Say You Will
by Fleetwood Mac

When they're good they're great. This album could have been weeded out a bit and made much stronger without the weaker material. Still a good record.

From sssvnnn 08/22/2014 15:00 | #120120 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Surprisingly good and powerful album by Nicks/Buckingham.
If you listen to the album you don´t expect the Mac-members beeing in their 50`s.

The CD-era length of "Say You Will" (approximately 70 minutes) causes the album to overstay its welcome; however, there are numerous gems throughout by Buckingham and Nicks; (McVie is missed.)

Christine McVie - Fleetwood Mac's stalwart melody-maker, heaven-sent (see her: "Hold Me;" "Everywhere;" "You Make Loving Fun," etc) - sat out the recording of "Say You Will." Although McVie's voice can be heard on "Steal Your Heart Away" (recorded near the time of "The Dance" - the album's melodic, McVie-esque highpoint - and "Bleed to Love Her," McVie's songwriting is missed as a counterpoint to the signature styles of Buckingham and Nicks.

Indeed, Nicks and Buckingham have grown so distinct as songwriters - Buckingham's songs often sound like one-man guitar symphonies, and Nicks' sound very much like her solo work - that the 18 songs on "Say You Will" frequently play like two solo albums on shuffle.

Make no mistake: there are major songs here, worthy of inclusion on the greatest of Fleetwood Mac albums: "Red Rover;" "Destiny Rules;" "Say Goodbye;" "Goodbye Baby;" the aforementioned "Steal Your Heart Away;" "Silver Girl;" "Thrown Down;" "Say You Will;" "Peacekeeper;" and "Miranda."

If songs like "Come;" "Smile At You;" "Murrow Turning Over in His Grave;" "Bleed to Love Her," which was released on "The Dance" (1997;) and the truly unfortunate "Everybody Finds Out" were left as long lost b-sides, "Say You Will" - which features 10 or 11 very good-to-great songs - might not only feature the Mac's best songwriting since "Tusk," but might've been its most consistent album since "Rumours."

There's a GREAT album lurking in "Say You Will" - unfortunately, finding it means weeding through some uninspired dreck; however, luckily, in our era, we can delete and re-arrange as our tastes dictate.

Doesn't quite hold up for 18 tracks, but the return of Buckingham/Nicks produces some really good music, some of the most intriguing they've done (individually or as a group) in years. Some highlights are "Peacekeeper," "Illume," "Come," "Running Through the Garden," "Everybody Finds Out," "Smile at You" and "Destiny Rules." Buckingham's songs are particularly noteworthy.

From ffudnebbuh 06/25/2010 19:02 | #13175 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Best song: "Red Rover"...interesting..Buckingham is really toying with two against three rhythms here