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''Tango in the Night'' is the 14th studio album by the British-American band Fleetwood Mac. Released in April 1987, it is the fifth (and, to date, final) studio album from the band's most successful line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.〔The Great Rock Discography. 6th Edition. Martin C. Strong. Page 378. ISBN 1-84195-312-1〕 Produced by Buckingham with Richard Dashut, ''Tango in the Night'' began life as one of Buckingham's solo projects, but by 1985 the production had morphed into Fleetwood Mac's next album. It contains several hit singles, including "Big Love", "Seven Wonders", "Everywhere", and "Little Lies". The album has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. ==Album history== ''Tango in the Night'' is the band's second biggest selling studio album〔TOP SELLING ALBUMS 1959-2009 (Music Week 19 September 2009-50th Anniversary issue-cut off point is Saturday, 22 August 2009)〕 after the phenomenally successful ''Rumours'' which was released 10 years earlier. The intervening albums, ''Tusk'' (1979) and ''Mirage'' (1982), although big sellers in key territories, had not matched their predecessor's huge success. ''Tango in the Night'' was a worldwide hit with several singles from the album becoming popular all over the world. "Little Lies" and "Everywhere" in particular are now considered classic hits of the late 1980s and they continue to appear on retrospective albums of that decade.〔Rock The Rough Guide. 2nd Edition. Various. Page 365. ISBN 1-85828-457-0〕 The album was a success in the United States. The album debuted at #43 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts, eventually peaking at #7. Although it only peaked at #7 for three weeks, it spent more than seven months within the top 20 and more than ten months within the top 40, and was certified triple platinum for selling 3,000,000 copies. Four singles from the album reached the ''Billboard'' Top 20: "Big Love" (#5), "Little Lies" (#4), "Everywhere" (#14) and "Seven Wonders" (#19).〔 The album was particularly successful in the United Kingdom where it reached #1 three times during 1987-88 for a total of five weeks, and spent more than eight months within the Top 10 of the UK albums chart. It is the seventh biggest selling album of the 1980s, being certified 8x Platinum (2.4 million copies), and it is still currently one of the UK's Top 100 best selling albums of all time.〔 Three singles were Top 10 hits in the UK: "Big Love" (#9), "Little Lies" (#5) and "Everywhere" (#4). A total of six singles were eventually taken from the album over a period of 15 months.〔 The album has spent 115 weeks in the Top 75 of the UK Album Chart.〔Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005 by Graham Betts. Page 150. Collins. ISBN 0-00-720532-5〕 ''Tango in the Night'' is, to date, the final studio album released by the 'classic' line-up of Fleetwood Mac consisting of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood, before Buckingham's departure from the band in the summer of 1987. This line-up has reconvened for live performances, however: in 1993 for a one-off performance of "Don't Stop" for the newly elected US President Bill Clinton, for the 1997 live album and tour ''The Dance'', and for their 2014-2015 world tour. With pressure being placed on Buckingham to keep the project focused and moving forward, things came to a head shortly after the release of ''Tango in the Night'' when he announced his departure from the band shortly before their scheduled tour in 1987. Following Buckingham's sudden departure, two musicians were drafted in to replace him: Rick Vito and Billy Burnette, who proceeded to complete the tour in 1987-1988 with the rest of the band. Aspects of this troubled era of Fleetwood Mac's history are frankly documented in interviews with all members of the band, old and new, in two BBC documentaries: ''Fleetwood Mac at 21'', first aired in the UK in 1988, and in ''Rock Family Trees'', which was produced in 1995. The distinctive cover art for the album was a painting by Australian artist Brett-Livingstone Strong which was hanging in Buckingham's home. It is a homage to the 19th Century French painter Henri Rousseau, emulating his colorful jungle theme works such as ''The Snake Charmer'' and ''The Repast of the Lion''. It was also used as the cover of "Big Love", the album's first single. 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「Tango in the Night」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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