Tango In The Night
by Fleetwood Mac

Tango In The Night by Fleetwood Mac
Year: 1987
Release date: 1987-04-13
Overall rank: 1,056th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 435 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1987 (19th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (161st)
Award Best albums of all time (1,056th)

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Fleetwood Mac bestography

Tango In The Night is ranked 4th best out of 44 albums by Fleetwood Mac on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fleetwood Mac is Rumours which is ranked number 19 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,138.

Fleetwood Mac album bestography « Higher ranked (668th)
Tusk
This album (1,056th)
Tango In The Night
Lower ranked (1,813th) »
Then Play On

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Tango In The Night track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Tango In The Night rankings

Tango In The Night rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,056th | 1980s rank: 161st | 1987 rank: 19th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 435 votes)
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Rating:  
95/100
Very under-rated album, the songs flow very well and there's some great songs here: specifically: Little Lies, Seven Wonders and Everywhere.
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Rating:  
85/100
What I appreciated generally about FM is that there are 3 strong musicians, which is I think their appeal..It gives the albums dimension, most groups have one focal point and everyone else is just backing him/her up..
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75/100
If Rumours was the main course, Tango in the night is the equally enjoyable desert to complement a delicious meal. Much underrated as to Fleetwood Macs abilities.
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Rating:  
90/100
Easy to forget how good this album is considering how much attention Rumours, Tusk, and the self-titled album get. But then you listen to tracks like Big Love, Everywhere, and Little Lies and remember how great this collection is. There’s also plenty to love beyond the hits; Isn’t It Midnight, Caroline, and especially the title track, just to name a few, are also excellent. Definitely worth putting the whole thing on once in a while. (Edited)
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Rating:  
75/100
A very enjoyable album. It's certainly not in the same class as rumours, and, tusk, but at least it's Fleetwood Mac writing decent pop songs again. Big love, seven wonders, little lies, and, everywhere, are up there with their best songs. Pity about the last track though, the awful, You and i, part 2, it sounds like an entry in the Eurovision song contest. Still, last studio Mac album worth getting.
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