Monday Morning (Fleetwood Mac song)

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"Monday Morning"
Song by Fleetwood Mac
from the album Fleetwood Mac
A-side "Say You Love Me"
Released1976
RecordedJanuary–February 1975
Genre Rock
Length2:48
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Lindsey Buckingham
Producer(s) Fleetwood Mac, Keith Olsen

"Monday Morning" is a 1975 song written and sung by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. It is the first track from the multi-platinum, second eponymous album Fleetwood Mac . [1] The song was later included on the band's 2002 compilation album, The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac . "Monday Morning" was performed on all of the band's tours from 1975 to 1978. [2] It reappeared on the Unleashed Tour in 2009 and later the An Evening with Fleetwood Mac Tour in 2018–2019. [3]

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Background

Like "Rhiannon" and "I'm So Afraid", "Monday Morning" was intended for a second Buckingham Nicks LP, but the album never came to fruition as their label, Polydor Records, dropped the duo from their roster before they could record a follow-up. [4] The three aforementioned songs were presented to the rest of Fleetwood Mac on Buckingham's 4-track tape machine during the 1975 recording sessions of Fleetwood Mac. While drummer Mick Fleetwood immediately took a liking to the demos, bassist John McVie was initially hesitant to venture away from the band's blues roots. Producer Keith Olsen convinced McVie that the band would be more successful embracing pop rock, quipping, "It’s a much faster way to the bank". [5]

Critical reception

Reviewer Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic described the song as "a brilliant opening to a brilliant album" which he attributed to Buckingham's "strong pop instincts and craftsmanship". [6] Billboard called the song both "buoyant" and "surging". [7] Paste ranked the song number 30 on its list of the 30 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs. [8]

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "TOUR ARCHIVE: 1975-1976 – The Changing Times of Stevie Nicks" . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac began NYC-area run at Madison Square Garden (pics, setlist)". BrooklynVegan . United States. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Fleetwood, Mick; Bozza, Anthony (October 2014). Play On: Now, Then & Fleetwood Mac. New York: Little, Brown And Company. pp. 164, 169. ISBN   978-0-316-40342-9.
  5. ↑ Sheffield, Christopher R. Weingarten,David Browne,Jon Dolan,Corinne Cummings,Keith Harris,Rob (11 July 2017). "Fleetwood Mac's 50 Greatest Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 May 2019.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ Greenwald, Matthew. "Monday Morning - Fleetwood Mac Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Graff, Gary (11 January 2018). "Fleetwood Mac Shares Early Version of 1975 Classic 'Monday Morning': Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Mitchell, Matt (7 August 2023). "The 30 Greatest Fleetwood Mac Songs". Paste . Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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