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Law and Order is the first solo album by Fleetwood Mac guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham, released in 1981. "Trouble", featuring drumming by Fleetwood Mac bandmate Mick Fleetwood, reached No. 9 on the U.S. charts; the album itself reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200. Lindsey appeared on Saturday Night Live on February 6, 1982 and performed "Trouble" and "Bwana" with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo.[2]

Law and Order
Studio album by Lindsey Buckingham
Released	October 3, 1981
Recorded	Winter 1980-Summer 1981
Studio	Larrabee (West Hollywood) Wally Heider (Los Angeles)
Genre	Rock
Length	36:13
Label	Asylum (US/Canada) Mercury (outside US/Canada) Warner Bros. (reissue)
Producer	Lindsey Buckingham Richard Dashut
Lindsey Buckingham chronology
Law and Order (1981) Go Insane (1984)
Fleetwood Mac albums chronology
Live (1980) Mirage (1982)
Singles from Law and Order
"Trouble" Released: October 1981 (US) [1] "It Was I" Released: March 1982 "The Visitor (Bwana)" Released: March 1982 (UK) "Mary Lee Jones" Released: May 1982 (UK)

Following the relative commercial failure of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album, where many of the tracks were recorded in Buckingham's home studio, Mick Fleetwood informed Buckingham that the band was not interested in recording subsequent releases in the same manner. This was the impetus for Buckingham to create Law and Order. "In that moment, I realized, 'If I wanna continue to take risks [and] try to define myself as an artist in the long term, I'm gonna have to start making solo albums.'"[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Record Mirror	[5]
Robert Christgau	B+[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

Jon Pareles of Rolling Stone, in a 4/5 star review, wrote that "based on the evidence of Law and Order... Lindsey Buckingham's biggest contribution to Fleetwood Mac has been his unabashed fondness for pop music at its most hokey and hooky."[7] On the other hand, Robin Smith of Record Mirror panned the "miserable" album in a 1/5 star review, saying that it "sounds like the out takes of Mac's worst studio sessions delivered around [Buckingham's] reedy little voice."[5]

In a retrospective review, William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave the album 3½/5 stars, saying that it "comes off as a high-quality demo of largely unfinished material".[4]

Track listing

Personnel

Main performer

• Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• George Hawkins – bass on "Trouble"
• Mick Fleetwood – drums on "Trouble"
• Carol Ann Harris – harmony vocals on "It Was I"
• Christine McVie – harmony vocals on "Shadow of the West"

Production

• Lindsey Buckingham – producer, recording, Polaroid art
• Richard Dashut – producer, recording
• David Brown – recording
• Sabrina Buchanek – recording assistant
• Judy Clapp – recording assistant
• Dennis Mays – recording assistant
• Larry Emerine – mastering
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Precision Lacquer (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Larry Vigon – art direction, design
• George Hurrell – front cover photography
• Sam Emerson – back cover photography

Singles

Song	US Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock	ARIA
"Trouble"	No. 9	No. 12	No. 1
"It Was I"	No. 110	-	No. 74

Music promo videos

Two promotional music videos were shot for Law and Order, "Trouble" and "It Was I", both directed by Jerry Watson and produced by Paul Flattery. "Trouble" featured friends of Buckingham playing either guitar or drums. They included Mick Fleetwood, Bob Welch, and Bob Weston from Fleetwood Mac and singer-songwriter Walter Egan.[8]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Law and Order (album)

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[it] Law and Order (Lindsey Buckingham)

Law and Order è il primo album in studio da solista del cantautore statunitense Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac), pubblicato dalla casa discografica Asylum Records nell'ottobre del 1981[7].

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