Fleetwood Mac Albums Ranked From Worst To Best
8. Bare Trees
On an album named Bare Trees it may strike you as ironic that the musical stylings are anything but bare, in fact they bear some of the richest fruits this side of the discography. Enriched with the addition of sublime percussion courtesy of Mick Fleetwood, the incomprehensibly rhythmic masterclass provided by Christine McVie - on only her second album with the band nonetheless - but it also left a subtly sombre note with Danny Kirwan ending his fairly lengthy tenure with the band.
Penning the titular song amongst others, he fortunately left in a blaze of glory rather than a subdued whimper as this swansong was the most adept piece of work in his arsenal.
This album isn't without it's fair share of flaws though it'd be a harsh critique to dispirit this albums merit on it's lack of hard-hitting lyrics as most instrumentals would work predominantly with or without words attached to them, but the reduction of mixing prowess overpowers the vocalists on every track, leaving the vocals of various band members feeling drowned out completely by the overzealous - even if magnificent - instruments.