Mystery To Me
by Fleetwood Mac

Mystery To Me by Fleetwood Mac
Year: 1973
Release date: 1973-10-15
Overall rank: 8,510th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 121 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (151st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,276th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,510th)

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Fleetwood Mac bestography

Mystery To Me is ranked 11th best out of 44 albums by Fleetwood Mac on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fleetwood Mac is Rumours which is ranked number 20 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 30,463.

Fleetwood Mac album bestography « Higher ranked (8,351st)
Greatest Hits
This album (8,510th)
Mystery To Me
Lower ranked (8,534th) »
Say You Will

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 8,510th | 1970s rank: 1,276th | 1973 rank: 151st

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 121 votes)
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01/29/2026 07:43 spinout  Ratings distribution  3,29881/100
 
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01/27/2026 15:16 byuzak  Ratings distribution  3,24079/100
 
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01/24/2026 17:03 Bluedog  Ratings distribution  16573/100
 
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01/02/2026 00:09 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,16470/100
 
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09/14/2025 10:25 Jun_Res  Ratings distribution  27085/100

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90/100
From 10/17/2021 19:26 | #275125
From the Bob Welch era, a version of the band that Fleetwood and McVie have a tendency to forget for some reason. "Mystery To Me" is the second best album the band ever released, following only "Rumours." Every song on it is excellent.
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From 07/08/2020 16:02 | #255249
Not bad. Rating (74.17)
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From 06/17/2020 07:31 | #253739
Hypnotized is one of the greatest Fleetwood Mac songs ever. Emerald Eyes, Why, The City and Miles Away also stand out as great Fleetwood Mac originals, and their cover is For Your Love is arguably better than the Yardbirds' original version. Mystery to Me is an underrated classic.
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80/100
From 04/21/2020 19:48 | #250326
Strangely enough, Hypnotized is one of my least favorites here. Favorite Tracks : Miles Away, The City,Believe Me and Emerald Eyes.
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From 01/31/2015 17:46 | #133415
Best Track: Hypnotized
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From 08/19/2014 12:30 | #119789
Avarage Fleedwood Mac Album.
Some good Bob Welch Songs like: Emerald Eyes or Hypnotized, just 1 good Christine McVie song: Why.
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From 06/11/2013 01:53 | #78561
Fleetwod Mac's return to making rock music. Well worth a listen.
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From 06/11/2012 13:35 | #44237
"Hypnotized," indeed. Oh, my.
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From 07/01/2009 01:54 | #5010
I debate whether this is Fleetwood Mac's best, (Of their first three or so incarnations) but is is definitely a guilty pleasure with "Emerald Eyes," "Forever," with its hypnotic guitar riffs, and of course, "Hypnotized." Perhaps Bob Welch was reading Carlos Castaneda at the time he channeled that song? So different from most of Bob's other writing!. The other songs that he penned give a glimpse into his writing and composition style that showed up on his solo albums. (I love Bob and much of his work, but will be the first to acknowledge his cheese making as well. "Precious Love?" Ouch...)
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