Tango in the Night

Tango in the Night
Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
Released 13 April 1987
Recorded November 1985 – March 1987
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length 44:28
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Lindsey Buckingham,
Richard Dashut
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Mirage
(1982)		 Tango in the Night
(1987)		 Behind the Mask
(1990)
Singles from Tango in the Night
  1. "Big Love"
    Released: March 1987[1]
  2. "Seven Wonders"
    Released: June 1987[1]
  3. "Little Lies"
    Released: August 1987[1]
  4. "Everywhere"
    Released: November 1987 (USA) / February 1988 (UK)[1]
  5. "Family Man"
    Released: December 1987 (UK) / March 1988 (USA)[1]
  6. "Isn't It Midnight"
    Released: June 1988[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
MusicHound[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Tango in the Night is the 14th studio album by the British-American band Fleetwood Mac. Released in April 1987, it is the fifth studio album from the band's most successful line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood.[1]

Produced by Buckingham with Richard Dashut, Tango in the Night began as one of Buckingham's solo projects, but by 1985 the production had morphed into Fleetwood Mac's next album. It contains several hit singles, including "Big Love", "Seven Wonders", "Everywhere", and "Little Lies". The album has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.

Album history

Tango in the Night is the band's second biggest selling studio album[6] after the phenomenally successful Rumours which was released 10 years earlier. The intervening albums, Tusk (1979) and Mirage (1982), although big sellers in key territories, had not matched their predecessor's huge success. Tango in the Night was a worldwide hit with several singles from the album becoming popular all over the world. "Little Lies" and "Everywhere" in particular are now considered classic hits of the late 1980s and they continue to appear on retrospective albums of that decade.[7]

The album was a success in the United States, where it peaked at #7. Although it only peaked at #7 for three weeks, it spent more than seven months within the top 20 and more than ten months within the top 40, and was certified 3x platinum in October 2000 for selling 3 millions copies in the US.[8] Four singles from the album reached the Billboard Top 20: "Big Love" (#5), "Little Lies" (#4), "Everywhere" (#14) and "Seven Wonders" (#19).[1] The album was particularly successful in the United Kingdom where it reached #1 three times during 1987-88 for a total of five weeks, and spent more than eight months within the Top 10 of the UK albums chart. It is the seventh biggest selling album of the 1980s, being certified 8x Platinum (2.4 million copies),[9] and it is still currently one of the UK's Top 100 best selling albums of all time.[6] Three singles were Top 10 hits in the UK: "Big Love" (#9), "Little Lies" (#5) and "Everywhere" (#4). A total of six singles were eventually taken from the album over a period of 15 months.[1] The album has spent 115 weeks in the Top 75 of the UK Album Chart.[10]

Tango in the Night is, to date, the final studio album released by the 'classic' line-up of Fleetwood Mac consisting of Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood, before Buckingham's departure from the band in the summer of 1987. This line-up has reconvened for live performances, however.

With pressure being placed on Buckingham to keep the project focused and moving forward, things came to a head shortly after the release of Tango in the Night when he announced his departure from the band shortly before their scheduled tour in 1987. Following Buckingham's sudden departure, two musicians were drafted in to replace him (Rick Vito and Billy Burnette), who proceeded to complete the tour in 1987-88 with the rest of the band. Aspects of this troubled era of Fleetwood Mac's history are frankly documented in interviews with all members of the band, old and new, in two BBC documentaries: Fleetwood Mac at 21, first aired in the UK in 1988, and in Rock Family Trees, which was produced in 1995.

The distinctive cover art for the album was a painting by Australian artist Brett-Livingstone Strong which was hanging in Buckingham's home. It is a homage to the 19th Century French painter Henri Rousseau, emulating his colorful jungle theme works such as The Snake Charmer and The Repast of the Lion. It was also used as the cover of "Big Love", the album's first single.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s)Lead vocals Length
1. "Big Love"  Lindsey BuckinghamBuckingham 3:37
2. "Seven Wonders"  Sandy Stewart, Stevie NicksNicks 3:38
3. "Everywhere"  Christine McVieC. McVie 3:48
4. "Caroline"  BuckinghamBuckingham 3:50
5. "Tango in the Night"  BuckinghamBuckingham 3:56
6. "Mystified"  C. McVie, BuckinghamC. McVie 3:08
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s)Lead vocals Length
1. "Little Lies"  C. McVie, Eddy QuintelaC. McVie 3:40
2. "Family Man"  Buckingham, Richard DashutBuckingham 4:08
3. "Welcome to the Room... Sara"  NicksC. McVie 3:37
4. "Isn't It Midnight"  C. McVie, Quintela, BuckinghamC. McVie 4:06
5. "When I See You Again"  NicksNicks 3:49
6. "You and I, Part II"  Buckingham, C. McVieBuckingham 2:40

Additional information

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac
Production

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[15] 5× Platinum 500,000^
Germany (BVMI)[16] 2× Platinum 1,000,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[17] Platinum 100,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[18] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] 8× Platinum 2,400,000^
United States (RIAA)[8] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–88) Position
Australian Kent Music Report[20] 5
Austrian Albums Chart[21] 23
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[22] 6
Dutch Albums Chart[23] 2
French SNEP Albums Chart[24] 25
Italian Albums Chart[25] 11
Japanese Oricon LPs Chart[26] 14
New Zealand Albums Chart[27] 9
Norwegian VG-lista Albums Chart[28] 10
Spanish Albums Chart[29] 34
Swedish Albums Chart[30] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[31] 7
UK Albums Chart[32] 1
US Billboard 200[33] 7
West German Media Control Albums Chart[34] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1987) Position
Australian Albums Chart[20] 6
Canadian Albums Chart[35] 10
Dutch Albums Chart[36] 11
French Albums Chart[37] 67
UK Albums Chart[38] 5
US Billboard Pop Albums 40
Chart (1988) Position
Dutch Albums Chart[39] 1
Italian Albums Chart[25] 53
UK Albums Chart[38] 7
US Billboard Pop Albums 50

Decade-end charts

Chart (1980s) Position
UK Albums Chart[38] 7

References

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  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  4. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 434. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  6. 1 2 TOP SELLING ALBUMS 1959-2009 (Music Week 19 September 2009-50th Anniversary issue-cut off point is Saturday, 22 August 2009)
  7. ↑ Rock The Rough Guide. 2nd Edition. Various. Page 365. ISBN 1-85828-457-0
  8. 1 2 "American album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Tango in the Night". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  9. ↑ British Phonographic Industry online database
  10. ↑ Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005 by Graham Betts. Page 150. Collins. ISBN 0-00-720532-5
  11. ↑ RottenTomatoes - Stevie Nicks biography
  12. ↑ "The Chris Isaak Hour: Stevie Nicks, 2009".
  13. ↑ Cynthia McFadden (September 7, 2001). "Stevie Nicks in Her Own Words". ABCNEWS.com. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  14. ↑ NO certyear WAS PROVIDED for AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATION.
  15. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Fleetwood Mac – Tango in the Night". Music Canada.
  16. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Fleetwood Mac; 'Tango in the Night')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  17. ↑ "Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados > 1995–1999". Iberautor Promociones Culturales. ISBN 8480486392.
  18. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Fleetwood Mac; 'Tango in the Night')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
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Preceded by
Whispering Jack by John Farnham		 Swedish Chart number-one album
3 June 1987 		Succeeded by
Whitney by Whitney Houston
Preceded by
…Nothing Like the Sun by Sting
The Innocents by Erasure
Lovesexy by Prince		 UK number one album
31 October 1987 – 13 November 1987
7 May 1988 – 20 May 1988
28 May 1988 – 3 June 1988 		Succeeded by
Faith by George Michael
Lovesexy by Prince
Nite Flite by Various Artists
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