|
''Fleetwood Mac'' is the tenth album by the British-American band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1975. It was the band's second eponymous album; the first was their 1968 album. Among Fleetwood Mac fans, the album is often referred to as the White Album. This is the first Fleetwood Mac album to feature Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist, after Bob Welch departed the band in late 1974. The album was also the group's last to be released on the Reprise label until 1997's ''The Dance'' (the group's subsequent albums until then were released through Warner Bros. Records, Reprise's parent company). The album reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 over a year after entering the chart, spent 37 weeks within the top 10, and more than fifteen months within the top 40. It launched three top twenty singles: "Over My Head", "Rhiannon" and "Say You Love Me", the last two falling just short of the top ten, both at No. 11. In 1986, it was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA representing shipments of five million units in the United States. "Warm Ways" was the first single lifted from the album in 1975 in the UK. It was not released as a single in the United States, where Over My Head was released instead. Initially, the album generated limited interest in the UK, as the first three singles released by the new lineup failed to chart. "Say You Love Me" charted on the UK Singles Chart and it reached No. 40 Following the massive success of ''Rumours'' two years later, interest in the band re-ignited and ''Fleetwood Mac'' was re-released in 1978, along with the single "Rhiannon" which peaked just outside the Top 40 at No. 46. The album eventually peaked at No. 23 on the UK Albums Chart but was a prelude to a run of hugely successful albums for the band in Britain, including four multi-platinum number ones: ''Rumours'', ''Tusk'', ''Tango in the Night'' and ''Behind the Mask''. A live version of "Landslide" was eventually released as a single in the US in 1998 after it became one of the most popular tracks from the live reunion album ''The Dance''. It reached No. 51 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ==Background== In 1974, Fleetwood Mac relocated from England to California to manage the band's affairs better. In California, they recorded another album, ''Heroes Are Hard to Find'', and set out on tour. Shortly after finishing up the tour, Bob Welch (guitarist, singer, and composer) announced that he was leaving what had become Fleetwood Mac's ninth lineup in eight years, so that he could be part of the power trio Paris.〔 Now looking for both a new guitarist and a recording studio, Mick Fleetwood met with producer Keith Olsen at Sound City Studios to listen to some demos.〔〔 There, Olsen played Fleetwood an album he had recently engineered, called ''Buckingham Nicks''.〔 Fleetwood particularly enjoyed the guitar solo on the song "Frozen Love",〔 and decided to hire both Olsen and the guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham.〔 However, Buckingham would not accept Fleetwood's offer unless he agreed to also hire Buckingham's musical and romantic partner, Stevie Nicks.〔 After an informal interview at a Mexican restaurant, Mick Fleetwood invited both Buckingham and Nicks to join the band.〔 Within three months, the band had recorded the album ''Fleetwood Mac''.〔 Though the band's tenth lineup proved to be their most successful, it was certainly not the most stable, as Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were close to breaking up when they joined the band.〔 This tension ultimately helped inspire the band's next album, ''Rumours''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|