Fleetwood Mac's first album made after the departure of
Danny Kirwan features the additions of guitarist Bob Weston and singer
Dave Walker. By now
Bob Welch and
Christine McVie were the dominant forces in the band, and all traces of blues-rock were gone, replaced by
Welch's hypnotic melodies and
McVie's romantic sentiments married to up-tempo pop tunes. This album gave
Fleetwood Mac its best U.S. chart showing yet, but the wonder is that this phase in the band's career wasn't even more popular. ~ William Ruhlmann