Fleetwood Mac Christmas gift ideas?

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by KenB

There are no extra tracks of any kind in the limited edition box. The extra stuff is all in the packaging -- a nice lithograph photo, the box itself, and a different design on the CD itself.

BTM would be a decent album by another band, but I wanted more from a Mac album. There are three songs on it I still enjoy listening to today: the title track, Love Is Dangerous, and When The Sun Goes Down, the last of which has (to my ears) a very Lindsey-esque production sound. The rest of the tracks I can take or leave.

My favorites are
Skies the limit
Love is Dangerous
In the back of my mind
When it comes to love
Save me

Interesting tid bit is the album barely made the top 20 in the USA but went to #1 in England and achieved platinum status there. Go figure
The reviews were really mixed too. Rolling Stone gave it 4 stars saying Rick Vito and Billy Burnette were the best things to happen to Fleetwood Mac while other reviews gave it one star.

I loved the tour though although they had such bad luck with canceling so many shows for reasons like when Chris's dad passed away and other things that happened in Europe. But they made up most of the shows in the USA.

[KenB]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The reviews were really mixed too. Rolling Stone gave it 4 stars saying Rick Vito and Billy Burnette were the best things to happen to Fleetwood Mac while other reviews gave it one star.

I have an acquaintance who worked at Rolling Stone at that time, and I was told that the magazine went through several reviewers before finding one who would write a 4-star review for BTM.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by KenB

I have an acquaintance who worked at Rolling Stone at that time, and I was told that the magazine went through several reviewers before finding one who would write a 4-star review for BTM.

I never cared for Rolling Stone reviews. They LOVED BTM and they LOVED Tango in the Night. These are probably my least favorite Mac albums. On the other hand they trashed Stevie's The Wild Heart which is probably her second best solo record. Its solid and strong not deserving of a one and a half star review.

But its ironic if you go back in time. Check out the Rolling Stone 1982 Rolling Stone interview "Fleetwood Mac, happy at the top." It claims every member of the Mac did the interview except for Nicks on the advice of her manager.
Stevie always held a grudge against Rolling Stone from the white album review that called her singing callow. It hurt her confidence in a new band.