earlier, i asked musicjournalistjim farber about what set christine mcvie apart. first of all, she was a triple threat, she was a master songwriter, a distinct singer with a timbre and tone like nobody else, and she was a great musician, great keyboardist, she brought a sound of the group, she helped changed the group from what had originally been a blues group to a much broader based pop and folk rock kind of group when they started breaking in america in the 1970s. and it s important to know that at the band s peak in the 70s, the most famous part of the band, when they were generating hit after hit, and there were three songwriters in the group, also stevie nicks and lindsey buckingham at that time, and she was generating more hits than any of them. if you look at their greatest hits package with 16 songs, eight of the songs on there,
she helped changed the group from what had originally been a blues group to a much broader based pop and folk rock kind of group when they started breaking in america in the 1970s. and it s important to know that, at the band s peak in the 70s, the most famous part of the band, when they were generating hit after hit, and there were three songwriters in the group, also stevie nicks and lindsey buckingham at that time, and she was generating more hits than any of them. if you look at their greatest hits package with 16 songs, eight of the songs on there, half of the songs on there are written or co written by christine. i saw as well she wrote songbird, which is one of my favourites. in 30 minutes, which boggles the mind, that it is now part of music history. but also, that they had such a tumultuous time in the band. you say they were high for a lot of making of it, and yet it turns out one of these albums that i think many people would agree is one of the best albums ever written.