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Say You Will is the seventeenth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 15 April 2003. It followed 1995's Time and was their first album since 1970 without vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie as a full member, as she had left the band in 1998. Lindsey Buckingham took over primary keyboard duties for the recording and Stevie Nicks added some limited additional keyboard parts.

Say You Will
Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	15 April 2003
Recorded	1995–1997, Summer 2001-Fall 2002
Studio	The Bellagio House Cornerstone, Chatsworth Ocean Way, Hollywood Lindsey Buckingham's home
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	75:56
Label	Reprise
Producer	Lindsey Buckingham Rob Cavallo John Shanks
Fleetwood Mac chronology
The Dance (1997) Say You Will (2003) Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (2004)
Singles from Say You Will
"Peacekeeper" Released: 15 April 2003 "Say You Will" Released: 24 June 2003

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chicago Tribune	(Mixed)[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(Mixed)[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
People	(Positive)[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]

This would also be the band's final album with Buckingham, who was told to leave Fleetwood Mac in 2018, although he would participate in their online-only release, 2013's Extended Play.

Say You Will was the first studio Fleetwood Mac album to peak in the top three in the US since 1982's Mirage.[8] The album debuted at No. 3 with sales of 218,000, spent two months within the top 40, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in July 2003 for 500,000 copies shipped in the US.

A limited edition version of the album was issued at the same time, featuring two live tracks ("Peacekeeper" and "Say You Will"), two additional studio tracks (Nicks' "Not Make Believe" and Buckingham's cover of Bob Dylan's "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"), an expanded booklet and poster.

Background

Soon after the release of Time, Billy Burnette and Bekka Bramlett departed to form the country duo Bekka & Billy. Rather than continuing, Fleetwood Mac chose to disband. By 1997, the Rumours lineup agreed to perform again for an MTV Unplugged special. Following the successful reunion album, The Dance, which included a live performance of "Bleed to Love Her",[9] Christine McVie left the group, citing her fear of flying as the primary reason for her departure.[10]

In the early 2000s, Buckingham was finishing up a solo album but got a call from Warner Bros to work on a Fleetwood Mac record instead. Buckingham agreed and set aside a large portion of his songs for Say You Will, with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on drums and bass, respectively.[11] To round out the album, Nicks brought in some new material, along with leftovers from previous albums.[9] One of those songs, "Smile at You", dates back to the Tusk sessions in 1979[12] but was never recorded by the full band until Say You Will.

Track listing

Note

• "Bleed to Love Her" was previously available on The Dance as a live version.

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

• Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar, percussion, programming
• Stevie Nicks – vocals, additional keyboards
• John McVie – bass guitar, black keys
• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• John Shanks – additional keyboards (1), additional guitars (8)
• Sheryl Crow – Hammond organ (7, 12), backing vocals (7, 12)
• Jamie Muhoberac – Hammond organ (9)
• Christine McVie – Hammond organ, keyboards (13), backing vocals (13, 14)
• Dave Palmer – acoustic piano (13)
• John Pierce – bass guitar [verses] (13)
• Madelyne Felsch, Molly McVie and Jessica James Nicks – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Lindsey Buckingham – producer, engineer
• Rob Cavallo – producer (5, 6, 9, 13, 14), A&R
• John Shanks – producer (1, 8)
• Ken Allardyce – engineer
• Ken Koroshetz – engineer
• Ray Lindsey – engineer, band technician
• Mark Needham – engineer, mixing (1-15, 17, 18)
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing (16)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Joe Bozzi – mastering assistant
• Mike Fasano – band technician
• Bruce Jaccoby – band technician
• Garner Knutsen – band technician
• Mike Zablow – band technician
• Stephen Walker – art direction
• Keith Carter – "Hands 1991" photography
• Karen Johnston – photography
• Neal Preston – photography
• Herbert W. Worthington – photography

Studios

• Recorded at The Bellagio House; Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California); Lindsey's garage (Los Angeles, California); Cornerstone Studios (Chatsworth, California).
• Mixed at Cornerstone Studios; Conway Studios (Hollywood, California); Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California).
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).

Management

• Tony Dimitriades and Robert Richards at East End Management – management for Lindsey Buckingham
• Howard Kaufman and Sheryl Lewis at HK Management – management for Stevie Nicks
• Carl Stubner at Immortal Management – management for Mick Fleetwood

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[33]	Gold	50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[34]	Gold	7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[36]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Music promo videos

Music videos were shot for "Peacekeeper" and "Say You Will", both of these videos were stage performances of both songs. Neither of these videos are commercially available.

References

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