Today I'm wrapping up the very short 80's period of Fleetwood Mac with their 1987 entry, Tango In The Night. As I've admitted before, I'm not the biggest fan of the band, and quite frankly don't have an opinion of Mick Fleetwood or John McVie. Not that any of them appear to be the nicest of people in the world, but at least the other three contribute to the actual writing of the material.
Candidly, I didn't have high hopes for this release, and it actually took me over a week to circle back to the Mac to pick up the slack. Rhymin'...neat. Ironically, in review of the track listing, it features three of my all time favorites from the band; Seven Wonders, Everywhere, and Little Lies. So at least in playing through it there was something beneficial to get out of it.
This is followed by two of the three aforementioned favorites, before going into back to back surprises in Caroline and Tango In The Night (the song). Both were far better than I would have expected.
Things take a bit of a dive from there before coming back in line with the last of the three of my favorites. While the follow-up, Family Man didn't have the best of lyrics, the guitar work of Buckingham kept me pretty invested. There was a bit of a downturn from there, but the album closes out with the haunting When I See You Again, and the peppy You And I, Part II.
Overall, it was a pleasant surprise, and Tango In The Night may very well be my favorite from Fleetwood Mac. I'm definitely glad I finally took the time to cross it off the list.
While this left me with high hopes, as I said in my opening statement, this was their final album of the 80's. It would also be the last with Lindsey Buckingham until 2001's Say You Will. The band would release 1990's Behind The Mask with new guitarists / singers, Rick Vito, and Billy Burnette. This was followed by Stevie Nick's departure, and the release of 1995's Time. Also gone was Rick Vito, replaced by Dave Mason. Bekka Bramlett was tasked with the thankless job of trying to replace Nicks. Both albums were met with negative critical response.
Fleetwood Mac would reunite at the request of President, Bill Clinton, which would lead to a highly successful tour. However, when it came time to return to the studio for 2003's Say You Will, Christine McVie wouldn't join them. She would officially leave the group stating a fear of flying was the reason for her decision, but rejoin in 2014.
Unfortunately, McVie would pass away in 2022. Since then, Stevie Nicks has stated there would be no further albums from Mac because there would be no way to put the band back together without her.
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS November 9, 1985 |
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