The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album)

The Dance is a live album by the British-American rock band

Fleetwood Mac, released on 19 August 1997. It hailed the return
The Dance
of the band's most successful line-up of Lindsey Buckingham,
Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Stevie Nicks,
who had not released an album together since 1987's Tango in the
Night a decade earlier. It was the first Fleetwood Mac release to
top the U.S. album charts since 1982's Mirage.

Contents
History
CD track listing
DVD/Video track listing Live album by Fleetwood Mac

Personnel Released 19 August 1997

Charts Recorded 23 May 1997

Weekly charts Venue Warner Brothers
Year-end charts Studios, Burbank,
Singles California

Certifications Genre Rock, pop

References Length 79:11

Label Reprise
Producer Lindsey Buckingham,
History Elliot Scheiner

The Dance was the last Fleetwood Mac album to feature Christine Fleetwood Mac chronology
McVie as a full-time member before she left a year after the Time The Dance Say You
album's release although she returned to the band in 2014 to tour. (1995) (1997) Will
Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 199,000, The (2003)
Dance became the fifth best-selling live album of all time in the
United States, selling a million copies within eight weeks, spending more than seven months within the top
40, and eventually selling over 6,000,000 copies worldwide. The DVD version has been certified 9x
platinum in Australia for selling 135,000 copies. The 44 date tour grossed $36 million.

Unlike 1980's Live, which was a collection of live recordings over a series of 60 shows, The Dance was
recorded in one night, albeit with good isolation to allow for overdubs.[1] The concert was recorded for
Fleetwood Mac's MTV The Dance special at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California on 23 May
1997, and features the University of Southern California Marching Band who perform on the tracks "Tusk"
(having played on the original studio recording) and "Don't Stop".

Although the album is predominantly a live greatest hits package, The Dance also features new material
written by each of the primary songwriting members of the band (with two from Buckingham) as well as
popular album tracks. For example, "Bleed to Love Her" was a previously unreleased track when The
Dance was released, although a studio recording of the song was later included on the Say You Will (2003)
album. No tracks from the Mirage album were included on the CD, although "Gypsy" was included in the
video and DVD versions.

The album cover photo, taken by David LaChapelle, has Mick Fleetwood recreating his pose from the
cover of Rumours, the band's most successful album, and Lindsey Buckingham holding the cane used on
the cover of the Fleetwood Mac album, Rumours' predecessor.

This album spawned three singles in the USA: "Landslide", "The Chain", and "Silver Springs" which
earned the band three Grammy nominations in 1998, in the categories of "Best Pop Album", "Best Rock
Performance by a Group or Duo with Vocal" for "The Chain" and "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or
Group with Vocals" for "Silver Springs". A fourth single, "Temporary One," was released in some
European markets.

The band later embarked on a 44 date tour across the United States with one stop in Canada in support of
The Dance. The setlist was similar to that of the album, but with "Over My Head" and "My Little Demon"
being replaced by "Oh Daddy", "Second Hand News", "Stand Back", "Farmer's Daughter" (a cover of the
Beach Boys song from Surfin' USA), and "Not That Funny". "Eyes of the World" was played instead of
"Second Hand News" on opening night in Hartford, Connecticut.

CD track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Chain" Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, 5:11
Lindsey Buckingham, Mick
Fleetwood, John McVie
2. "Dreams" Nicks 4:39
3. "Everywhere" C. McVie 3:28
4. "Rhiannon" Nicks 6:48
5. "I'm So Afraid" Buckingham 7:45
6. "Temporary One +" C. McVie, Eddy Quintela 4:00
7. "Bleed to Love Her (Studio Version from Say Buckingham 3:27
You Will 2003) +"
8. "Big Love" Buckingham 3:06
9. "Landslide" Nicks 4:27
10. "Say You Love Me" C. McVie 4:59
11. "My Little Demon +" Buckingham 3:33
12. "Silver Springs" Nicks 5:41
13. "You Make Loving Fun" C. McVie 3:49
14. "Sweet Girl (Studio Version from Stevie Nicks - Nicks 3:19
Enchanted Box Set 1998) +"
15. "Go Your Own Way" Buckingham 5:00
16. "Tusk" Buckingham 4:22
17. "Don't Stop" C. McVie 5:28

DVD/Video track listing

The DVD video is in 1.33:1 aspect ratio, while audio is in Dolby Digital 5.1 and PCM stereo.

1. "The Chain" (Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, J. McVie, Nicks)

2. "Dreams" (Nicks)
 3. "Everywhere" (C. McVie)
4. "Gold Dust Woman" (Nicks) * ***
5. "I'm So Afraid" (Buckingham)**
6. "Temporary One" (C. McVie, Quintela)
7. "Bleed to Love Her" (Buckingham)
8. "Gypsy" (Nicks) * ***
9. "Big Love" (Buckingham) **
10. "Go Insane" (Buckingham) * ** ***
11. "Landslide" (Nicks)
12. "Say You Love Me" (C. McVie)
13. "You Make Loving Fun" (C. McVie)
14. "My Little Demon" (Buckingham)
15. "Silver Springs" (Nicks) ***
16. "Over My Head" (C. McVie) * ***
17. "Rhiannon" (Nicks)
18. "Sweet Girl" (Nicks)
19. "Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) ***
20. "Tusk" (Buckingham)
21. "Don't Stop" (C. McVie)
22. "Songbird" (C. McVie) * ***

* Exclusive to the VHS/DVD/Laserdisc versions

** Later released on the 2-CD US version of The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac

*** Live version released as a B-side of a single

Personnel
Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine

Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, banjo on "Say You Love Me", vocals
Christine McVie – keyboards, piano, vocals, accordion on "Tusk", tambourine on "Say You
Love Me", maracas on "Everywhere"
John McVie – bass guitar, background vocals on "Say You Love Me"
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Brett Tuggle – keyboards, guitar, background vocals

Neale Heywood – guitar, background vocals
Lenny Castro – percussion
Sharon Celani – background vocals
Mindy Stein – background vocals
Dr. Arthur C. Bartner – director of the USC Trojan Marching Band

Fleetwood Mac Crew

 Marty Hom – tour manager
Paul Chavarria – production manager
Ray Lindsey – guitar tech
Todd Bowie – guitar tech
Scott Pinkerton – synthesizer programming
Steve Dikun – bass tech
Walter Earl – drum tech
Mike Fasano – drum tech
Edd Kolakowski – piano tech
Bruce Jackson – FOH sound
Chris Lantz – monitors
Chris Fulton – Clair Bros.
Mark Dowdle – Clair Bros.
Kim Brakeley – wardrobe stylist
Jill Focke – assistant wardrobe
Margi Kent – clothing designer for Nicks
Barbara Buck – makeup
Elaine Offers – makeup
Karen Johnston – assistant to Nicks
Steve Real – vocal coach
Sara Sierra – hair
Robert Ramos – hair
Richard Perea – assistant/runner
Mark Candelario, Jen Dreisen – runners
Edward O'Hickey III – WB stage
Fred Hammond, Jim Callahan – WB security

CD production

Producers: Lindsey Buckingham, Elliot Scheiner

Engineers: Guy Charbonneau, Barry Goldberg, Elliot Scheiner
Assistant engineers: Charlie Bouis, John Nelson
Mastering: Ted Jensen
Mixing: Elliot Scheiner
Technical assistance: Ted Barela, David Gallo, Eric Johnston
Digital editing: Paul DeCarli, Scott Humphrey
Photography: David LaChapelle, Neal Preston

Video production

Producers: Lindsey Buckingham, Elliot Scheiner

Director: Bruce Gower
Photography: David LaChapelle, Neal Preston
Recording: Barry Goldberg, Elliot Scheiner
Mixing: Elliot Scheiner
Director of the USC Marching Band: Dr. Arthur C. Bartner
Charts

Weekly charts Year-end charts

Peak Chart (1997) Position

Chart (1997)
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12] 31
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 85
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 37
US Billboard 200[14] 36
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 4

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 20 Chart (1998) Position

New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 12 US Billboard 200[15] 32

Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[7] 33

Chart (2013) Position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] 32
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 83
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 39

UK Albums (OCC)[10] 15

US Billboard 200[11] 1

Singles

Year Single Chart Position

1997 "The Chain" Mainstream Rock Tracks 30
1998 "Landslide" Adult Contemporary 10
1998 "Landslide" Adult Top 40 26
1998 "Landslide" Billboard Hot 100 51

Certifications
Album release Video release
 Certified Certified
Region Certification Region Certification
units/sales units/sales

Australia (ARIA)[17] Platinum 70,000^ Australia (ARIA)[22] 9× Platinum 135,000^

DVD edition
Canada (Music
Platinum 100,000^
Canada)[18] New Zealand
6× Platinum 30,000^
(RMNZ)[23]
New Zealand
Platinum 15,000^
(RMNZ)[19] United Kingdom
Platinum 50,000^
(BPI)[24]
United Kingdom
Platinum 300,000
(BPI)[20] United States
Platinum 100,000^
(RIAA)[25]
United States
5× Platinum 5,000,000^
(RIAA)[21]
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
^Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification
alone.

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