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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624983347
Label: Reprise Records
Manufacturer: Reprise Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Reprise Records
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Sales Rank: 368
Studio: Reprise Records
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Album Description:
Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham will release his fifth solo album 'Gift of Screws' on September 15th on Reprise. The album is his first since 2006's acoustically focused 'Under The Skin'. Primarily recorded and self-produced at his home studio and on the road during the 'Under The Skin' tour, the album also features two songs co-produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance). Mixing the immediacy of the best of his contributions to Fleetwood Mac with experimental production flourishes, highlights of the set include 'Bel Air Rain', 'Time Precious Time', 'Underground, 'Love Runs Deeper' and 'Treason'. "You could certainly say this album is a distillation of a number periods of time, some false starts to make albums, certainly some songs that go back a number of years, that took a while to find a home here, combined with brand-new songs and a whole other outlook," explains Buckingham. "And the fact that there was a kind of tenacity and focus to want to bring all of this together in one place. The fact that as an artist I'm still, for better or worse, clinging to my idealism and to my sense that there is still yet much to be said. This is a culmination of that." "The first one was more of a boutique kind of album," he adds by way of comparing 'Under The Skin' with 'Gift of Screws'. "It's almost like the opening act and then the headline act in terms of the kind of approach. Here I'm bringing to bear many more aspects of what I can do - guitar solos, just rocking a lot more in addition to the other things. It does rock more! And they do seem to complement each other." The album also features the unmistakable sound of the Fleetwood Mac rhythm section, as John McVie and Mick Fleetwood contribute to several songs including the title-track and 'Wait For You'.
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Buckingham is a gifted musician, and many rock critics no doubt love this album because it is not very commercial, but I find the overall lack of accessibility somewhat disappointing. "Did you miss me" has decent hooks, but only a couple of the other songs will stick in your memory. And some of the songs, particularly the relentless "Time precious Time" and the title track, are nearly headache-inducing. Those unfamiliar with Buckingham might want to start with "Out of the Cradle," his most accessible ... Read More
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Good CD.
If you like Fleetwood Mac, you'll more than likely appreciate Lindsey Buckingham's solo projects,
Good music
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A follow up to his 2006 album "Under The Skin," which to me far excedes it. He takes on more of his rock roots and a few of the songs sound very much like something that could be on a Fleetwood Mac album. "Great Day" has "Tusk" written all over it. "Love Runs Deeper" has this awesome chorus with that Mac-ish tone. "Did You Miss Me" is just lyrics in motion and is definitely one of my favorites. "Wait For You" is sinister and balls to the wall rockin'. "Treason" takes us back to the acoustic feel of "Skin" ... Read More
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Throughout his career, as both a member of Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist, Lindsey Buckingham has flitted between two camps. On the one side, you have an artist with an innate sense of melody. On the other, you have someone you can be maddeningly self-indulgent. These two sides have been battling each other as far back as 1979's TUSK and 1981's LAW & ORDER, but have become particularly pronounced in the last decade or so, with Fleetwood Mac's 2003 effort SAY YOU WILL and Buckingham's last solo release ... Read More
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But this one is totally different. Lindsey has always had a strange, dark streak -- "Go Insane" anyone? -- but on Gift of Screws he takes that impulse and really runs with it.
Although there are several melodically gorgeous, beautifully arranged songs that recall the best of Out of the Cradle ("Underground," "Bel Air Rain"), I would say there are no tracks as spectacular as the best pop songs from that groundbreaking album ( "Countdown," "Soul Drifter," "Don't Look Down"). Instead what you have ... Read More
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