Fleetwood Mac

Time

Give it a chance!!

Review Score:

(6/10)
Recorded at perhaps the most confusing period of FM history, Time is a curiousity. There is very little here that sounds like "classic" Fleetwood Mac, yet the album is very listenable and a generally good effort. What may not be known is that by the time this album was put together, Christine McVie had followed Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks... out of the group. Her 5 songs are stellar and her vocals never better but clearly they were recorded apart from the rest of the album (probably earlier) and do not contain Burnette, Mason, or Bramlett on them. Still getting half a Christine solo album is reason enough to buy this CD. The rest of the songs appear to have been recorded without C. McVie, with the exception of piano and backing vocals on "Nothing Without You". Burnette has some worthy contributions but does not have much material displayed. His interaction with Bramlett is great. Bramlett is a fair singer and seems to be an interpreter only. Dave Mason has only 2 songs on the album, "Blow by Blow" is harsha and dry, while the other one is very groovy. Fleetwood and McVie shine througout and tie the album together slightly. But overall this is a CD of tracks tossed together. On the upside the production and recording is much cleaner than Tango or Behind the Mask.

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