Rare 1989 Atlantic Records interview

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Originally Posted by bwboy

Possibly. I know Lindsey, Christine, Mick, and even John had side solo projects released after Mirage, and as I recall, the only reason Tango even came about was because Christine was working on a solo remake of Can’t Help Falling in Love for a soundtrack, and she asked Lindsey for some help, who later asked John and Mick to play on it, or something like that. It was only after that went well that they decided to record together again as FM, and supposedly Lindsey had to gut his own solo album he’d been working on to do so, which suggested that the decision to record Tango came about pretty suddenly and unexpectedly. Maybe someone else can weigh on this with more substantial info.
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Yes, that's correct. According to Mick's book She called in Richard Dashut to produce, who in turn said that Lindsey was a real Elvis fan and might like to get involved. Then John Courage called me and John McVie, and in August 1985 four-fifths of Fleetwood Mac found themselves in the studio, cutting this record. This was fun, and the seed that eventually grew into Tango in the Night.

But I wouldn't say it was the only reason. According to Mick again, they wanted to help him because in june 1984 he had just been forced to file for bankruptcy (The newspapers were saying that I had lost eight million dollars and that much of it had gone up my nose).

I'm not sure if Mick hadn't been in trouble, Lindsey would have agreed to make the album. Probably the other three would have accepted, but not Lindsey. And Stevie, with drug problems or not, was focused on her solo career.