SN Interview: "Lindsey and I remember how much fun we had"

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Originally Posted by BigLove

"During the making of Fleetwood Mac’s 2003 album “Say You Will” they had a falling-out from which they’d never fully recovered."

What happened?

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Weren't they fighting over the track listing/sequencing or something?

Who knows.

We still don't know what really happened in regards to the Say You Will fallout between Lindsey & Stevie. It has been referenced in many interviews, but details have never surfaced.

The Destiny Rules documentary alludes to this drama, though. There was the whole issue of the double vs single album concepts. We all know Lindsey ended up losing that battle. He confessed after that matter was settled that it nearly broke up the entire project/band, but he lost his push for a double album. However, he got pretty much the same amount of songs he wanted, just on one disc. He had to eat royalties as a writer to do that, but he seemed fine with that decision.

So I'm guessing the fallout was a creative difference: was the album to be double or single; was the material to be experimental or safe; what was the tracking order; etc. I still wonder if Stevie was happy with how her songs have turned out on Say You Will, but she has never disparged them (that I know of). Lindsey has pointed to the album being disjointed, though.