My Heart Beat Like A Hammer/Merry Go Round/Long Grey Mare/Hellhound On My Trail/Shake Your Moneymaker/Looking For Somebody/No Place To Go/My Baby’s Good To Me/I Loved Another Woman/Cold Black Night/The World Keeps On Turning/Got To Move
Eponymous first outing from the legendary Fleetwood Mac led by former Bluesbreaker guitarist Peter Green. The emphasis is clearly towards the blues, both originals and covers. (US:198 UK:4)
"Pretty solid debut album here from Fleetwood Mac. Its a shame most of the radio listening masses have no idea that they started out as a great British blues rock band. I have no problem with the mid to late 1970s Fleetwood Mac but I feel this era of the band is the best. This is a very consistent album featuring Peter Green on guitar and lead vocals. For anyone who hasn't heard this era Fleetwood Mac I would suggest checking them out."
"Some really good stuff here, but it's uneven. The playing is good from all involved, but other than Peter Green's guitar solos, there isn't really much to make it stand out as anything more than just pretty standard blues."
"Unbridled enthusiasm, immense talent and a deep reverence for Elmore James. What more could you ask for from a young blues rock band? Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Fleetwood Mac (yes, they were a great blues band before female singers started coming out of the woodwork) were raucous and rowdy, and songs like Shake Your Moneymaker and Spencer's Heart Beat Like A Hammer are incredible fun."
"Some fine blueswailing, but it's easy to see why they didn't maintain their status as a blues band for very long."
"This album is a bottle of raw basic old British whiskey. Noisy guitars near saturation. Have a look at this dog in a dirty street."
"By the time of the establishment of Blue Horizon records, most people buying blues music had moved on to the more finessed work of Cream and Ten Years After. Peter Green was almost a last bastion of pure British blues and he knew it. There is a great band here trying to take things seriously but, having not moved on with the money men, sound like spoilt brats having had their toys taken away."
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