![]() “That’s Alright” was an older track, she wrote back in the Buckingham Nicks, while “Straight Back,” which became a hit on rock radio, was written in 1981 and references Nicks’ separation from producer Jimmy Iovine and breaking from her solo career to return to Fleetwood Mac. The longer version was later released on the band’s 1992 retrospective box set 25 Years-The Chain. Originally, “Gypsy” ran five and a half minutes, but the version on the album runs slightly shorter at four minutes, 24 seconds. 12 and was accompanied by a video directed by Russell Mulcahy. Nicks originally wrote “Gypsy” for her solo debut Bella Donna but felt it was a much better Fleetwood Mac song. “I’m sure a lot of it was quite pedestrian.” “I’ve never heard him say that, but…I can see it,” said McVie. “Well, we’re not going to do that process again-we’re going to go back to something a little more straight ahead,” Buckingham remembers the band saying to him for Mirage, and called Fleetwood Mac felt more like a “day job” at the time. Rex, the Bee Gees recorded throughout the 1970s.Īfter an exhaustive tour supporting Tusk and even heavier production by Buckingham on the previous double album, the band asked him to dial it back on Mirage, which he did. To record Mirage, the band temporarily relocated to Château d’Hérouville in Hérouville France, the 18th-century abode where classical composer Frédéric Chopin once lived and also where Elton John’s 1972 album Honky Château was born and where many others, including David Bowie, T. Suggesting continued inner-group trysts, the cover was less about dramatic entanglements, yet still alluded to the internal mayhem that is Fleetwood Mac. The full cover shows Mick Fleetwood and John McVie looking ahead unfazed. On the album cover, Buckingham appears to be dancing with his ex Stevie Nicks with one hand on her hip as he looks over his shoulder at a peering McVie. He was smoking marijuana, and Stevie was on something or other. I’m sure I was drinking a lot of alcohol. “John, I think, was still pretty much drinking like a fish,” said McVie of the band’s substance abuse at the time of recording. And I don’t think there were any great romantic melodramas. “I can’t remember any nastiness on that record,” said McVie in a 2022 interview. Despite a grueling tour following the release of Tusk, a year or so apart left to work on solo projects helped the band regroup in a kindler, gentler environment for Mirage. Stevie Nicks had just released her solo debut, Bella Donna, in 1981, while Lindsey Buckingham did the same in 1981 with Law and Order, and Mick Fleetwood went off to Ghana to make his album The Visitor. Somehow, Mirage loosened some of the tensions within the band from previous years. Just five years after the tempestuous Rumours was released, outing all the interlaced love, affairs, and breakups within the band, there was Mirage.įleetwood Mac’s 13th album played out the recuperation from songs “The Chain” and “Go Your Own Way” and 13-month-long, double-album sessions for Rumours follow-up Tusk. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.It was the best of times…and perhaps one of the less explosive sessions Fleetwood Mac had ever experienced recording as a band. Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine, cowbell.Christine McVie – Hammond B3 Organ, Yamaha CP-30, piano, accordion, maracas, tambourine, vocals.The October 22 show at The Forum in Inglewood, was filmed and released in 1984 in VHS (and later in DVD) under the title " Fleetwood Mac In Concert - Mirage Tour '82". The October 15 and 20 shows were originally scheduled for early October, but had to be postponed because Nicks was ill, suffering from walking pneumonia. Nicks also played a solo set with her band and Don Henley appearing as a guest artist. On October 18, the band played at a benefit concert organized by the City of Hope foundation. As a result, she gave some of her most electrifying and heartfelt performances to date. Tragedy struck during the month of October when Nicks' best friend, Robin Anderson, died leaving Nicks in a total state of shock. Although Buckingham would perform on and produce the next album, Tango in the Night, he did not tour and decided to leave the band. This would be the last tour with Lindsey Buckingham with the band until The Dance in 1997.
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