Mirage

Fleetwood Mac reissuing 1982 album Mirage

Warner Bros. Records gives the 1982 album the deluxe treatment on July 29 After previously reissuing its classic albums Rumours and Tusk as expanded, deluxe box sets, Fleetwood Mac will do the same with its 1982 studio...

May 13, 2016
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Mirage

LISTEN NOW: ‘Hold Me’ (Early Version)

Sample an unreleased version of “Hold Me” (Early Version) from the forthcoming deluxe edition of Fleetwood Mac’s Mirage (July 29). The outtake features a completely different chorus and harmony vocals...

May 13, 2016
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Mirage

Deluxe Mirage out July 29

UPDATE: The Mirage reissue has been bumped to September 23. Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 album Mirage gets the deluxe treatment on July 29. Warner Bros. Records has planned an elaborate release for the multiple-platinum...

May 12, 2016
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Album ReviewsArticleMirage

It’s not just a ‘Mirage’

On the heels of last year’s deluxe box set of Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk, Warner Bros. Records has just announced the legendary band’s Mirage will be next to get the lavish treatment. On July 29, the label will unveil the...

May 12, 2016
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Tusk

Vinyl fans celebrate Record Store Day, Alternate Tusk

Saturday was Record Store Day and vinyl enthusiasts hit their favorite record stores in droves. To celebrate the ninth annual event, Metallica gave a special performance from the indie store Rasputin Music in Berkeley...

April 16, 2016
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Rumours

Let’s revisit Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours

39 years ago today, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours began a long run at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, where it would stay for a (nonconsecutive) 31 weeks. The only brief interruptions in the number one spot were...

April 2, 2016
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Tusk

Alternate Tusk to be issued on 180g black vinyl

Record Store Day offers the alternative version of Tusk from Fleetwood Mac’s deluxe box set as two LP set on 180 gram black vinyl. Limited to 5,000. The set will be released on April 16. Side 1 1. Over and Over 2...

March 7, 2016
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Christine McVie

New Mac album almost ready

Rumours has it After 16 years in the Kent wilderness, Christine McVie and Fleetwood Mac are creating magic once again… there’s even a new album in the pipeline. Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie offers me tea and a seat...

March 1, 2016
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Tusk

Bold, brash, excessive

Like 1979 original, Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk reissue is bold, brash and excessive Fleetwood Mac’s deluxe reissue of Tusk is as brash and elaborate as the 1979 original, offering extended insights into the...

February 13, 2016
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Tusk

Tusk (Deluxe Edition)

Despite popular narratives, Tusk isn’t all druggy, unabashed excess. Instead, this new sets shows the record as a deeply self-conscious document, the sound of a band that didn’t rebel against success so much...

February 12, 2016
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Tusk

Tusk expands

New box set expands, reveals Fleetwood Mac’s enigmatic opus When the five members of Fleetwood Mac reconvened in the studio in 1978 to record the follow-up to their massively successful/decade-defining/inescapable...

December 28, 2015
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Tusk

ALBUM REVIEW: Tusk, Deluxe & Expanded editions

Fleetwood Mac reissues Tusk with unreleased alternate takes and live renditions. (Editor’s note: The article was edited for grammar. The original published article can be accessed by clicking on the link at the...

December 23, 2015
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Tusk

REVIEW: Tusk (Deluxe Edition)

Tusk (Deluxe Edition) Fleetwood Mac Rhino **** 1/2 (four-and-a-1/2 stars out of five) The Mac’s wild, punk-y follow-up to Rumours hits just as hard 36 years later, especially on this extras-packed reissue. While...

December 22, 2015
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Tusk

CD REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Tusk

With the ‘Mac hangover still hanging thick in the southern air, it’s time for the lush reissue of 1979 epic Tusk. Once the most expensive album ever made, this was their indulgent response to Rumours, the...

December 20, 2015
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Tusk

The Return of Tusk

Fleetwood Mac’s exotic classic expands When Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk finally was unveiled to the masses back in 1979, it critically dropped like a white elephant. After releasing two of the best, almost flawless...

December 18, 2015
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Tusk

Fleetwood Mac Tusk (Deluxe Edition)

After all of the mythologising — the most expensive rock album ever produced; a staggering commercial failure; a Lindsey Buckingham vanity project with the Fleetwood Mac name attached; what happens when too much money...

December 16, 2015
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Tusk

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac (British GQ)

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac Everyone loves Rumours, but what about its follow-up? Tusk remains the greatest self-sabotage in rock’n’roll history, but this month’s reissue of the Mac’s elephantine...

December 11, 2015
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Tusk

Tusk songs laid bare one by one

Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, and Mick Fleetwood discuss the songs from Tusk in liner notes of the new Deluxe and Expanded editions of Fleetwood Mac‘s 1979 album Tusk. While fans have long speculated about the...

December 4, 2015
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Tusk

The genius of Tusk

Fleetwood Mac could have followed Rumours with more of the same — but they made this visionary masterpiece instead. Evidence exists proving Fleetwood Mac could have followed-up Rumours with something similar had the...

December 4, 2015
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Tusk

ALBUM REVIEW: Tusk Deluxe

Had Fleetwood Mac played it safe after Rumours, they probably could have made another gajillion-selling album. Instead, they handed the reins to singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and allowed him to steer the...

December 3, 2015
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MagazineTusk

Fleetwood Mac create Tusk, 1979

Fleetwood Mac Create Tusk, 1979 After a huge world tour, Fleetwood Mac reconvened in an expensively customised Los Angeles studio to make the follow-up to the biggest-selling rock record of its time, Rumours. So how did...

November 25, 2015
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