Fleetwood Mac Albums, Ranked Worst To Best

[FuzzyPlum]

Hmmmmmm
Something like this...

1) Rumours
2) Tusk
3) Tango In The Night
4) Mystery to Me
5) Bare Trees
6) Fleetwood Mac
7) Heroes Are Hard to Find
8) Mirage
9) Then Play On
10) Future Games

11) Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
12) Say You Will
13) Penguin
14) Time
15) Behind The Mask
16) Kiln House
17) Mr Wonderful

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Hmmmmmm
Something like this...

1) Rumours
2) Tusk
3) Tango In The Night
4) Mystery to Me
5) Bare Trees
6) Fleetwood Mac
7) Heroes Are Hard to Find
8) Mirage
9) Then Play On
10) Future Games

11) Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
12) Say You Will
13) Penguin
14) Time
15) Behind The Mask
16) Kiln House
17) Mr Wonderful

I can live with the list, too.

[Macfan4life]

This is a fun thread and its really hard. Its safe to say most albums have something for everyone. I like the early stuff but I fall in love when Christine joins. She is the special sauce in the Mac for sure. I agree with Mick that Bob Welch joining the band was just as profound as Stevie and Lindsey. Chris and Bob writing and harmonizing together and the band gets mystical. This was a pre-tense and laid the groundwork for Lindsey and Stevie. Chris really explodes with writing great songs. Stevie and Lindsey were magical components and the band started to embrace more mainstream pop/rock.
Can you imagine if the White Album or Rumours was the double album instead of Tusk? In any event for half a decade the band was on a seriously creative roll. I deeply respect and love Behind the Mask. Half the songs are excellent IMHO and the other half not so great. I don't care for Time but ironically contains one of my favorite Mac tunes "Nights in Estoril". (Go figure). It just proves there is a diamond rough just about everywhere. After Tusk there was just too much pressure on the band commercially. Mirage was a jerk reaction to Tusk and Tango was pressure to be successful after 5 years and Mick's bankruptcy. I think that is why I enjoy Behind the Mask and Say You Will. They are creative without the pressure to be a commercial success. Completely not pop driven and I love that. Its sad we never got one last effort from these 5. But we need to be thankful they are still touring and making new music in other ways.

[McLamb]

Mine is much different... I know my ranking is unlike any other. This just happens to be how I like 'em at the moment!

01. Bare Trees
02. Behind The Mask
03. Fleetwood Mac (1975)
04. Kiln House
05. Mirage
06. Mystery To Me
07. Tango In The Night
08. Heroes Are Hard To Find
09. Penguin
10. Rumours
11. Time
12. Then Play On
13. Future Games
14. Tusk
15. Fleetwood Mac (1968)
16. Say You Will
17. Mr. Wonderful

[jools]

1) Rumours
2) Tango In The Night
3) Behind The Mask
4) Mirage
5) Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
6) Fleetwood Mac
7) Heroes Are Hard to Find
8) Mystery to Me
9) Then Play On
10) Future Games
11) Mr wonderful
12) Bare Trees
13) Penguin
14) Say You Will
15) Kiln House
16) Time
17) Tusk

I don't think i have listened to Tusk in years- IMHO its overrated tosh
Time i listen to, but it could have been so much better
BTM, good record, should have been much better

But i will admit i am one of these FM fans that believe FM is not about just LB.

[bwboy]

Jools and McLamb, glad to see I'm not the only one that loved Behind the Mask

[mitzo]

I liked Behind the Mask because it was full of a mix of great and listenable tunes. All the four songwriters did good work. I did not miss Lindsey for a moment.