2002 greatest hits album by Fleetwood Mac
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The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac is an enhanced compilation album released by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac in 2002 to promote their then-upcoming album Say You Will (2003). It was released as a double album in the US on 12 October 2002 and as a single disc in the UK. It debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart at number 12 on 2 November 2002 and spent 42 weeks on the chart. It was certified gold on 12 November 2002, platinum on 10 January 2003, and later 4× Platinum on 11 September 2018, by the RIAA .
The US version contained the highly successful Californian era of Fleetwood Mac's work (1975 onwards). It also featured the B-side "Silver Springs ", the previously unreleased The Dance performance of "Go Insane ", and several rare single remixes of key tracks, such as "Rhiannon " and "Sisters of the Moon ". The enhanced section contained rare live performances, interviews, music videos and footage of the band making their next album.
The UK version of 2002 was not enhanced, and contained three songs from the Peter Green -led blues era of Fleetwood Mac.
2009 re-release
In October 2009, the two-disc US version was released in the UK and many other territories in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, to coincide with the European and Australasian legs of the group's 'Unleashed' world tour. The re-released version features a different picture on the outer slipcase to previous releases, but does not contain the enhanced material of the 2002 US release.
The re-release has proven to be as successful in the UK as the previous 2002 release, and it re-entered the UK album chart at No. 6 (the 2002 edition had peaked at No. 7). Sales of both the 2002 edition and the 2009 edition combined have achieved 7× Platinum status (2,100,000 equivalent units) by January 2023. The album has spent more than two years within the top 40, and 360 weeks in the UK Top 100 by December 2018. The album sold over 89,000 copies in the UK in 2013 having reached as high as #34 on the album chart earlier in the year.
The Very Best reached No. 1 on the Australian ARIA Catalogue Chart in December 2009, and achieved platinum status in New Zealand within only five weeks of release.
Track listing
UK 2002 release
No. Title Writer(s) Place of origin Length 1. "Go Your Own Way " Lindsey Buckingham Rumours , 19773:39 2. "Don't Stop " Christine McVie Rumours 3:11 3. "Dreams " Stevie Nicks Rumours 4:16 4. "Little Lies " C. McVie, Eddy Quintela Tango in the Night , 19873:38 5. "Everywhere " C. McVie Tango in the Night 3:42 6. "Albatross " Peter Green Non-album single, 1968; later appeared on The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK) and English Rose (US), 1969 3:08 7. "You Make Loving Fun " C. McVie Rumours 3:33 8. "Rhiannon " (single mix , 1976) Nicks Fleetwood Mac , 19753:47 9. "Black Magic Woman " Green Non-album single; later appeared on The Pious Bird of Good Omen and English Rose 2:51 10. "Tusk " Buckingham Tusk , 19793:34 11. "Say You Love Me " (single mix, 1976) C. McVie Fleetwood Mac 4:01 12. "Man of the World " Green Non-album single, 1969; later appeared on Greatest Hits , 1971 2:50 13. "Seven Wonders " Sandy Stewart , NicksTango in the Night 3:36 14. "Family Man " Buckingham, Richard Dashut Tango in the Night 4:02 15. "Sara " Nicks Tusk 6:27 16. "Monday Morning " Buckingham Fleetwood Mac 2:45 17. "Gypsy " Nicks Mirage , 19824:22 18. "Over My Head " (single mix, 1975) C. McVie Fleetwood Mac 3:07 19. "Landslide " Nicks Fleetwood Mac 3:15 20. "The Chain " Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood , C. McVie, John McVie , Nicks Rumours 4:29 21. "Big Love " (live, 1997) Buckingham The Dance , 1997; originally from Tango in the Night 2:47
US 2002 release and UK 2009 re-release
Disc 1 No. Title Writer(s) Place of origin Length 1. "Monday Morning" Buckingham Fleetwood Mac 2:45 2. "Dreams" Nicks Rumours 4:15 3. "You Make Loving Fun" C. McVie Rumours 3:33 4. "Go Your Own Way" Buckingham Rumours 3:40 5. "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" (single mix, 1976) Nicks "Rhiannon" single; original version found on Fleetwood Mac 3:46 6. "Say You Love Me" (single mix, 1976) C. McVie "Say You Love Me" single; original version found on Fleetwood Mac 4:03 7. "I'm So Afraid " (live, 1997; edited version) Buckingham unreleased in this edit; full version found on The Dance 6:01 8. "Silver Springs " (remix , 1976) Nicks previously unreleased; original mix found on the "Go Your Own Way" single 4:30 9. "Over My Head" (single mix) C. McVie "Over My Head" single; original version found on Fleetwood Mac 3:08 10. "Never Going Back Again " Buckingham Rumours 2:14 11. "Sara" Nicks Tusk 6:26 12. "Love in Store " C. McVie, Jim Recor Mirage 3:10 13. "Tusk" Buckingham Tusk 3:34 14. "Landslide" Nicks Fleetwood Mac 3:17 15. "Songbird " C. McVie Rumours 3:20 16. "Big Love" (live, 1997) Buckingham The Dance 2:48 17. "Storms " Nicks Tusk 5:30 Total length: 66:00
Disc 2 No. Title Writer(s) Place of origin Length 1. "The Chain" Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, J. McVie, Nicks Rumours 4:29 2. "Don't Stop" C. McVie Rumours 3:12 3. "What Makes You Think You're the One " Buckingham Tusk 3:30 4. "Gypsy" Nicks Mirage 4:22 5. "Second Hand News " Buckingham Rumours 2:52 6. "Little Lies" C. McVie, Quintela Tango in the Night 3:39 7. "Think About Me " (single mix, 1980) C. McVie "Think About Me" single; original version found on Tusk 2:42 8. "Go Insane " (live, 1997) Buckingham "Silver Springs" single 4:20 9. "Gold Dust Woman " (fade-in version) Nicks Rumours 4:59 10. "Hold Me " C. McVie, Robbie Patton Mirage 3:44 11. "Seven Wonders" Stewart, Nicks Tango in the Night 3:38 12. "World Turning " Buckingham, C. McVie Fleetwood Mac 4:24 13. "Everywhere " C. McVie Tango in the Night 3:41 14. "Sisters of the Moon " (single mix, 1980) Nicks Tusk 4:41 15. "Family Man" Buckingham, Dashut Tango in the Night 4:01 16. "As Long as You Follow " C. McVie, Quintela Greatest Hits 4:18 17. "No Questions Asked " Nicks Greatest Hits 4:42 18. "Skies the Limit " C. McVie, Quintela Behind the Mask 3:46 19. "Paper Doll " Nicks, Rick Vito , John Heron 25 Years – The Chain 3:58 Total length: 74:58
Charts
Weekly charts
2005 weekly chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2005)
Peak position
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista )
27
2006 weekly chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2005)
Peak position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE )
61
2009 weekly chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (reissue)
Chart (2009)
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA )
16
Irish Albums (IRMA )
14
UK Albums (OCC )
6
2015 weekly chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2015)
Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA )
11
Year-end charts
2002 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2002)
Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
162
UK Albums (OCC)
61
2003 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2003)
Position
UK Albums (OCC)
117
US Billboard 200
135
2004 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2004)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
96
UK Albums (OCC)
188
2009 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2009)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
54
UK Albums (OCC)
45
2015 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2015)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
56
2016 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2016)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
92
2017 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2017)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
56
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard )
99
2018 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2018)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
75
Irish Albums (IRMA)
17
UK Albums (OCC)
39
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard )
85
2019 year-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2019)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
87
Decade-end charts
2000–2009 decade-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2000–2009)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
35
2010–2019 decade-end chart performance for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Chart (2010–2019)
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)
42
UK Albums (OCC)
61
Certifications
Certifications and sales for The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
Region
Certification
Certified units /sales
Argentina (CAPIF )
Gold
20,000
Australia (ARIA )
8× Platinum
560,000
Belgium (BEA )
Platinum
50,000
Canada (Music Canada )
Platinum
100,000
Ireland (IRMA )
3× Platinum
45,000
Netherlands (NVPI )
Gold
40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ )
Platinum
15,000
United Kingdom (BPI )
7× Platinum
2,100,000
United States (RIAA )
4× Platinum
2,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI )
2× Platinum
2,000,000
Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
References
AllMusic review
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