Say You Will (album)


Say You Will is the 17th and most recent studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 15 April 2003. It was the band's first studio album since 1995's Time and the first without vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie, who had left the band in 1998 although McVie made some brief apperances on the album. Lindsey Buckingham took over primary keyboard duties for the album and Stevie Nicks added some limited additional keyboard parts.
Say You Will was the first studio Fleetwood Mac album to peak in the top 3 in the US since 1982's Mirage. 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, two additional studio tracks, 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 on, the band instead opted to disband. By 1997, the Rumours lineup agreed to perform again for an MTV Unplugged special. Following the successful reunion album, The Dance, which inclduded a live performance of "Bleed to Love Her", Christine McVie left the band, citing her fear of flying as the primary reason for her departure.
In the early 2000s, Buckingham was finishing up a solo album, but got a call from Warner Bros to work on a Fleetwood Mac studio album instead. Buckingham agreed and set aside a large portion of his songs for Say You Will, with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Christine McVie on drums, bass and keyboards, respectively. To round out the album, Nicks brought in some new material along with some leftovers from previous albums. One of those songs, "Smile at You", dates back to the Tusk sessions in 1979, but was entirely rerecorded for Say You Will.

Track listing

Note
Fleetwood Mac
Additional musicians
Production

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles chart
YearSingleChartPosition
2003"Peacekeeper"US Adult Contemporary10
2003"Peacekeeper"US Adult Top 4016
2003"Peacekeeper"Billboard Hot 10080
2003"Peacekeeper"New Zealand Top 4031
2003"Say You Will"US Adult Contemporary17
2003"Say You Will"US Adult Top 4021

Certifications

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.