10 Overshadowed Albums By Famous Musicians

Parting ways with their enigmatic blues titan of a frontman that was Peter Green in 1970 after he was ensnared by what those in the band's inner circle believe to be a cult to this day, Fleetwood Mac were left the bizarre crossroads of being an established group that were undergoing a personality crisis.

Languishing for several years with very little to show for it and undergoing a succession of line-up changes that did little to stabilise the once great band, things would all change for the better when Mick Fleetwood laid ears upon 'Frozen Love' by a singer/songwriter duo known as Buckingham Nicks.

Instantly taken by Lindsey Buckingham's mesmerising guitar playing, the drummer and founding member asked him to come aboard and fill a vacant guitar slot but the LA based musician insisted that he could only do so if his girlfriend Stevie Nicks could come aboard.

What Fleetwood couldn't have known at the time is that not only would the new additions revitalise his group's fledgling career, they would actually bring them to unforeseen heights that must've seemed far-fetched when their former leading light departed four years earlier. Their first album released with the new line-up was their second eponymously titled affair and this seemingly insignificant move is now symbolic of a total evolution for the band.

With songwriting duties divvied up between Buckingham, Nicks and Christine Mcvie, the album birthed timeless and established tracks ranging from Nicks' firey 'Rihannon' to 'Say You Love Me' and the poignant 'Landslide.' What is often discredited from this record is its succession of equally brilliant deep cuts that are overlooked including the stomping 'World Turning', more delicate fare in the mould of 'Warm Ways' and the exemplary Buckingham pop number that is 'Monday Morning.'

Although this album was an unreserved success in commercial terms upon its release, it has since receded from the forefront and is eclipsed by 'Rumours', an album which has been mythologised beyond compare for its exploration of the band's imploding inter-personal relationships. Yes, there'll be songs that you recognise on this 1975 record but the album is a remarkable experience when listened to in its entirety.