Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Fleetwood Mac Tango in the Night

1987 saw the release of the bands 14th studio album and became one of there best selling albums. The band was an anglo American with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks from the USA and Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood representing the UK.

The album was a 18 month project which was started by Lindsey but soon the whole band were emersed and the result was a classic rock pop album in the late 1980s.

The album was produced by Lindsey and long time collaborator Richard Dashut. It was released on Warner label in April 1987 and enjoyed huge success. It reached number one in the UK album charts and peaked at number 7 in the US album charts. To date the album has sold in excess of 15 million copies.

Such was the success of the album the singles released also enjoyed a halcyon period for the group but ultimately ended up as the last album this particular group did together.

The first release was Big Love and this was followed by Seven Wonders and Little Lies, all enjoying top 20 successes both sides of the pond.

The tracks on the album

Big Love
Seven Wonders
Everywhere
Caroline
Tango in the night
Mystified
Little Lies
Family Man
Welcome to the room   Sara
Isn't it midnight
when I see you again
You and I part II



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