Mirage (Fleetwood Mac album)
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| Studio album by Fleetwood Mac | ||||
| Released | 18 June 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–82 at | |||
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Le Château in Hérouville, France, Larrabee Sound Studios and the Record Plant (both in Los Angeles, California) mixed at George Massenburg Labs in West Los Angeles, California |
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| Genre | Pop rock, soft rock | |||
| Length | 42:52 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
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| Pitchfork Media | (8.5/10) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Mirage is the 13th studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released on June 18, 1982. This studio effort found the band venturing further into radio-friendly soft rock than it had in any of its previous incarnations. It stood in stark contrast to its highly experimental predecessor, 1979's Tusk. Mirage yielded several hit singles: "Hold Me" (which peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, remaining there for seven weeks), "Gypsy" (#12 US Pop Chart), "Love in Store" (#22 US Pop Chart), "Oh Diane" (which reached #9 in the UK), and finally, "Can't Go Back" (issued on 7" and 12" in the UK).
Following a hiatus of over a year after the completion of the worldwide Tusk tour, the band temporarily relocated to Château d'Hérouville in France to record a new album. By this time Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham had each commenced a solo career, the former to multi-platinum #1 success with 1981's Bella Donna, the latter faring not as well with his first outing Law and Order (US Billboard #32).
The Stevie Nicks composition "Gypsy" (#12 Pop, #4 Rock, and a #16 hit in Canada) was the second single from the album and was accompanied by a lengthy video, the highest-budget music video ever produced at the time, directed by Russell Mulcahy, and was the very first "World Premiere Video" on MTV in 1982. The edited version of "Gypsy" that appears on the album and single releases runs for only 4:24, but a 5½-minute version had been originally recorded The latter version was (initially) used in the video, and was not available on CD until the release of 1992's retrospective box set 25 Years – The Chain.
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