Buckingham / Nicks
The lone album by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks—released two years before they would change the course of Fleetwood Mac—Buckingham Nicks is a strange, beautiful, and quietly powerful record. It’s the sound of two young artists still forming their identities, bound together by harmony, ambition, and romantic tension, chasing something they can feel but haven’t yet named.
Recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Keith Olsen, the album sits at an intersection of West Coast folk-rock, soft rock, and early ’70s singer-songwriter introspection. Buckingham’s meticulous guitar work and layered arrangements already hint at his future perfectionism, while Nicks’ lyrics and melodies arrive fully formed—mystical, vulnerable, and emotionally direct.
Though it was a commercial failure at the time, Buckingham Nicks has since become legendary: a missing chapter in rock history, prized by collectors and fans as a glimpse of what was coming. Many of its ideas—harmonic interplay, romantic conflict, emotional restraint—would soon explode on a much larger stage.
Track Listing – Buckingham Nicks (1973)
Side One
- Crying in the Night
- Stephanie
- Without a Leg to Stand On
- Crystal
- Long Distance Winner
Side Two
6. Don’t Let Me Down Again
7. Django
8. Races Are Run
9. Lola (My Love)
10. Frozen Love