Studio Album · No. 14
Tango in the Night Songwriting Credits by Fleetwood Mac
Produced by Lindsey Buckingham, Richard Dashut · Engineered by Greg Droman
Holds writing credit on 12 of 12 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 12 / 12 documented
Scored across the 12 tracks with documented writers, by whether Fleetwood Mac carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Tango in the Night was the last album by the classic Buckingham, Nicks, and McVie lineup, written by those three with Lindsey Buckingham producing and shaping its polished, layered pop sound. It became one of the band's biggest sellers, second only to Rumours.
Tango in the Night is the fourteenth studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released in April 1987 on Warner Bros. Records and produced by Buckingham and Richard Dashut. It was recorded almost entirely in Buckingham's home studio over an 18-month period, and was the final album to feature the full classic five-member lineup before Buckingham's acrimonious departure from the band in 1987. The album was the band's most successful UK release, spending two years on the UK Albums Chart and selling over 4 million copies in the UK alone; while it did not match Rumours' US dominance, it reached number seven on the Billboard 200 and generated three top-twenty singles. Buckingham, Nicks, and McVie each contributed songs; Buckingham's 'Big Love' (recorded with a detailed fingerpicking guitar arrangement as the rhythmic foundation) and 'Little Lies' (Christine McVie's catchy synth-pop composition) were the principal singles, with 'Everywhere' and 'Seven Wonders' also reaching top-twenty positions in the UK and US. The album's recording circumstances were shaped by Nicks's declining health (she was struggling with substance abuse throughout the sessions) and Buckingham's increasing frustration with what he perceived as the band's creative stagnation, resulting in his resignation shortly after the album's completion and before the promotional tour could begin. Tango in the Night is the commercial and creative peak of the band's second decade and the last great document of the classic Buckingham/Nicks/McVie creative partnership.