In the Meantime (2023 Remaster) Christine McVie

• 1Friend (2023 Remaster)04:33
• 2You Are (2023 Remaster)03:37
• 3Northern Star (2023 Remaster)04:54
• 4Bad Journey (2023 Remaster)04:48
• 5Anything is Possible (2023 Remaster)03:12
• 6Calumny (2023 Remaster)05:02
• 7So Sincere (2023 Remaster)03:46
• 8Easy Come, Easy Go (2023 Remaster)04:26
• 9Liar (2023 Remaster)03:44
• 10Sweet Revenge (2023 Remaster)03:49
• 11Forgiveness (2023 Remaster)03:43
• 12Givin' It Back (2023 Remaster)04:15
• 13Little Darlin' (2023 Remaster)03:45
• Total Runtime53:34

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Christine McVie is surely one of the most gifted songwriters Britain has ever produced. Her talent can be heard throughout all of Fleetwood Mac's best-known work and her solo music is no less thrilling. Recorded at Christine's home studio in Kent, 'In The Meantime' is a work of rare depth and quality, with Christine's unmistakable voice to the fore and her songwriting skills as perfect as ever.

The first lady of Fleetwood Mac and key song writing force behind some of the band’s biggest hits including ‘Don’t Stop’ and ‘You Make Loving Fun’, ‘Everywhere’ and ‘Little Lies’ returns with a solo album, ‘In The Meantime’.

‘In The Meantime’ is the perfect showcase for Christine’s instantly recognisable voice and eloquent, intimate song writing.

The album is produced by Christine, her nephew Dan Perfect and Ken Caillat. Christine takes full song writing credit for the second track ‘You Are’ and co-writes ten of the album’s 12 songs. Highlights include the infectious ‘Friend’, the beautiful ‘You Are’ and the haunting ‘Calumny’.

Christine last performed with Fleetwood Mac at the Brit Awards in 1998, where the band picked up a Life Time Achievement Award for their outstanding contribution to music. She last collaborated with the band on 1995’s ‘Time’ studio album. A vital lynchpin of Fleetwood Mac, Christine wrote a string of hits for the band including the hit tracks, ‘Don’t Stop’, ‘Over My Head’ and ‘You Make Loving Fun’ and ‘Songbird’. Christine was a member of the group for nearly thirty years and as she observes: “Not a day goes by that I don’t think about Fleetwood Mac”.

Since leaving the band, Christine returned to her roots living a quiet life in the country. However writing has always been Christine’s first love and the time away from touring and music has allowed her to return to recording with a new outlook and a new found sense of freedom.

The album developed organically, growing over a period of time after Christine asked Dan to collaborate with her on an early album track. The partnership flourished and the project blossomed into the new album. For Dan, “Christine sounds as young as she does on ‘Rumours’”, for Christine the essence of the album was fun. The result is a mesmerising and expressive album from one of music’s most compelling and distinctive talents.McVie Returns With “Meantime” Former Fleetwood Mac keyboardist to release third album.

"Christine McVie opted out of the reunited Fleetwood Mac's return to the studio for 2003's Say You Will, and listening to her 2004 solo album In the Meantime, it's easy to see why. She simply didn't want work on such a grand scale as Fleetwood Mac. She wanted to make a low-key, intimate, mellow record that's more about atmosphere than songwriting. It makes In the Meantime an unassuming return to recording -- it's hardly a big splash that some might expect after a 20-year wait between solo records -- and it's not bad. It's not particularly memorable since the songs are so low-key that they tend to float by one by one, sustaining the friendly, relaxed vibe, but not going much beyond that, either. Yet, there's a certain charm in that, especially in comparison to the big-budget, widescreen epics of such Mac albums as Tango in the Night, where each track was meticulously arranged and assembled piece by piece. Here, McVie is comfortable, playing with a sympathetic band, and sounding at ease for the first time in years. It's nice to hear her so relaxed, and while it's hard not to wish that it was easier to remember the songs once the album was finished, it's hard not to enjoy In the Meantime as it's playing." (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

Christine McVie, vocals, keyboards (1–5, 7–12), synthesizers (2, 4, 5), acoustic piano (6)
Dan Perfect, guitars, backing vocals (2, 4, 6–9, 12), programming (5, 9)
George Hawkins, backing vocals (2, 4, 8, 9, 12), bass (3–7, 10, 11, 12)
Steve Ferrone, drums
Luis Conte, percussion (1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12)
Lenny Castro, percussion (2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
David Isaacs, backing vocals (7, 8)
Billy Burnette, backing vocals (12)

Produced by Christine McVie, Dan Perfect, Ken Caillat

Digitally remastered

Christine McVie
Christine Anne Perfect, daughter of Cyril and Beatrice, was born on July 12th, 1943 into a very musical family.

It is therefore not surprising that Christine ended up taking a similar path. Growing up, her father wanted her to become a concert pianist, but unfortunately for him, (as Christine admits on the liner notes for ‘The Chain’), she discovered Fats Domino.

Growing up in the Midlands of England she joined her first band, ‘Shades of Blue’, (a blues band for whom she played bass), while she was in art college.

She left Birmingham to move to London with a teaching degree in sculpture and spent some time working as a window dresser; a job she quickly realised that was not for her.

She therefore accepted immediately when she was invited to join another blues band by old College friend Stan Webb. It was 1966, and the band was Chicken Shack. During her time with Chicken Shack, Christine became familiar with Fleetwood Mac.

In the beginning her relationship with the band was simply that she was a fan and would go to see them when she herself was not playing.

But she soon caught the attention of the band members, as the two bands would often play the same circuits. After courting for a short time, Christine was married to Mac bassist John McVie in 1968. However, soon after they were married, the two were to be separated by their duties to their respective bands and rarely found the time to see each other.

Chicken Shack had a hit single in 1969 with ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’, which featured lead vocals by Christine. Also that year she was voted ‘Best Female Vocalist’ in the musical publication ‘Melody Maker’. However, despite this success, she made the decision to leave the music business to become a housewife and spend more time with John.

After releasing a solo album entitled ‘Christine Perfect’, an album which Christine herself was not entirely happy with; she was asked to join Fleetwood Mac in 1970.

Although she had already made uncredited contributions to the album ‘Kiln House’, her first official album with the band was ‘Future Games’ in 1971. After a while, both John’s drinking and the fact that they spent so much time together took it’s toll on the marriage, and it is recorded that Christine had a brief affair with producer Martin Birch.

Then in 1974, after a number of albums did not get the reaction that they’d hoped for in Britain, the band decided to move to America, where their records were more successful.

Christine was not happy about the move, but agreed to give it a go for a trial period. Soon after the move, singer and guitarist Bob Welch left the band and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were invited to join.

It was shortly after this period that Christine decided to end her marriage to McVie and the pair separated. For a time she lived with Curry Grant, the band’s lighting director while John went to live on his boat.

Then, in 1979, she started a two-year relationship with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson and in 1984 she released a self-titled solo album. It was during the making of this album that she met Eddy Quintela who she married in 1986.

Christine reunited with the rest of the Rumours line up in 1997 to go on the road with ‘The Dance’ album, but is not expected to make an appearance on the current album.

In recent years Christine McVie ( now divorced from Quintela) has moved back to Britain and set up home in a village near Canterbury in Kent where, as Stevie Nicks reports, Christine is indulging her passion for cookery.

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