Fleetwood Mac: Tango In The Night (180g) Vinyl LP

“Everybody in the band was personally at their worst...by the time we did Tango in the Night, everybody was leading their lives in a way that they would not be too proud of today.” A rare example of an internationally-assembled global pop machine in the pre-internet age, Fleetwood Mac have been responsible for some of the biggest and best pop songs of the 1970s and 80s, embracing new styles and distilling them to their essence. More recently, we’ve seen their records go from low-key hipster vanguard in the Hollerboard era, to literally inspiring Haim’s entire sound. And now every time I’m in a record store there’s some NYU student buying Rumours (it could be worse!). Despite this, Tango In The Night STILL contains gems that for whatever reason, never got played out. Maybe people never got past the singles? It’s their second best-selling album to date (after Rumours), but in hindsight, probably their best. Lindsay Buckingham was reluctant to contribute, convinced he should be focusing h