Fleetwood Mac's eighth studio album Mystery to Me was released in 1973. It was the last album to feature Bob Weston, who only featured on this album and the preceding Penguin, and the band did not replace him with someone else. The album charted in the US top 100 and generally receives lukewarm reviews.
Once again in a comfortable lineup, the band has retreated to their soft-rock shelter. Dominated by Welch's and Christine McVie's songwriting, it is a little faster than usual and the band has gotten more convincing in the genre--they're now more worthy of admiration than mockery. But without offering anything substantially different on their fourth soft-rock affair, this is once again worth skipping. Besides, "For Your Love" is one of the more insulting covers I've heard in recent memory and the fact it doesn't sound too off-kilter in the track list is a bad sign. C+
