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ALBUM: Behind The Mask Lyrics
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Fleetwood Mac
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Affairs Of The Heart
Behind The Mask
Do You Know
Freedom
Hard Feelings
In The Back Of My Mind
Love Is Dangerous
Save Me
Skies The Limit
Stand On The Rock
The Second Time
When It Comes To Love
When The Sun Goes Down
Behind The Mask Reviews
The Revolving Door policy of Fleetwood Mac
Mick Fleetwood and John McVie have always kept membership in Fleetwood Mac open - soley based on talent and intuition. It's the sort of policy that allowed musicians such as Peter Green and Lindsey Buckingham to grace this wonderful and ever changing band. But nobody ever thought Lindsey Buckingham would be replaced. Following his departure after the release of "Tango In The Night", the band hit the road with guitarists Billy Burnette and Rick Vito; two accomplished session musicians. The result was a surprisingly inspired tour that opened up some space on stage for Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks to really capitalize on their shared harmonies. By the time the band got to the east coast, one could spot signs in the masses at their shows reading "Lindsey who?" It was another testament to the band's incredible talent at sheer survival. Nonetheless, the culminating album after that tour ended up as a lumbering cluttered attempt at recapturing the magic that resulted from Buckingham's playing and producing. "Behind The Mask" was not without it's merits especially with Christine McVie's collection of songs, some of which were the strongest of her career. Her utterly beautiful title track wowed fans and left them wondering why the rest of the album couldn't be as great. Not surprising was a certain Lindsey Buckingham who provided acoustic guitar on the track. Stevie Nicks turned out a few memorable tracks, none of which really add anything new to her catalog. For some reason, Warner Brothers never released any of her contributions as singles, which could explain the tepid sales of "Behind The Mask" in the U.S. Nicks's greatest contribution to the record is her smart and warm back up and harmony singing to much of the album - her attempt at taking up some of the slack left empty by Buckingham's departure. Highlights include "Love is Dangerous", the very Pink Floydish "In The Back of My Mind" and the very Eric Claptionish "When The Sun Goes Down". Following the supporting tour of "Behind The Mask", Nicks and McVie officially announced their departure from the band, a very grim and depressing day for longtime fans. Ah but 1997 and "The Dance" were not far off and look what happened....Fleetwood Mac continues at the top of their game. This release was, if nothing else, an interesting document of the rollercoaster ride that is the essence of Fleetwood Mac.
mesmerizing the more you listen to it
it took me several listens to get the feel of this album....but once i did, ohhhh baby!! it is pretty mystical and mesmerizing. the only songs that are not really sensual-like are stand on the rock and when the sun goes down. they are more rock-like. stevie's songs are touching and haunting ie freedom, and second time. christine's songs are just great!!! ie save me, and skies the limit....these songs are moderately fast-paced, yet softly fast with her soft and rich-toned vocals which add a sensual element. billy burnettes and rick vito's vocal blend wonderfully with christine's and stevie's especially on do you know, and in the back of my mind(which is an eerie and hauting, yet sexy song. overall, i'm really impressed. and i like this better than even the self titled "fleetwood mac" album, although the song on that album "landslide" is pretty hard to compete with!!!!
Behind the masks ...
I was only 9 years old when this album was released in 1990, but came upon years later at a used record store, after I became a die-hard Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks fan. From what I understand this album got its fair share of totally bad reviews, mostly because Lindsey Buckingham was replaced by Billy Burnette and Rick Vito. But honestly I can't understand why. Christine McVie's songs on this album are extremely strong and simply beautiful. And the same goes for Stevie Nicks; "Affairs of the Heart" is my favorite of all her Fleetwood Mac songs. And the Burnette/Vito songs are awesome. They may even sound better than anything Lindsey Buckingham ever did while he was in the band. All-in-all the album is completely enjoyable--it actually works--and fits in nicely with everything that came before and everything that came after. The only reason I gave this album 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the last song on the album, "The Second Time." I just don't like it, and that's extremely weird considering I love everything else that Stevie Nicks has ever recorded. I think it's a real shame that this version of the band did not do well in America (this album hit #1 in Britain, and is multiplatinum in other various parts of the English-speaking world). I think it's just another example of how fickle the American press and American music industry really are.
One of the Best FM albums ever- check it out!
This is perhaps the most underrated Mac album ever made. It also in my opionion has one of the best covers of any of their albums. The "loss" of Lindsey B, who I consider to be a musical genius, did not hurt the appeal of the band at all during this period. In fact BTM is a much more satisfying effort than Buckinghams swan song, Tango in the Night, which was overly techy and has to many synthed vocals, as well as some very weak Stevie material. In contrast, BTM sounds like a band refreshed. And sounds like a real BAND effort with all members pulling their own weight. Both new additions, Rick Vito and Billy Burnette blend in well, play well, write well and sing well. Excellent collaborations ensue between Christine McVie and Burnette and Nicks and Vito. Nicks sounds better than she has since Mirage, her voice finally dried out from quitting drinking. Christine, as always, is in fine form and contributes some of her finest songs and best vocal performances ever. There is really not a weak song here, but highlights are "Skies the Limit", "BTM", "In the Back of My Mind" and "When the Sun goes down", a country rock romp by Vito and Burnette. It's a shame this lineup did not record more albums as they were a fine unit. Buckingham deserves all the credit he gets, but the Mac did just fine without him also.
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Behind the Mask, a victim of production. Obviously it is. Great songs, "Affairs of the Heart", "Save Me", "Skies the Limit", "Freedom", and then some. This could have been a great album and it needed to be at the time. Unfortunatly though, it only proved how much Fleetwood Mac depended on Buckingham's production. Depite the great songs, there are some truly terrible ones as well, usually contributed by Burnette or Vito and they just bring the album down further. The exception to that rule being In the Back of My Mind, which could've been fine if it weren't for the bizzare three minute intro. That is the story of this album. The production is terrible, and to top that, it's so blatently early 90's that it just gets worse with time. In effect, the album is only interesting to dedicated fans who will be able to read through the mess to see the great songs that lie underneath it all.
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