Nicks also took the opportunity to have her hair done by five French hairdressers at once, while her and McVie’s Château lodgings were decorated to their specifications for the duration. I remember her galloping in on horseback one day, in a velvet gown – I can’t remember why.” Lindsey didn’t like being in France because he doesn’t like French food.
“I think Lindsey said, ‘Why fucking France?’ or words to that effect. “It was in the middle of nowhere”, McVie recalls. M ick Feetwood’s location for the out-of-the-way “bubble” where they’d record, not unconnected to minimising tax, was Le Château in Hérouville, France, the studio made famous by Elton’s Honky Château. McVie and Buckingham with Mac in 1982 (Image credit: Getty Images) So the tears weren’t coming much on Mirage? “No. Yeah, I’m sure a lot of it was quite pedestrian.” I’ve never heard him say that – but as you say it, I can see it. And when you see the tears come into his eyes, you know it’s genuine. Like we were just doing a few songs a year ago in the studio, because we’re starting another album. ‘O-kay…’ But then he gets sparked and excited about something. “There’s always an element of that with him. “Trust him.”ĭid there seem an element of him clocking in on Mirage, the reluctant professional, after getting his way on Tusk? “That’s what Lindsey said?” McVie laughs wryly. Fleetwood Mac, he told a reporter, was getting “more and more like a day job”. “We still want you to produce us,” Buckingham recalled them essentially saying, “but we don’t want to do that process any more.”īuckingham’s own solo debut, Law And Order, hadn’t come close to Nicks’ success, so he buckled down gloomily to this new hair-shirt regime. Led by Fleetwood – overextended on property purchases that would soon bankrupt him – and with bandmates asking where the money was after such huge tours (up their noses and on Lear jets, mostly), the band gave Buckingham an ultimatum before returning to work. Stevie Nicks in 1982 (Image credit: Getty Images) And I don’t think there were any great romantic melodramas. But I can’t remember any nastiness on that record. I’m sure I was drinking a lot of alcohol. And he,” she says, finger pointing at Mick Fleetwood’s face, “was out of his brain. “John, I think, was still pretty much drinking like a fish. “I’m trying to think of John here,” she says. Holding the LP sleeve of Mirage’s new outtake-heavy reissue, she considers her band’s real state back then. She’s wearing a grey mesh jacket and leopard-skin ankle boots, lived-in touches of glamour for a 73-year-old, still Brummie-accented rock queen not inclined to fuss.
We’re sitting in a penthouse room in the west London offices of her band’s grateful long-time home, Warner. These popular Fleetwood Mac CDs have been voted on by music fans around the world, so the order isn't just one person's opinion.“Oh yes, exactly – that’s what it’s meant to do,” says Christine McVie. Albums range from the band’s first self-titled Fleetwood Mac (1968) to Rumours (1977) to Say You Will (2003). If you want to know what is the best Fleetwood Mac album of all time, this list will answer your question. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums if you have a favorite Fleetwood Mac album, vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular. If you think the greatest Fleetwood Mac album isn't ranked highly enough, vote for it so it receives proper credit. To make voting for your favorite records easier, we haven't included Fleetwood Mac singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. So Fleetwood Mac early albums like Mystery to Me (1973) and Kiln House (1970) don’t include the duo. As many fans know, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined in the band in 1975 for Fleetwood Mac’s second self-titled album, Fleetwood Mac (also known as The White Album). When voting for your favorite Fleetwood Mac album, it will be interesting to note whether or not it lands before or after 1975. This Fleetwood Mac discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Fleetwood Mac albums can be found at the top of the list. Fleetwood Mac are considered one of the greatest rock bands of all time and are rightfully inducted in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame.
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