''Songbird (A Solo Collection)'' is a compilation album by English musician, singer, and songwriter

Christine McVie Christine Anne McVie (; Perfect; 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022) was an English musician. She was the keyboardist and one of the vocalists and songwriters of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. McVie was a member of several bands, notably Chic ...

, released in 2022. It was McVie's final release before her death later that year in November. The compilation album includes remixed songs from McVie's 1984 eponymous release and her 2004 album '' In the Meantime'' along with previously unreleased music. Producer

Glyn Johns Glyn Thomas Johns (born 15 February 1942) is an English recording engineer and record producer. He has worked with many of the most famous rock recording acts from both the UK and abroad, such as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who, ...

was involved with the project and helped McVie select her favorite solo songs to rework with extra instrumentation. "Slow Down" was originally slated to appear on the soundtrack for '' American Flyers'', but the song was not used for the film. McVie wrote the song as a love song and incorporated aspects of cycling into the lyrics. The collection also includes an orchestral rendition of "

Songbird A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 5,00 ...

", which features an orchestral score by

Vince Mendoza Vince Mendoza (born November 17, 1961) is an American composer, music arranger and conductor. He debuted as a solo artist in 1989, and is known for his work conducting the Metropole Orkest and WDR Big Band Köln, as well as arranging music f ...

layered underneath the vocals from the original recording found on

Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassis ...

's '' Rumours'' album. "All You Gotta Do" was written during the ''In the Meantime'' sessions and was recorded as a duet with George Hawkins, who also appeared on the ''Christine McVie'' album. The song was left unfinished at the time, so Glyn Johns paired McVie with Ethan Johns and Ricky Peterson to complete it.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals (all tracks), keyboards (tracks 1–9) * Dan Perfect – guitars (tracks 1–2, 4, 7–9), backing vocals (tracks 7–8) * George Hawkins – bass guitar (tracks 1–9), backing vocals (tracks 7–8) *

Steve Ferrone Stephen A. Ferrone (born 25 April 1950) is an English drummer. He is known as a member of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1994 to 2017, replacing original drummer Stan Lynch, and as part of the "classic lineup" of the Aver ...

– drums (tracks 1–4, 6–8) *

Luis Conte Luis Conte (born 16 November 1954) is a Cuban percussionist best known for his performances in the bands of artists including James Taylor, Madonna, Pat Metheny Group, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Shakira. He began ...

– percussion (tracks 1, 4, 7–8) * David Isaacs – backing vocals (tracks 1, 4, 7) *

Ethan Johns Ethan Thomas Robert Johns (born 1969 in Merton, London) is an English record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Johns has worked with artists including Robert Vincent, Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, ...

– drums (tracks 2–3, 5, 9), percussion (tracks 3–5), slide guitar (tracks 3, 5–6), electric guitar (track 4, 9), acoustic guitar (4),

tiple A tiple (, literally treble or soprano), is a particular type of guitar, typically with 10 or 12 strings but sometimes fewer, and is built in several distinct regional styles. A tiple player is called a ''tiplista''. The first written mention of ...

(track 8), eight-string ukulele (track 8) *

Lenny Castro Lenny Castro (born September 19, 1956) is an American percussionist from the Los Angeles area. He is one of the most prolific percussionists of all time, appearing on hundreds of albums, including those by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Maroon ...

– percussion (track 2) * Todd Sharp – guitars (tracks 3, 5–6), backing vocals (track 3) *

Eric Clapton Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English Rock music, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton ranked second in ''Rolling Stone''s l ...

– guitar (track 3) *

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...

– backing vocals (track 3) *

Guy Fletcher Guy Edward Fletcher (born 24 May 1960) is an English musician, best known for his position as one of the two keyboard players in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his subsequent work with Dire Straits fron ...

–

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

(tracks 3–5), synth strings (track 4) *

Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his dis ...

– synth piano (track 5), backing vocals (track 5) * Robbie Patton – backing vocals (track 6) * Billy Burnette – backing vocals (track 8) * Ricky Peterson – Hammond organ (track 9) ;Production *

– producer, remixing * Martin Wyatt – executive producer *

Johnnie Walker Johnnie Walker is a brand of Scotch whisky produced by Diageo in Scotland. It was established in the Scottish burgh of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire in 1820, and continued to be produced and bottled at the town's Hill Street plant, once the world's ...

– liner notes * Lisa Glines – art direction * Rachel Gutek – art direction, design * Bernie Grundman – lacquer cut * Geoff Foster – engineer (track 10) *

– sting arrangement (track 10) * John Ashton Thomas – conductor (track 10)

Charts

References

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