Fleetwood mac WILL record new album says stevie

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Originally Posted by mitzo

Stevie has her solo career too, and deals with FM in spite of having generally had the fewest number of songs on their albums

Although she typically got an equal amount of album space, she refused to pair down her songs, hence "I Don't Want To Know" making it onto "Rumours."

Do not forget the fact that Tango and SYW were originally conceived as solo albums of his that he knew would not sell, so he got the FM team together and used them to make money.

That's a blatant lie.

http://bla.fleetwoodmac.net/index.php?page=index_v2&id=566&c=18

Here is Lindsey's statement, issued through his manager. "In 1985, I was working on my third solo album when the band came to me and asked me to produce the next Fleetwood Mac project. At that point, I put aside my solo work, which was half-finished, and committed myself for the next 17 months to produce Tango in the Night. It was always our understanding that upon completion of the Tango album I would return to my solo work. Of course I wish them all the success in the world on the road."

Mick, who went bankrupt in 1984, was pushing hard for a Fleetwood Mac album, to the point where he threatened to get an outside producer. Obviously, that got Lindsey's attention.

As for SYW/Gift of Screws...Let me get this straight: That was Lindsey unloading his solo songs that he recorded with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and to a lesser extent Christine McVie onto Fleetwood Mac? Keeping in mind that Lindsey rekindled his personal and professional relationship with Mick, John, and Christine around the time Fleetwood Mac was finishing "Time" (hence Lindsey singing backing vocals on "Nothing Without You) and was basically in the process of splitting up. There was no Fleetwood Mac when the project started. If anything GoS brought Fleetwood Mac back from the grave. Ultimately, it was the label pressuring Lindsey to release it as Fleetwood Mac, since it could have legitimately gone either way. As it is, the songs on the leaked version of GoS have spanned out over several albums, Mac or solo. Implying Lindsey was unloading songs that he recorded with Fleetwood Mac onto Fleetwood Mac is one of the most intellectually lazy things I've ever seen in here.

Originally Posted by mitzo

I do not think we really know whose idea it was to turn Linds's doomed solo projects into FM releases. All we do know is that it happened.

No, actually we do. It's been well documented.

And he was able to simultaneously use Stevie's audience-drawing persona and domineer her.

Which enjoyed so much that he left the band.

He was also able to leave the band for a decade and waltz right back in at will, brandishing more unreleasable solo work.

Funny thing about that, Fleetwood Mac had disbanded when Lindsey hired Mick, John, and Christine to play on his album. Oddly enough, Stevie hired Lindsey not too long thereafter to record "Twisted."

Originally Posted by DauphineMarie

and after Rumours, his successful contributions became almost non-existent.

Not true. Post-Rumours, Stevie had three singles in the top twenty, compared to Lindsey's two, HOWEVER...BOTH of Lindsey's songs cracked the top ten, compared to only one of Stevie's.

Tusk (8)
Big Love (5)
Sara (7)
Gypsy (12)
Seven Wonders (19)

It is Stevie who is the one who has consistently returned to Fleetwood Mac despite her solo success, and puts the band before her solo work.

Except between 1991-1995.

Originally Posted by BlueDenimLamp

While on the other hand Stevie has put out 3 (yes three) solo albums since she returned to FM...

Umm...So has Lindsey

Why did WB not tell Stevie "Finish the FM record BEFORE you record another solo album"???

How do we know that's not what's going on right now?

Originally Posted by DauphineMarie

Because WB knows that Stevie's albums will be mildly successful.. #5 (TISL +IYD), #7 (24KG) while not #1's, will still sell better than anything Lindsey could sell solo-wise.

Of course her albums will sell better. Stevie plays it safe. She makes sure her solo albums feature stars d'jour. BD had Don Henley and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, TOSOTM had Bruce Hornsby and Kenny G, and TISL had Sheryl Crow and Natalie Maines. Ever since “Whenever I Call You Friend” Stevie has been able to be seen as an entity outside of Fleetwood Mac, which wasn’t the case for Lindsey, or Christine for that matter. Lindsey’s album generally only feature Lindsey and are pretty experimental.

That being said, SWY sold over twice as many copies as TISL.