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THE REVIEW
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.
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Fleetwood Mac's 'Tango In The Night' is a quintessential 80s pop rock album with meticulously polished production. Produced mainly by Lindsey Buckingham, the album blends catchy melodies, dreamy vocals, and a mix of upbeat and introspective tracks. The review highlights the artistic album cover and the evolving sound that builds on the band's previous works. Notable songs like 'Little Lies' and 'Everywhere' showcase the band's vocal chemistry and musical range.
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a band formed in 1967, originally central to the British blues movement around guitarist Peter Green, then later reinvented in the mid-1970s in California with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, becoming one of rock’s most commercially successful pop-rock groups.19 Reviews
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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).
