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Fleetwood Mac: The Dance

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Reprise Records
Released: 1997.08.19
Time:
 79:11
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Lindsey Buckingham, Elliot Scheiner
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.fleetwoodmac.com
Appears with: Name
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] The Chain (L.Buckingham/M.Fleetwood/Ch.McVie/J.McVie/S.Nicks) - 5:11
[2] Dreams (S.Nicks) - 4:39
[3] Everywhere (Ch.McVie) - 3:28
[4] Rhiannon (S.Nicks) - 6:48
[5] I'm So Afraid (L.Buckingham) - 7:45
[6] Temporary One (Ch.McVie) - 4:00
[7] Bleed to Love Her (L.Buckingham) - 3:27
[8] Big Love (L.Buckingham) - 3:06
[9] Landslide (S.Nicks) - 4:28
[10] Say You Love Me (Ch.McVie) - 5:00
[11] My Little Demon (L.Buckingham) - 3:33
[12] Silver Springs (S.Nicks) - 5:41
[13] You Make Loving Fun (Ch.McVie) - 3:50
[14] Sweet Girl (S.Nicks) - 3:19
[15] Go Your Own Way (L.Buckingham) - 5:00
[16] Tusk (L.Buckingham) - 4:22
[17] Don't Stop (Ch.McVie) - 5:31

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Stevie Nicks - Vocals, Tambourine
Lindsey Buckingham - Guitars, Banjo on [10], Vocals, Producer
Christine Mcvie - Keyboards, Piano, Vocals, Accordion on [16], Tambourine on [10], Maracas on [3]
John Mcvie - Bass, Background Vocals on [10]
Mick Fleetwood - Drums, Percussion

Brett Tuggle - Keyboards, Guitar, Background Vocals
Neale Heywood - Guitar, Background Vocals
Lenny Castro - Percussion
Sharon Celani - Background Vocals
Mindy Stein - Background Vocals
Dr. Arthur C. Bartner - Director

Elliot Scheiner - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Guy Charbonneau - Engineer
Barry Goldberg - Engineer
Charlie Bouis - Assistant Engineer
John Nelson - Assistant Engineer
Ted Jensen - Mastering
Ted Barela - Technical Assistance
David Gallo - Technical Assistance
Eric Johnston - Technical Assistance
Paul Decarli - Digital Editing
Scott Humphrey - Digital Editing
David Lachapelle - Photography
Neal Preston - Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios, Burbank, California; 23 May 1997.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Fleetwood Mac's landmark Rumours album, the classic Fleetwood Mac lineup - Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks - have reunited for an MTV special, a national tour and this extraordinary new album. Drawn from three intimate performances on a Hollywood soundstage, The Dance features superb new versions of classic Fleetwood Mac material, as well as several new songs! Certified at 5 million units by the RIAA. (3/00)



Two years after the Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks/Christine McVie-less incarnation of Fleetwood Mac crashed and burned, their classic '70s lineup reunited for an MTV Unplugged session and an accompanying tour. Although it's likely that the reunion was for monetary purposes, it made creative sense as well -- no members were as compelling solo as they were with the group. Despite this, the Unplugged-styled setting wasn't ideal for a reunion, since the group decided to devote nearly a quarter of The Dance to new material, inevitably resulting in unfair comparisons to their warhorses. Since there's so much new material, The Dance can't be a truly nostalgic experience either, because the new songs interrupt the flow. Not that they're bad -- both Buckingham's gentle "Bleed to Love Her" and nervy "My Little Demon" are first-rate -- but they aren't given the full-fledged production they deserve. Similarly, the older songs suffer from the slightly hollow unplugged production. All the hits are performed in nearly identical arrangements to the originals, with the exception of Buckingham's solo "Big Love" (an improvement on the original) and the addition of Tusk's marching band to "Don't Stop," which makes the differences all too apparent. Much is the same -- McVie and Nicks sound terrific, and the band is tight and professional -- but Buckingham has lost some of his range, which undercuts some of his songs. Still, that isn't enough to prevent The Dance from being an entertaining listen; it just isn't a substantial one.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - AllMusic.com



Fleetwood Mac's 1997 reunion could have been the kind of event that works on video--great concert, after all--but ends up not paying off in repeated listenings on CD. But The Dance, while concentrating on the group's '70s and '80s triumphs, finds the Mac energy running high and impassioned. New songs like "Temporary One" and "Bleed to Love Her" are fine additions to the canon, while "Everywhere" and "Say You Love Me" both breeze along the way you remember them and manage a reinvention in the live setting. The dark side of the vision is accounted for with Lindsey Buckingham's crazed solo "Big Love," but best of all is "Silver Springs," wherein Stevie Nicks tears the roof off the sucker and sets fire to the rubble.

Rickey Wright - Amazon.com



The Dance is a live performance by Fleetwood Mac, released on Cassette, CD and VHS in 1997, and later on DVD. It hailed the return of the band's most successful line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks, who had not released an album together since 1987's Tango in the Night. It was the first Fleetwood Mac release to top the US album charts since 1982's Mirage. This was the last Fleetwood Mac album to feature Christine McVie, who departed the group a year after the album's release. Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 199,000, The Dance became the fifth best-selling live album of all time in the United States, selling a million copies within eight weeks, spending more than seven months within the top 40, and eventually selling over 5 million copies there. The DVD version has been certified 9x platinum in Australia for selling 135,000 copies. The 44 date tour grossed $36 million.

The concert was recorded for Fleetwood Mac's MTV The Dance special at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California on 23 May 1997, and features the University of Southern California Marching Band who perform on the tracks "Tusk" (having played on the original studio recording) and "Don't Stop". Although predominantly a live greatest hits package, The Dance also features new material written by each of the primary songwriting members of the band (two from Buckingham) as well as popular album tracks. For example, "Bleed to Love Her" was a previously unreleased track when this album was released, although the song was later recorded during the Say You Will sessions. No tracks from the Mirage album were included on the CD, although "Gypsy" is included in the video and DVD versions.

The album cover, taken by David LaChapelle, has Mick Fleetwood recreating his pose from the cover of Rumours, the band's most successful album and Lindsey Buckingham holding the cane used on the cover of the Fleetwood Mac album, Rumours' predecessor. This album spawned two singles; "Landslide" and "Silver Springs".

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Fleewood Macs Wiedervereinigungskonzert im Jahre 1997 lief Gefahr, zu einem dieser Ereignisse zu werden, die auf Video großen Erfolg haben -- es handelt sich schließlich um ein tolles Konzert -- , als Album dann aber doch nicht genügend Hörer finden. The Dance konzentriert sich auf die Triumphe der siebziger und achtziger Jahre und zeigt die Band voller Energie und Leidenschaft. Neue Stücke wie "Temporary One" und "Bleed to Love Her" reihen sich mühelos zwischen den Klassikern ein, während "Everywhere" und "Say You Love Me" in gewohnter Manier dahinfegen. Liebhaber der etwas düstereren Seite der Mac kommen in Buckinghams abgedrehtem Solo in "Big Love" auf ihre Kosten. Seinen Höhepunkt erreicht das Konzert jedoch bei "Silver Springs", wo Stevie Nicks das Publikum endgültig zum Toben bringt.

Rickey Wright - Amazon.de



Die erfolgreichste aller Fleetwood-Mac-Formationen gibt sich (und ihren Fans) wieder die Ehre. Zwanzig Jahre nach "Rumors", dem weltweit mit über 25 Millionen Exemplaren drittmeistverkauften Alben aller Zeiten, und zehn Jahre nach der letzten gemeinsamen Platte "Tango In The Night" machen Mick Fleetwood, Christine und John McVie, Stevie Nicks und Lindsey Buckingham wieder zusammen Musik. Und wie die Eagles bringen sich auch die reformierten Fleeetwood Mac mit einem Live-Album wieder in Erinnerung, auf dem ein "greatest hit" dem anderen folgt: "Dreams", "Go Your Own Way", "You Make Loving Fun". Außer "Sara" finden sich hier alle Charts-Erfolge der Band in zumeist wenig vom Original abweichenden Fasssungen. Wenn das einmal nicht der Fall ist, wie zum Beispiel bei den umarrangierten Versionen von "Rhiannon", "I'm So Arfraid" und "Big Love", geriet das Resultat durchaus begeisternd. Wie bei "Best Of"-Kopplungen heutzutage üblich, stellen die neuen alten Fleetwood Mac auch vier neue Songs vor. Das Prädikat "ganz hübsch" darf man Christine McVies "Temporary One" und Buckinghams "My Little Demon" zugestehen, "Bleed To Love Her" und besonders Stevie Nicks "Sweet Girl" erreichen allerdings fast die Klasse der besten Mac-Songs. Fans werden sich zudem über das ehemals nur als Single-B-Seite veröffentlichte "Silver Springs" freuen. Generell wurden natürlich keine Kosten gescheut: Für lautstarke Unterstützung sorgt bei "Tusk" und "Don't Stop " am Schluß des Konzertes die U.S.C. Trojan Maching Band. ** M: 8-9

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Kein Gerücht: Fleetwood Mac spielen auf dieser Scheibe in der "Rumours"-Besetzung. Zwischen Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks sowie Christine und John McVie scheint wieder alles in Butter zu sein - zumindest auf diesem "MTV Unplugged"-Mitschnitt. Es hagelt inspirierte, neue Facetten in Songs wie "I'm So Afraid" oder "Go Your Own Way" - Gitarrensoli und Fingerpicking inklusive. Auch die drei neuen Stücke können sich hören lassen. Nach langer Zeit wieder ein Fleetwood-Big Mac!

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 L y r i c s


THE CHAIN

Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise
Running in the shadows--damn your love, damn your lies

And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
We would never break the chain (Never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now (If you don't love me now)
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying (You would say)
We would never break the chain (Never break the chain)

Listen to the wind blow, down comes the night
Running in the shadows--damn your love, damn your lies
Break the silence--damn the dark, damn the light

And if you don't love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
We would never break the chain (Never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now (If you don't love me now)
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying (You would say)
We would never break the chain (Never break the chain)
And if you don't love me now (If you don't love me now)
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying (You would say)
We would never break the chain (Never break the chain)

Chain, keep us together (Running in the shadows)
Chain, keep us together (Running in the shadows)
Chain, keep us together (Running in the shadows)
Chain, keep us together (Running in the shadows)
Chain, keep us together (Running in the shadows)
Chain, keep us together (Running in the shadows)


DREAMS

Now here you go again
You say you want your freedom
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should
Play the way you feel it
But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
And what you lost

Oh, thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
They say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know

Now here I go again
I see the crystal vision
I keep my visions to myself
It's only me who wants to
Wrap around your dreams and
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
Dreams of loneliness
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
Ooh, what you lost

Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean you'll know

Oh, thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
They say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean you'll know
You'll know
You will know
Oh, you'll know


EVERYWHERE

(Calling out your name)
(Calling out your name)

Can you hear me calling
Out your name?
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say

I'll speak a little louder
I'll even shout
You know that I'm proud
And I can't get the words out

Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Something's happening
Happening to me
My friends say I'm acting peculiarly

Come on, baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)

Can you hear me calling
Out your name?
You know that I'm falling
And I don't know what to say

Come along, baby
We better make a start
You better make it soon
Before you break my heart

Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
Oh, I
I want to be with you everywhere
(Wanna be with you everywhere)


RHIANNON

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn't you love to love her?
Takes to the sky like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover?

All your life you've never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?

She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

All your life you've never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?
Will you ever win?

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

She rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn't you love to love her?
She rules her life like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover?

All your life you've never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?
Will you ever win?

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

Taken by, taken by the sky
Taken by, taken by the sky
Taken by, taken by the sky

Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind
Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind
Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind
Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind


I'M SO AFRAID

I been alone, all the years
So many ways to count the tears
I never change, I never will
I'm so afraid the way I feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony's torn at my heart too long
So afraid
Slip and I fall and I die.

I been alone, always down
No one cared to stay around
I never change, I never will
I'm so afraid the way I feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony's torn at my heart too long
So afraid
Slip and I fall and I die


TEMPORARY ONE

Where are you, darling
When my moon is rising
And your sun is shining down?
What are you doing?
Are you missing me
The way I'm missing you now?

The river goes on and on
And the sea that divides us is a temporary one
And the bridge will bring us back together

What are you doing
Going down into Soho
As I take my rest tonight?
What are you doing?
Are you busy with your world?
Well, I wish you were busy with mine

The river goes on and on
And the sea that divides us is a temporary one
And the bridge will bring us back together

The river goes on and on
And the sea that divides us is a temporary one
And the bridge will bring us back together

The river goes on and on
And the sea that divides us is a temporary one
And the bridge will bring us back together

The river goes on and on
And the sea that divides us is a temporary one
And the bridge will bring us back together


BLEED TO LOVE HER

Once again she steals away
Then she reaches out to kiss me
And how she takes my breath away
Pretending that she won't miss me

Oohh I would bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
Oohh I would bleed to love her

And once again she calls to me
Then she vanishes in thin air
And how she takes my breath away
Pretending that she's not there

Oohh I would bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
Oohh I would bleed to love her

Somebody's got to see this through
All the world is laughing at you
Somebody's got to sacrifice
If this whole thing's going to turn out right

Oohh I would bleed to love her
Bleed to love her
Oohh I would bleed to love her


BIG LOVE

Looking out for love
In the night so still
Oh, I'll build you a kingdom
In that house on the hill
Looking out for love
Big, big love

You said that you love me
And that you always will
Oh, you begged me to keep you
In that house on the hill
Looking out for love
Big, big love

I wake up alone with it all
I wake up but only to fall

Looking out for love
Big, big love
Just looking out for love
Big, big love


LANDSLIDE

I took my love, took it down
I climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow-covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?

Mmm, hmm, mmm

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder, even children get older
And I'm getting older too

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder, even children get older
And I'm getting older too
Oh, I'm getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Oh, climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
And if you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
Oh, oh, the landslide will bring you down


SAY YOU LOVE ME

Have mercy baby,
On a poor girl like me,
You know I'm falling falling,
Falling at your feet.

I'm tingling right,
From my head to my toes,
So help me help me,
Help me make the feeling grow.

'Cause when the loving starts and the lights go down,
And there's not another living soul around,
You woo me until the sun comes up,
And you say that you love me.

Have pity, baby, just,
When I thought it was over,
And now you got me runnin', runnin',
Runnin' for cover.

I'm begging you for, a bit of
Sympathy,
If you use me again,
It'll be the end of me.

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down,
And there's not another living soul around,
You woo me until the sun comes up,
And you say that you love me.

Baby, baby hope,
You're gonna stay away,
'Cause I'm getting weaker,
Weaker every day.

I guess I'm not as strong,
As I used to be,
If you use me again,
It'll be the end of me.

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down,
And there's not another living soul around,
You woo me until the sun comes up,
And you say that you love me.

'Cause when the lovin' starts and the lights go down,
And there's not another living soul around,
You woo me until the sun comes up,
And you say that you love me.

Say that you love me,
Say that you love me,
Say that you love me.

Fallin' fallin' fallin',
Fallin' fallin' fallin',
Fallin' fallin' fallin',
Fallin' fallin' fallin'.


MY LITTLE DEMON

My little demon
Coming on down
My little demon's
Turning me around

All of my friends
All telling me
That I just ain't
The man I used to be

I really don't like it
Ain't nothing I can do
I really don't like it
I'm leaving it to you

My little demon's
Making me choose
Making me an offer
I can't refuse

Hard as a rock
Dry as a bone
Big dog, little dog
I will take you home

I really don't like it
Ain't nothing I can do
I really don't like it
I'm leaving it to you

Why try to hide it?
Fight it, fight it

I really don't like it
Ain't nothing I can do
I really don't like it
I'm leaving it to you

My little demon
Is coming after me
My little demon
It's all that I could do

To keep that little demon
To keep that little demon
Yes, to keep that little demon
Away from you

SILVER SPRINGS
You could be my silver spring,
Blue green colors flashing.

I would be your only dream,
Your shining autumn,
Ocean crashing

And did you say she was pretty?
And did you say that she loves you?
Baby I don't want to know.

I'll begin not to love you,
Turn around,
See me running.

I said I loved you years ago,
I tell myself,
You never loved me, no.

And did you say she was pretty?
And did you say that she loves you?
Baby I don't want to know.

Oh, no.

And can you tell me was it worth it?
Really I don't want to know.

Time casts its spell on you,
But you won't forget me.

I know I could have loved you,
But you would not let me.

Time casts its spell on you,
But you won't forget me.

I know I could have loved you,
But you would not let me.

I'll follow you down,
'Til the sound of my voice,
Will haunt you.

You'll never get away,
From the sound,
Of the woman that loves you.

I'll follow you down,
'Till the sound of my voice,
Will haunt you.

You'll never get away,
From the sound,
Of the woman that loves you.

I'll follow you down,
'Till the sound of my voice,
Will haunt you.

You'll never get away,
From the sound,
Of the woman that loves you.

You could be my silver spring,
Blue green colors flashing.


YOU MAKE LOVING FUN

Sweet, wonderful you
You make me happy with the things you do
Oh, can it be so?
This feeling follows me wherever I go

I never did believe in miracles
But I've a feeling it's time to try
I never did believe in the ways of magic
But I'm beginning to wonder why

I never did believe in miracles
But I've a feeling it's time to try
I never did believe in the ways of magic
But I'm beginning to wonder why

Don't, don't break the spell
It would be different and you know it will
You, you make loving fun
And I don't have to tell you, but you're the only one

You, you make loving fun (It's all I wanna do)
You, you make loving fun (It's all I wanna do)
You, you make loving fun (It's all I wanna do)
You, you make loving fun (It's all I wanna do)


SWEET GIRL

And he says, "What do you love to do?
Outside your world,
Who spends time with you
From whom do you learn when you're not working... Sweet Girl....

Where would you go if you had the time?
Crossing some crazy state line somewhere?
To whom do you cry
When people are unkind... Sweet Girl

I chose to dance across the stages of the world
Everyone said I'd never learn
I still hear your words
I waited all my life for you....Sweet Girl

I did try to come back and listen
You never knew that I didn't wish it
But I did hear every answer...every question
It's all about protection

Still through the sunlight days I wait
Track a ghost through the fog
The sun is burning me
And you come running out in the wind with me
The ocean is your blanket

I chose to dance across the stages of the world
Everyone said I'd never learn
I still hear your words
Well, I waited all my life for you
I watched you fly across the world in a golden ball
Many of the cities, I never saw at all

Sometimes I think I was always on-call
Sometimes even I am allowed to fall
He says, come down here for a minute...Sweet Girl...


GO YOUR OWN WAY

Loving you isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things that I feel?
If I could, baby, I'd give you my world
How can I when you won't take it from me?

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

Tell me why everything turned around
Packing up, shacking up's all you want to do
If I could, baby, I'd give you my world
Open up, everything's waiting for you

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way

You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it another lonely day

You can go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way


TUSK

Why don't you ask him if he's going to stay?
Why don't you ask him if he's going away?

Why don't you tell me what's going on?
Why don't you tell me who's on the phone?

Why don't you ask him what's going on?
Why don't you ask him who's the latest on his throne?

Don't say that you love me
Just tell me that you want me
Tusk

Don't say that you love me
Don't tell me that you
Tusk

Tusk
Tusk
Tusk


DON'T STOP

If you wake up and don't want to smile
If it takes just a little while
Open your eyes and look at the day
You'll see things in a different way

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here, better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

Why not think about times to come?
And not about the things that you've done
If your life was bad to you
Just think what tomorrow will do

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here, better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

All I want is to see you smile
If it takes just a little while
I know you don't believe that it's true
I never meant any harm to you

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here, better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here, better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone

Ooh, don't you look back
Ooh, don't you look back
Ooh, don't you look back
Ooh...

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