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jueves, 13 de junio de 2024

Fleetwood Mac "Time [Germany, Warner Bros., 9362-45920-2]"

Time is the 16th studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 10 October 1995. This album features a unique line-up for the band, featuring the addition of country vocalist Bekka Bramlett (daughter of Delaney and Bonnie) and former Traffic guitarist Dave Mason. It was the second album released after the departure of Lindsey Buckingham in 1987 (although he makes an appearance as a backing vocalist on one track), and the only Fleetwood Mac album since 1974's Heroes Are Hard to Find to not feature any contribution from Stevie Nicks. Additionally, it is the final Fleetwood Mac studio album to feature Christine McVie as an official member.

The album received unfavorable reviews from critics and was a commercial disappointment, failing to chart in the US and peaking at number 47 in the UK. According to Soundscan, the album sold 32,000 copies by 1996.

Around the time of the Behind the Mask Tour, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie announced that they would no longer partake in any Fleetwood Mac tours, although both indicated that they would still be willing to work with the band on studio albums. However, Nicks decided in 1991 that she would be leaving the band entirely after Fleetwood refused to let her include "Silver Springs" on her Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks compilation album. Rick Vito left around the same time and signed a solo recording deal with Nicks' Modern Records. In early 1993, guitarist Billy Burnette departed to continue his solo career.

Later that year, drummer Mick Fleetwood approached vocalist Bekka Bramlett, who had previously performed with Fleetwood for his spinoff project The Zoo, to join Fleetwood Mac as a full member. Around the same time, Fleetwood was listening to audition tapes submitted by other guitarists at his cottage in Malibu, California. Frustrated with his inability to find a suitable guitarist, Fleetwood contacted Mason and jokingly remarked that if his search continued to be unsuccessful, then Mason would have to join the band. Mason responded "Mick in all seriousness, I would love that".

The initial recording sessions began in September 1993, with intentions to complete the album in four months. However, a series of gigs and a tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash pushed the completion date further back than expected. Following the conclusion of their tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, Fleetwood Mac returned to the studio and recorded a dozen songs in two weeks. By May 1995, the band had 19 songs to choose from, and intended to narrow the track list down to 12. However, a decision was made to add a thirteenth song, "These Strange Times", when Fleetwood expressed interest in recording one of his own compositions. With the exception of Bramlett, who fought for the song's inclusion on the record, the rest of the band was either unavailable or unwilling to play on it, so Fleetwood and Bramlett performed the song themselves with John Jones.

Midway through the making of the album, Burnette was asked by Fleetwood to rejoin the band. Given his relatively late arrival, he only contributed three songs for the album. Some of the guitars on Christine McVie's five songs were played by session musician Michael Thompson, and his parts were added to the existing guitar tracks played by Mason and Billy Burnette. McVie recalled in a 2017 interview with MOJO that she was both emotionally and physically absent during the recording sessions due to her poor working relationship with Dave Mason.
"Dave Mason and I did not get along, and I thought the music was suffering...Emotionally not there, physically not here. I just didn’t show up...I couldn’t bear watching it all fall apart. And I couldn’t keep peace with Dave Mason, I’m afraid. It was very acrimonious with him and I just bailed."
With the exception of a New Year's Eve performance, the band did not tour following the album's release in October 1995, but had (without Christine McVie) toured from July to December 1994, and again from April to September 1995. Christine McVie explained that "touring was never my favorite thing to do" and cited insomnia and her inability to sleep in "strange beds night after night" as some of her reasons for opting not to tour. Jeremy Spencer, one of the band's original guitarists, joined the group on stage for their Tokyo performance. The only songs from Time to be performed at these shows were "Blow by Blow" and "Dreamin' the Dream". "All Over Again" received its first live performances on the An Evening with Fleetwood Mac tour in 2018 as a live duet between Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks, with new guitarist Neil Finn playing keyboards.

Within a year this band line-up had split, with Mason, Bramlett and Burnette all leaving the band. Mick Fleetwood informed Bramlett of her dismissal on a fax following an altercation on the band's tour bus. Christine McVie, who had already retired from live performances, informed the band that it would also be her last album appearance. Bramlett and Burnette recorded the Bekka & Billy album together in 1997, the same year Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks rejoined Fleetwood Mac.

In his 2014 autobiography, Fleetwood expressed regret in assembling this lineup and stated that "this was the one time I should not have soldiered on". He explained that he should have known the "endeavor was flawed when it became clear that Dave Mason and Bekka Bramlett did not get along whatsoever...Bekka had no time for any kind of collective, connective, band-family stuff on the road at all, and like her mum, she did not mince words. Believe me, you don't want to have Bekka Bramlett unload on you, but that is what started happening to Mason regularly." Bramlett explained that she took umbrage with Mason for smoking cigars on the tour bus and sharing unsolicited secrets with her about his wife and girlfriends. She stated that their working relationship improved after a phone call with her father, who advised Bramlett to keep her temper in check when around Mason.

Another version of "Blow by Blow" had featured on the Gloryland World Cup USA 94 album for the 1994 World Cup the previous year. The five-piece lineup fronted by Billy Burnette, Mason and Bramlett performed it at the tournament's launch concert along with "Dreamin' the Dream", "The Chain" and "Oh Well".

"Talkin' to My Heart" was written in Nashville by Burnette prior to his second stint with Fleetwood Mac. "Nothing Without You" had originally been recorded by Delaney Bramlett, the father of Bekka, on his 1975 album Giving Birth to a Song which had featured writing contributions from Billy Burnette. An additional verse written by Bekka ensured she got a writing credit. Aside from this, her only writing contribution was "Dreamin' the Dream", although Bekka confessed that Burnette wrote about 80% of the song.

The album also featured a rare lead vocal from drummer/band leader Mick Fleetwood on the seven-minute spoken piece "These Strange Times", produced by Duran Duran producer John Jones and written with Beach Boys co-writer Ray Kennedy. The spoken-word piece paid tribute to Peter Green and openly alluded to his songs "Man of the World" and "The Green Manalishi". The third verse also alluded to Stevie Nicks' "Dreams" and Lindsey Buckingham's "Walk a Thin Line".

The album received negative reviews. AllMusic gave the album a two star review, considering it to be a drop in quality from their previous efforts. Billboard dismissed the work of all the band's songwriters and said that "Even the legendary Christine McVie's contributions lack the fire of her past work." Far Out said that the album "represents the absolute recorded and cultural nadir of the once-mighty Fleetwood Mac. Not helping matters was the fact that the band dove headfirst into toothless adult contemporary and twangy country-rock". Entertainment Weekly was slightly more positive, saying that "though hardly awful, Time is unimaginative and middle-of-the-road." It was voted number 10 in the All-Time Worst Albums Ever Made from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.

Track listing
  1. "Talkin' to My Heart" Billy Burnette, Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy Burnette/B. Bramlett 4:54
  2. "Hollywood (Some Other Kind of Town)" Christine McVie, Eddy Quintela C. McVie 5:45
  3. "Blow by Blow" Dave Mason, John Cesario, Mark Holden Mason 4:24
  4. "Winds of Change" Kit Hain B. Bramlett 4:26
  5. "I Do" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 4:28
  6. "Nothing Without You" Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore, Bekka Bramlett B. Bramlett 3:06
  7. "Dreamin' the Dream" B. Bramlett, Burnette B. Bramlett 3:43
  8. "Sooner or Later" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 5:41
  9. "I Wonder Why" Mason, Franke Previte, Tom Fuller Mason/B. Bramlett 4:28
  10. "Nights in Estoril" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 4:47
  11. "I Got It in for You" Burnette, Allen Burnette 4:08
  12. "All Over Again" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 3:36
  13. "These Strange Times" Mick Fleetwood, Ray Kennedy Fleetwood (spoken word) 7:07
Fleetwood Mac – producers (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11)
Richard Dashut – producer (1, 2, 4–12)
Christine McVie – producer (2, 5, 8, 10, 12)
Dave Mason – producer (3)
Billy Burnette – producer (7)
John Jones – producer (13), recording (13), mixing (13)
Ray Kennedy – producer (13)
Ken Allardyce – recording (1–13), mixing (1–13)
Charlie Brocco – additional engineer (1–12)
Alan Sanderson – additional engineer (1–12), assistant engineer (1–12)
Allen Sides – additional engineer (1–12)
Jimmy Hotz – additional engineer (13)
David Eike – assistant engineer (1–12)
Richard Huredia – assistant engineer (1–12)
Tom Nellen – assistant engineer (1–12)
Dave Shiffman – assistant engineer (1–12)
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Don Tyler – mastering assistant
Scott Pinkerton – production assistant
John Courage – production coordinator
Mick Fleetwood – cover concept
Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
Frank Chi – design
Lance Staedler – band photography
Dale McRaven – cover photography
Bonnie Nelson – cover photography
Recorded and Mixed at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California).
Additional recording at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood, California).
Mastered at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California).













Fleetwood Mac "In The Back Of My Mind (Single & Video)"

"In the Back of My Mind" is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their 15th studio album, Behind the Mask (1990). The song was released as the album's second single for select European markets but only had a minor impact in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 58. It was not made commercially available in North America, where "Hard Feelings" was released as a single instead. Both singles were co-written by Billy Burnette, who was one of the guitarists enlisted to replace Lindsey Buckingham in 1987. On the Behind the Mask Tour, "In the Back of My Mind" was played as the opening song of the set.

"In the Back of My Mind" was written with David Malloy, a songwriter and producer stationed in Nashville. Burnette presented the song to Mick Fleetwood, who agreed that it would be a good fit for Behind the Mask. During the intro, the band utilized a device created by Jimmy Hotz called the Hotz Midi Translator, a device with touch sensitive pads that can be attached to the body.

In a Q&A with The Penguin, Burnette noted that the band combined three 48-track machines to fit all of their overdubs on "In the Back of My Mind". At the time, that feat almost landed the band in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most individual tracks used on one song.

The B-side of "In the Back of My Mind", "Lizard People", was written by Mick Fleetwood and Peter Bardens, a former bandmate of Fleetwood. "Lizard People" is one of the few Fleetwood Mac songs to feature Fleetwood on lead vocals.

Track listings.

7-inch single
  1. "In the Back of My Mind" (edit)
  2. "Lizard People"
12-inch single
  1. "In the Back of My Mind" (LP version)
  2. "Little Lies" (live)
  3. "The Chain" (live)


Fleetwood Mac "Skies The Limit (Single & Video)"

"Skies the Limit" is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their album Behind the Mask. In the US, the song was released as the album's second single in July 1990. Four months later, the song was issued as the album's third single in the UK. While the single did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, it did reach number 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number 40 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The moderate success of "Skies the Limit" and "Save Me" helped to push their parent album into the US and Canadian top 20, albeit only briefly.

"Skies the Limit" was the only track from Behind the Mask included on The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac 2-CD Set in 2002.

McVie wrote "Skies the Limit" as an upbeat song with the intention of offsetting some Behind the Mask tracks that she thought sounded too depressing. "Everything was getting to the point of where it was a downer album. It sounded like this was a potential suicide band, which it wasn't. I decided to write a song that was really up, it was a rally song."

GQ labeled "Skies the Limit" as one of the ten best post-Rumours songs, saying that "the misspelled opening from the album" is "a belter, the only truly memorable song from the album".

Track listings:

US 7-inch vinyl and cassette single (7-19867, 9 19867-4)

A. "Skies the Limit" – 3:42
B. "The Second Time" – 2:30

German 7-inch single (5439-19740-7)

A. "Skies the Limit" – 3:45
B. "Lizard People" – 4:48
German maxi-CD single (7599-21709-2)
  1. "Skies the Limit" (LP) – 3:45
  2. "Little Lies" (live) – 4:14
  3. "The Chain" (live) – 5:12


Fleetwood Mac "Save Me (Single & Video)"

"Save Me" is a song by British-American band Fleetwood Mac from their 15th studio album, Behind the Mask, released as a single in 1990. Written and sung by Christine McVie, it was the group's last top-40 hit in the United States, where it reached No. 33. "Save Me" achieved modest success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 53. It also reached the top 10 in Canada, Finland, and the Netherlands. The song was, as the slightly shorter single edit, included in the group's 2018 compilation 50 Years – Don't Stop.

"Save Me" was issued as the lead single in March 1990 in the United States, and on 23 April 1990 in the UK, after the release of its parent album. Warner Brothers also released an expanded version of the "Save Me" single on 30 April which included additional live tracks, an album style jewel box, and an inlay booklet with a family tree, interviews, and photos.

Track listings:

7-inch single

A. "Save Me"
B. "Another Woman" (live at Cow Palace, San Francisco)

German CD single
  1. "Save Me"
  2. "Another Woman" (live)
  3. "Everywhere" (live)
German maxi-CD single
  1. "Save Me" – 4:13
  2. "Another Woman" (live) – 3:48
  3. "The Second Time" – 2:31



Fleetwood Mac "Behind the Mask [Germany, Warner Bros., 7599-26111-2]"

Behind the Mask is the fifteenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 9 April 1990. It was the first album released by the band after the departure of guitarist Lindsey Buckingham (although he did play acoustic guitar on the album's title track). He was replaced by Billy Burnette and Rick Vito, both guitar players, singers and songwriters. Fleetwood Mac thus became a six-piece band with four singer/songwriters. The album was not as successful as its predecessor, Tango in the Night, nor did it spawn any big hit singles, although "Save Me" made both American and Canadian Top 40, while "Love Is Dangerous" and "Skies the Limit" enjoyed some airplay. Though Behind the Mask barely reached the US Top 20, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and achieved platinum status there. Following the album's release and subsequent world tour, band members Stevie Nicks and Rick Vito left the band, though Nicks would rejoin in 1997.

The cover for the album was created by photographer Dave Gorton. He stated that the band did not wish to appear on a front picture and Mick Fleetwood himself suggested that he create an image that "spiritually symbolised" the band instead. The cover earned a Grammy nomination in 1991 for "Best Album Package".

The song "Freedom" was written by Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell. Campbell would join Fleetwood Mac in 2018.

The original CD release for the album was one of the first to be encoded with the CD+G format, which allows graphics to be shown on a TV screen in time with the music, such as pictures and lyrics.

In 1987, shortly after the release of Tango in the Night, long-time guitarist/vocalist/producer Lindsey Buckingham had left the band. For the accompanying tour, the band recruited Billy Burnette and Rick Vito to replace him. Once the tour wrapped up, Fleetwood Mac went into the studio to record two new songs for their Greatest Hits compilation album, released in 1988. The new members got the opportunity to record a full album in 1989 when the band began the Behind the Mask sessions.

In need of a new producer, the band first selected Don Gehman, who had produced for John Mellencamp and R.E.M. The initial sessions did not work out, so the band instead hired Greg Ladanyi, who previously worked with Don Henley on his solo albums. Ladanyi was suggested by George Hawkins, who played and sang on Mick Fleetwood's first two solo records. Although Buckingham did play acoustic guitar on the title track, Behind the Mask deviated from the ornate production found on earlier Fleetwood Mac albums in favor of adult-oriented rock. As noted by Nicks, the album was easier to record compared to their other work. "It's not that we didn't take as much time, it's more that the time that we did take was quality time. So it therefore did not seem to take nearly as long." The band spent around eight months making Behind the Mask.

The album received mixed to negative reviews. AllMusic retrospectively gave the album 1.5/5 stars, their lowest rating of any Fleetwood Mac album, calling Buckingham's departure "a severe blow" for the band and saying that "the songs are among the least inspired the band ever recorded." Other critics, however, praised the new line-up. The Los Angeles Times gave the album 3.5/5 stars, commenting that "[w]ithout Buckingham's obsessively unique vision, the group has embraced an all-for-one, one-for-all attitude for what sounds like the most truly group effort since Rumours, or perhaps even since 1972's Bare Trees." Rolling Stone rated it as 4/5 stars, claiming that "the addition of Rick Vito and Billy Burnette is the best thing to ever happen to Fleetwood Mac" and that "[n]ot since Rumours has Fleetwood Mac recorded pain so unwaveringly and sounded this together."

Track listing
  1. "Skies the Limit" Christine McVie, Eddy Quintela C. McVie 3:45
  2. "Love Is Dangerous" Rick Vito, Stevie Nicks Nicks, Vito 3:18
  3. "In the Back of My Mind" Billy Burnette, David Malloy Burnette, C. McVie 7:02
  4. "Do You Know" Burnette, C. McVie Burnette, C. McVie 4:19
  5. "Save Me" C. McVie, Quintela C. McVie 4:15
  6. "Affairs of the Heart" Nicks Nicks 4:22
  7. "When the Sun Goes Down" Vito, Burnette Burnette, Vito 3:18
  8. "Behind the Mask" C. McVie C. McVie 4:18
  9. "Stand on the Rock" Vito Vito 3:59
  10. "Hard Feelings" Burnette, Jeff Silbar Burnette 4:54
  11. "Freedom" Nicks, Mike Campbell Nicks 4:12
  12. "When It Comes to Love" Burnette, Dennis Morgan, Simon Climie Burnette, C. McVie 4:08
  13. "The Second Time" Nicks, Vito Nicks 2:31
Total length: 54:26



















Fleetwood Mac "Greatest Hits [USA, Warner Bros., 9 25801-2]"

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 21 November 1988 by Warner Bros. Records. It covers the period of the band's greatest commercial success, from the mid-1970s to the late-1980s.

It is different from the similarly titled 1971 release by the Peter Green incarnation of the band and contains a different track listing. The 1988 album draws only on recordings from after Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined the group in 1975, omitting earlier hits such as "Albatross" and "Oh Well".

The album has proven to be a major success since the time of its release. It peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 and sold steadily over the years since its release, and has to date been certified 8× platinum for shipping eight million copies there. In the United Kingdom, it reached number three upon release and has returned several times to the UK album chart and has been certified triple platinum for shipping 900,000 copies there.

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 track listing for the US release differs slightly from that of other territories. 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).

A number of sources state that this album was the last to be commercially released as an 8-track tape by a major label.

Track listing:

US release
  1. "Rhiannon" from Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks) – 4:11
  2. "Don't Stop" from Rumours (Christine McVie) – 3:12
  3. "Go Your Own Way" from Rumours (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:38
  4. "Hold Me" from Mirage (C. McVie, Robbie Patton) – 3:45
  5. "Everywhere" from Tango in the Night (C. McVie) – 3:42
  6. "Gypsy" from Mirage (Nicks) – 4:24
  7. "You Make Loving Fun" from Rumours (C. McVie) – 3:31
  8. "As Long as You Follow" (previously unreleased) (C. McVie, Eddy Quintela) – 4:10*
  9. "Dreams" from Rumours (Nicks) – 4:14
  10. "Say You Love Me" from Fleetwood Mac (C. McVie) – 4:10
  11. "Tusk" from Tusk (Buckingham) – 3:30
  12. "Little Lies" from Tango in the Night (C. McVie, Quintela) – 3:38
  13. "Sara" from Tusk (Nicks) – 6:22
  14. "Big Love" from Tango in the Night (Buckingham) – 3:38
  15. "Over My Head" from Fleetwood Mac (C. McVie) – 3:34
  16. "No Questions Asked" (previously unreleased) (Nicks, Kelly Johnston) – 4:40*
One US reissue by WB as #R1 25801, does not include tracks 7, 14 or 15, and the order of the tracks on the back side is different.











Fleetwood Mac "Family Man (Single & Video)"

"Family Man" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their 1987 studio album Tango in the Night. The song was written by Lindsey Buckingham and producer Richard Dashut. In the US, the song was released as the fifth single from the album as the follow-up to "Everywhere" in March 1988, and reached No. 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

In the UK, "Family Man" was released as the fourth single following "Little Lies", where it debuted at No. 91 on 19 December 1987. It later went on to peak at No. 54 on 19 January 1988. Additionally, "Family Man" was released as a special limited edition box set comprising the 7" single, plus two prints by the artists Susan Young and Christine Tongue. The 12" included several mixes of "Family Man" as well as the album track, "You and I, Part II".

Like "Big Love", "Family Man" was originally slated to appear on Buckingham's third solo album, although the project later morphed into Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the Night. "Family Man" was nearly complete when Buckingham first presented the song to Fleetwood Mac, although the band "sweetened up" the mix and interspersed some vocal fragments from Stevie Nicks throughout the song's bridge. The song possesses a stepwise ascending harmony and follows a VII-I chord progression.

"Family Man" is also included on the 2002 release The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac. While "Family Man" was not included on the physical release of 50 Years - Don't Stop, it does appear on the streaming service edition of the album, which substituted several songs from the Peter Green era for songs from the Kiln House era onwards.

Cash Box called it "an engaging dance tune" with "an ethereal vocal and throbbing groove." Alex Henderson of AllMusic labeled "Family Man" as one of the best songs ever written by Buckingham.

Promotion for the single was limited, as Lindsey Buckingham, the song's composer, had left the group after the album's release. A video was created mixing previous footage of the band from the "Seven Wonders" video alongside archive footage of American families from the Great-Depression era. The video uses a shorter edit of the album version.

Track listing:

UK 7" vinyl single (Warner Bros. Records W 8114)
  1. "Family Man" – 4:01
  2. "Down Endless Street" – 4:24
UK 12" vinyl single (Warner Bros. Records W 8114 T)
  1. "Family Man" (Extended Vocal Remix) – 8:30
  2. "Family Party" (Bonus Beats) – 4:56
  3. "You and I, Part II" – 2:56
12" US single (Warner Brothers Records 0–20842)
  1. "Family Man" (Extended vocal remix) – 8:30
  2. "Family Man" (I'm a Jazz Man dub) – 8:52
  3. "Family Man" (Extended guitar remix) – 6:26
  4. "Family Party" (bonus beats) – 4:36
  5. "Down Endless Street" – 4:24






Fleetwood Mac "Everywhere (Single & Video)"

"Everywhere" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their 14th studio album, Tango in the Night (1987). The song was written by Christine McVie, who also performed lead vocals, and produced by Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut. In the United States, "Everywhere" was released in November 1987 as the album's fourth single, while in the United Kingdom, it was issued on 21 March 1988 as the album's fifth single.

The single peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart, remaining there for three weeks. In the United Kingdom, "Everywhere" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and is currently certified 5x platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales and streams of over 3 million units. "Everywhere" also reached number one in Belgium and on the Canadian adult contemporary chart and became a top-five hit in several other countries.

In March 2013, after being featured in an advertisement for UK mobile phone provider 3, "Everywhere" re-entered the UK Singles Chart, rising to number 15.

In the 2019 BBC Four documentary, Fleetwood Mac's Songbird – Christine McVie, Richard Dashut, the co-producer of Tango in the Night, briefly talked about the intro: "That's a half-speed acoustic guitar and electric combined". McVie herself also talked about the song's intro: "He [Buckingham] slowed the tape down, really slowly, and played the parts slowly, and then when it came to the right speed, it sounded bloody amazing". An early version lacked harmonies Nicks had recorded, leading to a heated argument.

A twelve-inch single was issued which featured an extended dance version and dub version. "Everywhere" also marked the first CD single release by the band in most territories. All of the formats included the B-side "When I See You Again", a song taken from Tango in the Night; the 12-inch format featured an extended mix of "Everywhere" and the mini-CD single contained the bonus tracks "Rhiannon" and "Say You Love Me" from Fleetwood Mac's self-titled tenth studio album Fleetwood Mac (1975).

"Everywhere" has been widely acclaimed by music critics. In The Guardian, Alexis Petridis dubbed it "peerless" and "bulletproof pop songwriting." Ivy Nelson from Pitchfork claimed "Everywhere" to be the best song on Tango in the Night, writing that the tune "responds with warmth, empathy, and buoyancy, describing a kind of devotion so deeply felt that it produces weightlessness in a person." Elsewhere, the publication ranked it among the 200 Best Songs of the 1980s, praising its "carefully crafted, spare, and meticulously produced" sound.

There are two versions of the music video for "Everywhere". One video is a visual depiction of the poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes and features bandmembers Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood superimposed over the story. The other version is similar but does not feature the band at all. Directed by Alex Proyas, the video features six interior sets that were constructed over the span of two weeks.

Track listings:
7-inch and cassette single

A. "Everywhere" (LP version) – 3:41
B. "When I See You Again" (LP version) – 3:47

12-inch single

A1. "Everywhere" (extended version) – 5:40
A2. "Everywhere" (LP version) – 3:48
B1. "Everywhere" (dub) – 3:50
B2. "When I See You Again"

Mini-CD single
  1. "Everywhere"
  2. "When I See You Again" (LP version)
  3. "Rhiannon"
  4. "Say You Love Me"



Fleetwood Mac "Little Lies (Single & Video)"

"Little Lies" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their 14th studio album, Tango in the Night (1987). It was written by band member Christine McVie and her then-husband, Eddy Quintela, with lead vocals performed primarily by McVie; the chorus features backing vocals by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The song was released in August 1987 by Warner Bros. Records, as the third single from Tango in the Night. McVie recalled that she wrote the song at her pool with a pad and paper; while Quintela was listed as one of the songwriters, McVie stated in an interview with MOJO that his role in the creation of "Little Lies" was minimal.

On its release, the single stayed at number one for four weeks on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1987. It was the third of four US Top 20 hits (and highest charting) from Tango in the Night. It was the band's last top-ten hit in the US. The single also reached number five on the UK Singles Chart, where it has since achieved 2× Platinum status. "Little Lies" continues to be played on radio stations as a classic hit of the late 1980s, along with "Everywhere" and "Seven Wonders", both of which are from Tango in the Night. "Little Lies" was also accompanied by a music video, filmed on a farm, in and around its rustic buildings and fields.

The single was also available on the 12" single format, featuring an extended dance version, a dub version and its B-side, "Ricky", a non-album track penned by McVie and Buckingham. A limited 12" picture disc was also released in the United Kingdom, and it was the first Fleetwood Mac single to be issued on the cassette single format.

Cash Box said that "McVie's songwriting ability combined with Lindsey Buckingham's production assistance provide a extremely likeable hit-to-be." The Guardian and Paste ranked the song number 21 and number 29 respectively on their lists of the 30 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs.

Track listing and formats:

US 12" vinyl single (Warner Bros. Records 0-20761)
  1. "Little Lies" (Extended version) – 6:07
  2. "Little Lies" (Dub version) – 4:04
  3. "Ricky" – 4:21
UK 7" vinyl single (Warner Bros. Records W 8291)
  1. "Little Lies" – 3:38
  2. "Ricky" – 4:21




Fleetwood Mac "Seven Wonders (Single & Video)"

"Seven Wonders" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their fourteenth studio album, Tango in the Night (1987). Stevie Nicks sang lead vocals on the song, and it was written by Sandy Stewart, with additional lyrics by Nicks.

In the song, the singer remembers a love affair from her past. She sings that even if she should live to see the Seven Wonders of the World, doing so would not compare to the beauty of that romance. The song was released in June 1987, by Warner Bros. Records, as the second single from Tango in the Night. The single became the second of four US Top 20 hits from the album, peaking at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 15 August 1987.

The single was also available on the 12-inch single format, which included an extended remix, a dub mix and an instrumental, "Book of Miracles", which later became the track "Juliet" on Nicks' fourth solo studio album The Other Side of the Mirror (1989). A limited edition 12-inch picture disc version was also released in the United Kingdom, where the single reached number 56.

In the accompanying music video, Nicks is singing in the center of a stage with the other members of Fleetwood Mac around her, playing their instruments and contributing vocals. On a background diorama, sketches of seven 'wonders' are pictured, including the Taj Mahal, the Roman Colosseum, and the Great Sphinx of Giza. Greek pillars are also placed around the stage.

The song was written by Sandy Stewart, who had already co-written three tracks with Nicks for her 1983 solo album The Wild Heart. Stewart recorded a demo of "Seven Wonders" and sent it to Nicks without a lyric sheet. Nicks misheard one of the lines in the first verse as "all the way down to Emmaline", a contribution that gave her a writing credit alongside Stewart. Nicks later said, "I had become so attached to the name Emmaline that we kept it in and she gave me a small percentage."

Cash Box said that "Nicks’ distinctive raspy voice buzzes over the song’s tranquil lyrics and sterling production." The Guardian and Paste ranked the song number 20 and number ten respectively on their lists of the 30 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs.

"The Seven Wonders", the season finale of American Horror Story: Coven, opened with Nicks performing the song. This helped the song to reach number 18 on the Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart with sales of 13,000.

Track listing and formats:

US 7-inch vinyl single (Warner Bros. Records 7-28317)
  1. "Seven Wonders" – 3:38
  2. "Book of Miracles" (Instrumental) – 4:28
UK 12-inch vinyl single (Warner Bros. Records W8317T)
  1. "Seven Wonders" (Extended remix) – 6:37
  2. "Book of Miracles" (Instrumental) – 4:28
  3. "Seven Wonders" (Dub version) – 4:32