The Essential Fleetwood Mac

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The Essential Fleetwood Mac
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Compilation album by
Released2007 [1]
Recorded1967–1968
Genre Blues, rock, pop
Length1:49:16
Label Columbia, Sony BMG
Producer Mike Vernon
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston
(2004)
The Essential Fleetwood Mac
(2007)
Extended Play
(2013)
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The Essential Fleetwood Mac is a 2007 compilation of recordings from British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac's early recordings made with Blue Horizon Records. It includes most of the tracks from their first two albums Fleetwood Mac and Mr. Wonderful , plus non-album singles and a few rarities. The album is part of the Sony BMG series The Essential.

Contents

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "Black Magic Woman" – 2:54
  2. "Albatross" – 3:12
  3. "Long Grey Mare" – 2:16
  4. "No Place to Go" – 3:22
  5. "Merry-Go-Round" – 4:09
  6. "Watch Out" – 4:15
  7. "My Baby's Good to Me" – 2:52
  8. "Looking for Somebody" – 2:52
  9. "Coming Home" – 2:38
  10. "World's in a Tangle" – 5:04
  11. "If You Be My Baby" – 3:54
  12. "Worried Dream" – 5:24
  13. "Trying So Hard to Forget" – 4:48
  14. "Need Your Love Tonight" – 3:29
  15. "I Loved Another Woman" – 2:57
  16. "Love That Burns" – 5:01

CD 2

  1. "Dust My Broom" – 2:54
  2. "Rollin' Man" – 2:54
  3. "Lazy Poker Blues" – 2:37
  4. "I Believe My Time Ain't Long" – 2:57
  5. "Shake Your Moneymaker" – 2:57
  6. "Cold Black Night" – 3:17
  7. "Got to Move" – 3:21
  8. "Stop Messin' Round" – 2:22
  9. "Rockin' Boogie" – 3:49
  10. "Talk with You" – 3:26
  11. "Doctor Brown" – 3:46
  12. "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" – 1:36
  13. "Like Crying" – 2:31
  14. "The World Keep on Turning" – 2:30
  15. "My Heart Beat Like a Hammer" – 2:59
  16. "Need Your Love So Bad" – 6:13

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
Europe2007 Columbia, Sony BMG Music Entertainment CD, Music download 88697105392

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