Fleetwood Mac release first album with Buckingham & Nicks

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac

Released: July 11, 1975 Peak: 11 US, 23 UK, 2 CN, 3 AU, 15 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 7.0 US, 0.1 UK, 9.0 world (includes US and UK), 18.70 EAS Genre: classic rock

Tracks: Click on a song titled for more details. Monday Morning [2:48] Warm Ways [3:54] Blue Letter [2:41] Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) [4:11] Over My Head [4:11] Crystal [5:14] Say You Love Me [4:11] Landslide [3:19] World Turning [4:25] Sugar Daddy [4:10] I’m So Afraid [4:22] Total Running Time: 42:12 The Players: Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar, et al) Stevie Nicks (vocals, tambourine) Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards) John McVie (bass) Mick Fleetwood (drums, percussion)

Rating: 4.395 out of 5.00 (average of 23 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album Although it was the band’s tenth album, Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled release was a rebirth. “With the ‘classic’ Fleetwood Mac and departed guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer a fading memory, namesakes and rhythm section Mick Fleetwood (drums) and John McVie (bass), along with second generation survivor Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards), let go of their British blues heritage and linked with a failed Californian pop-rock duo, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. That move, born of desperation, yields this 1975 classic: unveiling a taut, well-oiled pop rock band boasting three distinctive singers and songwriters in Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie.” SS The album took more than a year before hitting #1, a record which held until 1989 when Paul Abdul’s Forever Your Girl took 64 weeks to reach the summit. WK On the strength of three top 20 songs, Fleetwood Mac took the group out of its usual sales bracket of about 300,000 to 500,000 and launched them into the multi-million range. WK “Remarkably, Fleetwood Mac is a blockbuster album that isn’t dominated by its hit singles, and its album tracks (World Turning, Sugar Daddy, Crystal) demonstrate a depth of both songwriting and musicality that would blossom fully on Rumours.” STE Of course, one shouldn’t overlook “the undeniable horsepower of the founding fathers’ rock-solid rhythm work.” SS Reissue A 2004 expanded edition added alternate versions of “Say You Love Me,” “Rhiannon,” “Over My Head,” “Blue Letter,” and non-album cut “Jam No. 2.” The Songs Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

Monday Morning Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Lindsey Buckingham Released: B-side of “Say You Love Me” (June 1976), Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992), The Very Best of (U.S. compilation, 9/30/2002), 50 Years: Don’t Stop (box, 11/16/2018) Peak: 12 CL, 17 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 51.01 streaming About the Song: “Monday Morning, a sunny slice of folk-rock with Beach Boys harmonies, opens Fleetwood Mac and makes it clear that the band is no longer a blues-rock outfit.” STE “While Buckingham only contributed three songs, he helped the band develop a coherent vision” STE as well as “extraordinary arrangements and versatile acoustic and electric guitars.” SS

Warm Ways Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Christine McVie Released: Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 11.26 streaming

Blue Letter Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Michael Curtis, Richard Curtis Released: Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975) Peak: 26 CL Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.21 streaming

Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Stevie Nicks Released: single (February 1976), Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), Greatest Hits (compilation, 11/5/1988), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992), The Very Best of (U.S. compilation, 9/30/2002), 50 Years: Don’t Stop (box, 11/16/2018) B-side: “Sugar Daddy” Peak: 11 BB, 33 AC, 1 CL, 46 UK, 4 CN, 13 AU, 5 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.6 UK Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 3.0 radio, -- video, 547.25 streaming

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About the Song: Stevie “Nicks’ songs function as folky counterpoints to [Christine] McVie’s sweet pop.” STE She serves up “sultry rock ballads” SS and “hippie anthems.” STE “She rarely ever wrote songs as memorably affecting as ‘Rhiannon’ or ‘Landslide.’” STE

Over My Head Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Christine McVie Released: single (September 1975), Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), Greatest Hits (compilation, 11/5/1988), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992), The Very Best of (U.S. compilation, 9/30/2002), 50 Years: Don’t Stop (box, 11/16/2018) B-side: “I’m So Afraid” Peak: 20 BB, 32 AC, 4 CL, 9 CN, 7 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, -- video, 53.19 streaming

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About the Song: McVie showcases “remarkably improved pop-soul” STE and contributes “some of her finest songs, including the sighing Over My Head and the bouncy Say You Love Me.” STE

Crystal Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Stevie Nicks Released: Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 10.10 streaming

Say You Love Me Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Christine McVie Released: single (June 1976), Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), Greatest Hits (compilation, 11/5/1988), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992), The Very Best of (U.S. compilation, 9/30/2002), 50 Years: Don’t Stop (box, 11/16/2018) B-side: “Monday Morning” Peak: 11 BB, 12 AC, 3 CL, 40 UK, 29 CN, 38 AU, 14 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, -- video, 159.84 streaming

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About the Song: McVie showcases “remarkably improved pop-soul” STE and contributes “some of her finest songs, including the sighing Over My Head and the bouncy Say You Love Me.” STE

Landslide Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Stevie Nicks Released: single (2/14/1998), Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992), The Very Best of (U.S. compilation, 9/30/2002), 50 Years: Don’t Stop (box, 11/16/2018) Peak: 48 BA, 10 AC, 5 CL Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, 0.6 UK, 1.1 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 3.0 radio, -- video, 886.94 streaming

Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Song: Stevie “Nicks’ songs function as folky counterpoints to [Christine] McVie’s sweet pop.” STE She serves up “sultry rock ballads” SS and “hippie anthems.” STE “She rarely ever wrote songs as memorably affecting as ‘Rhiannon’ or ‘Landslide.’” STE

World Turning Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham Released: Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), The Very Best of (U.S. compilation, 9/30/2002) Peak: 10 CL, 24 DF Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 30.94 streaming

Sugar Daddy Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Christine McVie Released: B-side of “Rhiannon” (February 1976), Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975) Peak: -- Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 6.61 streaming

I’m So Afraid Fleetwood Mac

Writer(s): Lindsey Buckingham Released: B-side of “Over My Head” (September 1975), Fleetwood Mac (7/11/1975), 25 Years: The Chain (box, 11/23/1992), The Very Best of (U.S. compilation, 9/30/2002) Peak: 26 CL Click for codes to charts. Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.06 streaming

Resources/References: STE Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic.com SS Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com (essential recording) WK Wikipedia Related DMDB Pages: First posted 7/27/2011; last updated 8/30/2025.