Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003/2014) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Although "Say You Will" is Fleetwood Mac's first album without longtime singer/songwriter/keyboardist Christine McVie as a full participant (she appears only as a guest musician), the album nevertheless harks back to the frothy sound of 1982's "Mirage", if not the '70s L.A. studio-pop glory of "Rumors". Singer/guitarist Lindsay Buckingham's production still boasts pleasing quirks aplenty ("Red Rover," "Murrow Turning Over in His Grave"), and his trademark acoustic fingerpicking licks underpin many of the tunes in a winning way. Buckingham and Stevie Nicks share the songwriting duties, and their writing and singing styles still mesh as well as they did in their pre-Mac days as Buckingham/Nicks.

"Say You Will" manages to sound fresh without resorting to anything as embarrassing as grafting hip-hop rhythms or electronica effects onto the group's classic pop tunes, and though it all sounds far from dated, you probably wouldn't blink twice if told this was the lost, unreleased follow-up to "Mirage".

Tracklist:
01. What's The World Coming To
02. Murrow Turning Over In His Grave
03. Illume (9-11)
04. Thrown Down
05. Miranda
06. Red Rover
07. Say You Will
08. Peacekeeper
09. Come
10. Smile At You
11. Running Through The Garden
12. Silver Girl
13. Steal Your Heart Away
14. Bleed To Love Her
15. Everybody Finds Out
16. Destiny Rules
17. Say Goodbye
18. Goodbye Baby

Personnel:
Lindsay Buckingham, vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion
Stevie Nicks, vocals, keyboards
John McVie, bass
Mick Fleetwood, drums, percussion

Recorded at Cornerstone Recording Studios, Lindsey's Garage, Ocean Way Recording and The Bellagio House
Engineered by Ken Allardyce, Ken Koroshetz, Lindsey Buckingham, Mark Needham
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, Mark Needham
Produced by Lindsey Buckingham, Rob Cavallo, John Shanks

Digitally remastered