My god, Danny Kirwan was such an underrated talent...

Beautiful guitar work. Woman of 1000 years, Future Games, Sands of Time.This was Kirwin's best work without a doubt. Very underappreciated album. I wore the thing out When I was in college. Still love it.

What a beautiful arrangement of true music,. Transports me to a peaceful place.

A very underrated Mac album. This album has such a pure and magical sound it truly sounds great.

Danny, hope you are seeing how timeless your music is from a peaceful heavenly realm.

Brings back memories of my college days when I played the heck out of this record and “kiln house”. The times seemed more care free.

Mac's best album. Don't care that Buckingham and Nicks, or even Peter Green for that matter, are not on it. It has aged like fine wine. Endlessly listenable. Look up underrated in the dictionary and you'll see a pic of the album cover.

Fleetwood Mac at their very best. One of the greatest rock albums of all time.

My long time girlfriend just passed away and the tune Woman of Thousand Years applies to how I felt about my soulmate. Danny Kirwan soulful picking will forever make me think of her.

My favorite Fleetwood Mac album of all time as well. Man, from Oh Well through Bare Trees, this band really was on a roll. Truly amazing stuff..Almost mystical.

Future Games has become one of my favorite songs.

Music like this is why I spent a lot of money on a really good FM tuner in the 1970's.

I saw this tour in 1971 at 14 - they opened for Deep Purple at NY's Felt Forum. We had 2nd row seats right in front of Christine McVie (the start of my romance with Christine).

Track List: 1. Woman of 1000 Years - 0:00 2. Morning Rain - 5:28 3. What a Shame - 11:07 4. Future Games - 13:27 5. Sands of Time - 21:45 6. Sometimes - 29:10 7. Lay It All Down - 34:36 8. Show Me a Smile - 39:07

Amazing the amount of talent that flowed in and out of this band. Some of the best song writers / artists known to man.

I absolutely agree. After all the work the variations of Mac have produced, this album still hits me as their finest. Missing Christine though.

I bought this album when it came out in 1971. Today it's my favorite album to play first thing in the morning.

The whole album is special, back when songwriting was a craft, and recording artists took great pride in turning out good compositions. Wonderful musicianship, and Danny Kirwan's songwriting sensitivity is particularly noticeable

R.I.P DANNY KIRWAN MAY 13, 1950 ~ JUNE 8, 2018

One of my favourite all time record. Never gets old.

Pure magic! This album always puts me in a great headspace. Those sure we're good times. Super sound system on the"farm". Never forget the vibe of the day. Much better than present day lunacy. Peace to all!!!

my fav also. just heard that Christine McVie passed away today and needed to hear this record while on the road. thank you for sharing. RIP Christine .

Takes me back to my high school years when very few even knew who Fleetwood Mac where. What they were was an ass kicking band that I grew to love instantly.

R.I.P. Christine McVie. The voice of an angel.

There's something very down to earth about Danny's sound. Didn't hear much about him at the time but I think more and more people are realizing how important his contribution to FM's success actually was. Brilliant!!! Thanx for posting!!!

Everytime I listen to this song I close my eyes and it takes me to another demention.

Thank you so much for posting. This is my favorite FM album. It does give me chills, even now. The lead off song is my favorite on the LP. It takes me back to 1971 every time i hear it. It was a different world , for sure. This album was one of transition, with the addition of Bob Welch, who adds a great element to the band. The first ten albms by FM are their best. I thought that " Mystery to Me " , would give them commercial sucess, and it nearly did. I think it is sad that it wasn't until Buckingham and Nicks arrived that the group headed into superstardom. It always irks me when i encounter someone who is surprised that FM had any albums out before the 1975 album " Fleetwood Mac ". So much great music from the band before Lindsay and Stevie joined up.

One of those 'Best of all Time' albums...

My first time to hear this incredible album was my freshman year at UMASS in Amherst in the fall of 1971 in a room on 4th floor Dwight House in the Quad, with a group of older classmates, all who had tripped on LSD and been to Woodstock. I was smoking good pot at the time...I will NEVER get tired of this music!

Danny was a friend of mine. Lovely to hear this. Danny was in good spirits last time we met and most of the stories about him are false. He’s a very funny man, and a good person.

Imagine Green, Kirwan, Welch, and Weston all jamming and singing together in the great beyond - that's a helluva lineup right there. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎵🎶🌌🌌🌠

What a gem of an album!!!! Superb in every single way........Bob Welch is such a great addition on this LP. This is probably my favorite FM album. 🎸

These guys were on another level from many artists back in the day. Classic!

"Sands of time" 21:49 is the pure addiction, Danny Kirwan (also roger taylor look-alike) was an amazing songwriter..

Fleetwood Mac's middle period my favorite.

Great album! When they were still into rock and blues. Always have loved this album!

Remember picking up on this Mac period, on pirate radio, and went out and bought all the albums! Real timeless magic! R.I.P. Danny.

Came out my senior year of high school. Life changing, seeing what truly brilliant songwriting and performing was all about. Chills to this day. Christine, Danny and Bob set a standard that have yet to be surpassed to this day. Saw how good it can be, joyous or sad.

I wrote elsewhere of Danny's contribution to his bandmates' songs. This is a brilliant example of that.

This transports me to a 15 year old madly in love with Danny Kirwan and playing these albums to the ground. All these songs hold well. Danny was genius and such a young talent. Love that the music lives forever.

I had forgotten how magnificent this album is - thanks for posting - it's moving to the front of my album collection.

thanks for Everything Danny !

First time hearing this. Bare Trees is one of my favorite albums ever, so I don't know how I missed this one; but good lord, I am completely slain! Thank you so much for posting.

They don't get any better than this beautiful lp right here!! This lp pulled me through a crazy time years and years ago .love Danny Kirwan!! Phenomenal guitarist

Such beautiful music. I always loved this album. Danny was such a talent….and beautiful with them all together….

I am a huge fan of 'new' Fleetwood Mac, but I also like the 'old' . They are very similar with all the beautiful voices and harmonies.

Underrated album. It takes a few listens, but give it a chance and it will sink in.

Future Games by Fleetwood Mac is one of my all time favorite album along with Bare Trees album what makes so good was the addition of Christine McVie and what she did for that music-wise. January 2023 hearing of the passing of Christine McVie really broke my heart the music world will miss by those Fleetwood Mac fans all over the world rest in peace Christine.

John MacAulay 13 January 2018 Many thanks to Thomas for sharing some of the VERY BEST of Fleetwood Mac. Danny Kirwan's playing is nothing short ofBRILLIANT...an enchanting example of "Less is More," especially on WOMAN OF 1000 YEARS and SANDS OF TIME. He sparkledin much the same way on BARE TREES (ie. SUNNY SIDE OF HEAVEN, DUST and SENTIMENTAL LADY). It's a shame that his WHITE FLAME dimmed in his solo career, but for 4 or 5 years that baby-faced virtuoso made my high school listening veryenjoyable! If the CD format had existed in the early '70s those two LPs would have formed one of the very best discs...EVER!This is not to discount the chemistry of F-MAC during the Post-Peter Green years. The namesake rhythm section, Christine McVie, and Bob Welch, along with Jeremy Spencer (on KILN HOUSE) had much to do with that cohesive blend of melodic bliss.What a wonderful era of music...THAT VINTAGE of the MAC was very underrated in those days. 45+ years later I appreciatethat echo-laden offspring of "ALBATROSS" even more!

I took one cassette with me to Vietnam in 1971 . Still my favorite today . 11 Bravo .

The guitar work is nothing short of astounding. Complete vocal quality.

Mac fan since 70, they were like a private band not many were crazed about, the early stuff is GREAT, love Stevie & Buckingham but loved this material first, bought this album at least 3 times, played this just before bed almost nightly. sweet dreams!!

Always loved all Fleetwod Mac pre-Nicks and Buckingham. This one is a masterpiece I have listened to since the early seventies.

Danny was the soul. Sands of time, best song ever!

The talent of Fleetwood Mac from the beginning has been amazing. The contributions they made are really untouchable to me.

the future games album was by excellence danny kirwan album with some of the best of what he achieved.

Thank you for sharing. This is one of my favorite albums. I still have 2 copies of this album but no longer have a turntable. Good to hear this again. Brings back lots of good memories.

Ahhh... Woman of a Thousand Years, I knew you were out there somewhere - Thanks Thomas

Danny was unjustly ignored---he was the real deal!

Excellent album!

50 ans après, on ne s'en lasse toujours pas, un des dix plus beaux disques de la pop ! Qu'on se le dise !

Love Danny somehow I got lucky when I was a little kid my first album was Kiln House I picked it out of what was there at a grocery store in AZ and it is still one of my fav albums the other I picked was Tumbleweed Connection just when by album cover energy I wasn't aware of but drew me to pick these two and I got home and was like what the hell is blood on the floor doing here bahaha still wonder about that.both albums started my musical journey but what a pick that was like winning the lottery can you imagine ? I realize now what an amazing rare beautiful talent Danny was I love the way he plays hits those notes you know the ones that bring pleasure I just wish there was more music more video from old super 8s anything just more of Dannys talents.

This is also my favorite, I love Sand's of Time.

This whole album is great and sounds better every time I hear it (always have to play the whole thing, both sides... I have it on vinyl). "Morning Rain" was the first Fleetwood Mac song I ever heard.. guess it was 45 years ago - times flies. THANKS for uploading this.

I adore this album, in my top 10 of all time. Thanks for sharing.

THanks for posting! We old heads have this debate about which is their favorite Mac albums...my buddy LOVES this one best, and there are days when I can see that. And, there are days when others see my favorite in a new light, being Bare Trees. But, nobody EVER picks an album from the Buck/nicks era...not that there is any dislike, but the sound is much different. The old Mac bands had the envy of all other artists. The new Mac had the envy of all other financiers :) We're sure grateful for having Christine Perfect in our lives for so many decades, aren't we? Sure gonna miss that woman. Tobias

One of the most overlooked albums by not so overlooked artists.

One of the best guitars I have heard...the background melodies and their means of changing the tempo in the song... bringing it all to climatic ending...

Future Games is the fifth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 3 September 1971. It was their first album to feature Christine McVie as a full member. This album was also the first of five albums to feature American guitarist Bob Welch . “He was totally different background - R&B, sort of jazzy. He brought his personality,” Mick Fleetwood said of Welch in a 1995 BBC interview. “He was a member of Fleetwood Mac before we’d even played a note.”

i have a favorite moment on this album. It occurs on the Future Games track where at the end the power chords come in oh so slowly in the song's "you're not the only one" stage....gently those chops roll in and then rip out my chest cavity....affects me the same way every day.... reminds me of our 100 day acid runs.

thx fdor sharing this , the most sublime material from FM.....I love it as much as Bare Trees...or Mystery to Me...

Yes - Bomb album. Bought in ' 71 and still have it !. I had the Yellow one at one time !

I remember listening to this on vinyl when it was new on an old ass Magnavox turntable. Sounded fantastic then and it still does today. ☮️

Back in the day I didn't follow FM other than what was on the radio. Some folks would say that they preferred Christine McVie. I didn't know what to make of it and didn't research. At that time Stevie Nicks ruled. All these years later, I have explored their catalogue all the way back to Peter Green. And of course this gem of an album with so many beautiful songs. McVie's Show Me a Smile is an enduring classic that I enjoy at least as much or more than any of Nicks' hits.

Probably one of the best lay in the floor stoned albums of all time. Don’t know why it’s not one of their most celebrated albums of all time.

I love the entire album! I am a huge Mac fan!

all faces of Mac had their own places. all of them different all great

Yes it's my Favorite Mac album, I was in love with Christine for so long.Kirwan was splendid as well as Bob Welch.IMHO when Stevie and Lyndsey came it was never the same? An old friend turned me on to them in the very early 70's and we went to see them at UNC-Chapel Hill along with about 200 others. I stared at Chris all night ,finally caught her eye and mouthed I LOVE YOU and she smiled and I died a wonderful death!!!

Great taste, Thomas. This is my second favorite FM album after Mystery to Me. Danny Kirwan KILLS on it.

Never heard this before - what a great album. Thanks for posting it Thomas.

One of the four best FM albums, with Then Play On, Rumours, The White Album...and a good listen still, on the sad anniversaries of both Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch's deaths...both left us too early, and deserved happier lives...😥

Woman of a Thousand Years is almost unbearably beautiful. The rest of the album is equally great. God knows we need more uplifting art like this.

Listening to the entire thing on loop as I clean. GREAT sound, Lindsey and Stevie added that "something" they needed to get to the next level. TY Mick Fleetwood for finding them!!!❤❤

Such a great hippie vibe. People under 55 don't know what they missed. We were the blessed generation-TJ STRUSKA

I am listening to this album for the first time. I am 60, and I was fool enough to consider that the Buckingham-Nicks era was all that mattered. I am trying to make amends. My last effort will be to buy Future games, And then play on and Heroes are hard to find. Their early stuff is one of the most pleasant musical surprises in years.

Show me a smile has some feeling of Jefferson Airplane with the guitar work. Beautiful song!

just discovered. handmade music, recorded with passion and soul.

THANK YOU for sharing! A beautiful Rock album.

I have the vinyl in my old collection. Danny Kirwan - hugely underrated.

I saw both Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and the "US" line up. Both great. This one is gorgeous. Very underrated. Kirwan had such a lovely tone. RIP.

Future Games, Bare Trees And Hero’s are Hard to Find, not to negate al the begining Blues phase of the band and not as accessible to the average, Where the most memorable bookmarks in my High School years. I am glad to see that some of us still remember.

Right near the top of my list of beautiful, artful albums created in my lifetime.................brings me great joy every time I listen to it...............still...........

Wonderful album from a legendary rock band!During that period they had to compete with the "heavy-artsy" groups like Jethro Tull,Yes,the Who,Led Zeppelin...,its nice to hear this again in 2017;stands the test of time very well!

The post Peter Green, pre-Buckingham/Nicks period is highly underrated. Some real musical gems here.

first heard this in 1971, a quiet morning on the straits of malacca. an anchor point in my life.

No conocía el disco hasta ahora. Lo hallo delicioso, lejano a los demás de Fleetwood Mac, muy progresivo. Valoro al grupo todavía más, si cabe. Thank you, sir Thomas. Postdata: Me reafirmo en lo dicho, pues sigo escuchándolo y deleitándome. De lo más 00:00 Woman of 1000 Years (Danny Kirwan) 05:28 Morning Rain (Christine McVie ) 11:06 What a Shame (Bob Welch, Kirwan, C. McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood) 13:26 Future Games (Welch) 21:44 Sands of Time (Kirwan) 29:07 Sometimes (Kirwan) 34:33 Lay It All Down (Welch) 39:03 Show Me a Smile (C. McVie) creativo de la historia del rock. Fleetwood Mac en el olimpo.

This album shows the direction that FM were heading towards. Eventually getting there with albums like rumours despite many changes of personnel on the way. Another significant point being how good the music was thanks to the contributions of the other members. Mick and John are such a fantastic rythmn section and really push the complex Sands of Time to a level that is comparable to that of 'Go your Own Way'. Once Danny went solo he did not always have such great musicians backing his work and this really shows in many of his albums.

this LP was my intro to FM back in 1973....LOVE

I can't agree with you anymore. Beautiful. Especially, Danny Kirwan.

Bought Tango In The Night vinyl and the guy sent this vinyl too for free, glad he did it's awesome