Continuing my look at 1975, first by counting down my own top albums of that year.
#3 – Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled album was the band’s tenth release but the first with the legendary lineup that would propel them to superstardom.
Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined current band members Mick Fleetwood and John and Christine McVie, bringing along some great compositions (‘Rhiannon,’ ‘I’m So Afraid,’ ‘Monday Morning’) and their prodigious guitar/vocal skills.
Apparently Harry Styles also felt that ‘Songbird’ was a fitting tribute for the late Christine McVie, because he performed the song during a concert in Chile last week.
Styles has been a vocal fan of Fleetwood Mac for awhile, and a collaborator and friend to McVie’s bandmate Stevie Nicks, so it’s no surprise he felt the need to honor her at his first live performance following the announcement of her death.
Last week, Fleetwood Mac’s most prolific member, Christine McVie, passed away at age 79 following a long bout of poor health.
McVie wrote or co-wrote the lion’s share of the band’s songs, including some of their most enduring classics — ‘Say You Love Me,’ ‘Over My Head,’ ‘You Make Loving Fun,’ ‘Everywhere,’ and ‘Don’t Stop,’ to name just a few.
Continuing my list of suggested songs for the next season of Stranger Things…
1987 saw the release of Tango in the Night, Fleetwood Mac’s 14th studio album and their second best-selling record (after 1977’s Rumours).
Given the continued relevance and success of Fleetwood Mac, I think the Stranger Things team could do a lot worse than to feature one of their songs.
Has a lineup change ever had a more profound effect on a band than the addition of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks to Fleetwood Mac?
Before Buckingham and Nicks joined the band, Fleetwood Mac released ten albums over seven years, and most music fans wouldn’t recognize a single song from that span. Or at least not the Fleetwood Mac version — they did write and record ‘Black Magic Woman,’ which was a hit for Santana.
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