Live (Fleetwood Mac album)

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Live
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Live album by
Fleetwood Mac
Released5 December 1980
Recorded17 October 1975 – 4 September 1980
Genre
Length91:06
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tusk
(1979)		Live
(1980)		 Mirage
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau C+ [2]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Live is a double live album released by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac on 5 December 1980. [5] It was the first live album from the then-current line-up of the band, and the next would be The Dance from 1997. The album was certified gold (500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA in November 1981. [6] A deluxe edition of the album was released on 9 April 2021. [7]

Contents

Live consists of recordings taken primarily from the 1979–1980 Tusk Tour and a Buckingham Nicks track, "Don't Let Me Down Again", from the 1975 Fleetwood Mac Tour. The deluxe edition also includes a few recordings from the earlier Rumours Tour of 1977 and the later Mirage Tour of 1982. According to the liner notes, two songs were recorded at a Paris soundcheck and three at a performance at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium "for an audience of friends and road crew".

Background

Drummer Mick Fleetwood had originally suggested that the band release a live album at the time of the Rumours Tour, although the band decided against it, with recording engineer Richard Dashut arguing that it would interfere with the band's in-studio identity. The band still recorded over 400 shows from 1975-79 in case they changed their minds. At the conclusion of the Tusk Tour, Fleetwood proposed the idea again, and this time the band agreed despite Buckingham's and John McVie's initial reservations. [8] The album was digitally recorded using technology developed by Soundstream. [9] Ken Caillat mentioned in a 1981 interview that the band spent $20,000 to digitally mix the album and that it cost around $500 per day to use the digital equipment. [10] Billboard said that Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab half-speed mastered the album for the audiophile market. [11]

Of particular note are three new songs—Christine McVie's "One More Night", Stevie Nicks's "Fireflies", and a backstage rendition of the Beach Boys' "The Farmer's Daughter". The latter two were released as singles; "Fireflies" reached the top 60 in the US, [12] while "The Farmer's Daughter" reached the top 10 in Austria. [13]

The band covered "Farmer's Daughter" at the request of Buckingham, who deemed the Brian Wilson tune "obscure" and "contemporary" enough to include on the album. [14] A recording of "The Farmer's Daughter" also appears on the Tusk re-release of 2004. "Don't Let Me Down Again" is a song from the Buckingham Nicks album and was recorded during a 1975 performance in Passaic. [8]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)LocationLength
1."Monday Morning" Lindsey Buckingham 2/3/80, Budokan Hall, Tokyo 3:51
2."Say You Love Me" Christine McVie 8/25/80, Kansas Coliseum, Wichita 4:18
3."Dreams" Stevie Nicks 6/14/80, Palais de Sport, Paris (soundcheck)4:18
4."Oh Well" Peter Green 11/5/79, Checker Dome, St. Louis 3:23
5."Over & Over"Christine McVie8/22/80, Myriad Convention Center, Oklahoma City 5:01
Total length:21:20
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)LocationLength
1."Sara"Stevie Nicks11/5/79, Checker Dome, St. Louis7:23
2."Not That Funny"Lindsey Buckingham5/21/80, Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland 9:04
3."Never Going Back Again"Lindsey Buckingham8/28/80, McKale Center, Tucson 4:13
4."Landslide"Stevie Nicks6/25/80, Wembley Arena, London 4:33
Total length:25:14
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)LocationLength
1."Fireflies"Stevie Nicks9/4/80, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (for crew and friends)4:37
2."Over My Head"Christine McVie8/24/80, Kemper Arena, Kansas City 3:27
3."Rhiannon"Stevie Nicks6/26/80, Wembley Arena, London7:43
4."Don't Let Me Down Again" (from Buckingham Nicks , 1973)Lindsey Buckingham10/17/75, Capitol Theater, Passaic 3:57
5."One More Night"Christine McVie9/3/80, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (for crew and friends)3:43
Total length:23:33
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)LocationLength
1."Go Your Own Way"Lindsey Buckingham5/21/80, Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland5:44
2."Don't Stop"Christine McVie6/14/80, Palais de Sport, Paris (soundcheck)4:05
3."I'm So Afraid"Lindsey Buckingham5/20/80, Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland8:28
4."Farmer's Daughter"
9/4/80, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica (for crew and friends)2:25
Total length:20:47
2021 super deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)LocationLength
1."Second Hand News"Lindsey Buckingham10/21/82, The Forum, Inglewood 3:52
2."The Chain"
5/20/80, Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland6:50
3."Think About Me"Christine McVie8/24/80, Kemper Arena, Kansas City3:09
4."What Makes You Think You're the One"Lindsey Buckingham8/23/80, Kemper Arena, Kansas City4:20
5."Gold Dust Woman"Stevie Nicks8/29/77, The Forum, Inglewood7:23
6."Brown Eyes"Christine McVie10/22/82, The Forum, Inglewood4:27
7."The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)"Peter Green5/18/77, State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City 5:27
8."Angel"Stevie Nicks5/20/80, Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland4:49
9."Hold Me"Christine McVie10/21/82, The Forum, Inglewood4:19
10."Tusk"Lindsey Buckingham8/24/80, Kemper Arena, Kansas City6:25
11."You Make Loving Fun"Christine McVie5/19/77, BOK Center, Tulsa 4:44
12."Sisters of the Moon"Stevie Nicks8/21/80, Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha 7:17
13."Songbird"Christine McVie8/21/80, Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha4:14
14."Blue Letter"
5/20/77, Barton Coliseum, Little Rock 4:48
15."Fireflies"Stevie Nicksremix – long version4:04
16."Fireflies"Stevie Nicksdemo3:41
17."One More Night"Christine McViedemo3:00
Total length:82:58


Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Live
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Fleetwood Mac: Live". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: fleetwood mac". Robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Tucker, Ken (19 February 1981). "Fleetwood Mac: Live". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
  4. ↑ Smith, Robin (6 December 1980). Fleetwood Mac: Live. Record Mirror. p. 20.
  5. ↑ "BPI".
  6. 1 2 "American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Live". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac announce deluxe edition of classic 'Fleetwood Mac Live' album". NME . 11 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  8. 1 2 Evans, Mike (2011). Fleetwood Mac: The Definitive History. New York: Sterling. pp. 176–177, 179. ISBN   978-1-4027-8630-3.
  9. ↑ McCullaugh, Jim (7 February 1981). "10 Digital Albums Are On The Top LPs & Tape Chart" (PDF). Billboard. p. 61. Retrieved 15 June 2025– via World Radio History.
  10. ↑ Sullivan, Jim (19 March 1981). "Tuning In To Digital Records: It's Not For Rock-Pop Yet". The Boston Globe . p. 75 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "For The Record" (PDF). Billboard. 28 February 1981. p. 38. Retrieved 15 June 2025– via World Radio History.
  12. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac Billboard Hot 100 History". Billboard. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac - The Farmer's Daughter". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Jackson, Blair (January 1981). "Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham Turns a Corner" . In Egan, Sean (ed.). Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters. Chicago Review Press (published 2016). p. 81. ISBN   978-161373-234-2.
  15. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Fleetwood Mac – Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Fleetwood Mac – Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  17. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  18. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "Charts.nz – Fleetwood Mac – Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Fleetwood Mac – Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  21. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Fleetwood Mac – Live" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  22. ↑ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2021. 26. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  23. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Fleetwood Mac – Live" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  24. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Fleetwood Mac – Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  25. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  26. ↑ "British album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac Live". British Phonographic Industry.
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