Live (Fleetwood Mac album)

Live
Live album by Fleetwood Mac
Released December 8, 1980
Recorded 1977-80
Genre Rock
Length 83:00
Language English
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Fleetwood Mac
Ken Caillat
Richard Dashut
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Tusk
(1979)Tusk1979		 Live
(1980)		 Mirage
(1982)Mirage1982
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC+[2]
MusicHound[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Live is a double live album released by British-American rock band 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; "Fireflies" reached the top 60 in the US, while "The Farmer's Daughter" reached the top 10 in Austria. "Fireflies" was Nicks' rumination on the tumultuous recording of the "Tusk" album and her observance that the band stayed intact nevertheless. Her lyrics referred to band members as the "five fireflies." "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" (C. 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" (C. 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" (C. 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" (C. 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" (C. 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

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 US Billboard 14
1980 UK Album Chart 31

Singles

Peak Date Single Chart Position
February 28, 1981 "Fireflies" Billboard Hot 100 60

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Live at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Music critic
  3. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 434. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Live". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  6. ↑ "British album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac Live". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Fleetwood Mac Live in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
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