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Track Listings
| 1. This Is A Rock |
| 2. Station Man |
| 3. Blood On The Floor |
| 4. Hi Ho Silver |
| 5. Jewel Eyed Judy |
| 6. Buddy's Song |
| 7. Earl Gray |
| 8. One Together |
| 9. Tell Me All The Things You Do |
| 10. Mission Bell |
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1970 - Peter Green leaves, Christine McVie joins, band soldiers on! Features "Station Man"
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Fleetwood Mac's "Kiln House", from 1970, is their first without blues supremo Peter Green and their last without Chicken Shacks's Christine Perfect (soon to marry John McVie and become the famous Christine McVie).
The sound is still blues dominated although beginning to show influences from other genres, such as on the opener "This is the Rock", with its nod to Elvis. Elsewhere Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer begin to develop the special keeness for melodic lines that the band would become famous for.
It makes for an enjoyable mix and it's a good Fleetwood Mac blues-dominated album. personal favourites are "Jewel Eyed Judy" and "Tell Me All the Things You Do".
The sound is still blues dominated although beginning to show influences from other genres, such as on the opener "This is the Rock", with its nod to Elvis. Elsewhere Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer begin to develop the special keeness for melodic lines that the band would become famous for.
It makes for an enjoyable mix and it's a good Fleetwood Mac blues-dominated album. personal favourites are "Jewel Eyed Judy" and "Tell Me All the Things You Do".
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Kiln House was the first album by Fleetwood Mac, who had been up until this point a blues band. Released at the tail end of 1970, this was a radical departure from all of the albums released up until this point. Elmore James copyist and early rock and roll revivalist Jeremy Spencer peppers the album with 1950s homage's and parodies take centre stage. One of them (Buddy's Song) was credited to Buddy Holly's wife and is peppered with references to the artist songs. Spencer had been allowed a certain amount of room to perform these sorts of songs before. The b-side of the `Man of the World' single, an encore at the gigs, a solo album and as an unreleased EP that was meant to be included with the previous album (Then Play On) which eventually saw the light of day on 1990's compilation. Even though these songs are good fun, they do not leave a lasting impression. It is Danny Kirwan's more sincere songs are more memorable even if two of them are near instrumentals.
There are far more embarrassing albums by major artists out there, and this is nowhere near as bad of some of their albums from later years, but none of the songs are of the same calibre as they were when Peter Green was in the band. The album is notable for the fact that this was Spencer's last album with the band (before he joined a religious cult) and the first with Christine McVie taking part in the recording, even if she was unaccredited at the time. This was the last Mac album to chart in the UK before Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined in the mid 70's but bizarrely, it was also the first to break the top 100 in the States.
There are far more embarrassing albums by major artists out there, and this is nowhere near as bad of some of their albums from later years, but none of the songs are of the same calibre as they were when Peter Green was in the band. The album is notable for the fact that this was Spencer's last album with the band (before he joined a religious cult) and the first with Christine McVie taking part in the recording, even if she was unaccredited at the time. This was the last Mac album to chart in the UK before Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined in the mid 70's but bizarrely, it was also the first to break the top 100 in the States.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'Kiln House' was recorded following Peter Green's departure from the band and although I was a huge Peter Green fan I also think that this is a good record and a significant step in the band's move from its 60s roots to its AOR success of the late 70s. This record carried on from where "Then play on" left off, i.e. the move away from straight blues into rock.
As in their 60s releases this is also a divided record but with the split now between the songs of Jeremy Spencer and those of Danny Kirwan. It's a pity because the one song they wrote together, the tuneful, mid-tempo rocker "Station man" is one of the album's best tracks. Elsewhere Jeremy abandons the Elmore James covers (which frankly he'd done to death) for 50s-style songs; "This is the rock" is an updated, modern interpretation of Buddy Holly, while "Buddy's song" is a wonderful pastiche, with lyrics made up from Holly's song titles. "Hi Ho Silver" is the old Big Joe Turner number done fairly straight and "Blood on the Floor" is a maudlin country song, with Jeremy's tongue firmly in his cheek. Danny contributes a nice Albatross-style instrumental "Earl Grey", which shows off his prodigious vibrato, and also the up-tempo "Tell me all the things you do". He also delivers probably the album's best track, the beautiful, melodic ballad "Jewel Eyed Judy", which combines poignant vocals and fluid, heart-wrenchnig guitar. Danny's subsequent departure from the music business and his ongoing personal problems are a real tragedy.
Although Spencer and Kirwan are very much to the fore, the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are also crucial to the records success, as is the uncredited Christine McVie on keyboards and backing vocals. I saw the band perform numbers from this record at Liverpool University in 1970 and they were really excellent, equally as good as the old Peter Green-fronted version of the band. This is a really good record with lots of variety and nice playing, it's a pity that this incarnation of the band couldn't have lasted a bit longer before Jeremy Spencer's defection to the Children of God.
As in their 60s releases this is also a divided record but with the split now between the songs of Jeremy Spencer and those of Danny Kirwan. It's a pity because the one song they wrote together, the tuneful, mid-tempo rocker "Station man" is one of the album's best tracks. Elsewhere Jeremy abandons the Elmore James covers (which frankly he'd done to death) for 50s-style songs; "This is the rock" is an updated, modern interpretation of Buddy Holly, while "Buddy's song" is a wonderful pastiche, with lyrics made up from Holly's song titles. "Hi Ho Silver" is the old Big Joe Turner number done fairly straight and "Blood on the Floor" is a maudlin country song, with Jeremy's tongue firmly in his cheek. Danny contributes a nice Albatross-style instrumental "Earl Grey", which shows off his prodigious vibrato, and also the up-tempo "Tell me all the things you do". He also delivers probably the album's best track, the beautiful, melodic ballad "Jewel Eyed Judy", which combines poignant vocals and fluid, heart-wrenchnig guitar. Danny's subsequent departure from the music business and his ongoing personal problems are a real tragedy.
Although Spencer and Kirwan are very much to the fore, the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are also crucial to the records success, as is the uncredited Christine McVie on keyboards and backing vocals. I saw the band perform numbers from this record at Liverpool University in 1970 and they were really excellent, equally as good as the old Peter Green-fronted version of the band. This is a really good record with lots of variety and nice playing, it's a pity that this incarnation of the band couldn't have lasted a bit longer before Jeremy Spencer's defection to the Children of God.
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Great old Record/CD
Brought this album on vinyl when it first came out and always thought that it was much underrated. A great variety of tracks and great musicians.. how can you go wrong!
Published 13 months ago by Petery
underated
ok not there most inspirational recordings, but one of the most
enjoyable.what you get here are just straight songs written buy the band, the guitar playing sounds beautifull... Read more
enjoyable.what you get here are just straight songs written buy the band, the guitar playing sounds beautifull... Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2005 by steve m
A bizarre mix of styles
Kiln House was the first album released after the departure of legendary guitarist Peter Green. Perhaps they were searching for a new style. Perhaps it was their idea of a joke. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2002
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