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Rating: What better way to represent the quintessential eighties album by Fleetwood Mac than to highlight the splendid cover artwork by Australian artist Brett-Livingstone Strong? The painting is titled "Homage to Rousseau," and it depicts a pond in a fairy-tale manner, capturing all the refinement and perfection of the sound content conceived by Mick Fleetwood's band.
"Tango in the Night" was released in April 1987 and was produced by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and producer Richard Dashut, who had already worked on the previous "Tusk" and the classic "Rumours". In fact, the album continues the discourse already undertaken in the past but elevates the atmospheres to even clearer and lacquered levels, imbued with the sounds of that decade. This work contains twelve pop pearls, the most polished in Fleetwood Mac's career, which blend pop rock sounds, slower and darker moments with fun and "catchy" melodies, a hint of samba in the final track, Mick Fleetwood's percussion, and dreamy choirs. As always, the splendid voices of Buckingham alternate with those of the two female members, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. "Tango in the Night" was mostly composed by Buckingham (it was initially conceived as his solo project but evolved into a new band album) while the tracks composed by Stevie Nicks are quantitatively fewer compared to previous works because at that time she was facing the demon of drug rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Center. Additionally, Buckingham left the band for ten years after the album's release, not participating in the worldwide tour, and was replaced by Billy Burnette and Rick Vito.
The result is an album of clear, meticulously detailed sounds. It transitions from the vibrant opening "Big Love" to one of the impactful tracks written by Nicks, "Seven Wonders". The moment arrives with the languid and dreamy "Everywhere" sung by McVie with Nicks' backing vocals, another McVie track is "Mystified", light, effective, graceful. The most well-known moment of the album is the gem "Little Lies", a pop candy full of sweetness and enchanting siren-like choruses, a super single. "Welcome to the Room...Sara" is Stevie Nicks' personal reflection on rehabilitation, particularly emotional is the moment when her voice meets Buckingham's, while one of the tracks that leans towards a more rock direction is the splendid "Isn't It Midnight". Other noteworthy pieces are the introspective "Caroline", "Family Man" and the title track before closing the show with "You and I", the most unusual track.
Let yourself be lulled by these captivating melodies that climbed the charts.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Seven Wonders (03:45)
Well, long ago
Certain place
Certain time
You touched my hand
All the way
All the way down to Emmiline
But if our paths never cross
Well, you know I'm sorry, but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end
Never
Never
So it's hard to find
Someone with that kind of intensity
You touched my hand
I played it cool
And you reached out your hand to me
But if our paths never cross
Well, I'm that sorry, but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end
Never
Never
So long ago
It's a certain time
It's a certain place
You touched my hand
And you smiled
All the way back you held out your hand
If I hope
And I pray
Oooh, then it might work out someday
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
If I live to see the
(Seven wonders)
If I live to see the seven wonders
(I'll make a path to the rainbow's end)
Well, I'll make a path, well
(I'll never live to match the beauty again)
I'll never live to see the beauty
That beauty
That same, same beauty again
(If I live to see the seven wonders)
If I live to see that
(I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again)
Oh, well, if I hope and I pray
Well, then it might work out someday
(If I live to see the seven wonders)
If I live to see the seven wonders
(I'll make a path to the rainbow's end)
I'll make a path, well
I'll never live to match the beauty again).
03 Everywhere (03:49)
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
C'mon 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)
04 Caroline (03:57)
She's so crazy
She's so lazy
Keeps on coming
Keeps you running
*Chorus*
Caroline
Caroline
Time recedes
With a fatal drop
Dusty fury
On the mountain top
Cut the cord if you can
Caroline
Caroline
She's so cagey
She's so stagey
So attractive
So reactive
*Chorus*
*Repeat Chorus*
06 Mystified (03:12)
Oh...
Pretty baby
This feeling I just can't hide
You got me mystified
Oh...
Pretty darling
This feeling is deep inside
You got me mystified
The light that shines around you
It blinds my eyes
There's a magic surrounds you
Tell me where your secret lies
Oh...
Pretty darling
This feeling is deep inside
You got me mystified
Oh...
Pretty baby
This feeling I just can't hide
You got me mystified
You got me mystified
Mystified
Mystified
Mystified
Mystified
07 Little Lies (03:43)
If I could turn the page
In time, then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my,
Close my,
Close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to believe in you
Tell me,
Tell me,
Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me lies, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You cant Disguise, No you cant disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
Although I'm not making plans
I hope that you understand there's a reason why
Close your,
Close your,
Close your eyes
No more broken hearts
We're better off apart
Let's give it a try
Tell me,
Tell me,
Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
If I could turn the page
In time then I'd rearrange just a day or two
Close my,
Close my,
Close my eyes
But I couldn't find a way
So I'll settle for one day to believe in you
Tell me,
Tell me,
Tell me lies
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
Oh no, no you can't disguise
(You can't disguise, no you can't disguise)
Tell me lies
Tell me sweet little lies
(Tell me, tell me, tell me lies)
10 Isn't It Midnight (04:16)
Written by Christine McVie.
So cool, calm and collected
You had a style, a rakish style
Well my poor heart never connected
You'd stay so long on my mind.
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world
Do you remember t
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
Looking back so long ago
You had a knack, a knack of making women know
Ooh there wasn't the time
And I knew you'd nver be mine
Well, isn't it midnight on the other side of the world
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
Isn't it midnight on the other side of the world
Do you remember
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
The face of a pretty girl
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By RinaldiACHTUNG
The feeling that the title itself and the title track evoke in me is melancholic: the memory of a passionate love that keeps you up at night, an endless tango of emotions.
I recommend it to those who are dancing their own 'tango' with nostalgia (darn).
