Selections From 25 Years: The Chain [Import]

Fleetwood Mac | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 15, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea/Warner
• ASIN: B00000JSPJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,724 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Paper Doll

2. Love Shines

3. Love In Store

4. Goodbye Angel

5. Heart Of Stone

6. Silver Springs

7. Oh Diane

8. Big Love

9. Rhiannon

10. Crystal

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Don't Stop

2. Everywhere

3. Tusk

4. Not That Funny

5. Beautiful Child

6. Teen Beat

7. Need Your Love So Bad

8. Did You Ever Love Me

9. Oh Well, Part 1

10. I Believe My Time Ain't Long

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Two CD set. For four decades, Fleetwood Mac have survived numerous personnel changes and continue to grow in popularity. From their beginnings as the UK based Blues outfit led by Peter Green to the California hit-making machine with Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks up front, they've consistently pushed the envelope and exceeded all expectations. This double disc sampler, a condensed version of The Chain, a 1992 four CD set, includes tracks from their early days straight through to the late '80s and then some. Features 37 tracks including 'Rhiannon', 'Silver Springs', 'Over My Head', 'The Chain', 'Dreams', 'Go Your Own Way', 'Sara', `Hold Me', 'Gypsy', 'Don't Stop', 'Everywhere', 'Tusk', 'Not That Funny', 'Oh Well Pt.1', 'Bermuda Triangle', 'Albatross' and 'Black Magic Woman'. Warner.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mac enthusiasts of all ages, rejoice!, November 7, 2000

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Gary Gardner "Your resident dillettante" (Ellsworth, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selections From 25 Years: The Chain (Audio CD)

If you ask for people's reflections of Fleetwood Mac, most people nowadays will think of the highlight years of 1975-1977, with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks. Older folks will remember the blues stylings of enigmatic guitarist Peter Green, who kept Britain's fascination with American Negro blues alive in the late Sixties to early Seventies. Both amalgamations of the band (and all in between and after) are represented too. There are also newer songs made specifically for this set, like the bouncy "Paper Doll" and keyboardist Christine McVie's plaintive "Heart of Stone", both real good tunes. Buckingham's esoteric but hypnotic "Make Me a Mask" is a nice addition too. All the hits (save "Hold Me) are here. The disjointed, unchronological track listing will annoy some, but still, there are too many reasons to enjoy this set. Those looking for Nicks' FM favorite, "Silver Spring", will be delighted at finally having this pearl on CD. One-time guitarist Bob Welch is represented by "Sentimental Lady", and "Hypnotized" has drummer Mick Fleetwood pounding out the rhythm in grand style. And, oh yes, Peter Green's second-to-none blues guitar dominates disc four. Listen to "Black Magic Woman", "Green Manalishi" and "Oh Well", and you'll understand why he was on as high a plane as Eric Clapton at the time. There are great live tracks and B-sides as well, making this a wonderful retrospective of an ever-changing band.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What happened to the four CD boxed set?, March 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Selections From 25 Years: The Chain (Audio CD)

Back in '92 Fleetwood Mac released a 4 CD version of this boxed set in the states -- I have it, and it's one of the best boxed sets I own. One CD contains the cream of the crop of their '68 - '74 material, although personally I would have liked to have seen a fifth CD to accomodate more of that particular material. The rest of the boxed set is good, although the booklet that accompanies it has no liner notes of any kind. I'm assuming the 4 CD version is out of print. Try tracking that version down in used record stores rather than settling for this butchered version.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some surprises - new songs - old favorites remixed, December 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: CD FLEETWOOD MAC THE CHAIN 25 YEARS (Audio CD)

For those of you who are latecomers to the Fleetwood Mac fold you will be surprised at the roots of the "Mac sound". There are songs by Peter Green and Bob Welch that you might remember if you where born before 1970. It contains many all their signature song, some of them in their alternate versions. There are also new songs, some of which I have seen live in their stage shows but were never released. The set is a must for any ardent fans.