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Fleetwood Mac: Penguin

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Reprise Records
Released: 1973.03.01
Time:
 35:46
Category: Pop/Rock, Blues
Producer(s): Fleetwood Mac, Martin Birch
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.fleetwoodmac.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Remember Me (Ch.McVie) - 2:41
[2] Bright Fire (B.Welch) - 4:31
[3] Dissatisfied (Ch.McVie) - 3:41
[4] (I'm a) Road Runner (B.Holland/L.Dozier/E.Holland, Jr.) - 4:52
[5] The Derelict (D.Walker) - 2:43
[6] Revelation (B.Welch) - 4:55
[7] Did You Ever Love Me (Ch.McVie/B.Welch) - 3:39
[8] Night Watch (B.Welch) - 6:09
[9] Caught in the Rain (B.Weston) - 2:35

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Bob Welch - Guitar, Vocals, Bass Guitar on [6], Producer
Bob Weston - Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar on [1], Banjo and Harmonica on [5], Harmony Vocals on [7], Producer
Christine Mcvie - Keyboards, Vocals, Producer
Dave Walker - Vocals On Tracks 4 And 5, Harmonica On Track [4], Producer
John Mcvie - Bass Guitar, Producer
Mick Fleetwood - Drums, Percussion, Producer

Steve Nye - Organ on [8]
Ralph Richardson - Steel Drums
Russell Valdez - Steel Drums
Fred Totesant - Steel Drums
Peter Green - Additional Lead Guitar on [8]

Martin Birch - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Chris Moore - Sleeve Design
Barry Wentzell - Inside Photo

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1973 LP Reprise Records - REP 44 235
1990 CD Reprise Records ‎- 7599-26178-2

Recorded in Hampshire on Rolling Stones Mobile Studio
Mixed at AIR Studios, London



Fleetwood Mac's first album made after the departure of Danny Kirwan features the additions of guitarist Bob Weston and singer Dave Walker. By now Bob Welch and Christine McVie were the dominant forces in the band, and all traces of blues-rock were gone, replaced by Welch's hypnotic melodies and McVie's romantic sentiments married to up-tempo pop tunes. This album gave Fleetwood Mac its best U.S. chart showing yet, but the wonder is that this phase in the band's career wasn't even more popular.

William Ruhlmann - AllMusic.com



As 1972 rolled around, Fleetwood Mac were trying to re-invent themselves and move the band forward. 1973′s ‘Penguin’ album would do exactly that — but not before traveling a long, strange road. 1971 saw guitarist Bob Welch joining the ranks for the ‘Future Games’ LP. Both it and its follow up, ‘Bare Trees,’ helped the band gain ground in the US, but things were still slow moving. In early 1971, guitarist Jeremy Spencer abruptly quit the band as he became involved with the Children of God “religious group” (pronounced cult). In the fall of 1972, guitarist Danny Kirwan was sacked by the band after a drunken bust-up involving Welch. Amidst all this chaos, the band regrouped to record their next album. “The result was ‘Penguin,’ an album that Bob Welch terms ‘obscure,’ and Christine [McVie] described as ‘weird,’” Mick Fleetwood wrote in his autobiography, ‘My Life and Adventures In Fleetwood Mac.’

The Mac had brought in guitarist Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker to round out the sound, but that turned out to be a wrong turn. “Halfway through ‘Penguin’ we started to wonder about our new lead singer, who was often drunk and disorderly around the studio,” Fleetwood recalled. Walker’s vocal character was nondescript at best, and didn’t really fit with their style. Despite the drama, the band came up with a mostly solid offering in ‘Penguin.’ Christine McVie contributed a couple of her finest moments in the Mac songbook. ‘Remember Me‘ and ‘Dissatisfied‘ are near-perfect pop songs in the classic McVie style. Had these tracks been cut during the later Buckingham/Nicks era, they probably would have been hits. Bob Welch also turned in some solid tunes in the form of ‘Bright Fire‘ and the dynamic ‘Revelation,’ which features some great lead guitar and some killer bass from John McVie. The haunting ‘Night Watch,’ also written by Welch, features their former leader Peter Green on (uncredited) guitar, and is probably the album’s highlight. A clunky cover of the Jr. Walker & the All Stars hit ‘(I’m A) Road Runner‘ is totally unnecessary.

Released in March of 1973, ‘Penguin’ ended up pushing its way into the Top 50, outselling all of Fleetwood Mac’s previous efforts. Named for John McVie’s love of the bird itself, its penguin logo would be used by the band for years to come. Dave Walker exited the band a few months after ‘Penguin’ was released, while Weston hung on through the making of its follow-up, ‘Mystery to Me.’ It would be a mere two years before the group’s luck would forever change with the addition of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

Dave Swanson - March 31, 2013
UltimateClassicRock.com



Penguin is the seventh album by British rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1973. It was the first Fleetwood Mac album after the departure of Danny Kirwan and first to feature Bob Weston and the only one to feature Dave Walker. In September 1972, after Kirwan was fired for an incident with the other band members during the support tour for Bare Trees, the band added guitarist Bob Weston and vocalist Dave Walker, formerly of Savoy Brown and Idle Race. Weston was well known for playing slide guitar and had known the band from his touring period with Long John Baldry. Fleetwood Mac also hired Savoy Brown's road manager, John Courage. Mick, John, Christine, Welch, Weston, and Walker recorded Penguin, which was released in March of 1973. The subsequent tour seemed to go well, and Penguin was the highest charting Fleetwood Mac album in the US at the time, clawing its way into the Top 50. However, during the recording of their next album, Mystery to Me, it was mutually agreed upon that Walker's vocal style and attitude "did not fit in" with Fleetwood Mac and by June 1973 he had left. If anything was ever recorded by Walker for Mystery to Me it was not used, and remains unreleased.

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 L y r i c s


REMEMBER ME

All you have to do
Is look at me that way
You don't have to say
What's going on in your heart
And deep in the night
When I think you won't drive me crazy
I'm just hoping that maybe
You're feeling the same way to

I want you and I need you
I don't know what else to say
(Don't you) Don't you think it's time (Don't you) Don't you think it's time (Don't you)
Don't you think it's time That you remember me

So I'm begging you
Not to leave me up in the air
It just wouldn't be fair
Cause you know the way
I feel about you
It may not be love
Or an everlasting feeling
But you sending me reeling
With the very mention of your name

I want you and I need you
I don't know what else to say
(Don't you) Don't you think it's time (Don't you) Don't you think it's time (Don't you)
Don't you think it's time That you remember me


BRIGHT FIRE

Don't let waters of caution remove you
Don't let the fire of saints compel you
Don't let the lack of their spirit blind your life
Cause soon it's all over, you're gonna come through alive

Well I've been all over the world five times or more
And I've seen the future burn blue before my eyes
And all through the dust and the green magnesium fire
Don't let the violence blind you, you're gonna come through alive

And the roses that are offing
They are real as evening wind
They are washed by love and suffering
Cause my love has colored them
Colored them
oooooh oooohh-nothing but roses

Don't dam the river that's running through you
Stop saving up for time that may never become
I've seen the future come true in twenty days
But don't let is scare you, stop thinking about yesterday

I've had my share of blue revelations
And I know that time is a region to be passed
So all through the dust and green magnesium fire
I can rest easy now, and watch the carnival rolling by

Cause a rose that will be growing
In the place where I have hidden
It is washed by love and suffering
That my love has colored in

Look where the roses grow
Look where the roses grow
Look where the rooooooooses
Iiiiiieeeeeeiiiiiiaaaaahhhh
Look where the roses grow
Look where the roses grow
Look where the rooooooooses
Iiiiiieeeeeeiiiiiiaaaaahhhh
Look where the roses grow
Look where the roses grow
Look where the rooooooooses
Iiiiiieeeeeeiiiiiiaaaaahhhh
Look where the roses grow
Look where the roses grow
Look where the rooooooooses
Iiiiiieeeeeeiiiiiiaaaaahhhh


DISSATISFIED

Why baby why are you still so sad
When you know how much I need you
I hate to see you feel so bad
When I try so hard to please you
You know I'd do anything
Just to see you smile againg
There's nothing I wouldn't do
Just to take away a little pain

You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)
You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)

My home is yours and I want you to know
That I need you to depend on
Any everything you feel I'm feeling too
And I just hope you haven't forgotten
How can I make the sunshine through
So we can be happy again
Oh baby there's got to be a way
Just to take away a little pain

You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)
You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)

Please don't say you don't love me anymore
Cause I couldn't ease up on you
You're the only reason for all my joy
And without you what would I do
Cause I'd do anything
Just to see you smile again
There's nothing I wouldn't do
Just to take away a little pain

You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)
You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)
You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)
You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)
You make me feel, ooooh ooh ooh oooooh
dissatisfied (dissatisfied)...


I'M A ROAD RUNNER

Money, who needs it
Let me live my life free and easy
Put a toothbrush in my hand
And let me be a travellin' man
Cause I'm a road runner baby

I'm a road runner baby
Can't stay in one place too long
I'm a road runner baby
One look at me and I'll be gone

Well you can love me if you wanna
But I do declare
When I get restless, I've got to move somewhere
Cause I'm a road runner baby
Anywhere is my home

And I love the life I live
And I'm gonna live the life I love
A road runner baby

Don't want no woman
To tie me down
Got to be free baby
To roam around

All my life I've been like this
And if you love me it's your own risk
Cause when the dust hits my shoes
I've got the urge to move
Yes I'm a road runner baby
Got to keep movin' on

Hey, and I live the life I love
And I love the life I live
I'm a road runner baby

Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...

Don't want no woman
To tie me down
Got to be free baby
To roam around

All my life I've been like this
And if you love me it's your own risk
Cause when the dust hits my shoes
I've got the urge to move
Yes I'm a road runner baby
Got to keep movin' on

Hey, and I live the life I love
And I love the life I live
I'm a road runner baby

Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...
Road, road runner...


THE DERELICT

Oh I slept in a derelict
And I ate off the floor
I was wrapped in a blanket
As a knock came on the door
You can get out of here
Said a man in a raincoat
So I moved in with you and you loved me

Took a trip down the highway
And I spoke with my folks
It's a serious business
And there's no time for jokes
You can get out of here
Said a middle aged lady
So I moved in with you, and you loved me

Yes you loved, you loved me
There was so much at stake
Too much confusion
I'd had all I could take
No more get out of heres
From a man in a raincoat
Cause I moved in with you, and you loved me


REVELATION

He had all the rivers, under his power
He had all the mountains, under his command
You know that he had all the cities, in his own two hands
Yes and he had control of the four winds
And of the hunger of starving man
And now we're passing on the reins
Cause in my heart I can feel the change
You know the lord of light is laughing
Cause things don't stay the same, revelation
Revelation

He controlled the brimstone, and eternal fire
Surrounds himself with downers, in the king of cold
You know that he had all the princes kissing his diamond ring
And I heard that he walled up, the door to summer
And cut the heart out of mister spring
And now we're passing on the reins
And in your heart you can feel a change
You know the lord of light is laughing
Cause things don't stay the same, revelation
Revelation

Dream on, keep your eyes wide open...

On a Sunday morning, with a voice that's cold
The future gives a warning of the fire that burns below
He puts his hands together, cause his faith is strong
And that's what you've been needing
Oh but it don't seem to last too long
Cause now we're passing on the reins
And in your heart you can feel a change
You know the lord of light is laughing
Cause things don't stay the same, revelation
Revelation


DID YOU EVER LOVE ME

Ohh you're a dream
Hide your head in the sand
You're far away, when I want you around
And you leave me lonely when I'm feeling down

Do your ever wonder, or worry about me
Did I ever love you, did you ever love me
Do your ever wonder, or worry about me
Did I ever love you, did you ever love me

Why is it baby, our love just won't grow
You made me happy but time has gone by
Please leave me softly, I won't say goodbye
So all I wanted slips through my hands
You're far away when I want you around
And you leave me lonely when I'm feeling down

Do your ever wonder, or worry about me
Did I ever love you, did you ever love me
Do your ever wonder, or worry about me
Did I ever love you, did you ever love me


NIGHT WATCH

Go on, you know you're only one
Set me free
You take me up and turn around
But let me in
Take this shadow from my eyes
And tell me everything
Take the desert from my soul
And lift me up from down below
Let me take some pride in your creation

Cause I have lived alone in castles that were lonely
And I have cursed the dawn and wondered why I do
Well I have wondered why I live
Now I know you must forgive
Let me stand inside your magic shadow

The night is coming faster
And you're feeling all unchained
In the north there is a jungle
Where rockets are aflame
And I hope that in the desert
There are ships and there is noise
And above the greatest city
There will shine a magic shadow
And a voice

It's taking long but I'm getting strong as I grow old
Please believe me let the magic reach me and I will unfold
I'll step aboard with you onday
And see my dust just melt away
And then I'll step inside your magic shadow
dreamers...

ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhh
magic shadows

ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhhh

Have you seen, have you seen
Have you seen, have you seen
Have you seen, have you seen
Have you seen, have you seen magic shadows
Have you seen, have you seen magic shadows
Have you seen, have you seen magic shadows
Have you seen, have you seen magic shadows...
ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhhh
ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhhh
ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhhh
ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhhh
ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhhh
ooooh...ooooooh...ooooooohhhhhhhh...


CAUGHT IN THE RAIN

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