Gift of Screws Reviews

[michelej1]

Big Take Over Blog, March 29, 2009

List of Top 10 albums, by Matthew Berlyant:

http://www.bigtakeover.com/top-ten/M...erlyant-090329

8. Lindsey Buckingham – Gift of Screws (Warner Brothers)

I’m a fan of not just the early, PETER GREEN-led FLEETWOOD MAC, but the much more popular version with Buckingham, STEVIE NICKS and CHRISTINE McVIE (admittedly I’m not familiar enough with the versions in between to comment on them). I know this may set me apart from some of the folks reading this, but frankly I don’t care.

Anyway, if you’re still reading this far, this is Buckingham’s fifth solo album overall and his second in three years. This is my first exposure to his solo material and as such, I really like it. The amazing finger-picking in “Time Precious Time” is a highlight, but there isn’t a bad track here. More experimental than Fleetwood Mac typically are and overflowing with creativity, hooks and ideas, it’s nice that even as a multi-millionaire in his late 50s who doesn’t have to do this, Lindsey loves making music so much that he does it anyway.