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Bare Trees is a studio album by British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a United Kingdom/United States rock music band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success....
, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music
1972 in music

Events*January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Blvd"*January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money'....
). This is their last album to feature Danny Kirwan
Danny Kirwan

Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan is a Great Britain musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972....
, who was fired during the tour to support this album.

"Sentimental Lady" was later re-recorded by its composer Bob Welch
Bob Welch (musician)

Bob Welch is a former member of Fleetwood Mac, who had a briefly successful solo career in the late 1970s. His singles included "Hot Love, Cold World", "Ebony Eyes", "Precious Love", and "Sentimental Lady"....
 (with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being a member of the musical group Fleetwood Mac....
 backing him) for his solo album "French Kiss".

The lyrics for Kirwan's composition "Dust" were taken from a poem by Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke

Rupert Chawner Brooke was an England poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the World War I ; however, he never experienced combat at first hand....
.

"Thoughts on a Grey Day" is a poem read by an old lady named Mrs Scarrott, who lived near the band's communal home in southern England.

  • "Child of Mine" (Kirwan) – 5:09
  • "The Ghost" (Welch) – 3:58
  • "Homeward Bound" (C.






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    Bare Trees is a studio album by British
    Great Britain

    Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
     rock
    Rock music

    Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
     band Fleetwood Mac
    Fleetwood Mac

    Fleetwood Mac are a United Kingdom/United States rock music band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success....
    , released in 1972 (see 1972 in music
    1972 in music

    Events*January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Blvd"*January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money'....
    ). This is their last album to feature Danny Kirwan
    Danny Kirwan

    Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan is a Great Britain musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972....
    , who was fired during the tour to support this album.

    "Sentimental Lady" was later re-recorded by its composer Bob Welch
    Bob Welch (musician)

    Bob Welch is a former member of Fleetwood Mac, who had a briefly successful solo career in the late 1970s. His singles included "Hot Love, Cold World", "Ebony Eyes", "Precious Love", and "Sentimental Lady"....
     (with Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham
    Lindsey Buckingham

    Lindsey Adams Buckingham is an American guitarist, singer, composer and producer, most notable for being a member of the musical group Fleetwood Mac....
     backing him) for his solo album "French Kiss".

    The lyrics for Kirwan's composition "Dust" were taken from a poem by Rupert Brooke
    Rupert Brooke

    Rupert Chawner Brooke was an England poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the World War I ; however, he never experienced combat at first hand....
    .

    "Thoughts on a Grey Day" is a poem read by an old lady named Mrs Scarrott, who lived near the band's communal home in southern England.

    Track listing

    1. "Child of Mine" (Kirwan) – 5:09
    2. "The Ghost" (Welch) – 3:58
    3. "Homeward Bound" (C. McVie) – 3:20
    4. "Sunny Side of Heaven" (Kirwan) – 3:10
    5. "Bare Trees" (Kirwan) – 5:02
    6. "Sentimental Lady" (Welch) – 4:35
    7. "Danny's Chant" (Kirwan) – 3:16
    8. "Spare Me a Little of Your Love" (C. McVie) – 3:44
    9. "Dust" (Kirwan) – 2:41
    10. "Thoughts on a Grey Day" (Scarrott) – 2:03


    Credits

    • Danny Kirwan
      Danny Kirwan

      Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan is a Great Britain musician best known for his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972....
       – guitar
      Guitar

      The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
      , vocals
      Singing

      Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
    • Christine McVie
      Christine McVie

      Christine McVie is an England 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 any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
      , vocals
    • Bob Welch
      Bob Welch (musician)

      Bob Welch is a former member of Fleetwood Mac, who had a briefly successful solo career in the late 1970s. His singles included "Hot Love, Cold World", "Ebony Eyes", "Precious Love", and "Sentimental Lady"....
       – guitar, vocals
    • John McVie
      John McVie

      John Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. He joined Fleetwood Mac shortly after its formation by guitarist Peter Green in 1967, replacing the band's first bassist, Bob Brunning....
       – bass
      Bass guitar

      The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
    • Mick Fleetwood
      Mick Fleetwood

      Michael John Kells "Mick" Fleetwood is a United Kingdom-born musician best known for his role as the drummer with the blues/rock and roll band Fleetwood Mac....
       – percussion
      Percussion instrument

      A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
      , drums
      Drum kit

      A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....


    • Special thanks to Mrs Scarrott for her readings, recorded at her home in Hampshire.


    Production

    • Producer: Fleetwood Mac
      Fleetwood Mac

      Fleetwood Mac are a United Kingdom/United States rock music band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success....
    • Engineer: Martin Birch
      Martin Birch

      Martin Birch is a Great Britain rock music and Heavy metal music music producer, who became internationally renowned for engineering and producing the legendary albums by the British rock bands Deep Purple and Iron Maiden....
    • Remix engineer: Bob Hughes
    • Remastering: Lee Herschberg
    • Cover photo by John McVie
      John McVie

      John Graham McVie is a British bass guitarist best known as a member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac. He joined Fleetwood Mac shortly after its formation by guitarist Peter Green in 1967, replacing the band's first bassist, Bob Brunning....


    • Recorded at DeLane Lea Music Centre
    • Remixed at Record Plant Studios
      Record Plant Studios

      Record Plant Studios were three famous recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone . The first opening of the Record Plant was in New York, New York at 321 West 44th Street , in 1968....


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