Say You Will
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For the hit song by Foreigner
Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm...

, see Say You Will (song)
Say You Will (song)
"Say You Will" is a song by British-American rock band Foreigner. It was the first single released from the album Inside Information , and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones...

.

Say You Will is the 17th album by British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

/American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 band Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...

, released in 2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

. It was the first Fleetwood Mac album in 34 years not to include tracks written by vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie
Christine McVie
Christine McVie is an English rock singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac, though she has also released three solo albums...

, who had left the group in 1998. McVie is featured on two songs, which had been originally recorded for an unreleased Lindsey Buckingham solo album (tracks 13 & 14). It also marks the first studio album in 16 years to feature Buckingham back in the fold.

Say You Will was the first Fleetwood Mac studio album to peak in the top 3 in the US since 1982's Mirage
Mirage (Fleetwood Mac album)
Mirage is the 13th studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released in June 1982.Following a hiatus of over a year after the completion of the worldwide Tusk tour, the band temporarily relocated to Château d'Hérouville in France to record this 12-track collection...

. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in July 2003 for 500,000 copies shipped in the US. It has also been certified Gold in the UK for 100,000 copies shipped.

A limited-edition version of this disc 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
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

's "Love Minus Zero/No Limit"), an expanded booklet and poster.

Track listing

  1. "What's the World Coming To" (Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and a live album...

    , Julian Raymond) – 3:47
  2. "Murrow Turning Over in His Grave
    Murrow Turning Over in His Grave
    "Murrow Turning Over in His Grave" is the second track on Fleetwood Mac's 2003 album Say You Will. It was written and performed by Lindsey Buckingham.-Structure:...

    " (Buckingham) – 4:11
  3. "Illume (9-11)" (Stevie Nicks
    Stevie Nicks
    Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...

    ) – 4:50
  4. "Thrown Down" (Nicks) – 4:02
  5. "Miranda" (Buckingham) – 4:17
  6. "Red Rover" (Buckingham) – 3:57
  7. "Say You Will" (Nicks) – 3:47
  8. "Peacekeeper" (Buckingham) – 4:10
  9. "Come" (Buckingham, Neale Heywood) – 5:59
  10. "Smile at You" (Nicks) – 4:32
  11. "Running Through the Garden" (Nicks, Ray Kennedy, Gary Nicholson) – 4:33
  12. "Silver Girl" (Nicks) – 3:59
  13. "Steal Your Heart Away" (Buckingham) – 3:33
  14. "Bleed to Love Her" (Buckingham) – 4:05
  15. "Everybody Finds Out" (Nicks, Richard Nowels) – 4:28
  16. "Destiny Rules" (Nicks) – 4:26
  17. "Say Goodbye" (Buckingham) – 3:24
  18. "Goodbye Baby" (Nicks) – 3:50


Deluxe edition disc 2:
  1. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan
    Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

    ) – 4:21
  2. "Not Make Believe" (Nicks) – 4:30
  3. "Peacekeeper" (live) – 4:17
  4. "Say You Will" (live) – 3:51

Track notes

  • "Bleed to Love Her" was previously available on The Dance
    The Dance (album)
    The Dance is a live performance by Fleetwood Mac, released on Cassette, CD and VHS in 1997, and later on DVD. It hailed the return of the band's most successful line-up of Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks, who had not released an album together since...

    as a live version.
  • "Thrown Down" was used during the Joey–Charlie kiss scene in U.S sit-com Friends
    Friends
    Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

    .

Credits

Fleetwood Mac
  • Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being the guitarist and male lead singer of the musical group Fleetwood Mac. Aside from his tenure with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has also released six solo albums and a live album...

     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

    , keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Stevie Nicks
    Stevie Nicks
    Stephanie Lynn "Stevie" Nicks is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums...

     – keyboards, vocals
  • John McVie
    John McVie
    John Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of Mick Fleetwood, was the inspiration for the band's name...

     – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Mick Fleetwood
    Mick Fleetwood
    Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood is a British musician and actor best known for his role as the drummer and namesake of the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac. His surname, combined with that of John McVie, was the inspiration for the name of the originally Peter Green-led Fleetwood Mac...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion


Additional personnel
  • Christine McVie
    Christine McVie
    Christine McVie is an English rock singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac, though she has also released three solo albums...

     – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

     on "Steal Your Heart Away", backing vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

     on "Bleed To Love Her" and "Steal Your Heart Away"
  • Sheryl Crow
    Sheryl Crow
    Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...

     – Hammond organ
    Hammond organ
    The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...

     and backing vocals on "Say You Will" and "Silver Girl"
  • Jamie Muhoberac
    Jamie Muhoberac
    Jamie Muhoberac is a session keyboardist with numerous credits, including The All-American Rejects, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones , Backstreet Boys, Aly & AJ, Bob Dylan, Goo Goo Dolls, Chris Cornell , My Chemical Romance, Paradise Lost, Girlfriend, Carmen Rizzo and Pet Shop Boys...

     – Hammond organ on "Come"
  • John Pierce – additional bass on "Steal Your Heart Away"
  • John Shanks
    John Shanks
    John Matthew Shanks is a modern rock writer and Grammy Award–winning producer.Born in New York City, Shanks moved to Los Angeles when he was 17....

     – keyboards on "What's The World Coming To" & "Peacekeeper"
  • Dave Palmer
    Dave Palmer (American keyboardist)
    Dave Palmer is an American session keyboardist native to Texas and living in Studio City, California. Palmer has toured, performed, or recorded with Air, Fiona Apple, Seal, Chris Isaak, Joe Henry, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Ponga, Critters Buggin, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Aimee Mann, Solomon Burke,...

     – piano
    Piano
    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

     on "Steal Your Heart Away"
  • Jessica James Nicks, Molly McVie, Madelyne Felsch – backing vocals on "Say You Will"

Production

  • Producers: Lindsey Buckingham, Rob Cavallo, John Shanks
  • Engineers: Lindsey Buckingham, Ken Allardyce, Ken Koroshetz, Ray Lindsey, Mark Needham, Phil Nichols, Matthew J Doughty
  • Recorded at The Bellagio House, Ocean Way Recording, Lindsey's garage and Cornerstone Recording Studios
  • Mixing: Mark Needham, Chris Lord-Alge (Track 16)
  • Mixing Assistant: Phil Nichols, Matthew J Doughty, Joe Bozzi
  • Mastering: Bernie Grundman
  • A&R: Rob Cavallo
  • Band Technician: Mike Fasano, Bruce Jaccoby
  • Art Direction: Stephen Walker
  • Photography: Karen Williams Johnston, Neal Preston, Herbert Worthington III

Album

Year Chart Position
2003 The Billboard 200 3
2003 UK Album Chart 6
2003 Ireland Albums Top 75 6
2003 New Zealand Albums Top 40 7
2003 Top Canadian Albums Top 100 8
2003 Sweden Album Top 60 8
2003 Germany Albums Top 50 10
2003 Norway Albums Top 40 23
2003 Australia Albums Top 50 24
2003 Dutch Albums Top 100 28
2003 Swiss Albums Top 100 51
2003 France Albums Top 150 121

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2003 "Peacekeeper" US Adult Contemporary 10
2003 "Peacekeeper" US Adult Top 40 16
2003 "Peacekeeper" The Billboard Hot 100 80
2003 "Peacekeeper" New Zealand Top 40 31
2003 "Say You Will" US Adult Contemporary 17
2003 "Say You Will" US Adult Top 40 21

Certifications

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