Christine McVie - The Legendary Christine

Solo album from 1970 by Christine McVie pre-Fleetwood Mac

Vinyl reissue of this 1970 album from the late Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter originally released under her maiden name, Christine Perfect.

Perfect was a British-born singer who worked with Spencer Davis in the early 1960s and later fronted Chicken Shack before going off on her own with this solo album. By then she had also contributed to recordings by Fleetwood Mac and become romantically involved with the groups's bassist, John McVie. She then married McVie and officially joined the group, for which she served as a vocalist/keyboardist/songwriter, contributing some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits.

You don't need a crystal ball to tell you this album is classic and tremendous ,the big surprise is that it didn't go multi-platinum in the States.

There are 12 tracks, and "I'd Rather Go Blind" went Top Ten in the U.K. It deserved to. but there's more here than the very good reading of the Etta James hit that "I'd Rather go Blind" was "When you Say" has strings and production that sound hauntingly like a Marianne Faithful track on London or Nico's work on Immediate. The big difference is that, by the time this album was released in America, Christine McVie was pretty much a household name. It doesn't sound like Fleetwood Mac but surprise of surprises, John McVie and Danny Kirwan of The Mac are performing on that tune. "Wait and See" is a real treasure, while "And That's Saying a Lot" is such a shift in mood that it starts to sink in what a complex and complete recording this is.

 

Side A

Crazy 'Bout You Baby

I'm On My Way

Let Me Go (Leave Me Alone)

Wait and See

Close To Me

I'd Rather Go Blind

Side B

When You Say

And That's Saying a Lot

No Road Is the Right Road

For You

I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)

I Want You

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