Heroes Are Hard to Find

Heroes Are Hard to Find is the ninth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1974. This is the last album with Bob Welch, who left at the end of 1974, and was replaced by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It was the first Fleetwood Mac studio album properly recorded in the US as well as the first to enter the Billboard top 40 albums chart. The title track was issued as a single but it failed to chart.

Track listing

1. "Heroes Are Hard to Find" (Christine McVie) – 3:35
2. "Coming Home" (Bob Welch) – 3:52
3. "Angel" (Welch) – 3:55
4. "Bermuda Triangle" (Welch) – 4:08
5. "Come a Little Bit Closer" (C. McVie) – 4:45
6. "She's Changing Me" (Welch) – 2:58
7. "Bad Loser" (C. McVie) – 3:25
8. "Silver Heels" (Welch) – 3:25
9. "Prove Your Love" (C. McVie) – 3:57
10. "Born Enchanter" (Welch) – 2:54
11. "Safe Harbour" (Welch) – 2:32

Credits

Fleetwood Mac

• Bob Welch – guitar, vocals, vibraphone
• Christine McVie – keyboards, vocals, ARP strings
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar on "Come a Little Bit Closer" and "She's Changing Me"

Production

• Producers: Fleetwood Mac, Bob Hughes
• Engineers: Doug Graves, Bob Hughes
• Assistant engineer: Doug Graves
• Remastering: Lee Herschberg
• Horn arrangements: Nick DeCaro
• String arrangements: Nick DeCaro
• Design: Desmond Strobel

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

References