Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)

Fleetwood Mac (sometimes referred to as The White Album) is an album released by the British/American band Fleetwood Mac in 1975. It was the band's second self-titled album; the first being their 1968 album.

The album peaked at number one on the Billboard charts, and set a record for most weeks on the chart before reaching the top position (broken in 1989, when Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl took 64 weeks to reach #1). It sold 4.5 million copies and launched three Top Twenty singles: "Over My Head", "Rhiannon" and "Say You Love Me", the last two falling just short of the Top Ten, both at #11. This is also the first album to feature both Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist, after Bob Welch departed the band, late in 1974.

Until the release of this album, Fleetwood Mac's albums generally sold around a quarter million copies. This album helped launch them as musical superstars with an almost constant radio presence (which would be continued with their even more popular follow-up, Rumours).

Track listing

1. "Monday Morning" (Buckingham) – 2:48
2. "Warm Ways" (C. McVie) – 3:54
3. "Blue Letter" (R. Curtis, M. Curtis) – 2:41
4. "Rhiannon" (Nicks) – 4:11
5. "Over My Head" (C. McVie) – 3:38
6. "Crystal" (Nicks) – 5:14
7. "Say You Love Me" (C. McVie) – 4:11
8. "Landslide" (Nicks) – 3:19
9. "World Turning" (Buckingham, C. McVie) – 4:25
10. "Sugar Daddy" (C. McVie) – 4:10
11. "I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham) – 4:22

2004 Re-issue

On March 24, 2004, Warner Bros. Records re-released the remastered album, with the following bonus tracks:

12. "Jam #2" (Buckingham, C. McVie, J. McVie, Fleetwood) – 5:41
13. "Say You Love Me" [single version] (C. McVie) – 4:03
14. "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" [single version] (Nicks) – 3:48
15. "Over My Head" [single version] (C. McVie) – 3:09
16. "Blue Letter" [single version] (Curtis, Curtis) – 2:42

Credits

• Stevie Nicks - Vocals
• Lindsey Buckingham - guitar, Vocals
• Christine McVie - keyboards, synthesizer, Vocals
• John McVie - bass
• Mick Fleetwood - percussion, drums

Additional personnel

• Waddy Wachtel - rhythm guitar on "Sugar Daddy"

Production

• Producers: Fleetwood Mac & Keith Olsen
• Engineer: Keith Olsen, 2nd Engineer: David Devore

Charts

Singles

References