(2021) Lindsey Buckingham - Lindsey Buckingham


Review:
The 1970s are sometimes dismissed as the decade that taste forgot. These days they feel more like the decade that forgot to finish. Every week, without fail, you can find Queen, Abba, David Bowie, Elton John and Bob Marley in the album chart. Doing best of all, with a studio LP still selling alongside a compilation, are Fleetwood Mac. The LP in question, Rumours, was made by the classic line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John and Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham – who, in 2018, was stunned to find the others giving him the sack. Buckingham was ousted after Nicks, the lead singer (and his ex), allegedly said: ‘Either he goes or I go.’ As if the band weren’t enough of a soap opera already, Fleetwood is reportedly keen to reinstate him. Buckingham’s new solo album shows why someone might want him out – and why they might take him back. He can make himself difficult to like. The opening track, Scream, goes ‘I love it when you scream’, which seems insensitive in the #MeToo era. The second track, he says, is ‘about the challenges couples face in long-term relationships’. You wouldn’t know this from the title, which is all about him: it’s called I Don’t Mind. Very big of you, Lindsey. The third track, On The Wrong Side, is about getting the boot. We’ve all been there, but at least we haven’t written self-pitying songs about it. After that, Buckingham suddenly shapes up and shows his class. At 71, the author of Tusk still knows how to introduce a rousing melody to a riveting rhythm. The elegant pop-rock of Blind Love, Power Down and Blue Light will appeal to any Fleetwood Mac fan. — dailymail.co.uk





Track Listing:
01 Scream
02 I Don't Mind
03 On The Wrong Side
04 Swan Song
05 Blind Love
06 Time
07 Blue Light
08 Power Down
09 Santa Rosa
10 Dancing


Media Report:
Genre: pop, soft rock
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits