Do we really want a new Fleetwood Mac album?

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Her defeatist comments after TISL failed to sell and her claim that poor sales were the result of fans stealing the music did not encourage me to think that that's not how she reacts to low-selling records. But she bucked up and put out IYD anyway and has fought for it. Good for her.

Those are two different things, though. Her expressing disappointment in 'TISL's' sales, and trying to find a reason that it didn't sell as well, isn't the same as disowning an album simply because it didn't move millions of copies. My point was, she still loves that album (and 'In Your Dreams') either way.

I do agree that she probably has different expectations for Fleetwood Mac's album sales. Record execs and fans do as well. For Stevie, I'm guessing it then became a question of, "is it worth the tension and conflicts to record with Fleetwood Mac, if I can do nearly as well with my own albums and without the stress?"