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2	[[caption-width-right:300:''Would you stay if she promised to you heaven?''\
3	''Will you ever win?'']]
4	->''Have mercy baby on a poor girl like me''\
5	''You know I'm falling, falling, falling at your feet''\
6	''I'm tingling right from my head to my toes''\
7	''So help me help me, help me make the feeling grow''\
8	\
9	'''Cause when the loving starts and the lights go down''\
10	''And there's not another living soul around''\
11	''You woo me until the sun comes up''\
12	''And you say that you love me''
13	-->-- "Say You Love Me"
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15	'''''Fleetwood Mac''''' is the tenth studio album--the second SelfTitledAlbum--recorded by the British-American RockAndRoll [[Music/FleetwoodMac band of the same name]]. It was released through Reprise Records on 11 July 1975.
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17	In terms of their discography, it is sometimes referred to as "The White Album". Not to be confused with ''[[Music/TheWhiteAlbum The]]'' [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum White Album]], a 1968 SelfTitledAlbum by Music/TheBeatles.
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19	Following the release and promotion of their ninth album, ''Heroes Are Hard To Find'', lead singer Bob Welch departed the band. Band co-founder Mick Fleetwood met with a new producer, Keith Olsen, who gave him some demos to listen to. One of them was titled ''Buckingham Nicks'', and was performed by a pair of lovers, Lindsey Buckingham and [[Music/StevieNicks Stephanie "Stevie" Nicks]].
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21	Mick was initially delighted by one of Buckingham's guitar solos, and sought to hire him as their guitarist. But Lindsey wanted Stevie to join as well, so Mick arranged a joint meeting at a Mexican restaurant. Stevie won him over, and both were hired.
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23	Over the next three months, the refreshed band recorded this album. The album held eleven tracks, spawning four singles: "Warm Ways," "Over My Head," "Rhiannon" and "Say You Love Me."
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25	Sales were slow at first, but in 1976 it took off, with "Over My Head" being their first Top-40 hit in the United States. Both "Rhiannon" and "Say You Love Me" would subsequently top out at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100. And the album would ''blow up'' from there.
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27	Ultimately, ''Fleetwood Mac'' went seven-times Platinum in the United States, and earned their first Gold album in the United Kingdom.
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29	But another song that was unreleased on its own, "Landslide," would eventually become one of the band's most well-loved songs, as well as one of Stevie's signature songs on her own.
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32	!!Tracklist
33	[[AC:Side One]]
34	# "Monday Morning" (2:48)
35	# "Warm Ways" (3:54)
36	# "Blue Letter" (2:41)
37	# "Rhiannon" (4:11)
38	# "Over My Head" (3:38)
39	# "Crystal" (5:14)
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41	[[AC:Side Two]]
42	# "Say You Love Me" (4:11)
43	# "Landslide" (3:19)
44	# "World Turning" (4:25)
45	# "Sugar Daddy" (4:10)
46	# "I'm So Afraid" (4:22)
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49	!!Principal Members:
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51	* Lindsey Buckingham - lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, and 11, guitars, banjo
52	* Mick Fleetwood - drums, percussion
53	* Christine [=McVie=] - lead vocals on tracks 2, 5, 7, 9-10, keyboards, synthesizer
54	* John [=McVie=] - bass
55	* Music/StevieNicks - lead vocals on tracks 4, and 8
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57	!!"And if you see my reflection in the snow covered tropes"
58	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: This album would bring a cover aesthetic that would be repeated with ''Music/{{Rumours}}''. As such, since this is the band's second SelfTitledAlbum, this trope lends to this album being referred to as "The White Album". In this case, the cover only shows the band's namesakes, Mick Fleetwood and John [=McVie=].
59	* OneWomanSong: "Rhiannon," derived from the Welsh goddess of fertility.
60	* ShoutOut: "Rhiannon" is a shout out to (and inspired by) Evangeline Walton's retellings of various Celtic legends.

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