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Time (1995)

Where the lyrics of Time take you, and where it was really made.

Time was the only Fleetwood Mac album since 1974 to feature no contribution from Stevie Nicks, and the band broke up soon after its release.

Key places

Additional recording at Sunset Sound (1995)

Recording site Sunset Sound — Additional recording for Time was done at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California. The point marks the studio area, not an exact building position. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded and mixed at Ocean Way (1995)

Recording site The Music Grinder (Hollywood) — The album was recorded and mixed at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California. This point shows only the city area, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Time: sixteenth studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac
• Released 9 October 1995
• Unusual lineup: country vocalist Bekka Bramlett and former Traffic guitarist Dave Mason joined the band
• Only Fleetwood Mac album since 1974's Heroes Are Hard to Find without any contribution from Stevie Nicks
• Final Fleetwood Mac studio album with Christine McVie as an official member
• Lindsey Buckingham appears as a backing vocalist on one track

Background

• Second album released after Lindsey Buckingham left the band in 1987
• Around the 1990 Behind the Mask Tour, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie said they would no longer take part in further Fleetwood Mac tours, though both would still work on studio albums
• Nicks left the band in 1991 after Mick Fleetwood refused to let her include 'Silver Springs' on her Timespace compilation
• Rick Vito left around the same time and signed a solo deal with Nicks' Modern Records
• Guitarist Billy Burnette departed in early 1993 to continue his solo career
• Later in 1993, Fleetwood asked Bekka Bramlett to join as a full member; she had earlier worked with him on The Zoo and appeared on Shakin' the Cage
• While searching for a replacement for Vito, Fleetwood contacted Dave Mason and joked that Mason would have to join if the search failed; Mason replied that he would love that

Recording

• Initial sessions began in September 1993, with plans to finish in four months
• A series of gigs and a tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash pushed the completion date back
• After that tour, the band recorded a dozen songs in two weeks
• By May 1995 there were 19 songs to choose from; a thirteenth song, 'These Strange Times', was added at Fleetwood's request
• Of 25 songs written and considered, 13 were chosen
• Burnette rejoined midway through and contributed three songs
• Session musician Michael Thompson played guitar parts on Christine McVie's five songs
• Richard Dashut, producer of Rumours, handled some of the production duties
• Recorded and mixed at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, California; additional recording at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood, California

Cover

• Mick Fleetwood credited with the cover concept
• Dale McRaven and Bonnie Nelson credited with cover photography

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in London in July 1967 by Peter Green after leaving John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, with Mick Fleetwood on drums.
• The name combines Fleetwood's surname with bassist John McVie, who joined in 1967.
• Early line-up was primarily a British blues band; "Albatross" reached UK No. 1 in 1968.

Members

• Core members over time: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham.
• Buckingham and Nicks joined at the end of 1974 and drove the band's global success.

Career

• Rumours (1977) is one of the best-selling albums of all time and won the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1978.
• The band has sold more than 120 million records worldwide.
• Received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1979 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
• Received the MusiCares Person of the Year award in 2018.
• Christine McVie died in 2022; Stevie Nicks later said she saw no reason to continue the band.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• AllMusic gave the album two stars, considering it a drop in quality from the band's previous efforts
• Billboard dismissed the work of all four songwriters and said even Christine McVie's contributions lacked the fire of her past work
• Entertainment Weekly was slightly more positive, calling the album unimaginative and middle-of-the-road though hardly awful
• A year after release, Fleetwood blamed the album's lack of commercial success on inadequate promotion from the record label
• In his 2014 autobiography, Fleetwood expressed regret over assembling this lineup

Reappraisal

• Mojo ranked Time last on its list of all Fleetwood Mac studio albums
• Mojo felt the album yielded diminishing returns after the opening track
• Mojo found Bramlett and Mason to be gifted but ill-fitting members of the band
• Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums voted it number 10 in its All-Time Worst Albums Ever Made list

Records

• Failed to chart in the US
• Peaked at number 47 in the UK
• According to Soundscan, sold 32,000 copies by 1996

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• 'These Strange Times' is a seven-minute spoken piece, and Mick Fleetwood sings lead vocals on it, which was rare for him.
• Christine McVie's guitar parts were partly played by session musician Michael Thompson.
• Only two songs from Time were performed live: 'Blow by Blow' and 'Dreamin' the Dream'.
• Bekka Bramlett fought for the inclusion of 'These Strange Times'; the rest of the band was either unavailable or unwilling to play on it.
• The album was Christine McVie's final studio album appearance; she had already retired from live performances.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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