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 Hypnotized is on "Mystery to Me" January 30, 2010
Russell G. Smith (Lincoln City, Or USA)
One of the coolest songs Fleetwood Mac ever did was "Hynotized". You can't buy the single version of this song or even the album on Itunes. Why it's not available there I do not know. But, if you can find a good copy of the album "Mystery to Me" as I did on Amazon.com, you are good to go!
 Spaghetti Mac September 16, 2009
JuJuMan (NJ USA)
I have to confess 1) that I am only a casual FM fan, and 2) that I bought this album primarily for the incredibly cool cover art, having not heard any of the songs before. That said, M2M is an album that definitely grows in appeal with repeated listening. At the time of M2M's release, FM was clearly a band in transition, as evidenced by their numerous changes in personnel and musical styles. Their musical approach on M2M is spaghetti-like, as in, "Let's throw a bunch of stuff at the wall and see what sticks." The album contains a mix of laid-back West Coast folk rock ("Believe Me"), pre-disco ("Keep On Going"), space rock ("Hypnotized"), fake reggae ("Forever"), blues rock ("The City"), and a nod to British Invasion roots ("For Your Love"). What stands out most is the remarkable quality and consistency of Christine McVie's songwriting, which she would continue through the rest of her FM career. Bob Welch's breathy vocals and jazzy chords are a bit of an acquired taste, and I often find myself skipping Bob's songs in order to get to Christine's. M2M came out during a difficult time not only in the history of FM, but in the history of rock in general (1973: Beatles broken up, Stones too stoned, Kinks and Who with their best work behind them, etc.). Happily, M2M holds up remarkably well not only as a relic of its time, but on its own merits today.
A Great Find on Amazon August 12, 2009
Eric S. Forte (Oak Park, IL)
With older CDs becoming hard to find in stores, I was glad to pick this up on Amazon. Can't get it on itunes... My favorite from the Bob Welch period, especially "Hypnotized" and "For Your Love," an excellent Yardbirds cover. Christie McVie stands out with "The Way I Feel" and "Why." This is a nice follow-up to "Bare Trees," before they went way too 'pop' for my ears.
I don't know, it's a ... July 11, 2009
D. Kloke (Albuquerque, NM USA)
If Fleetwood Mac is known as source of songs that capture something deeply personal, it starts with this album. Yes, it's pop, but pop harnessed as a vehicle for expressing some of those dizzying interactions between felling and thought, where neither thoughts nor feelings alone can capture the entire sense. And perhaps music can, and does here.
This is one of the few albums I like as an album. It's not consistent, although there are some specific explorations of things, like drum machines, Christie McVie's voice, and Robert Welch working with a rhythm section ready to support his direction at the moment.
The album chugs, then it floats, then it syncopates and then is sparkles, and doesn't strain too hard in the shifts and merges, and this, to me, makes it a satisfying and durable musical resource; after all this time, still one of my favorite (as in only one for the desert island) albums.
So really, how bad could it be?
Fleetwood Mac's Eighth Studio May 25, 2009
kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States)
This is Fleetwood Mac's eighth studio album of all new material (nineth if you include English Rose, which was Mr. Wonderful with some added songs). It is 48 minutes long. The CD sound quality is pretty good but not excellent.
The group is Fleetwood, McVie, McVie with Bob Welch (singer, song writer, guitarist and leader) and Bob Weston on guitar. Like nearly every Fleetwood Mac album from Future Games to Time, Chistine McVie wrote about one third of the songs. The rest come from Bob Welch, except For Your Love, written by Graham Gouldman and popularized by the Yardbirds.
This is an excellent ablum. I don't think there is a bad song on it, and most are very good...as good as anything Fleetwood Mac has done. This album is the second best of the Bob Welch years (Future Games was the best, and may be the best Fleetwood Mac album of all time).
Fleetwood Mac was a spin off of John Mayall's Blues Breakers. Mayall nutured a number of musicians and spawned many groups, Colosseum and Mark Almand. Eric Clapton played with Mayall between the Yardbirds and Cream. Peter green was Clapton's replacement in the Blues Breakers, and McVie and Fleetwood were the rhythm section. The first album was called "Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac". Two other guitarists joined, Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kerwin. They were a heavy blues band, until Green left. He wrote Black Magic Woman (popularized by Santana) and had some hits in the US with Oh Well and the insturmental Albatross.
Green left and Kerwin took them pop. Spencer left and Welch replaced him.
In 1972, Fleetwood Mac toured with Long John Baldry and Savoy Brown. The guitarts (Bob Weston) from Long John Baldery and the singer, Dave Walker from Savoy Brown, joined Fleetwood Mac. Walker would only stay for one album, but Weston would stay until he had an affair with Fleetwood's wife. The band broke up, and the record company started touring a fake Fleetwood Mac band. The group got back together and recorded one more album with Welch.
Welch left and the Buckingham Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham Nicks had one album with was very good. They used two songs on it on the Fleetwood Mac album. Of course, the Buckingham Nicks version of Fleetwood Mac has also had some great albums. Collect them all!
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