The Dance (live album) by Fleetwood Mac
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The Dance is ranked 18th best out of 41 albums by Fleetwood Mac on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fleetwood Mac is Rumours which is ranked number 21 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 34,095.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 10/16/2023 14:44 | MetalMan67 | | 71/100 |
50/100 | 10/02/2023 10:01 | fabm0 | | 59/100 |
75/100 | 07/30/2023 01:58 | Moondance | | 72/100 |
60/100 | 04/03/2023 15:29 |  melisandre | | 77/100 |
70/100 | 10/11/2022 17:54 | Cyrax | | 60/100 |
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Brad1770 12/26/2017 05:23
Almost perfect , absolutely love this one . FM at the top of their game .
A thoroughly enjoyable live album. The most famous Fleetwood Mac present an LP featuring most of their best songs including, go your own way, Rhiannon, and, silver springs. Buckingham is on fire throughout especially on, big love. Best track though has got to be, landslide, even better than the album version. Great fun.
Tamthebam 04/16/2015 11:38
I prefer the album Fleetwood Mac LIVE from 1981 they sound better on that one. This is a good live album but not as fresh.
junodog4 02/07/2013 16:26
Sometimes albums suck, despite your expectations. How can you comment without hearing it?
Either way - it's an alright album. I don't find Fleetwood Mac to be particularly powerful live.
I haven't listened to this, so I'm not gonna rate it. But I don't have to listen to it. I know it's good because it's Fleetwood freaking Mac live!
A tight and professional live, reunion set from Fleetwood Mac, with flares of passion and inspiration. Nicks' and Buckingham's voices have weathered noticeably; however, this is not to the music's detriment, as they inject more passion and spontaneity into the performances on "The Dance" than on anything since "Tusk." (McVie, for her part, has never sounded better - either in tone or passion.)
As a barometer for whether you will enjoy "the Dance," listen to the conclusion of "Silver Spring," a B-side from "Rumours" - if you're not moved, you will want to avoid this release (and you also may want to consider whether or not you have a soul.)
Passionate moments arise throughout the set: Buckingham shines vocally and on guitar throughout "Big Love," (sounding better than the original. Likewise, McVie makes the perfect '80s pop of "Everywhere" more timeless than on "Tango in the Night" (1987.)
The only new Fleetwood Mac song on "The Dance" that stands up to the band's hit catalog is McVie's "Temporary One." Also, Buckingham's "Bleed to Love Her" is well-executed, if not a classic; that said, the other two "new" compositions are throwaways.
The USC marching band reprises its late '70s role on the American Top 10 hit "Tusk," also plays throughout "Don't Stop" - although excessive and overblown, this is Fleetwood Mac: the band that recorded the most expensive album in history, "Tusk." As on that album, the largesse of the marching band's performance works well on these particular songs.
Unfortunately, to date, "The Dance" is Christine McVie final album with the Mac - her tasteful sense of pop craft is missed on "Say You Will" (2003.)
Fleetwood Mac in their best shape!
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