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Subsequently covered by MGMT, it’s a charming, sprawling, stoned summer’s afternoon of a song, thick with harmonies and lyrics of a laid-back hippy-mystic bent. Sometimes Tusk’s experimentation involved weird sounds and marching bands; sometimes it was more subtle.

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The standard line is that Nicks and Buckingham’s arrival transformed Fleetwood Mac, but on McVie’s majestic Come a Little Bit Closer – a hidden gem from 1974’s Heroes Are Hard to Find – the band sounded as if they were already preparing for a musical shift: it could have slotted on to Rumours with ease. Entrancing, sensual and opaque, it’s apparently about Nicks’ friend marrying Mick Fleetwood, but could just as easily be about a passionate affair ending. Lindsay Buckingham’s most memorable songs surface, such as the catchy strut of “Don’t Stop,” the anthemic “Go Your Own Way” and the weirdly brilliant title-track from 1979’s Tusk. One reason Fleetwood Mac exploded in the mid-70s was that their new songs chimed with fellow boomers, whose hippy optimism and youthful zeal had been eroded by other concerns: marriage, divorce, parenthood.A true surprise and a big smile to all who blindly believe in marketing chitchatting over-expensive reissues being the ultimate :-). The band's UK single " Black Magic Woman" received greater exposure in the US when it was covered by the American group Santana, who placed their version in the Billboard Top 40.

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It feels live, as if someone pressed record during a rehearsal; the mood is ominous, and it’s punctuated with frequent pregnant pauses. But which song did Stevie Nicks only contribute one word to, which did Christine McVie claim was about a dog, and – crucially – which is their best? If Fleetwood Mac wobbled at the decade’s start, by 1987 they seemed almost as imperious as they had been circa Rumours thanks to songs such as Little Lies, co-written by McVie and her then-husband, Eddy Quintela. It includes the 1975 track " Over My Head" but omits the 1987 track " Seven Wonders" (despite it being a top 20 hit in the US) as well as the 1982 track " Oh Diane" (which failed to chart there in 1983, but was a top-ten hit in the UK). McVie’s Don’t Stop is actually the sound of a departing wife blithely telling her ex-husband to buck up, but its cantering rhythm and chorus are so impossibly, infectiously buoyant, the song so flawless, that it cancels out the unhappiness that provoked it.The album contains two new tracks, " As Long as You Follow" (which was released as a single to promote the album), and " No Questions Asked". The album assembles the band's hit singles in the UK covering the period from the band's beginning in 1968 to 1971, mostly in its original incarnation led by guitarist Peter Green. The crowning glory of Fleetwood Mac’s oeuvre and the apotheosis of a certain super-smooth 70s LA studio sound; supposedly rendered terminally unhip by punk, it has been endlessly imitated over the past 20 years. The verses build tension, the choruses and the fantastic guitar solo are an angry, cathartic release. While the keyboardist-singer was keen to emphasise its blues roots, to everyone else it just sounded like impeccable pop music.

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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac released on CBS Records in the United Kingdom in 1971. By far the least revered album of the classic Buckingham/Nicks-era Mac, Mirage has something of the holding pattern about it – Tusk’s experimentation is gone, expensive-sounding soft-rock abounds – but it contains some real hidden gems, including McVie’s luscious, lovestruck, small-hours paean to her soon-to-be-ex, soon-to-be-late fiance Dennis Wilson. Rhiannon introduced one of Nicks’ characteristic songwriting tropes: the depiction of a mysterious but desirable woman for whom the adjective “witchy” might have been invented (also songs via which Nicks’ own shawl-twirling stage persona might be projected).

Tellingly still in their live set long after Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined, McVie’s beautiful Spare Me a Little of Your Love has a relaxed mood at odds with that album’s rockier inclinations. The album gatefold shows a full-size photo of the post-Green line up of the band with Christine McVie (née Perfect), even though she just plays piano on a couple of tracks and was not a full member until after Kiln House was released. The highpoint of the post-Green, pre-Buckingham/Nicks era, Hypnotised captures Fleetwood Mac in transition. The crux of this collection was culled from Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled album and 1977’s Rumours.

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Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Fleetwood Mac" in the "Artista" field, type "Greatest Hits" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca". Rescued from obscurity by the soundtrack of Almost Famous, the title track of 1971’s Future Games demonstrates how Welch’s arrival shook Fleetwood Mac up. By the time they recorded it on Mirage, her memories had been sharpened by the death of her high-school friend Robyn Snyder Anderson. If you want to trace the roots of Fleetwood Mac the multimillion-selling pop-rock phenomenon, start with the LP Bare Trees.The Chain was famously spliced together from parts of old songs, including a track that had already appeared on Buckingham Nicks’ eponymous 1973 album. Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 21 November 1988 by Warner Bros. The album contains two new tracks, "As Long as You Follow" (which was released as a single to promote the album), and "No Questions Asked".