What is YOUR Fleetwood Mac album? - Page 2

BLY · #16 12-11-2023, 01:06 PM

Rumours was purchased right after it was released in February of 1977. I then found Silver Springs and was hooked . I then bought the White album. After that I discovered and purchased Buckingham Nicks and their back catalogue waiting for Tusk to be released (that seemed like forever).The rest is history. I still like to listen to the albums from front to back occasionally. My go to album depends on my mood.

FuzzyPlum · #17 12-11-2023, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by WalkAThinLine.

There are some good songs on that collection, although there are some interesting choices. Nine out of the eleven Rumours songs are on there, which almost makes the regular purchase of Rumours unnecessary. However, I wanted to hear "I Don't Want to Know" and "Oh Daddy" so badly that I purchased the album anyways. There aren't any songs from the Live album and the only representation from The Dance comes from Lindsey Buckingham, who gets three songs from that collection. They also placed "Skies on the Limit" as opposed to "Save Me" on the album even though the latter was a top 40 hit and "Skies" was not. It's still a great introduction to the band, although 50 Years: Don't Stop is a better representation of the band's entire history.

Don’t Stop really is great. It takes you on a real musical journey. And I love every ‘disc’. It’s great to hear the breadth of music.

BLY · #18 12-11-2023, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Don’t Stop really is great. It takes you on a real musical journey. And I love every ‘disc’. It’s great to hear the breadth of music.

I wish a new track was added but it sure is a great 50 year musical journey.

David · #19 12-11-2023, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by WatchChain

The concept of a recorded album reads like a great, classic novel. A list of songs that tell a story to document a moment in time. When played in sequence, they create a tone and mood that is euphoric. Coupled with cover art, photographs and liner notes, albums are an enriching experience. Fast forward to now - we have definitely lost something. Great albums are becoming a rare breed.

I can vouch for that perspective. I was very much of that generation that consumed the whole album in a sitting. The cliché of sitting on the floor, following along with the lyric sleeve, is the truth. We really did think of albums that way. We bought 45s, but that was a very different experience, and not as deep of a connection. In fact, there isn’t much talk about this, but one of the weird sensations we used to have was mentally placing the single (which was on the radio a month or two before the album was available) on the full album in an auditory way — we sometimes were disappointed about where the single was put on the album. Something usually felt wrong about it.

I knew the white album from AM radio, and I even knew “Hypnotized” and a few others. I was dragged to a Mac concert in late summer 1976, didn’t much turn on to the live experience, but did go nuts over the “Go Your Own Way” single a few months later. Rumours was released, and I bought it after keeping my friend’s vinyl copy for a few too many weeks. So Rumours was the first Mac album I owned — I got my 1975 vinyl a little bit after Rumours. I bought the vinyls for Tusk, Live, Mirage, Law and Order, Bella Donna, The Visitor, The Wild Heart, I’m Not Me, and I think that’s about it for my full-album vinyl experience. Everything since then has been just a collection of individual tracks for me, even Say You Will.

sue · #20 12-11-2023, 03:00 PM

My favourite chapter of Fleetwood Mac is the very early Peter Green era..
But my best loved Album has to be Rumours.
I had lost touch with them in the early 70s and didn’t listen to them at all.
Then, wham I heard Go your own way and Dreams on the radio.
I was re hooked and bought Rumours March 1977.

**jbrownsjr** · #21 12-12-2023, 03:55 PM

I'm gonna go with Mirage.

I started with Heroes because my Uncle had it. But I had no idea until 1977 to connect dots. Then in 1982 I bought Mirage and became an addict. A really bad addict. I fell in love with Christine. She was so chill and such a pro. I immediately said to myself, "That's the lady I want to be!"