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| 1. Go Your Own Way | |||
| 2. Don't Stop | |||
| 3. Dreams | |||
| 4. Little Lies | |||
| 5. Everywhere | |||
| 6. Albatross | |||
| 7. You Make Loving Fun | |||
| 8. Rhiannon | |||
| 9. Black Magic Woman | |||
| 10. Tusk | |||
| 11. Say You Love Me | |||
| 12. Man Of The World | |||
| 13. Seven Wonders | |||
| 14. Family Man | |||
| 15. Sara | |||
| 16. Monday Morning | |||
| 17. Gypsy | |||
| 18. Over My Head | |||
| 19. Landslide | |||
| 20. The Chain | |||
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac? Frankly, it depends where you live, in a sort of "I say tom-ar-toe, you say toe-may-doe" kind of way. Broadly speaking, the most notably interesting (and commercially successful) periods of Fleetwood Mac's episodic history remain the grubby blues of the original Peter Green-led incarnation of the late 1960s (big in Britain but a non-entity in America) and the refined, mid-1970s divorce-dissecting AOR of the Buckingham / Nicks Rumours era (big everywhere). It is fairly safe to assume that neither British nor American passport-holders are particularly interested in what happened in between. So then, the UK retail version of The Very Best of rightly condescends to throw in such Peter Green classics as the instrumental "Albatross" (a Number One single) and "Black Magic Woman" but--and here's the gripe--omits both "On Well" and "Green Manalishi" in favour of such peripherals as the less-than-spectacular 1988 Number 54 hit "Family Man".
It could be worse. The American Very Best of (unlike its British counterpart, a two-CD set available on import) incredulously neglects to include anything from the Peter Green line-up at all, not even the sulky brooding of the sensuous "Man of the World" (possibly the finest song ever written), a little matter that American audiences ought to find time to raise with the United Nations. Still, there can be no quarrel with most of what is on here, after all, there's a sizeable chunk from the Lazarus-style comeback of Tango in the Night and the multi-platinum Rumours(the gossamer-like timelessness of "Dreams" even managing to withstand a recent faux-folky mauling from the Corrs) it's just that there isn't enough of it. Can someone please hurry up and make CDs that play for two hours? --Kevin Maidment
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This should really be called "The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac 1975-1997". Whereas the single disc version of this compilation shows some of the early british blues material this double CD collection is the classic lineup only: Stevie Nicks, Linsdsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. It contains all of the big hits released by this lineup up including 'Go Your Own Way', 'Tusk', 'Little Lies, 'Gypsy', 'Sara', 'Don't Stop' and of course 'Everywhere. This is worth the extra tenner as it also contains some of the best album tracks like 'Sisters of the Moon' and 'Skies the Limit'. Any new fans should buy this as it contains the ultimate mac songs that would be perfect to pull in some new fans.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having seen Fleetwood Mac in a great live concert in Belfast 2003 I bought this greatest hits CD and it lived up to my expectations. Like almost everyone else on the planet I already had somme Fleetwood Mac in my collection (In my case Rumours and Tusk)but this CD brings the best of those plus some essential tracks which were missing from my collection such as Gypsy and Rhiannon.
If you do not own any Fleetwood Mac this is a great CD to start with.
If you do not own any Fleetwood Mac this is a great CD to start with.
63 of 70 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Well *sigh* yes another best of album but the Mac. Alas I cannot justify giving this album anything other than five stars due to just how amazing they are. This is a great collect of all things Fleetwood Mac. If you are new to the band, wanting a rounded collection of the hits, or just looking to add to your collection, then this is an excellent album. It contains their "very best" songs. Faultless...but we all know that. Worth a purchase if not just to have all these songs collected together.
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Fab Greatest Hits Album from Mac
Double cd with all the great hits from back in the 70's intil today. My personal favorits are "Landslide" , "Songbird and "Everywhere". Worth it's weight in gold this album! Read more
Published 9 days ago by Torfinn Sundstoel
fleetwood at their best
i enjoyed this CD but as other reviews said this is not a completely new recording. have seen many of the tracks on other CD's which is a great let down!
Published 3 months ago by baggie
Excellent value for money
you get a lot of 'bang for your buck' with this cd, ideal to have in the car and to pop on the ipod. lots of songs.
Published 5 months ago by Shoegal2000
You get a lot of songs for the money
You do get a lot of music for you rmoney with these cds and there are some classics on there, however there are also a lot of songs that i tend to skip through as quickly as... Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. Kirkham
A Classic Bargain
This is a sumptuous feast of classic tracks culled from Fleetwood Mac's second incarnation. All the hits and memorable numbers are here in a beautifully remastered double set,... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sentinel
Great collection
A really great collection from this iconic band. Very reasonable price for a two disc package. I already have a one disc best of so there are several duplicates of tracks which is... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Pn Hollingworth
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac CD
This is a great CD. I can't stop playing it its on all the time even in the car.
Excellent service from Amazon.
Excellent service from Amazon.
Published 15 months ago by 60 chick
excellent CD
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
This CD represents everything that is good about Fleetwood Mac.Superb music ,superb value and Amazon service best of all.
This CD represents everything that is good about Fleetwood Mac.Superb music ,superb value and Amazon service best of all.
Published 16 months ago by Mr. J. Mcewan
The Buckingham and Nicks years
This is an excellent collection. This was out in the US in 2002 when we got the single disc version, so I bought it then. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. R. G. Prizeman
Disappointing
I have the old Greatest Hits CD which is very nice, although it lacks Second Hand News, Never Going Back Again and The Chain from Rumours. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Eggman
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