Fleetwood Mac

Tango In The Night

Compared To Any Other Band, Outstanding

Review Score:

(8/10)
Fleetwood Mac's only problem is that they are too good for their own good. "Fleetwood Mac," and "Rumours" contain nothing but benchmark songs, with acres of unsurpassed brilliance ("Rhiannon," Landslide," "World Turning," "Dreams," "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way,"). Their 1980s albums Tango (and Mirage) are excellent by any standard, with few throwaways. They just can't scale the Himalayan peaks in every track.

This album has a lot to offer, with tremendous guitar music from Buckingham, catchy and slick pop tunes from Christine McVie, and some melodic Stevie Nicks on "Seven Wonders." The best thing about this work is the overall feel of the production, which is lush and rich, and uses vocal harmony brilliantly.

On the down side, Buckingham was going through his multiple chanting Buckinghams phase, and he overdoes it on a couple of tracks. Personally, I love it, because it's interesting and different.

A more serious problem is that Stevie Nicks delivers some distinctly painful selections. These selections, which have been pushed to the end of the CD, in places are more like spoken passages than songs. They are worth a listen, and after that you can always just hit the skip button on the remote if you don't like them.

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