Time, Q Review

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Originally Posted by michelej1

Tulsa World, October 27, 1995

Fleetwood Mac - Time - Warner Bros.


``Time,'' to borrow a pun, often comes off more like news weak. Mason gets in Burnette's way a lot, and Christine McVie's keyboard parts, using lots of electric piano effects, sound like romping sitcom themes. Her voice is a timeless treasure, though, and Bramlett's vocals are a welcome respite from Stevie Nicks' sleepy, barnyard approach to singing. The songs here are all passable and well-built, but nothing reaches out to grab you (save maybe Fleetwood's eerie recitative at the end). ``Time'' is reminiscent of the tepid ``Mystery to Me'' and ``Heroes Are Hard to Find'' days before the arrival of Buckingham and Nicks. But don't count them out, by any means. The Mac always comes back.

T.C.

The writer's remark about Christine's "electric piano effects" is spot on. Never understood why she opted for those cheesy sounds there. They mar an otherwise perfect song ("Hollywood").

Not sure how Mason gets in Brunette's way either. But there's no question in my mind that the record would have been greater without him. "Blow by Blow"--pardon the pun--blows.