Kiln House

Recorded before the "Buckingham/Nicks" days, this album is full of great songs in the original Fleetwood Mac style. Bluesy, rootsy and rockin'. The cover doesn't mention if Christine plays on the album, but she is credited with the cover design. This is the stuff here folks. If you're not familiar with this band before Nicks came along you might want to investigate the early albums for some great tunes.

Fleetwood Mac's first album after the departure of their nominal leader, Peter Green, finds the remaining members, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan (plus McVie's wife, Christine) trying to maintain the band's guitar-heavy, blues-rock approach, with the burden falling on Spencer and Kirwan. They don't embarrass themselves, but none of this is of the caliber of Green's work. — William Ruhlmann.