Say You Will (album)

Say You Will is the 17th and most recent studio album by British-
American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 15 April 2003. It
Say You Will
followed 1995's Time and was their first album without
vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie, who had left the band in
1998 (although she made some brief appearances on it). Lindsey
Buckingham took over primary keyboard duties for the album and
Stevie Nicks added some limited additional keyboard parts.

The album would also be the band's final album with

Buckingham, who was told to leave Fleetwood Mac in 2018,
although he would participate in their online-only release, 2013's
Extended Play.

Say You Will was the first studio Fleetwood Mac album to peak in
the top 3 in the US since 1982's Mirage.[8] The album debuted at Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
No. 3 with sales of 218,000, spent two months within the top 40, Released 15 April 2003
and was certified Gold by the RIAA in July 2003 for 500,000
copies shipped in the US. Recorded 1995–1997, Summer
2001-Fall 2002
A limited edition version of the album was issued at the same time, Genre Pop rock[1]
featuring two live tracks ("Peacekeeper" and "Say You Will"), two
additional studio tracks (Nicks' "Not Make Believe" and Length 75:56
Buckingham's cover of Bob Dylan's "Love Minus Zero/No Label Reprise
Limit"), an expanded booklet and poster.
Producer Lindsey Buckingham ·
Rob Cavallo · John
Shanks
Contents Fleetwood Mac chronology
Background The Dance Say You Fleetwood
Track listing (1997) Will Mac: Live
(2003) in Boston
Personnel (2004)
Charts
Weekly charts Singles from Say You Will
Year-end charts
1. "Peacekeeper"
Certifications Released: 15 April 2003
Music promo videos 2. "Say You Will"
References Released: 24 June 2003

Background
Soon after the release of Time, Billy Burnette and
Bekka Bramlett departed to form the country duo Professional ratings
Bekka & Billy. Rather than continuing, the band Aggregate scores
chose to disband. By 1997, the Rumours lineup
Source Rating
agreed to perform again for an MTV Unplugged
special. Following the successful reunion album, Metacritic 66/100[2]
The Dance, which included a live performance of
Review scores
"Bleed to Love Her",[9] Christine McVie left the
band, citing her fear of flying as the primary reason Source Rating
for her departure.[10] AllMusic [3]

In the early 2000s, Buckingham was finishing up a Chicago Tribune (Mixed)[1]

solo album, but got a call from Warner Bros to Entertainment Weekly (Mixed)[4]
work on a Fleetwood Mac studio album instead.
Los Angeles Times [5]
Buckingham agreed and set aside a large portion
of his songs for Say You Will, with Mick People (Positive)[6]
Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass,
Rolling Stone [7]
respectively.[11] To round out the album, Nicks
brought in some new material along with some
leftovers from previous albums.[9] One of those songs, "Smile at You", dates back to the Tusk sessions in
1979,[12] but was never recorded by the full band until Say You Will.

Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "What's the World Coming To?" Lindsey Buckingham, Julian 3:48
Raymond
2. "Murrow Turning Over in His Grave" Buckingham 4:12
3. "Illume (9-11)" Stevie Nicks 4:51
4. "Thrown Down" Nicks 4:02
5. "Miranda" Buckingham 4:18
6. "Red Rover" Buckingham 3:58
7. "Say You Will" Nicks 3:49
8. "Peacekeeper" Buckingham 4:11
9. "Come" Buckingham, Neale Heywood 5:59
10. "Smile at You" Nicks 4:33
11. "Running Through the Garden" Nicks, Ray Kennedy, Gary 4:34
Nicholson
12. "Silver Girl" Nicks 3:59
13. "Steal Your Heart Away" Buckingham 3:33
14. "Bleed to Love Her" Buckingham 4:06
15. "Everybody Finds Out" Nicks, Rick Nowels 4:29
16. "Destiny Rules" Nicks 4:26
17. "Say Goodbye" Buckingham 3:26
18. "Goodbye Baby" Nicks 3:52
Deluxe edition bonus disc
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" Bob Dylan 4:11
2. "Not Make Believe" Nicks 4:28
3. "Peacekeeper" (Live from Sessions@AOL) Buckingham 4:16
4. "Say You Will" (Live from Sessions@AOL) Nicks 3:50
Note

"Bleed to Love Her" was previously available on The Dance as a live version.

Personnel
Fleetwood Mac

Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, programming, vocals

Stevie Nicks – vocals, additional keyboards
John McVie – bass guitar, black keys
Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Christine McVie – Hammond organ, keyboards on "Steal Your Heart Away", backing vocals
on "Bleed to Love Her" and "Steal Your Heart Away"
Sheryl Crow – Hammond organ and backing vocals on "Say You Will" and "Silver Girl"
Jamie Muhoberac – Hammond organ on "Come"
John Pierce – bass guitar (verses) on "Steal Your Heart Away"
John Shanks – additional keyboards on "What's the World Coming To" and additional guitar
on "Peacekeeper"
Dave Palmer – piano on "Steal Your Heart Away"
Jessica James Nicks, Molly McVie, Madelyne Felsch – backing vocals on "Say You Will"

Production

Producers: Lindsey Buckingham, with Rob Cavallo, tracks 2,5,9,13,14 John Shanks, tracks
1,8
Engineers: Lindsey Buckingham, Ken Allardyce, Ken Koroshetz, Ray Lindsey, Mark
Needham, Phil Nichols, Matthew J Doughty
Recorded at The Bellagio House, Ocean Way Recording, Lindsey's garage and
Cornerstone Recording Studios
Mixing: Mark Needham, Chris Lord-Alge (Track 16)
Mixing assistant: Phil Nichols, Matthew J Doughty, Joe Bozzi, John Haley
Mastering: Bernie Grundman
A&R: Rob Cavallo
Band technician: Mike Fasano, Bruce Jaccoby
Art direction: Stephen Walker
Photography: Karen Williams Johnston, Neal Preston, Herbert Worthington III

Charts

Weekly charts
 Peak
Chart (2003)
position

Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 24

Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 38

Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 8

Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] 40

Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 28

French Albums (SNEP)[18] 113

German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 10

Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] 6

Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21] 108

New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[22] 7

Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23] 23

Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] 5

Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 8

Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 51

UK Albums (OCC)[27] 6

US Billboard 200[28] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position

UK Albums (OCC)[29] 138

US Billboard 200[30] 84

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales

Canada (Music Canada)[31] Gold 50,000^

New Zealand (RMNZ)[32] Gold 7,500^

United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Gold 100,000^

United States (RIAA)[34] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Music promo videos

Music videos were shot for "Peacekeeper" and "Say You Will", both of these videos were stage
performances of both songs. Neither of these videos are commercially available.

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