The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac

Infobox Album |
Name = The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = Fleetwood Mac


Released = October 12, 2002
Recorded = 1975-1997
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Fleetwood Mac
Lindsey Buckingham
Keith Olsen
Richard Dashut
Ken Caillat
Greg Ladanyi
Elliot Scheiner
Reviews =
Last album = "The Dance"
(1997)
This album = "The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac"
(2002)
Next album = "Say You Will"
(2003)

"The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac" is an enhanced compilation album released by rock band Fleetwood Mac in 2002 to promote their then-upcoming album "Say You Will" (2003). It was released as a double album in the USA, and as a single disc in the United Kingdom. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart at number 12 on November 2, 2002. It spent 42 weeks on the chart. It was certified gold on November 12, 2002, and platinum on January 10, 2003, by the RIAA.

The USA version contained the successful era of Fleetwood Mac's work (1975 onwards). It also featured the previously unreleased "Dance" performance of "Go Insane", "Silver Springs", and the enhanced section contained rare live performances, interviews, music videos and footage of the band making their next album.

The UK version was not enhanced, but contained a few songs from the Peter Green-led blues era of Fleetwood Mac.

USA Track listing

Disc 1

#"Monday Morning" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 2:48
#"Dreams" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:14
#"You Make Loving Fun" (Christine McVie) – 3:31
#"Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) – 3:38
#"Rhiannon" (Nicks) – 4:09
#"Say You Love Me" (C. McVie) – 4:09
#"I'm So Afraid (Live, 1997)" (Buckingham) – 6:00
#*"This version is an edit from the version originally heard on The Dance 1997"
#"Silver Springs" (Nicks) – 4:35
#*"Remix from studio version, 1977"
#"Over My Head" (C. McVie) – 3:34
#*"Single mix, 1976"
#"Never Going Back Again" (Buckingham) – 2:02
#"Sara" (Nicks) – 6:26
#"Love in Store" (C. McVie, Jim Recor) – 3:23
#"Tusk" (Buckingham) – 3:29
#"Landslide" (Nicks) – 3:16
#"Songbird" (C. McVie) – 3:20
#"Big Love (Live, 1997)" (Buckingham) – 3:39
#*"Originally found on The Dance (1997)"
#"Storms" (Nicks) – 5:28

Also contains bonus multimedia which is playable on most computers, it has special music videos, interviews, discography and vaults and a password to the special website only obtainable on this disc.

Disc 2

#"The Chain" (Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Nicks, C. McVie, John McVie) – 4:28
#"Don't Stop" (C. McVie) – 3:11
#"What Makes You Think You're the One" (Buckingham) – 3:30
#"Gypsy" (Nicks) – 4:23
#"Second Hand News" (Buckingham)" – 2:43
#"Little Lies" (C. McVie, Eddy Quintela) – 3:38
#"Think About Me" (C. McVie) – 2:44
#"Go Insane (Live, 1997)" (Buckingham) – 4:20
#*"Performed on The Dance (1997), but not included on the original CD; it only appeared on the DVD."
#"Gold Dust Woman" (Nicks) – 4:51
#"Hold Me" (C. McVie, Robbie Patton) – 3:46
#"Seven Wonders" (Sandy Stewart, Nicks) – 3:38
#"World Turning" (Buckingham, C. McVie) – 4:25
#"Everywhere" (C. McVie) – 3:43
#"Sisters of the Moon" (Nicks) – 4:37
#"Family Man" (Buckingham, Richard Dashut) – 4:01
#"As Long As You Follow" (C. McVie) – 4:08
#"No Questions Asked" (Nicks) – 4:40
#"Skies The Limit" (McVie) – 3:44
#"Paper Doll" (Nicks) – 3:56
#*"Originally recorded for the 1988 Fleetwood Mac Greatest Hits album but not used at the time. Reportedly has some Lindsey overdubs from 1992."

UK Track listing

#"Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham)
#"Don't Stop" (C. McVie)
#"Dreams" (Nicks)
#"Little Lies" (C. McVie, Quintela)
#"Everywhere" (C. McVie)
#"Albatross" (Peter Green)
#"You Make Loving Fun" (C. McVie)
#"Rhiannon" (Nicks)
#"Black Magic Woman" (Green)
#"Tusk" (Buckingham)
#"Say You Love Me" (C. McVie)
#"Man of the World" (Green)
#"Seven Wonders" (Stewart, Nicks)
#"Family Man" (Buckingham, Dashut)
#"Sara" (Nicks)
#"Monday Morning" (Buckingham)
#"Gypsy" (Nicks)
#"Over My Head" (C. McVie)
#"Landslide" (Nicks)
#"The Chain" (Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, J. McVie, Nicks)
#"Big Love (Live, 1997)" (Buckingham)

References

* [http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=16 Entry on FleetwoodMac.net]