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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Links From The Chain, 25 Jun 2008
Few bands have had the range of players as "Fleetwood Mac". This box set shows as good a selection of songs from more than a great selection of band members. As a collection, it goes along admirably, showcased in a nice small black box with a thick booklet full of photos, trivia and memories. That part works. But the arrangement of songs is odd. The first two discs are composed of songs from the mid-seventies era of, "Rumors", "Fleetwood Mac", "Tusk" and their 1980 `live' album (well, one good song from there - "Not That Funny"). This was Fleetwood Mac at its most financially popular, with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham standing out from the original Mick Fleetwood and John and Christie McVie.
The fourth disc contains most of their forgettable, but pop-laden songs from the eighties on albums that didn't fare well, like, "Mirage" and "Behind The Mask". At least it pulls in four new songs, a Stevie Nicks "live" solo song and the great alternate version of, "Isn't It Midnight". There is plenty of material to choose from in the eighties.
The strangest thing about this box set is the third disc, which relegates at least six earlier albums, "Heroes Are Hard To Find", "Mystery To Me", "English Rose", "Mr. Wonderful", "Then Play On" and the classic "Bare Trees". Nineteen songs from before 1975 doesn't seem fair. You simply get a sampling of that era with great musicians like, Bob Welch, Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. It's definitely a more eclectic mix, but that is what Fleetwood Mac has always been about. There should have been two box sets - one before 1975 and one after. There is simply too much good material to choose from and any music aficionado would argue which era was the most critically productive.
Collectively, this is one of the best box sets to have come from that time period and even if you can't have all the albums fairly represented, at least someone took the effort to include the absolute best from all the band members over the years.
Trivia: Amazing that out of all the songs over the years, "Dreams" ( a former solo song from Nicks) was the only Fleetwood Mac song to go to #1 on the Billboard Charts.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better synopsis of Fleetwood Mac than 4-disc original, 20 Sep 2001
The 4 disc set of "The Chain" spent 3 discs entertaining the period between 1975-1992, with the a single disc devoted to the the 10 albums before the Buckingham Nicks albums. But songs were reshuffled and "Bermuda Triangle" and "Hold Me" were included onto the two disc set that provides a more casual overview to the whole Fleetwood Mac saga. While it no way includes all the singles, glaring omissions such as "Little Lies" and "Sentimental Lady" (the latter which was rerecorded by ex-Mac Bob Welch), it seems like a much more bearable listen the original 4-disc set. It also serves better than the single "Greatest Hits" package, which included nothing before 1975. If fans are starting their collection, this is an excellent place to start.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Formular 1 Motor Racing, 2 May 2009
I ordered this disc as a gift for my husband (a former racing Driver) thinking it contained the music that introduces Formula One Motor Racing - but alas it does not - I have since learned that the paticular music I wanted was a mixed selection of Fleetwood Mac - how true that is I do not know or whether it is available - perhaps you could advise me.
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