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Track Listings
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| 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 - Fleetwood Mac | |||
| 10. Never Going Back Again | |||
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| Disc: 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 | |||
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Editorial Reviews
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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
Product Description
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.
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90 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac collection is a nice warm up for the holidays, which should please fans old and new. The retrospective, which features the classic Rumours lineup, includes all the hits (and then some) from the 1975 "white" album through 1997's reunion album The Dance.
It's refreshing to find some new elements incorporated into this release, making it more than just your standard best-of. Some of these highlights include single versions for Rhiannon, Over My Head, Think About Me and Sisters of the Moon -- all previously unavailable on CD. There's also a different mix of Silver Springs, emphasizing Stevie Nicks' affective pleas at the end of the song (some of the vocal overdubs have been removed).
Overall, the sound quality is excellent. Remastered by engineering heavyweights Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch (who handle many of the Rhino remasters), the tracks have never sounded this good, particularly the ones from Rumours and Mirage. Everything is clean and crisp, with bass and high-end levels faithfully restored. Finally, the depth to these recordings has returned -- something dreadfully missing from the shoddy CD reissues from the late-80s and early 90s.
The liner booklet is very well done, though the selection of photographs could be better. But there are some nice ones, like the one of Christine McVie playing a large bass. There is also a charming Rumours cover outtake featuring Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood in an alternate pose. The liner notes are written well by David Wild, a contributing writer for Rolling Stone. Informative and concise. Selected discography, chart placements and credits are also included.
The enhanced material (on disc 1) is adequate though it may a challenge to play on your computer. (QuickTime for the studio stuff and Windows Media Player for everything else seemed to work). The behind-the-scenes footage is probably the only real interest here, as much of the other material has been available previously. The behind-the-scenes footage takes you through a beautiful Bel Aire mansion (where the band is recording a new album, 2003's Say You Will), practice sessions, and short interviews about the recording process without Christine McVie, who retired from the music business.
The other stuff on the CD, like "the vaults" (which has to be accessed through the internet), is a bit disappointing, particularly the selection of performance clips. Two tracks are culled from the 1982 Mirage concert video (The Chain, Go Your Own Way) and one from The Dance (Don't Stop). The music video for Seven Wonders is also included. The rarest footage included here is the classic Rosebud documentary performance of Rhiannon.
It's refreshing to find some new elements incorporated into this release, making it more than just your standard best-of. Some of these highlights include single versions for Rhiannon, Over My Head, Think About Me and Sisters of the Moon -- all previously unavailable on CD. There's also a different mix of Silver Springs, emphasizing Stevie Nicks' affective pleas at the end of the song (some of the vocal overdubs have been removed).
Overall, the sound quality is excellent. Remastered by engineering heavyweights Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch (who handle many of the Rhino remasters), the tracks have never sounded this good, particularly the ones from Rumours and Mirage. Everything is clean and crisp, with bass and high-end levels faithfully restored. Finally, the depth to these recordings has returned -- something dreadfully missing from the shoddy CD reissues from the late-80s and early 90s.
The liner booklet is very well done, though the selection of photographs could be better. But there are some nice ones, like the one of Christine McVie playing a large bass. There is also a charming Rumours cover outtake featuring Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood in an alternate pose. The liner notes are written well by David Wild, a contributing writer for Rolling Stone. Informative and concise. Selected discography, chart placements and credits are also included.
The enhanced material (on disc 1) is adequate though it may a challenge to play on your computer. (QuickTime for the studio stuff and Windows Media Player for everything else seemed to work). The behind-the-scenes footage is probably the only real interest here, as much of the other material has been available previously. The behind-the-scenes footage takes you through a beautiful Bel Aire mansion (where the band is recording a new album, 2003's Say You Will), practice sessions, and short interviews about the recording process without Christine McVie, who retired from the music business.
The other stuff on the CD, like "the vaults" (which has to be accessed through the internet), is a bit disappointing, particularly the selection of performance clips. Two tracks are culled from the 1982 Mirage concert video (The Chain, Go Your Own Way) and one from The Dance (Don't Stop). The music video for Seven Wonders is also included. The rarest footage included here is the classic Rosebud documentary performance of Rhiannon.
84 of 89 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I own many greatest hits CD's (including "Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits" from 1988), and one thing I've learned is that very few of them actually contain every single notable track one could want. There's always a few missing, be it a Top 40 single or an album track that received heavy airplay. Rhino Records was basically created for the music collector who wants the ultimate compilations, and while they still don't always manage to get everything "right", they come way closer than anyone before them ever have or ever will.
Yeah, the live acoustic version of "Big Love" from "The Dance" is here instead of the hit single version from "Tango In The Night" and "Greatest Hits" (probably because it's shorter). Conversely, the studio version of "Silver Springs" is here instead of the more popular live version from "The Dance". And there are a few songs - most notably "Rhiannon" and "Over My Head" - that are significantly edited to fit more songs on the collection. I compared both those tunes to the full length versions on "Greatest Hits" and barely noticed what was missing. Either way, any Fleetwood Mac collection that contains well-known but rarely anthologized songs like "The Chain", "Second Hand News", "Never Going Back Again", "Gold Dust Woman", "Monday Morning", "World Turning", "Songbird", and great but forgotten singles like "Sisters Of The Moon", "Think About Me", "Family Man", "Seven Wonders", and "Paper Doll" is one worth having. And as always, the remastered sound is spectacular and the liner notes are comprehensive, including release dates and chart peaks for all singles and the albums they came from - a Top 40 geek's dream!
Things I might've done differently - included the original version of "Big Love" instead of the live version, included one of Stevie Nicks' solo tunes done live by the Mac ("Stand Back" is a staple of Mac concerts whenver Nicks is in the band) to go with Lindsey Buckingham's "Go Insane", included full-length versions of all songs (even if it meant cutting one or two lesser known numbers), and I probably wouldn't have included anything from "Behind The Mask", but if I had to, I would've gone with "Save Me" instead of "Skies The Limit". Either way, this is a five star 2CD set by a five star band if ever there was one. Rhino has previously done great overviews for bands like Chicago, Foreigner, INXS, the Cars, and Black Sabbath (forthcoming!) and I only hope they get around to giving the same treatment to bands like the Eagles, Dire Straits, ZZ Top, and many others I can't even think of right now!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I purchased this CD because it contained most of the Fleetwood Mac songs I enjoyed as a young teen. However, when I listened to it, I was a little disappointed. Although all of the songs have been remastered on this album, it is not perfect. The quality of the recordings are sterile. In otherwords, they are clean with no distortions or noise, but they lost that foot taping musicality that could be found on their old record albums as well as some of their older CDs. It's a great album because of the collection of songs, but I wish that it retained the musicality and dynamics of the older recordings.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent material
I just loved it, it made me recall when I was younger and it exceeded my expectations. It really is the Very Best of Fleetwood Mac.
Published 21 days ago by Paco DR
All the big ones
For my sometimes-deejay library, I took all but two of my Fleetwood Mac tunes from this CD. One of those two tunes was a studio version of "Big Love" rather than the live version... Read more
Published 22 days ago by Roy F. Johnson
Mick Fleetwood is a genius!
Mick Fleetwood is a genius! First Mick Fleetwood started one of the greatest blues bands in the world with Peter Green on guitar & vocals. Read more
Published 1 month ago by mike
Fleetwood Mac
This is the best way to get all of Fleetwod Mac's hits. I have other greatest hits from them, but they don't have them all like this one does.
Published 2 months ago by Christopher J. Scanlan
Access to Songs on Disc 1 are Restricted
I purchased the 2 CD package, and discovered that the songs on disc 1 are bundled up inside a proprietary exe file. You can't play the 1st disc in your car stereo or CD player. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mark Roberts
Good Quality
With my new car stereo, I really hear whether a recording was engineered well. Half the older albums/CDs I own just sound so-so. This one sounds good.
Published 4 months ago by tclhb
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Pleased with the whole transaction. Lists of song titles for cd's is great. The item was delivered in a timely fashion. Ordering process was easy to use.
Published 5 months ago by BettyWannabe
Oldies but goodies
Fleetwood Mac music never goes out of style. I have always enjoyed
their music and variety of sounds. Takes me back to easier and less
complicated times. Read more
their music and variety of sounds. Takes me back to easier and less
complicated times. Read more
Published 9 months ago by G. L. Nootens
Very best of Fleetwood Mac CD
The CD is wonderful and brings back my memories in college. Everywhere I have seen it, the CD is over 20 dollars (brand new). Read more
Published 9 months ago by Good Earth
Missing hit single
I guess no one but me has noticed the conspicuous absence of a hit single from this otherwise awesome Fleetwood Mac collection. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Boston Brahmin
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