Behind the Mask

by Fleetwood Mac

Overview

Fleetwood Mac's only full-length album with a lineup of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Billy Burnette, and Rick Vito proved an artistic and commercial disappointment not so much because Lindsey Buckingham was missing as songwriter/guitarist/singer/ producer as because the group's other writers, Nicks and Christine McVie, didn't pick up the slack, relying on Burnette and Vito to come up with material. They tried: Burnette's "Hard Feelings," written with Jeff Silbar, was a worthy effort. But Nicks's four contributions (three of them co-written) weren't up to her usual standard, and while McVie proved more dependable, turning in the Top 40 pop hit "Save Me" and the Top Ten Adult Contemporary hit "Skies The Limit," her light, romantic efforts needed sturdier work to play off of. Behind The Mask was never less than pleasant, but never of the calibre of the work of the previous lineup, either. Though it went gold, it was Fleetwood Mac's least successful new album in 15 years. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	04/10/1990
Label:	Warner Bros. / Reprise
UPC:	0075992611121
Rank:	41751

Tracks

1. Skies the Limit
2. Love Is Dangerous
3. In the Back of My Mind
4. Do You Know
5. Save Me
6. Affairs of the Heart
7. When the Sun Goes Down
8. Behind the Mask
9. Stand on the Rock
10. Hard Feelings
11. Freedom
12. When It Comes to Love
13. The Second Time

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fleetwood Mac   Primary Artist
Billy Burnette   Guitar,Vocals
John McVie   Bass
Christine McVie   Vocals,Keyboards
Lindsey Buckingham   Guitar (Acoustic)
Mick Fleetwood   Drums,Percussion
Asante   Percussion
Rick Vito   Guitar,Vocals
Stevie Nicks   Vocals
Steve Croes   Keyboards,Synthesizer

Technical Credits

Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Paula Wolak   Assistant Engineer
Simon Climie   Composer
Billy Burnette   Composer
Christine McVie   Composer,Lyricist
Duane Seykora   Assistant Engineer
Fleetwood Mac   Producer
Greg Ladanyi   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Eric Clapton   Composer
Walter O'Keefe   Composer
Dennis Morgan   Composer
David Malloy   Composer
Leroy Carr   Composer
Mike Campbell   Composer
Michael Jackson   Composer
Dennis Mays   Engineer
William Dorsey Burnette   Composer
Aaron Walker   Composer
Brett Swain   Assistant Engineer
Brian Wilson   Composer
Dave Pirner   Composer
Ben Mink   Composer
Eddy Quintela   Composer,Lyricist
Jeff Silbar   Composer
k.d. lang   Composer
Rick Vito   Composer
Stevie Nicks   Composer
Dave Gorton   Photography
Steve Croes   Programming
Billy Brunette   Composer
Craig Porteils   Assistant Engineer
Bob Levy   Engineer
Jeri Heiden   Art Direction