Fleetwood Mac

A mysterious and sensual tension churns underneath the surface of "Big Love," "Caroline" and "Tango In The Night." This was the last album created by a Fleetwood Mac consisting of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie. Tango received lots of airplay in 1987 and is well worth revisiting.

I'm okay now, really, but I got kind of shook up the other morning. I stumbled out of bed,
turned on the radio and heard a song by Boston, then Springsteen's "Backstreets," an organ
tune from Stevie Winwood, some Eric Clapton and something by Fleetwood Mac. I'd never
heard of the Mac album, something called Tango in the Night, but I knew what was what – I
was trapped back in the 1970s, and punk was never gonna come and save us. Re... More >

Fifteen years ago, when their secret weapon was someone named Bob Welch, they made slick, spacy, steady-bottomed pop that was a little ahead of the times commercially. Now, when their secret weapon is their public, they make slick, spacy, steady-bottomed pop that's a little behind the times commercially. This is pleasant stuff, nothing to get exercised about either way--no Rumours or Fleetwood Mac, but better than Bare Trees or Mystery to Me, not to mention Mirage. Marginally better, anyway. In a style where margins are all. And all ain't all that much any more. (Grade - B+)