Your first Fleetwood Mac album

[ButterCookie]

I think we just happened to choose the same one. I did look for another, but I love this one too much!

[PenguinHead]

I inherited Rumours from my musically fickle older sister in 1977. I was 11 years old. And like many new fans of the band, my sister also bought Future Games
and Mystery to Me, thinking they were going to get more of the same -- suprise!

I inherited those albums and was very intrigued by their history. I delved into their blues period many years later. In fact, I'm on a big Peter Green era streak right now; I've been listening to all of their blues stuff, and getting more familiar with it. It's a big body of work, especially when you consider all the live songs, and various compilations. So much product made in so little time.

[marinnette]

i will never stop being amazed about how music can master your thoughts, your most valuable memories. i remember being a child, in my dad's bar, waiting for him to finish work and going home to lunch. he would play the finest albums at the time, as well as classics from the 60's and 70's. at age 5 i was obsessed with the beatles, they were the only musicians i knew. i mean, i liked the songs, but didn't know the title or the artist. when i grew old i began to recognize the tunes: if i ever lose my faith in you, sting; another day in paradise, phil collins; and thousands more. 10 years or more ago i got back songs like "little lies". i saw the video in mtv. my childhood came back to me. some years later, when i started university i was looking for another childhood song, family man, by hall and oates. but i didn't know the artist, so i download "family man", from tango in the night. i thought it was pretty good. at that time, i discovered stevie nicks. then i realized they were in the same band!! and i began to listen to them a lot. wooowww! THAT WAS THE MUSIC from my memories!! THAT WAS THE SOUND IN MY MIND! they were called Fleetwood Mac and that album i recalled, tango in the night!!! and that's my story, folks!

[LiamMcConville]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

I think we just happened to choose the same one. I did look for another, but I love this one too much!

Oh, okay. I thought it was something new!

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ButterCookie

I think we just happened to choose the same one. I did look for another, but I love this one too much!

Well actually, I happen to have MADE the avatar, since the red bits used to be orange and it's my avatar on another forum, I just changed it here since I saw you were using something I created

And just to stay on topic, I have to say after I bought Rumours and Tango, I was amazed how many songs I actually KNEW and loved without knowing they were Fleetwood Mac. I knew Don't Stop, Seven Wonders, Everywhere and Little Lies, and I was all "Ooooh! So Fleetwood Mac made THESE songs" it amused me.

[holidayroad]

Originally Posted by Artemis

And just to stay on topic, I have to say after I bought Rumours and Tango, I was amazed how many songs I actually KNEW and loved without knowing they were Fleetwood Mac. I knew Don't Stop, Seven Wonders, Everywhere and Little Lies, and I was all "Ooooh! So Fleetwood Mac made THESE songs" it amused me.

Same with me. I became a Fleetwood Mac fan with Tango (was already a Lindsey fan/ liked Stevie) and after I bought the other albums (group and solo), I realized I already knew and loved a lot of the songs like Hold Me, Love Will Show Us How, Edge of Seventeen, and Gypsy, just to name a few.

[gypsy-sara]

My first Fleetwood Mac album was "Future Games", followed by "Mirage" and "Tango In The Night".

It took me some time to completely understand "Future Games", though I fell in love with "Women Of A Thousand Years" and "Future Games" the very first time I ever heard them. And after a while I loved the whole album and I still do.

"Mirage" was a big disappointment - I like it, but nothing more. "Gypsy" is the only song that really stands out, if you ask me.

But "Tango In The Night" was a revelation and I will always love every single song. I took it with me on a holiday in Norway, two weeks with my partner in a camper, discovering the otherworldly beauty of the Lofoten - we had plenty of other CD's with us, including Sinead O' Connor's debut, Depeche Mode and Bryan Ferry, but "Tango In The Night" became the one we loved the most and played constantly.

From this time on, there has always been some Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks-CD with me on every holiday... for example "Rumours" in Ireland, "Tusk" in Switzerland and "Bella Donna" in Italy...

[Blueletter18]

My dad's CD copy of Greatest Hits...was hooked after I listened to that in its entirety for the first time!

[bluefox4000]

A vinyl copy of Tusk I got after i watched the Dance. Then Rumours Which I thought paled in comparison.

Mick

[elle]

Originally Posted by Blueletter18

My dad's CD copy of Greatest Hits...was hooked after I listened to that in its entirety for the first time!

Greatest Hits was my first FM cd too. not sure what i was hoping to hear, but it was not the fluffy pop that overwhelmed me from that CD. i put it away and never listened to it again for years.

[Blueletter18]

Originally Posted by elle

Greatest Hits was my first FM cd too. not sure what i was hoping to hear, but it was not the fluffy pop that overwhelmed me from that CD. i put it away and never listened to it again for years.

Yeah, I didn't like it just having heard it here and there throughout my childhood, but once I sat down and listened to the whole thing, certain aspects of the band-- three part harmonies, three vocalist/song writers, John's bass playing-- intrigued me and led me to other FM albums.

[Ali]

Tango on cassette as a kid was my first. Not sure which album followed - probably Rumours on CD.