Law and Order is the first solo album by Fleetwood Mac guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham, released in 1981. "Trouble", featuring drumming by Fleetwood Mac bandmate Mick Fleetwood, reached 9 on the U.S. charts; the album itself reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200. Lindsey appeared on Saturday Night Live on February 6, 1982 and performed "Trouble" and "Bwana" with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo. Following the relative commercial failure of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album, where many of the tracks were recorded in Buckingham's home studio, Mick Fleetwood informed Buckingham that the band was not interested in recording subsequent releases in the same manner. This was the impetus for Buckingham to create Law and Order. "In that moment, I realized, 'If I wanna continue to take risks [and] try to define myself as an artist in the long term, I'm gonna have to start making solo albums.'" Reception Jon Pareles of Rolling Stone, in a 4/5 star review, wrote that "based on the evidence of Law and Order... Lindsey Buckingham's biggest contribution to Fleetwood Mac has been his unabashed fondness for pop music at its most hokey and hooky." On the other hand, Robin Smith of Record Mirror panned the "miserable" album in a 1/5 star review, saying that it "sounds like the out takes of Mac's worst studio sessions delivered around [Buckingham's] reedy little voice." In a retrospective review, William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave the album 3½/5 stars, saying that it "comes off as a high-quality demo of largely unfinished material". Track listing Personnel Main performer Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion Additional personnel George Hawkins – bass on "Trouble" Mick Fleetwood – drums on "Trouble" Carol Ann Harris – harmony vocals on "It Was I" Christine McVie – harmony vocals on "Shadow of the West" Production Lindsey Buckingham – producer, recording, Polaroid art Richard Dashut – producer, recording David Brown – recording Sabrina Buchanek – recording assistant Judy Clapp – recording assistant Dennis Mays – recording assistant Larry Emerine – mastering Stephen Marcussen – mastering Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California) – mastering location Larry Vigon – art direction, design George Hurrell – front cover photography Sam Emerson – back cover photography Singles Music promo videos Two promotional music videos were shot for Law and Order, "Trouble" and "It Was I", both directed by Jerry Watson and produced by Paul Flattery. "Trouble" featured friends of Buckingham playing either guitar or drums.