Personally, I'm a big fan of Lindsey Buckingham, I think of him in a 
group with Brian Wilson, Andy Partridge, and Todd Rundgren... if you 
are interested in what I call Buckingham-era F-Mac, I'd say Tusk is 
essential; quirky and spotty, but an overall great piece of work.  The 
recent reissue has a bonus disc of demos and outtakes which I think is 
worth it just for the Beach Boys cover, "Farmer's Daughter."

After Tusk they put out Mirage ('82 or '83) and Tango In the Night 
('87), the latter of which contained several songs pulled from an 
aborted Lindsey solo album and on which he is the only performer ("Big 
Love," "You and I.")  Then the next album with Buckingham (and Nicks) 
was the live The Dance in '97 (?), which is nice but not essential; 
and Say You Will ('03) without Christine McVie.  

I'd call Tusk essential, and the other 3 studio albums spotty but each 
containing at least a couple of golden nuggets; I'd also recommend 
Buckingham's solo records, especially 1992's Out of the Cradle.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu>
Date: Thursday, July 7, 2005 9:34 am
Subject: F Mac

> I think there are some Fleetwood Mac fans on this list.  I have 
> the first 2
> LPS after Buckingham and Nicks joined - F Mac and Rumours.  What 
> LPS did
> they put out after that, and are any of them any good?  I've heard 
> Tusk is
> cool.  I also have their Greatest Hits CD, as well as The Dance 
> and Say You
> Will.  Wondering if I should pick up anything else.
> 
> DS
> 
>