have happened if Chris had decided to come back after just a few years, instead of 16. Fleetwood Mac's legacy may have looked (and sounded) very differently. Of course the past cannot be changed but I feel sometimes like she came back too late. How many more productive years does this band realistically have? Not too many.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by wheart

Sorry but I find this whole notion of one last album very depressing, although it's most likely the way it will go down, if we get an album at all. It just makes me wonder what would have happened if Chris had decided to come back after just a few years, instead of 16. Fleetwood Mac's legacy may have looked (and sounded) very differently. Of course the past cannot be changed but I feel sometimes like she came back too late. How many more productive years does this band realistically have? Not too many.

Yes it is a bit depressing- but still very exciting too. We know for sure there'll at least be another album. That would no doubt at least be followed by another box-set retrospective at some point.
I wonder whether the idea of it being 'kind of a beautiful way to wrap up this last act' isn't just another ruse to lure Stevie's participation. Lindsey himself certainly seems happy to be working in the confines of the band now. I think he would like things to continue indefinitely.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Yes it is a bit depressing- but still very exciting too. We know for sure there'll at least be another album. That would no doubt at least be followed by another box-set retrospective at some point.
I wonder whether the idea of it being 'kind of a beautiful way to wrap up this last act' isn't just another ruse to lure Stevie's participation. Lindsey himself certainly seems happy to be working in the confines of the band now. I think he would like things to continue indefinitely.

I know what you mean about Lindsey...does seem odd, especially in light of what he was saying on stage earlier in the tour...about this new chapter "bearing much fruit". I hadn't really given it much thought but I think his comments are out of character for him.

[SteveMacD]

He could just be tired of/frustrated with trying to get somebody in particular to participate on the album. I think he just wants to make music, and is tired of the politics and the fake drama.

[elle]

Originally Posted by wheart

Sorry but I find this whole notion of one last album very depressing, although it's most likely the way it will go down, if we get an album at all. It just makes me wonder what would have happened if Chris had decided to come back after just a few years, instead of 16. Fleetwood Mac's legacy may have looked (and sounded) very differently. Of course the past cannot be changed but I feel sometimes like she came back too late. How many more productive years does this band realistically have? Not too many.

they could have probably have a few more albums, instead of endlessly waiting for something or other. maybe Nicks would be out of the band by now if she was as reluctant to record new music as she seems to be lately.

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

He could just be tired of/frustrated with trying to get somebody in particular to participate on the album. I think he just wants to make music, and is tired of the politics and the fake drama.

yes! i think you hit the nail on the head, with everything you wrote.

he seemed to have had high hopes for maybe a few more albums and chapters when Christine came back and they clicked so well again. as the time goes on and they can't get Nicks on board he's probably getting tired of spinning his wheels waiting and wasting his prolific phase and he'd settle for at least putting a bow on the whole act with one last album from the 5. or maybe it will have to be 4.

[teedeerocks]

If nothing else,this band will go down in history as the zaniest,dramaqueenest band to ever exist on the face of the earth,no matter what era is focused on.No wonder we're so addicted to them!

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by wheart

I know what you mean about Lindsey...does seem odd, especially in light of what he was saying on stage earlier in the tour...about this new chapter "bearing much fruit". I hadn't really given it much thought but I think his comments are out of character for him.

I think he's clearly got a lot more creativity left in him and will do more music. I wouldn't be surprised if he and Chris continue working together…but doing so now, on an LB solo album, would take some of the novelty and big press value out of a full-5 FM album with Chris. So they'll eventually get the FM album out after the tour, and then, they've made their "final stand" if that's what it turns out to be…and Stevie can buzz off doing whatever she wants, and LB and Christine can go on to do more work together if they wish and not be held hostage to Stevie's whims.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by teedeerocks

If nothing else,this band will go down in history as the zaniest,dramaqueenest band to ever exist on the face of the earth,no matter what era is focused on.No wonder we're so addicted to them!

Even the naming of the band as a way to lure a reluctant John McVie away from Mayall was a bit dramatic.