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Fleetwood Mac: Heroes Are Hard to Find

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Label: Reprise Records
Released: 1974.09.13
Time:
 39:26
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Fleetwood Mac, Bob Hughes
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.fleetwoodmac.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Heroes Are Hard to Find (Ch.McVie) - 3:35
[2] Coming Home (B.Welch) - 3:55
[3] Angel (Ch.Welch) - 3:55
[4] Bermuda Triangle (B.Welch) - 4:08
[5] Come a Little Bit Closer (Ch.McVie) - 4:04
[6] She's Changing Me (B.Welch) - 2:58
[7] Bad Loser (Ch.McVie) - 3:25
[8] Silver Heels (B.Welch) - 3:26
[9] Prove Your Love (Ch.McVie) - 3:57
[10] Born Enchanter (B.Welch) - 2:54
[11] Safe Harbour (B.Welch) - 2:32

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Bob Welch - Guitar, Vocals, Vibraphone, Producer
Christine Mcvie - Keyboards, Vocals, Arp String Ensemble, Producer
John Mcvie - Bass Guitar, Producer
Mick Fleetwood - Drums, Percussion, Producer

Sneaky Pete Kleinow - Pedal Steel Guitar on [5,6]

Bob Hughes - Producer
Doug Graves - Engineer
Bob Hughes - Engineer
Doug Graves - Assistant engineer
Lee Herschberg - Remastering
Nick DeCaro - Horn arrangements
Desmond Strobel - Design

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Heroes Are Hard to Find is the ninth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1974. This is the last album with Bob Welch, who left at the end of 1974, and was replaced by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It was the first Fleetwood Mac studio album properly recorded in the US as well as the first to enter the Billboard top 40 albums chart. The title track was issued as a single but it



Although this was Bob Welch's last album with the band he had worked with since 1971, it sounds like he's at his peak. Pared down to a foursome for the first and (as of 2002) only time since the addition of Danny Kirwan, both Welch and Christine McVie contribute some of their finest songs. Bolstered by sympathetic self-production and imaginative, often aggressive arrangements that include brassy horns on the title track (a blatant but failed attempt at a hit single), the album is one of their most cohesive yet diverse. Welch continues his fascination with UFOs in a sort of follow-up to Mystery to Me's "Hypnotized" called "Bermuda Triangle" and even heads into a spacy Hendrix "Third Stone From the Sun" groove on "Coming Home." Christine McVie is in wonderful voice on her own ballads like "Prove Your Love" but outdoes herself on the magnificent "Come a Little Bit Closer," a stunning track whose grandeur is heightened by strings and McVie's majestic piano. It's a hidden classic and pedal steel by the Flying Burrito Brothers' Sneaky Pete Kleinow is an unexpected and perfect addition to the album's most fully realized tune. Welch's folk-pop "She's Changing Me" is one of his most upbeat, memorable melodies, offset by the rocker "Silver Heels" and his closing "Safe Harbor," a knowing nod back to Peter Green's atmospheric work on "Albatross" and his contributions to Then Play On. McVie's haunting rocker "Bad Loser" is reinforced by the propulsive rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, both adding tense bite to even the most tender of ballads. Welch left soon after the album's release, and the group went on to bigger and better things, but Heroes is a minor gem that retains its effortless pop charms and contains some buried jewels in the extensive Fleetwood Mac catalog.

Hal Horowitz - AllMusic.com



After a brief identity crisis (another band usurping their identities), the real Fleetwood Mac is back on record. They've still got the same smooth soft-rock sound they've had for three years, since Jeremy Spencer found religion (or vice versa). The group's gone a little funkier in places, which turns out both annoying ("Born Enchanter," "Angel") and intriguing ("Heroes Are Hard To Find"). Their smoother numbers alternately mesmerize ("She's Changing Me") or narcotize ("Coming Home"). A major problem remains in Bob Welch's naggingly nasal vocals, although he's usually swathed in protective layers of lush harmonies.

Overall, though, Heroes Are Hard To Find stacks up as a very pleasant album, thanks chiefly to a pair of Christine McVie tracks. "Prove Your Love" is exquisitely pretty and "Come a Little Bit Closer" is a gorgeous tune reminiscent of the Beach Boys and especially of the Raspberries' brilliant "Overnight Sensation." Add the ominous "Bermuda Triangle" and an attractive "Bad Loser" and the end results are definitely worth investigating.

Ken Barnes - October 24, 1974
RollingStone.com
 

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HEROES ARE HARD TO FIND

Girls you know
When you're in the mood
(In the mood)
You may meet a man
Can't do anything good
(nothing good)
But you've got to pity him
And ty to understand
(understand)
That a hero, a hero is so hard to find
When he takes you
For his love
(for his love)
And he tries to tell you
That there is'nt any other
(don't believe him)
Oh, he may kiss you
And tell you he'll miss you
(such a shame)
But don't forget, a hero is so hard to find
When he says hello
Don't forget they're all the same
(you know they're all the same)
You may end up sitting all alone
And with yourself to blame
Oh, don't you let him
So when he tells you
You've got diamonds in your eyes
(he's just lying)
Don't get carried away
Cause you know he's selling you lies
(he's just lying)
So when you get the feeling
The man you've got's no good
He's no good
Well just remember, a hero is so hard to find
Well just remember, a hero is so hard to find
Heroes, heroes are hard to find
Heroes, heroes are hard to find
Heroes, heroes are hard to find
Heroes, heroes are hard to find...


COMING HOME

Well now look for me baby
Cause you know I'm coming home
Well now look for me baby
Cause you know I'm coming home
Well I really outn't love you darlin'
You know you done me wrong

Well I'm coming home to you baby
And I ain't gonna leave no more
Well I'm coming home to you baby and I ain't gonna leave no more
Well I know I done you wrong darlin'
Like I'm a knockin' at your door

I want to tell you baby
Just before I leave this town
I wanna tell you baby
Just before I leave this town
Well I'm coming home to you baby
And won't stand no pushin' around


ANGEL

Oh how I wish I was back in Georgia
Maybe I want, to be back in time
I've got a sweet lot of memories, of another place
And a heart full of longing, for another life
Angel, I want to see you
Angel, I want to see you
Angel, I really want to see you
Angel, I want to see you, right now
Oh how I wish, I could see an angel
Deliver me from, this dark dispair
I've got a sweet lot of plans that have come to nothing
And a life that's in need, of a good repair
Angel, I want to see you
Angel, I really want to see you
You know I want to see you
Angel, I really want to see you, right now
Under a sky, of gun metal grey
No omens in sight for all around
Just living alone, with a hope that someday
I might see and angel arise, to take me down
Angel, I want to see you
Angel, Lord I want to see you
Angel, I really want to see you
Angel, Oh I want to see you, right now


BERMUDA TRIANGLE

I guess you've heard about the Bermuda triangle
There's something going on
Nobody seems to know just what it is
And the airforce won't let on
It might be hole down in the ocean
Yeah or a fog that won't let go
It might be some crazy people talking
Or somebody that we ought to know
Down in Bermuda, the pale blue sea
Way down in the triangle, it's easy to believe
Now here's one
You see strange shapes in moonlight
And shadows in the night
They said that wingtip seemed to brush their faces
And strangers stole their sight
Way down in the triangle
Where the sea was smooth as glass
Giving you one answer to a question
That you never thought you'd ask
Ah down in Bermuda, in the pale blue sea
Way down in Bermuda, yeah it's easy to believe
Down in the triangle, it's easy to believe
They came from Galveston
They came from New Orleans
And then from Bloomington, and Delaware
The used St. Petersburg, they came from Tampa
And then from Mexico, it doesn't matter where
They all completely share,
All of those ships and planes,
A great big mystery that cannot be explained,
Down in Bermuda, in the pale blue sea
Your feeling safe in your harbour
And everything seems certain
Right next to Palm Beach and Key Biscane
Behind a velvet curtain
But then the moon goes grey with worry
And the sea turns a pale white
You better believe something strange is going on tonight
Down in Bermuda, ah, the pale blue sea
Bermuda Triangle, yeah, it's easy to believe
Down in the Triangle, it's easy to believe
They came from Galveston
They came from New Orleans
And then from Bloomington, and Delaware
Bermuda, the pale blue sea


COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER

I'm dancing, to the music
Of a simple melody
And I wonder are you thinking
Of a single memory
And I know when I see them swaying
I can hear myself say
Come a little bit closer
(come a little bit closer)
Cause I remember the time
When you held me in your arms
(come a little bit closer)
And you wanted to be mine
Everything good, everything gold
And now all that's left is a sweet memory
If you love me, let me know
Why don't you show me which way to go
Please don't leave me all alone
Cause I can't make it on my own
And I know when I see them swaying
I can hear myself say
Come a little bit closer
(come a little bit closer)
Cause I remember the time
When you held me in your arms
(come a little bit closer)
And you wanted to be mine
I might but wrong but that's where I belong
Why are you just a sweet memory
Come a little bit closer
(come a little bit closer)
Cause I remember the time
When you held me in your arms
(come a little bit closer)
And you wanted to be mine
Everything good, everything gold
Why are you just a sweet memory
(Come a little bit closer)
(Come a little bit closer)
(Come a little closer)
(Come a little closer)


SHE'S CHANGING ME

Now the wind
That's blowing out of the southwest
Is telling me, boy you better beware
Here she comes, and they call her the sweet Omega
And you'll come to know the meaning of her stare
Cause the only road that you'll ever need to ride
Is the one that's rolling out, beyond her eyes
And although she'll bring you joy
Don't you know she can destroy
Oh lord she's changing me
When you're down
And you're headed for a bad night
And you're seeing shapes of trouble in the stars She'll take your hand, cause they call her the sweet Omega
Then she'll take away the sadness in your heart
Cause the only road that you'll ever need to ride
Is the one that's rolling out, beyond her eyes
And although she'll bring you joy
Don't you know she can destroy
Oh lord she's changing me
The only road you'll ever need to ride
The only road you'll ever need to ride
The only road you'll ever need to ride
Oh, lord she's changing me...


BAD LOSER

Well you thought you had a hold on me
But it's different now
Everything you done before has fell upon you now
Are you just a bad loser
But you never let go
(and you're gonna go down)
Yes you'll go down, but you'll never let it show
All the strings and strokes in the ocean
Won't buy you peice of mind
All because you did what you did
You're not the peaceful kind
You're just a bad loser
And you'll never let go
(and you're gonna go down)
Yes you'll go down, but you'll never, never let it show
I think you really know what I mean
But I'll tell you one more time
Oh cause it's the truth and you know it
That you're no friend of mine
You're just a bad loser
And you'll never let go
(and you're gonna go down)
Yes you'll go down, but you'll never let it show


PROVE YOUR LOVE

Ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooooooh...
I want to be, inside your heart
That's place, the place for me
But I could understand, it won't be easy
You've got to prove, prove your love to me
You've got to prove, prove your love to me
Like I say it ain't easy
To let your heart run wild
So if you want to please me baby
Then don't act like a child
But I can understand, it won' t be easy
You've got to prove, prove your love to me
You've got to prove, prove your love to me
It doesn't matter if you're far away
Or right here by my side
That's the way I feel about it
We can't let the whole thing slide...
So if you can't see me
Right where you are
They why don't you send for me baby
By the nearest star
It won't be easy, and you've got to prove
You've got to prove, prove your love to me
You've got to prove, prove your love to me
Ooooohhhh, oooooohh, ooooooh...


BORN ENCHANTER

Well I'm a born enchanter
That's what the ladies see
Yes I'm a born enchanter
Down in the city of dreams
Lord do right by me and let me go
Down in my city of dreams where I need to go
Well I'm a born enchanter, well...
Well I'm a born enchanter
Followin' the sabbath cross
Oh I'm a born enchanter
Looking for the faith I lost
Lord do right by me and let me go
Down in my city of dreams, where I need to go
Yeah...
Cause I'm a born enchanter


SAFE HARBOUR

Just a fine and safe harbour
In to talk with a flow
This can't be right, can it?

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