Fleetwood Mac – Time (1995)

 

"Time" é o décimo sexto álbum de estúdio da banda de rock britânico-americana Fleetwood Mac , lançado em 9 de outubro de 1995.
Este álbum apresenta uma formação única para a banda, incluindo a adição do vocalista country.Bekka Bramlett(filha de Delaney e Bonnie) e do ex-guitarrista do Traffic, Dave Mason.
Foi o segundo álbum lançado após a saída deLindsey BuckinghamEm 1987 (embora ele faça uma participação como vocalista de apoio em uma faixa), e o único álbum do Fleetwood Mac desde Heroes Are Hard to Find, de 1974, a não contar com nenhuma contribuição de Stevie Nicks.
Além disso, é o último álbum de estúdio do Fleetwood Mac a apresentarChristine McViecomo membro oficial.
No meio da produção do álbum,Billy BurnetteMason foi convidado por Fleetwood a retornar à banda. Devido à sua chegada relativamente tardia, ele contribuiu com apenas três músicas para o álbum.
Várias das partes de guitarra nas cinco músicas de Christine McVie foram tocadas pelo músico de estúdio Michael Thompson.
Billy Burnette comentou que as partes de Thompson foram adicionadas às faixas de guitarra já existentes, tocadas por ele e Mason. Mason apresentou uma versão diferente, afirmando que nunca contribuiu para nenhuma das composições de McVie.
McVie disse que sua participação no álbum foi uma obrigação contratual e que "não se ofereceu" para participar das sessões de gravação.

Songs
Another version of “Blow by Blow” had featured on the Gloryland World Cup USA 94 album for the 1994 World Cup the previous year. The five-piece lineup fronted by Billy Burnette, Mason and Bramlett performed it at the tournament’s launch concert along with “Dreamin’ the Dream”, “The Chain” and “Oh Well”.
“Talkin’ to My Heart” was written in Nashville by Burnette prior to his second stint with Fleetwood Mac.
Burnette co-wrote the song with Rafe Van Hoy and Deborah Allen, who had previously worked with Burnette on his 1993 Coming Home album.
“Nothing Without You” had originally been recorded by Delaney Bramlett, the father of Bekka, on his 1975 album Giving Birth to a Song, which had featured writing contributions from Billy Burnette.
An additional verse written by Bekka ensured she got a writing credit on “Nothing Without You”.
Bramlett had performed the song live on a few occasions and altered some of the lyrics.
Bramlett later told Rolling Stone that she felt that her songwriting credit was unearned based on her belief that her additions to the song were minimal.
She called the decision to list her as a co-writer on the song a “business move” and said that writing credit was a “thorn in [her] side”.
She also co-wrote “Dreamin’ the Dream” with Burnette soon after the two began a romantic relationship. Bramlett commented that Burnette wrote about “80% of the song”, which she attributed to her attempts at “laying on the bed, trying to be sexy with [her] notepaper and pen instead of focusing on the song.”
Burnette recalled that Fleetwood, Mason, and John McVie were favorable on “Dreamin’ the Dream” and that its inclusion was based on a protocol that the song received unanimous support from the band.
He said that “when you brought a new song in, everyone had to like it. It was something the band voted on.”
The album also featured a rare lead vocal from drummer/band leader Mick Fleetwood on the seven-minute spoken piece “These Strange Times”, produced by Duran Duran producer John Jones and written with Beach Boys co-writer Ray Kennedy.
The spoken-word piece paid tribute to Peter Green and openly alluded to his songs “Man of the World” and “The Green Manalishi”.
The third verse also alluded to Stevie Nicks’ “Dreams” and Lindsey Buckingham’s “Walk a Thin Line”.

 

Track listing

1. Talkin’ to My Heart – 4:54 [Lead Vocals – Burnette/B. Bramlett]
   Written-By – Billy Burnette, Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy
2. Hollywood (Some Other Kind of Town) – 5:45 [Lead Vocals – C. McVie]
   Written-By – Christine McVie, Eddy Quintela
3. Blow by Blow – 4:24 [Lead Vocals – Mason]
   Written-By – Dave Mason, John Cesario, Mark Holden
4. Winds of Change – 4:26 [Lead Vocals – B. Bramlett]
   Written-By – Kit Hain
5. I Do – 4:28 [Lead Vocals – C. McVie]
   Written-By – C. McVie, Quintela
6. Nothing Without You – 3:06 [Lead Vocals – B. Bramlett]
   Written-By – Delaney Bramlett, Doug Gilmore, Bekka Bramlett
7. Dreamin’ the Dream – 3:43 [Lead Vocals – B. Bramlett]
   Written-By – Bramlett, Burnette
8. Sooner or Later – 5:41 [Lead Vocals – C. McVie]
   Written-By – C. McVie, Quintela
9. I Wonder Why – 4:28 [Lead Vocals – Mason/B. Bramlett]
   Written-By – Mason, Franke Previte, Tom Fuller
10. Nights in Estoril – 4:47 [Lead Vocals – C. McVie]
    Written-By – C. McVie, Quintela
11. I Got It in for You – 4:08 [Lead Vocals – Burnette]
    Written-By – Burnette, Allen
12. All Over Again – 3:36 [Lead Vocals – C. McVie]
    Written-By – C. McVie, Quintela
13. These Strange Times – 7:07 [Fleetwood (spoken word)]
    Written-By – Mick Fleetwood, Ray Kennedy

 

Fleetwood Mac

• Bekka Bramlett – vocals
• Billy Burnette – guitars, vocals
• Dave Mason – guitars, vocals
• Christine McVie – keyboards, vocals
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion, guitars and vocals

Additional musicians

• Scott Pinkerton – synthesizer programming
• Steve Thoma – keyboards
• John Jones – keyboards, guitars, bass
• Michael Thompson – guitars
• Fred Tackett – trumpet
• Lindsey Buckingham – backing vocals
• Lucy Fleetwood – backing vocals

Production

• Fleetwood Mac – producers
• Richard Dashut – producer
• Christine McVie – producer
• Dave Mason – producer
• Billy Burnette – producer
• John Jones – producer, recording, mixing
• Ray Kennedy – producer
• Ken Allardyce – recording, mixing
• Charlie Brocco – additional engineer
• Alan Sanderson – additional engineer, assistant engineer
• Allen Sides – additional engineer
• Jimmy Hotz – additional engineer
• David Eike – assistant engineer
• Richard Huredia – assistant engineer
• Tom Nellen – assistant engineer
• Dave Shiffman – assistant engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Don Tyler – mastering assistant
• Scott Pinkerton – production assistant
• John Courage – production coordinator
• Mick Fleetwood – cover concept
• Gabrielle Raumberger – art direction
• Frank Chi – design
• Lance Staedler – band photography
• Dale McRaven – cover photography
• Bonnie Nelson – cover photography

Studios

• Recorded and Mixed at Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California).
• Additional recording at Sunset Sound Recorders (Hollywood, California).
• Mastered at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California).