The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac (2CD)

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Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Brand: FLEETWOOD MAC
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2002-10-15
Music Label: WEA/Reprise
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Monday Morning
  2. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
  3. You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
  4. Go Your Own Way
  5. Rhiannon
  6. Say You Love Me
  7. I'm So Afraid
  8. Silver Springs
  9. Over My Head [Single Version] - Fleetwood Mac
  10. Never Going Back Again
  11. Sara
  12. Love in Store - Fleetwood Mac
  13. Tusk
  14. Landslide
  15. Songbird
  16. Big Love (Live, 1997)
  17. Storms
Music CD 2
  1. The Chain
  2. Don't Stop
  3. What Makes You Think You're The One
  4. Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
  5. Second Hand News
  6. Little Lies
  7. Think About Me
  8. Go Insane (Live, 1997)
  9. Gold Dust Woman
  10. Hold Me
  11. Seven Wonders
  12. World Turning
  13. Everywhere
  14. Sisters Of The Moon
  15. Family Man
  16. As Long As You Follow
  17. No Questions Asked
  18. Skies The Limit
  19. Paper Doll

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Hit: 5 Stars

So we have a new compilation from Fleetwood Mac entitled The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac. It is the best one yet, being the most complete of the three (the others being 1988's Greatest Hits, and 1992's The Chain Box Set). Almost all of the singles are here and many key album tracks that fans quibbled about not being on the other compilations are present.
Disc one is excellent, but if I had put the tracks together, I would have done it a bit differently. Live versions of "Rhiannon" and "I'm So Afraid" (particularly the 1980 version from Fleetwood Mac Live) should have been put on, but instead we get a remix of "Rhiannon" and the live version of "I'm So Afraid" from 1997's The Dance, which are both excellent; but I prefer those other versions. The extended version of "Love in Store" should have been put on, too. "Storms", a great song from Tusk, should have been replaced by a better Stevie song, "Angel." It is great that the producers put the live version of "Big Love" here. Another plus is that the long version of "Sara" is here. And also worth mentioning is the remixed version of "Over My Head" is included. And can't forget the STUDIO version of "Silver Springs" is present, sans the backing vocals from Lindsey and Crhristine as heard on The Chain Box Set.
Disc two, also excellent, is not as good as disc one, but is still great. It starts off with a one-two punch with "The Chain" and "Don't Stop." Next up is one of my favorite songs from Lindsey, "What Makes You Think You're the One." "Gypsy" is very deserving of being on this collection, but only in the extended version you can find on The Chain Box Set; instead we hear the edited version. "Second Hand News", another well-crafted song from Lindsey, is here in all its bluegrass glory. I think "Go Insane" (a Lindsey Buckingham solo hit, which is the live version from The Dance here) should have been changed with "Not That Funny" or, more importantly, "I Know I'm Not Wrong"(his best song), both from the Tusk album. "Think about Me" and "Sisters of the Moon" (awesome guitar licks) appear in the remixed singles versions. You also get "Little Lies" and the Stevie song from Rumours, "Gold Dust Woman." My favorite Mac song of all time appears here, "Hold Me." Though this song was one of their biggest hits and their biggest hit of the 80's, it is underrated. It is amazing how Lindsey and Christine play with each other's vocals. The chorus is catchy with some kind of crazy percussion instrument that Lindsey probably thought of using, and there is some great guitar in the instrumental section. And you can't forget that classic piano intro. The underrated Stevie song "Seven Wonders" is included too. I think "World Turning" could have been replaced with Christine's "Oh Daddy." Many of you may be wondering why Lindsey's "Family Man" is on here, but I don't. It is one of his best songs. Before I found out the track listing for this collection I was hoping it would be on here. It's obvious people didn't give it a chance, hence it's #90 peak on the chart, but its silliness and eccentricity are what truly make the song shine. The drumbeats in the middle of the song are cool, and there is some exotic Spanish guitar in the song, played brilliantly. The end of disc two is where it falters. "As Long As You Follow" is a nice song but could have been changed with "Eyes of the World." And why is "No Questions Asked" on here? It's not that great of a song, and we really didn't need both new songs from Greatest Hits on here. I guess they put them here because they had to include some songs from the Vito-Burnette era of Fleetwood Mac, and those two songs would be some of their best right? (there aren't very many). Stevie's "Paper Doll" and Christine's "Skies the Limit" are excellent numbers that outshine the other two Vito-Burnette songs from Greatest Hits, BUT "Skies the Limit" could have been changed with a better Christine song from Behind the Mask, "Save Me." "The Ledge", "Honey Hi" (Christine's best from Tusk), "Can't Go Back", and "Book of Love" (love the nostalgic feel) should have been put on the collection as well (YES, I KNOW ABOUT TIME LIMITS!!)
The cd booklet has a commentary from Sheryl Crow. There are some pictures of the group and solo shots inside, as well as peak positions of singles and albums on the charts.
The enhancements are a nice addition. Included are a documentary of the making of the upcoming album, the "Seven Wonders" video, live performances of "The Chain" and "Go Your Own Way" from the Mirage tour, and a performance of "Rhiannon" from the Rosebud documentary.
With all of my (at times petty) complaints you may wonder why I gave this five stars. Well, it deserves it. This is still a thoroughly enjoyable collection (though some better songs could be included) from possibly the best band of all time. Even the worst Mac songs are a level above most artists' best work. If you are a die hard fan of this band then you may want to pass this collection up, because I'm sure you have these songs in your Mac collection anyway, but if you must have everything Fleetwood Mac does, buy it. If you are becoming acquainted with the band, then by all means pick this up. You will thoroughly enjoy it (or almost thoroughly because I realize not everyone will like all 36 songs, but I find that hard to believe). Anyway, this is the best the Mac has to offer (right behind Rumours and Tusk (the group's best album).
Thanks for reading this LONG review, and don't forget to pick up the NEW ALBUM (minus Christine McVie) in EARLY SPRING 2003! Later!
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The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac (2CD) Poster

The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac packs 2 CDs with 36 hit singles and popular album tracks spanning 1975-1997. Features the #1 'Dreams' plus the classic hits 'Over My Head,' 'Rhiannon,' 'Go Your Own Way,' 'Don't Stop,' 'You Make Loving Fun,' 'Tusk,' 'Sara,' 'Hold Me,' 'Little Lies,' the live 'Go Insane' from The Dance and 'Silver Springs' currently out of print, and much more. The CD is also enhanced with exclusive footage of Fleetwood Mac making their new 2003 album - their first studio album in 15 years! Plus the vaults - rare live performances, interviews, music videos and more. Only available on this CD. Slipcase. Reprise. 2002.
Spanning 22 years, this double-disc, 36-track compilation chronicles the initially unlikely and ultimately triumphant conflation of a failing, veteran English neo-blues band (Mick Fleetwood and the McVies) with a pair of mercurial American also-rans (the baroque folk-rock genius Lindsey Buckingham and crypto-songbird Stevie Nicks). The creative alchemy was immediate, as 15 epochal tracks ("Dreams," "Say You Love Me," "The Chain," "Don't Stop") from Fleetwood Mac and Rumours here attest. They could have arguably repeated that mega-successful formula for a decade, but chose a more musically expansive tack, represented "Sara," Think About Me" and the other core tracks drawn from the ambitious Tusk. While the band's megahit luster faded as the solo careers of Buckingham and Nicks took flight in the '80s, their power was still apparent in the dusky-bright pop of Christine McVie's "Hold Me" and "Little Lies." Sequenced with compelling listening rather than chronology in mind, this set also includes the strongest of the Mac's latter-day recordings (Nicks's "Paper Doll," "Silver Springs," and "No Questions Asked"; McVie's "As Long As You Follow"), as well the Lindsey Buckingham showcases "Go Insane" and "Big Love" from '97's The Dance. --Jerry McCulley

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