Fleetwood Mac: Opus Collection
Fleetwood Mac
Opus Collection
(Starbucks)
Featuring songs running from 1975 on up to 1987, Starbucks gives Fleetwood Mac their Opus Collection treatment.
The tunes here are great, mostly hits, from opener âYou Make Loving Funâ (one of four from arguably the biggest Mac album, 1977âs Rumours)Â to the floaty, yet beautiful Stevie Nicks’ plinkly enchantment of âGypsyâ from Mirage, the equally beautiful, yet sad âSaraâ from Tusk (there is an interesting inclusion of the upbeat Christine McVie-led poppy electric piano âHoney Hiâ from Tusk too, a song I doubt has ever been considered for a “best of” collection) to the hits âLittle Liesâ and âEverywhereâ from Tango In the Night.
While a song like the ’50s-flavored Lindsey Buckingham âOh Dianeâ is kind of a waste of time (especially on a short weâre-not-calling-this-a-greatest-hits-collection-yet-thatâs-what-this-is record) when you get âLandslide,â âRhiannonâ and âWorld Turningâ on one disc, you canât truly complain.
I canât speak to the caffeinated wisdom of foisting this package on the public, but the quality of sound here is on the high-end of digital (which of course is like making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear)Â and with Rolling Stone scribe David Wild penning the liner notes, one is getting a solid bang for oneâs buck.
The real gem is the last tune, maybe worth the price of this record, âPlanets Of the Universe (Demo),â from the Rumours re-issue of 2004. Itâs a Stevie Nicks torch-er, Mick Fleetwoodâs subtle drumming and Stevieâs deep singing masking some overplaying by Lindsey Buckingham.
You can purchase the album here.