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THE REVIEW
Hello everyone.
This is my first review on debaser and I hope I can best express my views on this work.
This album was released in 1987 and originally started as a solo project by Lindsey Buckingham.
Now, tastes are tastes, but comparing this umpteenth work to the '60s Fleetwood with Peter Green would be pointless: by then the band had long abandoned that famous psychedelic blues to embrace more pop/rock tones and was riding the wave of a new chapter thanks also to Buckingham and Nicks’ elegant songwriting and the freshness that their voices brought to the band.
Let's move on to the music:
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 screamed by Lindsey accompanied by a riff that doesn't hurt (at times and especially in the early minutes it reminds me of the restlessness of Sinead in The Lion And The Cobra).
His distinctive voice, not too sweet and not too virile, narrates about a wild "Caroline" in another piece, which starts in an epic manner intertwining a link between a female lament and some percussion. "Big Love" is along with "Little Lies", "Seven Wonders" and "Everywhere" one of the driving singles of the album and features lyrics of love and promises on a continuous rhythm followed by the gasps of two lovers. Christine Perfect (or McVie) masters the keyboards and sings in "Everywhere" and "Little Lies" (better small lies or big terrible truths?). "Family Man" doesn't fully convince me and in my opinion the last track of the album, that is "You & Me Part II", didn’t fit there (maybe better "When I See You Again"). Nonetheless, the rock is not missing, and here is "Isn’t It Midnight" and there are also references to Stevie Nicks' troubled experience of rehabilitation in "Welcome To The Room Sara".
Personally, I really appreciate these songs especially because I like torch songs and there certainly is no lack of emotions brought out here.
I recommend it to those who are dancing their own "tango" with nostalgia (darn).
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This review highlights Fleetwood Mac's 1987 album Tango in the Night as a successful shift from their 60s blues roots to polished pop-rock. The reviewer appreciates the album's melancholic and nostalgic themes, spotlighting standout tracks like "Big Love," "Little Lies," and "Everywhere." Despite minor critiques on some songs, it is praised for its emotional depth and musicianship, especially Lindsey Buckingham's and Christine McVie's contributions.
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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