Title: Fleetwood Mac: More Dead than Live
Product review: As a huge fan of Fleetwood Mac, I found this 'live album' a major disappointment. The tracks sound as if they were recorded in a tunnel, lacking the spontaneity and energy of the studio recordings. Of the offerings, Christine McVie comes to breathy, urgent life in a beautiful rendition of "Over and Over", and Stevie Nicks' "Rhiannon" pulsates, but itself can only hint at the furious Joplanesque vocal crescendo contained on the "Fleetwood Mac Live in Passaic 1975". Buckingham delivers a knockout performance of "I'm So Afraid" but otherwise hogs the mike and all too clearly thinks himself the band's centerpiece, which he is clearly not. His songs are often mediocre and under-developed. All things considered, this live album is more 'dead' than alive.
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