Legacy A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac S Rumours Music Cd

Fleetwood Mac - Legacy A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac S Rumours

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Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours      Artist : Various Artists      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $9.99 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1998-03-24      Studio : Atlantic / Wea      Label : Atlantic / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (21 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Legacy A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac S Rumours      Not enough effort made to "own" these songs by artists here      Rating:      A tribute album is a tough thing to pull off. You don't want slavish copies of the artist being feted: after all, you already HAVE those versions of the tunes, right? But ideally you want enough of the original still there that you can hear what's being celebrated, albeit perhaps viewed from a different angle. Too much of this CD, unfortunately, suffers from near note perfect renditions. Admittedly, an album as acclaimed as _Rumours_ has been through time is a difficult task to re-render. But versions on here by Jewel ("You Make Loving Fun"), Tonic ("Second Hand News"), and Tallulah ("Oh Daddy") don't veer far from the Fleetwood Mac takes on the songs and end up pale imitations. Duncan Sheik rewworks "Songbird" with strings but the orchestral sweep and a dispassionate vocal performance leave it wanting. A "phoned it in" vocal from Shawn Colvin makes "The Chain" one of the CD's debacles. Best cuts on here are the funereal "Never Going Back Again" by Matchbox 20, which makes Lindsey Buckingham's defiance now seem more like bitterness. "I Don't Want to Know, for me, was always one of the weakest cuts on the first album and benefits from the Goo Goo Dolls more amped up guitar treatment. The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan invests her nasal voice with some vigor and a crisp band performance help make it one of the better ones here. Bottom line: This is one you can easily do without..     Customer Reviews for Legacy A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac S Rumours Cd      These Covers Don't Capture the Emotion of the Original      Rating:      In general, when it comes to tribute albums - I usually am disappointed. However, when I heard that a tribute album for Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" was available - I was intrigued. I always felt that this particular album would lend itself well for covers. Plus I heard that Mick Fleetwood was going to be producing it - so I was sure that this was going to be a big hit. As for how this album stacks up, the best way to sum it up is to say that some songs are covered well - and some songs are not covered well. One of the most interesting things I find about this collection is that some of the weaker tracks on the original actually stack up better. While this isn't a terrible album, from an overall standpoint, "Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours" still falls short to the original 1977 classic. With the exception of Elton John, most of the artists that perform the covers are "90s" or "Alternative Rock" artists. It is clear to be that part of the direction that this is going to have the songs of Fleetwood Mac covered by these type of artists. Part of the problem why this particular collection doesn't approach how good the original collection was is that the original collection was built on emotion. I think you have to be prepared to embrace this album from the point of view that this collection is being done by 90s artists. The story of Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is well documented. During this time, Christine and John McVie's marriage was falling apart - as was the long term relationship between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. One common thread I have noticed about the core members is that they tend to wear their hearts on their sleeve. When emotions ran high,Mac was at their best. The emotions that were running through the band were the catalyst for this effort. Although in the liner notes of "Legacy", Mick Fleetwood says that they 're-crafted the songs ... with inspiration and passion', it is almost impossible for this collection to match the original because Fleetwood Mac built "Rumours" using the emotion that was going on in their lives during that time. The best way to look at this collection is to go through it song by song: "Second Hand News" by Tonic: I hadn't much by Tonic before this album. I always thought that this was one of the weaker tracks on the original. Surprisingly, I think Tonic adds some new life into this song. The song has more of a beat and some terrific harmonies. "Dreams" by The Corrs: On this song there is a real alternative as well as an Irish edge. This is typical of a lot of the Corrs' music. The music is nice - with some nice Bass work and Irish melodies. While I like Andrea Corr's vocals, they just don't fit with this song. "Never Going Back Again" by Matchbox 20: This song has almost a "darker" sound than the original. Rob Thomas' vocals work well on this. Like "Second Hand News", some new life was brought into one of the weaker tracks on the original. "Don't Stop" by Elton John: Elton John just doesn't belong on this album. They should have stuck with the theme of using 90s artists. This is one of those songs that doesn't come close to the original in terms of quality. "Go Your Own Way" by the Cranberries: This sounds pretty much like I would expect the Cranberries to sound with the trademark Dolores O'Riordan vocals. It isn't bad, but doesn't stack up to the original because when Lindsey Buckingham sang it - it was sang from all of the experience he was having during his breakup with Stevie Nicks. While the O'Riordan is a good vocalist, she just can't capture the song from this angle. "Songbird" by Duncan Sheik: I never was a fan of this song on the original. While many of the weaker tracks of "Rumours" are better on this collection, this one is not one of them. This song also does little to make me a Duncan Sheik fan. "The Chain" by Shawn Colvin: The problem with this track is it is done by Shawn Colvin. I like Colvin's voice, but remember that "The Chain" was a song co-written by all of the members of Fleetwood Mac and really was a self-descriptive song of the band during this period. There were some terrific harmonies in the original. This song doesn't capture those harmonies. "You Make Loving Fun" by Jewel: This was one of the strongest tracks on the original. This song really falls short. Jewel performs this song with a much slower tempo and it just doesn't work. "I Don't Want to Know" by Goo Goo Dolls: This was a folksy sounding song on the original. With John Rzeznik's vocals - it sounds like a Goo Goo Dolls tune. I like the harder guitar edge they bring to this song. "Oh Daddy" by Tallulah: Tallulah does an nice job, but still doesn't quite reach the level of emotion that Christine McVie reached about singing about her Father on the original. "Gold Dust Woman" by Sister Hazel: This was the best track on the original and it remains the best track on this collection. Still falls a bit short of the original, but Sister Hazel does a very nice job covering this song. There are no lyrics included with this collection. All of the credits are listed for each song - including a breakdown of the contributions of each band by instrument and vocals. Other than Mick Fleetwood's one line statement on how they re-crafted the songs, there isn't anything that talks about "Rumours". Most likely the "Rumours" fan will be disappointed greatly by this effort, but if you are open to the 90s style of music - you will be pleased by parts of this collection.