The Rolling Stone Album Information [7]Fleetwood Mac is the tenth album by the British-American band Fleetwood Mac, launched in 1975. It was the band’s second eponymous album; the primary was their 1968 album. Amongst Fleetwood Mac followers, the album is also known as the White Album.[8] That is the primary Fleetwood Mac album to function Lindsey Buckingham as guitarist and Stevie Nicks as vocalist, after Bob Welch departed the band in late 1974. The album was additionally the group’s final to be launched on the Reprise label till 1997’s The Dance (the group’s subsequent albums till then have been launched by way of Warner Bros. Data, Reprise’s father or mother firm).
The album reached primary on the Billboard 200 over a 12 months after coming into the chart, spent 37 weeks throughout the high 10, and greater than fifteen months throughout the high 40. It launched three high twenty singles: “Over My Head”, “Rhiannon” and “Say You Love Me”, the final two falling simply wanting the highest ten, each at No. 11. In 1986, it was licensed 5x platinum by the RIAA representing shipments of 5 million items in the US.[9]
“Heat Methods” was the primary single lifted from the album in 1975 within the UK.[10] It was not launched as a single in the US, the place Over My Head was launched as an alternative. Initially, the album generated restricted curiosity within the UK, as the primary three singles launched by the brand new lineup did not chart. “Say You Love Me” charted on the UK Singles Chart and it reached No. 40[11] Following the large success of Rumours two years later, curiosity within the band re-ignited and Fleetwood Mac was re-released in 1978, together with the one “Rhiannon” which peaked simply outdoors the Prime 40 at No. 46.[10] The album finally peaked at No. 23 on the UK Albums Chart[11] however was a prelude to a run of massively profitable albums for the band in Britain, together with 4 multi-platinum quantity ones: Rumours, Tusk, Tango within the Evening and Behind the Masks.[10]
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