Fleetwood Mac

"Best New Reissue" - "... hippie mysticism, pop practicalism, R&B grooves, and rock rebellion all molded into music that is simultaneously professional, personal, commercial, and eccentric. By piling on alternate takes, single edits, and live material, the Super Deluxe Edition underscores how Fleetwood Mac worked at achieving this fusion. Maybe the early versions are rough, but they feel kinetic because the band is figuring out just who they were. Even better is the live material, where the band navigates the distance between their early blues roots and newly discovered immaculate pop".

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"Best New Reissue" - "Even if the bonus material is worthwhile, the music that remains marvelous is the proper album. Perhaps its origins are in leftovers-many of the songs were originally intended for a planned second Buckingham Nicks album, "Crystal" is revived from the first, the brilliant power pop of "Blue Letter" is taken from the unheralded Curtis Brothers-but the Fleetwood Mac feels unified because this album is an album of convergence. Every element of the album teems with boundless possibilities, so much of which could be found in the absolutely bewitching Nicks-helmed "Rhiannon," which is why Fleetwood Mac seems thrillingly alive and resonant longer after it has been absorbed into our collective consciousness".

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