Fleetwood Mac's fourth studio album Kiln House was released in 1970. It was the first album without founding member and lead guitarist Peter Green and it would be the last album to feature Jeremy Spencer who abruptly joined a religious cult and quit the band. For the album, Spencer abandons his strict blues regiment and follows the band's move to rock. More specifically, Spencer uses most of his tracks to celebrate early 50s rock. The album had decent commercial success and receives mostly positive retrospective reviews.
Now that Spencer has mostly tossed his slide aside and has fully committed to playing rock instead of the blues, his vocals aren't pretentious and his guitar playing nicely weaves with Kirwan's. I even enjoy most of his songs, none of them more than the beautiful folk-rock "One Together" or his somewhat absurd "Blood on the Floor." Though Kirwan continues on Green's legacy of textural brilliance and contributes some fine songs of his own, Spencer surprisingly offers the most of the album's memorable moments. Such a pity that both Green and Spencer leave the band once they finally figure themselves out. B [Later: A-]
