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[Macfan4life]

Steve. The inauguration was January 1993. Of course there was spin and optimism. You think they were going to say, we hate eachother and wont work together. You are out of your mind if you think Time was planned at that time. The 1994 LA earthquake changed Chris and that's when she decided to go back to England faster than she planned. You can even read about Time on the wikipedia page. Her arm was twisted by Warner Brothers. She was originally NOT supposed to be on the album.
I know I wont convince you of anything but Chris's issues started with the 1994 earthquake and she was done living in LA. She even put a song on Time about it. You are crazy to infer at this time her or the band was convinced to do the Dance in a few years.
You dont think 1996 was rock bottom? Mick working on a Lindsey album that was not going to be released in years? Stevie doing a song for a movie that no one heard and she walked off stage to never sing on stage again.
It does not matter how much Time was promoted, it was not going to chart thus the record company knew it was a waste of money.

Btw, Mick mentions it in his book about Chris and Time:

Fleetwood mentioned in his autobiography that Christine McVie did not originally intend to participate on the album (she had technically quit in 1990) but that Warner Bros. had insisted she appear. As such, her five featured songs were recorded separately from the full band and all guitar parts on these were played by session musician Michael Thompson, although Billy Burnette is featured on the album's only single, "I Do", which only charted in Canada.[4] "Hollywood" alludes to the homesickness that would cause her to retire temporarily from the band, while "Nights in Estoril" celebrated time spent at Estoril in Portugal with her then-husband Eddy Quintela, who was Portuguese himself.

Chris was a trooper again for the band giving in to let them try and remain relevant. She was done and out. She would have turned down the Dance If offered at this time. Was there chatter? Maybe but there is always chatter. I am talking about the serious approach of contracts, etc.