FOR more than 30 years Lindsey Buckingham has been responsible for much of the work of Fleetwood Mac. He just happens to be an inspirational songwriter whose work appears simply harmonic and then has a surprising undercurrent. Buckingham s work as a solo

FOR more than 30 years Lindsey Buckingham has been responsible for much of the work of Fleetwood Mac.

He just happens to be an inspirational songwriter whose work appears simply harmonic and then has a surprising undercurrent.

Buckingham's work as a solo artist has been too much ignored in the past, but here is an album that displays his versatility.

Perhaps the multi-tracked voice may be too much, but it does give a certain authority to Buckingham's lyrics, which in some respect, take him on a return journey to bands such as The Byrds, which were, we are told, among the heroes of his youth.