25 Years: The Chain

by Fleetwood Mac

Overview

Overall, Fleetwood Mac's four-CD box set, 25 Years: The Chain, contains a lot of great music, with plenty of the 1970s hits that made them one of the biggest bands in the world. It fails as a complete chronicle; not enough weight is given to the early, blues-based Mac with Peter Green, and there are too many songs (nearly a whole disc's worth) from the lightweight 1980s albums. Also, the haphazard song sequencing doesn't help matters -- it doesn't make the case for Fleetwood Mac's music as a body of work, and it doesn't trace the evolution, which should be apparent from the diversity of the music. If nothing else, 25 Years: The Chain offers evidence that Lindsey Buckingham was a brilliant pop composer and that the band's '70s success was well deserved. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/19/2012
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0081227973025

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Paper Doll
2. Love Shines
3. Stand Back
4. Crystal
5. Isn't It Midnight [Alt. Mix]
6. Big Love
7. Everywhere
8. Affairs of the Heart
9. Heart of Stone
10. Sara [Full-Length Version]
11. That's All for Everyone
12. Over My Head
13. Little Lies
14. Eyes of the World
15. Oh Diana
16. In the Back of My Mind
17. Make Me a Mask

Disc 2

18. Save Me
19. Goodbye Angel
20. Silver Springs
21. What Makes You Think You're the One
22. Think About Me
23. Gypsy [Alt. Unedited Version]
24. You Make Loving Fun
25. Second Hand News [Alt. Mix]
26. Love in Store [Alt. Mix]
27. The Chain [Alt. Mix]
28. Teen Beat
29. Dreams [Alt. Mix]
30. Only over You
31. I'm So Afraid
32. Love Is Dangerous
33. Gold Dust Woman [Alt. Mix]
34. Not That Funny

Disc 3

35. Warm Ways
36. Say You Love Me [Single Mix]
37. Don't Stop
38. Rhiannon
39. Walk a Thin Line
40. Storms
41. Go Your Own Way
42. Sisters of the Moon
43. Monday Morning
44. Landslide
45. Hypnotized
46. Lay It All Down [Alt. Mix]
47. Angel [Alt. Mix]
48. Beautiful Child [Alt. Mix]
49. Brown Eyes [Alt. Mix]
50. Save Me a Place
51. Tusk [USC Intro Mix]
52. Never Going Back Again
53. Songbird

Disc 4

54. I Believe My Time Ain't Long
55. Need Your Love So Bad
56. Rattlesnake Shake
57. Oh Well, Pt. 1 [Original Mono Version]
58. Stop Messin' Round
59. The Green Manalishi
60. Albatross
61. Man of the World
62. Love That Burns
63. Black Magic Woman
64. Watch Out
65. String-A-Long
66. Station Man
67. Did You Ever Love Me
68. Sentimental Lady
69. Come a Little Bit Closer
70. Heroes Are Hard To Find
71. Trinity
72. Why

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fleetwood Mac   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jimmy Duncan   Composer
Mike Vernon   Producer
Dennis Mays   Producer
Danny Kirwan   Composer
Bob Hughes   Producer
Keith Olsen   Producer
Eddy Quintela   Composer
Robert Doyle   Composer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Peter Green   Composer
Marshall Chess   Producer
Rick Vito   Composer
Stevie Nicks   Composer
John Heron   Composer
Jim Recor   Composer
Patrick Leonard   Producer
Ken Caillat   Producer
Bob Welch   Composer
Billy Burnette   Composer
John McVie   Composer
Christine McVie   Composer
Clifford Adams   Composer
Fleetwood Mac   Producer
Greg Ladanyi   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
David Malloy   Composer
John Herron   Composer
Little Willie John   Composer
Lindsey Buckingham   Composer,Producer
Richard Dashut   Composer,Producer
Jeremy Spencer   Composer,Producer
Martin Birch   Producer
Mick Fleetwood   Composer