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Rating:  - Best Compilation...
This 2-CD compilation chronicals Fleetwood Mac's massive career post 1975...when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the former English blues/rock band. The first DISC is ENHANCED for computers and contains some great footage of Fleetwood Mac recording their new studio album due out SPRING 2003 with a tour to follow....the enhancement also gives you lyrics, and a link to a special website with rare live performances... The selection of the 36 songs placed on this CD is great. You have the big hits like "Dreams," "Rhiannon," "You Make Lovin Fun," "Gypsy," "Sara," "Say You Love Me," "Hold Me," "Go Your Own Way," etc....and some great songs like Nicks' haunting "Sisters of the Moon," and Lindsey's live performance of the hit "Big Love," from 1997.
An added extra is the 1977 version of Stevie's ode to Lindsey, "Silver Springs." Many people do not have this version, but it is here. ALL of the songs have been remastered for SUPERB quality, and some of the songs are diff. versions than on the album...all of the songs are VERY full, and sound GREAT..the booklet has rare photos, and the whole thing is just GREAT....VERY recommended for any Fleetwood Mac fan, or any rock music fan.
Fleetwood Mac's massive career is all put into two CD's here. It also contains the 1997 great live versions of Lindsey Buckingham's solo hit "Go Insane," plus "I'm So Afraid." You can hear Stevie's bewitching vocals crystal clear in numbers like "Gold Dust Woman.." You have the beautiful songbird on Disc 1, Christine McVie, with songs like the haunting and classic "Songbird," the catchy "Love in Store," and her hits.
"THE CHAIN" begins Disc 1, and then goes right into the whole band on vocals with "Don't Stop."
Rating: - All The Hits And More
Essentially a distillation of 1992's "25 Years: The Chain," this collection focuses on the radio-friendly version of the band that began in 1975 when the duo of Buckingham and Nicks were brought into the fold. Their first two albums--"Fleetwood Mac" and "Rumours"--have sold more than 30 million copies to date and spawned seven Top 40 singles, including the No. 1 "Dreams." [The closest thing Fleetwood Mac had to a hit in the U.S. previously was in 1970 when "Oh Well" went to No. 55.]Over the course of 36 songs, this collection includes all the hits from 1975's "Over My Head" through 1992's "Paper Doll," along with enough album tracks to satisfy all but the most die-hard fan. The emphasis, of course, is on the first two albums which comprise a total of 15 tracks: six from "Fleetwood Mac" and all but two from "Rumours." As a bonus, disc 1 includes a five-minute video on the making of their new album to be released in the spring of 2003, along with a selected discography, song lyrics and additional web links. All told, this is an excellent overview of one of the most successful bands of the seventies. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rating: - Great collection for fans old and new
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac retrospective is a nice warm up for the holidays, which should please fans old and new. The retrospective, which features the classic Rumours lineup, includes all the hits (and then some) from the 1975 "white" album through 1997's reunion album The Dance.It's refreshing to find some new elements incorporated into this release, making it more than just your standard best-of. Some of these highlights include single versions for Rhiannon, Over My Head, Think About Me and Sisters of the Moon - all previously unavailable on CD. There's also a different mix of Silver Springs, emphasizing Stevie Nicks' affective pleas at the end of the song (Buckingham and McVie's vocals have been removed). Overall, the sound quality is excellent. Remastered by engineering heavyweights Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch, the tracks have never sounded this good, particularly the ones from Rumours and Mirage. Everything is clean and crisp, with bass and high-end levels faithfully restored. Finally, the depth to these recordings has returned -- something dreadfully missing from the shoddy CD reissues from the late-80s and early 90s. The liner booklet is very well done, though the selection of photographs could be better. But there are some nice ones, like the one of Christine McVie playing a large bass. There is also a charming Rumours cover outtake featuring Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood in an alternate pose. The liner notes are written well by David Wild, a contributing writer for Rolling Stone. Informative and concise. Selected discography, chart placements and credits are also included. The enhanced material (on disc 1) is adequate though it may a challenge to play on your computer. (QuickTime for the studio stuff and Windows Media Player for everything else worked for me). The behind-the-scenes footage is probably the only real interest here, as much of the other material has been available previously. The behind-the-scenes footage takes you through a beautiful Bel Aire mansion (where the band is recording a new album), practice sessions, and short interviews about the recording process without Christine McVie, who retired from the music business. The other stuff on the CD, like "the vaults" (which has to be accessed through the internet), is a bit disappointing, particularly the selection of performance clips. Two tracks are culled from the '82 Mirage vid (Chain, Go Your Own Way) and one from The Dance (Don't Stop). The music video for Seven Wonders is also included. The rarest footage included here is the classic Rosebud documentary performance of Rhiannon.
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