Live (Fleetwood Mac album)

Live
Live album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	December 8, 1980
Recorded	1977-80
Genre	Rock
Length	90:00
Language	English
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Fleetwood Mac Ken Caillat Richard Dashut
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tusk (1979) Live (1980) Mirage (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C+[2]
MusicHound	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Live is a double live album released by Fleetwood Mac in 1980. It was the first live album from the then-current line-up of the band, and the next would be The Dance from 1997. The album was certified gold (500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA in November 1981.^[5]

Of particular note are three new songs — Christine McVie's "One More Night", Stevie Nicks' "Fireflies", and a well-harmonized backstage rendition of the Beach Boys' "The Farmer's Daughter". The latter two were released as singles, but only "Fireflies" charted. "Don't Let Me Down Again" is a song from the Buckingham Nicks album. Also notable are two Lindsey Buckingham guitar showcases. The first, "I'm So Afraid", was popular as a concert finale during this period. The second was Buckingham's take on former Mac guitarist Peter Green's signature number, "Oh Well" (originally a 1969 single release).

Track listing

Side one

1. "Monday Morning" (Buckingham) – recorded at Tokyo – 3:51
2. "Say You Love Me" (McVie) – recorded at Wichita – 4:18
3. "Dreams" (Nicks) – recorded at Paris sound check – 4:18
4. "Oh Well" (Green) – recorded at St. Louis – 3:23
5. "Over & Over" (McVie) – recorded at Oklahoma City – 5:01

Side two

1. "Sara" (Nicks) – recorded at St. Louis – 7:23
2. "Not That Funny" (Buckingham) – recorded at Cleveland – 9:04
3. "Never Going Back Again" (Buckingham) – recorded at Tucson – 4:13
4. "Landslide" (Nicks) – recorded at London – 4:33

Side three

1. "Fireflies" (Nicks) – recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends – 4:37
2. "Over My Head" (McVie) – recorded at Kansas City – 3:27
3. "Rhiannon" (Nicks) – recorded at London – 7:43
4. "Don't Let Me Down Again" (Buckingham) – recorded at Passaic – 3:57
5. "One More Night" (McVie) – recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends – 3:43

Side four

1. "Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) – recorded at Cleveland – 5:44
2. "Don't Stop" (McVie) – recorded at Paris sound check – 4:05
3. "I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham) – recorded at Cleveland – 8:28
4. "The Farmer's Daughter" (Wilson, Love) – recorded at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for crew and friends – 2:25

Credits

Fleetwood Mac

• Lindsey Buckingham – guitar, vocals
• Stevie Nicks – vocals, percussion, tambourine
• Christine McVie – keyboards, vocals
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Ray Lindsey – additional guitar on "Go Your Own Way"
• Tony Toadaro – additional percussion
• Jeffery Sova – additional keyboards

Production

• Producers: Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat, Fleetwood Mac
• Live recording: Ken Caillat, Biff Dawes
• Mix-Down Engineers: Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
• Live engineering: Trip Khalaf, Richard Dashut
• Studio Recording Assistants: Carla Frederick, Rich Feldman, David (Dominguez) Ahlert
• Mastering: Ken Perry
• Art direction & design: Larry Vigon
• Cover photography: Chris Callis
• Collage photography: Sam Emerson, Chris Callis, Sharon Weisz
• Mixed at: George Massenburg Studios
• Digitally mixed and mastered by: Soundstream Inc.
• Mastered by: Ken Perry
• Disc cutting by: Capitol Records West Coast and Bob Ludwig, Master Disc East Coast

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References