Background
The album was primarily recorded at a converted barn situated at the end of her garden. [7] All of the songs on the album were composed by McVie and/or her nephew Dan Perfect. [8] The collaboration between McVie began three years prior to the album's release, although the two did not originally intend to make an album together. McVie started with a demo titled "You Are", and asked Perfect to overdub some guitar, which he agreed to. Additional songs followed, which encouraged McVie to further polish them. She reckoned that they fully committed to releasing an album once the decision was made to add drums. [9] Some contributions came from ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Billy Burnette; Robbie Patton, who co-wrote Fleetwood Mac's 1982 hit "Hold Me" with McVie; George Hawkins, ex-member of Mick Fleetwood's Zoo in the mid-1980s, and McVie's ex-husband Eddy Quintela.
During the making of In the Meantime, McVie listened to contemporary music such as Garbage's 1995 eponymous release for inspiration. Perfect said that there was "definitely that rawer edge, slightly angrier tone in some of the songs that she really liked." [10] Both "Liar" and "Bad Journey" were written about a failed relationship with another man. [11] McVie stated that with the exception of a couple songs, all of the album's material documented her relationship with this individual that she met in London who was neither well-known nor associated with music. [9]
In the Meantime reached number 133 on the UK Albums Chart and failed to enter the US Billboard 200. Debuting and peaking at number 32 on the US Independent Albums chart, it had sold around 20,000 copies in the United States up until 2005, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In a 2014 interview in the Los Angeles Times taken after her returning to Fleetwood Mac, McVie stated about the album that "It had some good songs on it, but I went about it all wrong. I did it the wrong way, with the wrong people, I didn’t want to fly, I didn’t want to promote it. I just did it in my garage and nothing happened with it. That caused a certain amount of angst, and then I just stopped.”. [12]
The album was remixed by Dan Perfect and was reissued on November 3, 2023. The reissue contains "Little Darlin'", which had previously only appeared on 2004 Australian promo copies under the title "Come Out And Play". Perfect had worked with McVie prior to her death in November 2022 on a Dolby Atmos mix of In the Meantime. [13]
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