New album imminent?

[cbBen]

Originally Posted by Villavic

I agree with you about respecting his convictions to his art and not to satisfy sale numbers, the audience, etc. I didn't understand it that way when he referred to ethical line.

Now it's interesting you mentioned Go Insane, a song or album released more than 25 years ago. So according to Lindsey words in his post, it wouldn't be included in his ethical and idealistic line he's worked to hold.

My impression is Lindsey thinks it's unvirtuous to pursue record sales, or at least to pursue them at the expense of other considerations. I assert my view on that outlook above, and would amend that assertion to add this: One could argue that when a record label spends money on your recordings, you actually have an obligation to consider commercial success and do what you can to see they don't lose it (plus, absent a special understanding, an obligation to your manager, who is working on commission).

As for Go Insane and Lindsey specifying the last 25 years, my impression is that with Go Insane, with "Holiday Road," and perhaps with Out Of The Cradle; Lindsey *was* pursuing commercial success [and understandably so; his solo career was on the line (plus, as I say above, the label had invested money into such projects)].

When the label rejected his would-be 1995 album, however (or perhaps a bit later as he encountered further difficulty getting his solo material released – see article linked below, or salient Lindsey quotes I list from it), Lindsey realized he was not going to have a commercially successful solo career – or, without the "large machine" of FM to help prop it up, even a viable one (a realization he describes in "Castaway Dreams"). At that point I believe he decided he would henceforth make the music he wanted to without any concern for sales figures (an outlook covered in the Destiny Rules documentary).

article I reference above: https://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/arti.../FMart115.html

salient quotes from Lindsey:
"I spent about seven years trying to get my material that's on this album placed and heard."
"I felt an extreme need to have it have a home and get it out so someone could hear it."
"It was difficult for me to find interest in that solo album. If it's Fleetwood Mac, that's one thing, but [if it's] Lindsey Buckingham [then] probably not."
"I would be completely happy to continue with this, never to pursue anything solo again. Because it's a hell of a lot easier." [I read "easier" to mean "easier to get my material released this way."]