In the Meantime (album)
In the Meantime is the third solo album by the British Fleetwood Mac vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie, released in 2004 on Koch Records and Sanctuary Records Group. It was McVie's first solo recording since 1984, and the first since her departure from Fleetwood Mac.
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| Released | 7 September 2004 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Pop | |||
| Length | 50:30 | |||
| Label | Koch, Sanctuary | |||
| Producer | Christine McVie, Dan Perfect, Ken Caillat | |||
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| Entertainment Weekly | C+ [2] |
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All of the songs on the album were composed by McVie and/or her nephew Dan Perfect, with contributions from ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Billy Burnette; Robbie Patton, who co-wrote Fleetwood Mac's 1982 hit "Hold Me" with McVie; George Hawkins, ex-member of Mick Fleetwood's Zoo in the mid-1980s, and McVie's ex-husband Eddy Quintela.
In the Meantime reached only #133 on the UK Albums Chart and failed to enter the U.S. Billboard 200. Debuting at peaking at #32 on the Billboard Independent Albums, it had sold around 20,000 copies in the United States up until 2005, according to Nielsen SoundScan. In a 2014 interview in the Los Angeles Times taken after her returning to Fleetwood Mac, McVie stated about the album that "It had some good songs on it, but I went about it all wrong”.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Friend" | George Hawkins, Christine McVie, Robbie Patton, Dan Perfect | 4:30 |
| 2. | "You Are" | McVie | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Northern Star" | Perfect | 5:22 |
| 4. | "Bad Journey" | McVie, Perfect | 4:29 |
| 5. | "Anything Is Possible" | Hawkins, McVie, Perfect | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Calumny" | Perfect | 4:54 |
| 7. | "So Sincere" | McVie, Perfect | 3:39 |
| 8. | "Easy Come, Easy Go" | McVie, Eddy Quintela | 4:32 |
| 9. | "Liar" | Hawkins, McVie, Perfect | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Sweet Revenge" | McVie, Perfect | 3:50 |
| 11. | "Forgiveness" | McVie, Perfect | 3:44 |
| 12. | "Givin' It Back" | Billy Burnette, Hawkins, McVie | 4:42 |
The Australian promo release included a new song not released anywhere else, called "Come Out To Play", and the US iTunes featured an acoustic version of "Friend" as a bonus track.
Personnel
- Christine McVie – vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer
- Dan Perfect – guitar, programming, backing vocals
- George Hawkins – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Ferrone – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion on 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
- Luis Conte – percussion on 1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12
- David Isaacs – backing vocals on 7, 8
- Billy Burnette – backing vocals on 12
- Produced by Christine McVie, Dan Perfect and Ken Caillat
- Engineered by Ben Georgiades, Dan Perfect and Claus Trelby
- Mixed by Ben Georgiades, Christine McVie and Dan Perfect
- Mastered by Howie Weinberg
- Assistant engineers – Richard Edgeler, Mike Read
- Executive producer – Martin Wyatt
- Photography – Mike Prior
- Design – Ryan Art
- Sleeve notes – John Perfect
Notes
- In the Meantime at AllMusic
- Vincentelli, Elisabeth (15 October 2004). "Music Review: In the Meantime – Christine McVie". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- "Picks and Pans Review". People. 27 September 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- Gardner, Elysa (8 September 2004). "Jackson does it right on 'What I Do'". USA Today. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- Lewis, Randy (2 May 2014). "Her fear gone, Christine McVie's muse soars with Fleetwood Mac reunion". articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 May 2014.