The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac | ||||
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Released | 12 October 2002 | |||
Recorded | 1968–1997 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 76:59 (UK) 140:52 (US) | |||
Label | Reprise/Warner Strategic Marketing | |||
Producer | Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Keith Olsen, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat, Greg Ladanyi, Elliot Scheiner | |||
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The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac is an enhanced compilation album released by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac in 2002 to promote their then-upcoming album Say You Will (2003). It was released as a double album in the US on 12 October 2002 and as a single disc in the UK. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart at number 12 on 2 November 2002 and spent 42 weeks on the chart. It was certified gold on 12 November 2002, platinum on 10 January 2003, and later 4× Platinum on 11 September 2018, by the RIAA. [2]
The US version contained the highly successful Californian era of Fleetwood Mac's work (1975 onwards). It also featured the B-side "Silver Springs", the previously unreleased The Dance performance of "Go Insane", and several rare single remixes of key tracks, such as "Rhiannon" and "Sisters of the Moon". The enhanced section contained rare live performances, interviews, music videos and footage of the band making their next album.
The UK version of 2002 was not enhanced, and contained three songs from the Peter Green-led blues era of Fleetwood Mac.
In October 2009, the two-disc US version was released in the UK and many other territories in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, to coincide with the European and Australasian legs of the group's 'Unleashed' world tour. The re-released version features a different picture on the outer slipcase to previous releases, but does not contain the enhanced material of the 2002 US release.
The re-release has proven to be as successful in the UK as the previous 2002 release, and it re-entered the UK album chart at No. 6 (the 2002 edition had peaked at No. 7). Sales of both the 2002 edition and the 2009 edition combined have achieved 7× Platinum status (2,100,000 equivalent units) by January 2023. [3] The album has spent more than two years within the top 40, and 360 weeks in the UK Top 100 by December 2018. [4] The album sold over 89,000 copies in the UK in 2013 having reached as high as #34 on the album chart earlier in the year.
The Very Best reached No. 1 on the Australian ARIA Catalogue Chart in December 2009, and achieved platinum status in New Zealand within only five weeks of release. [5]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of origin | Length |
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1. | "Go Your Own Way" | Lindsey Buckingham | Rumours , 1977 | 3:39 |
2. | "Don't Stop" | Christine McVie | Rumours | 3:11 |
3. | "Dreams" | Stevie Nicks | Rumours | 4:16 |
4. | "Little Lies" | C. McVie, Eddy Quintela | Tango in the Night , 1987 | 3:38 |
5. | "Everywhere" | C. McVie | Tango in the Night | 3:42 |
6. | "Albatross" | Peter Green | Non-album single, 1968; later appeared on The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK) and English Rose (US), 1969 | 3:08 |
7. | "You Make Loving Fun" | C. McVie | Rumours | 3:33 |
8. | "Rhiannon" (single mix, 1976) | Nicks | Fleetwood Mac , 1975 | 3:47 |
9. | "Black Magic Woman" | Green | Non-album single; later appeared on The Pious Bird of Good Omen and English Rose | 2:51 |
10. | "Tusk" | Buckingham | Tusk , 1979 | 3:34 |
11. | "Say You Love Me" (single mix, 1976) | C. McVie | Fleetwood Mac | 4:01 |
12. | "Man of the World" | Green | Non-album single, 1969; later appeared on Greatest Hits , 1971 | 2:50 |
13. | "Seven Wonders" | Sandy Stewart, Nicks | Tango in the Night | 3:36 |
14. | "Family Man" | Buckingham, Richard Dashut | Tango in the Night | 4:02 |
15. | "Sara" | Nicks | Tusk | 6:27 |
16. | "Monday Morning" | Buckingham | Fleetwood Mac | 2:45 |
17. | "Gypsy" | Nicks | Mirage , 1982 | 4:22 |
18. | "Over My Head" (single mix, 1975) | C. McVie | Fleetwood Mac | 3:07 |
19. | "Landslide" | Nicks | Fleetwood Mac | 3:15 |
20. | "The Chain" | Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, C. McVie, John McVie, Nicks | Rumours | 4:29 |
21. | "Big Love" (live, 1997) | Buckingham | The Dance , 1997; originally from Tango in the Night | 2:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of origin | Length |
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1. | "Monday Morning" | Buckingham | Fleetwood Mac | 2:45 |
2. | "Dreams" | Nicks | Rumours | 4:15 |
3. | "You Make Loving Fun" | C. McVie | Rumours | 3:33 |
4. | "Go Your Own Way" | Buckingham | Rumours | 3:40 |
5. | "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" (single mix, 1976) | Nicks | "Rhiannon" single; original version found on Fleetwood Mac | 3:46 |
6. | "Say You Love Me" (single mix, 1976) | C. McVie | "Say You Love Me" single; original version found on Fleetwood Mac | 4:03 |
7. | "I'm So Afraid" (live, 1997; edited version) | Buckingham | unreleased in this edit; full version found on The Dance | 6:01 |
8. | "Silver Springs" (remix, 1976) | Nicks | previously unreleased; original mix found on the "Go Your Own Way" single | 4:30 |
9. | "Over My Head" (single mix) | C. McVie | "Over My Head" single; original version found on Fleetwood Mac | 3:08 |
10. | "Never Going Back Again" | Buckingham | Rumours | 2:14 |
11. | "Sara" | Nicks | Tusk | 6:26 |
12. | "Love in Store" | C. McVie, Jim Recor | Mirage | 3:10 |
13. | "Tusk" | Buckingham | Tusk | 3:34 |
14. | "Landslide" | Nicks | Fleetwood Mac | 3:17 |
15. | "Songbird" | C. McVie | Rumours | 3:20 |
16. | "Big Love" (live, 1997) | Buckingham | The Dance | 2:48 |
17. | "Storms" | Nicks | Tusk | 5:30 |
Total length: | 66:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Place of origin | Length |
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1. | "The Chain" | Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, J. McVie, Nicks | Rumours | 4:29 |
2. | "Don't Stop" | C. McVie | Rumours | 3:12 |
3. | "What Makes You Think You're the One" | Buckingham | Tusk | 3:30 |
4. | "Gypsy" | Nicks | Mirage | 4:22 |
5. | "Second Hand News" | Buckingham | Rumours | 2:52 |
6. | "Little Lies" | C. McVie, Quintela | Tango in the Night | 3:39 |
7. | "Think About Me" (single mix, 1980) | C. McVie | "Think About Me" single; original version found on Tusk | 2:42 |
8. | "Go Insane" (live, 1997) | Buckingham | "Silver Springs" single | 4:20 |
9. | "Gold Dust Woman" (fade-in version) | Nicks | Rumours | 4:59 |
10. | "Hold Me" | C. McVie, Robbie Patton | Mirage | 3:44 |
11. | "Seven Wonders" | Stewart, Nicks | Tango in the Night | 3:38 |
12. | "World Turning" | Buckingham, C. McVie | Fleetwood Mac | 4:24 |
13. | "Everywhere" | C. McVie | Tango in the Night | 3:41 |
14. | "Sisters of the Moon" (single mix, 1980) | Nicks | Tusk | 4:41 |
15. | "Family Man" | Buckingham, Dashut | Tango in the Night | 4:01 |
16. | "As Long as You Follow" | C. McVie, Quintela | Greatest Hits | 4:18 |
17. | "No Questions Asked" | Nicks | Greatest Hits | 4:42 |
18. | "Skies the Limit" | C. McVie, Quintela | Behind the Mask | 3:46 |
19. | "Paper Doll" | Nicks, Rick Vito, John Heron | 25 Years – The Chain | 3:58 |
Total length: | 74:58 |
Weekly charts
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Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF) [46] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Australia (ARIA) [47] | 8× Platinum | 560,000^ |
Belgium (BEA) [48] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Canada (Music Canada) [49] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA) [50] | 3× Platinum | 45,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [51] | Gold | 40,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [5] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [3] | 7× Platinum | 2,100,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [2] | 4× Platinum | 2,000,000‡ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI) [52] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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