Chiristine McVie - Christine Perfect (1970)

Here's another "almost" Fleetwood Mac album.

In 1967, Christine Perfect joined the British blues band "Chicken Shack." The band had a man who sang most of the songs, but she sang a few. Thanks almost entirely to her excellent vocals and piano work, the group had a couple of hit albums and a hit single in 1969, "I'd Rather Go Blind." Then she left and the group's sales plummeted.

Meanwhile, in 1968 she married John McVie, bassist in Fleetwood Mac. At first she kept her maiden name, but by 1971 and onwards she could become known as Christine McVie. Of course, she would go on to sell millions of records as a soft rock star. But between leaving Chicken Shack and officially joining Fleetwood Mac in 1971, she had a brief career as a solo artist, mostly still singing the blues.

She put out one album, simply called "Christine Perfect." Unfortunately, it was only okay. Some songs were good, but other sounds were slathered with strings, especially the song promoted as the lead single ("When You Say," which would be done in a much better version by Fleetwood Mac around the same time).

Originally, I only posted part of this album, and added some other of her solo songs, plus songs with the band Chicken Shack where she sang lead. But I listened to the original album again and decided the whole thing was worthy of posting.  McVie later deemed her 1970 album to be an embarrassment. But I think she was much too harsh. If nothing else, it's interesting to hear McVie's famous silky smooth pop voice singing the blues.

01 Crazy 'bout You Baby [Can't Hold Out Much Longer] (Christine McVie)
02 I'm on My Way (Christine McVie)
03 Let Me Go [Leave Me Alone] (Christine McVie)
04 Wait and See (Christine McVie)
05 Close to Me (Christine McVie)
06 I'd Rather Go Blind (Christine McVie)
07 When You Say (Christine McVie)
08 And That's Saying a Lot (Christine McVie)
09 No Road Is the Right Road (Christine McVie)
10 For You (Christine McVie)
11 I'm Too Far Gone [To Turn Around] (Christine McVie)
12 I Want You (Christine McVie)

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The situation with her name, and the name of the album, is tricky. The album was repackaged with a new name and changed cover in the mid-1970s after she hit it big with Fleetwood Mac, to let people know this was in fact Christine McVie. I'm inclined to go with that, since she's so well known by that name for almost her entire career. So I'm referring to her for this release as the artist "Christine McVie," yet I'm also going with that rerelease in calling the album "Christine Perfect," to reflect the actual album name. 

I used a modified version of the original album art for the same reason. The major change is I turned her name "Christine Perfect" into "Christine McVie" while using the same font type and size in the same location. Also, all versions of the cover art were faded and dull. and the colors seemed off. I did some editing in Photoshop to improve the contrast and coloring.