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Christine McVie - Christine McVie

I have a soft spot for this album. Back in '84 I got this solely based on "Love Will Show Us How" - a mini master class in pop perfection. When I lost my records, I replaced this with a CD, and then recently, for whatever reason, a near-perfect record showed up in the dollar bin - so I had to drop the buck. I know this is probably not the popular opinion, but of the solo efforts from the Fleetwood Mac camp, this is the album I like best. Oh sure, Lindsey Buckingham released Go Insane in '84 as well, and I really liked the title track, and I appreciated how weird he got, but it wasn't something I pulled out very often - and of course I no longer have it. (You never know, that could change one day.) Then there was the witchy woman herself, Stevie Nicks, who I will admit had some great songs, but mostly I found her voice irritating. So here we have Christine, who must have figured it was time to do a solo effort as well - and no doubt this cost a boatload of money t...