go insane

Lindsey Buckingham challenged himself and his audience with the slick synthesized suites of this corybantic catharsis.  After his solo debut 'Law and Order' on Asylum Records produced his biggest solo hit with 'Trouble', Fleetwood Mac reconvened for their hit album 'Mirage' in 1982. The next year, Buckingham had a minor hit with the single 'Holiday Road' from the soundtrack to 'National Lampoon's Vacation' on Warner Records.  He then secured a deal with Elektra and spent a year producing 'Go Insane' with Gordon Fordyce.  The sessions featured Lindsey Buckingham on guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion, Fairlight CMI, LinnDrum, vocals, pump organ, and lap harp;  with Gordon Fordyce adding keyboards and cowbell on track one and Bryant Simpson playing bass on track two.


The album was inspired by and dedicated to Carol Ann Harris, who he met while mixing 'Rumours' at Producer's Workshop in Hollywood.  They lived together for six years before their relationship came to an end.  Buckingham considers:  "She got pulled into this whole little world that maybe she wasn't ready for.  She's a girl from a small town who found herself in a world of people who were not particularly responsible...I didn't have too many second thoughts [about writing about our relationship], mainly because it was either that or go to a shrink.  I know that sounds a little flippant. I think it was something that had to be addressed. People who write things that mean something, usually they're a little too personal for somebody else. That's a risk that has to be taken ... What happens a lot of times is you get albums of material that you listen to once or twice and you've blown your cookies on it, that's about it; so I think it's important to challenge the listener slightly to make them grasp for it a little bit ... Insanity can said to be very relative to the context you find yourself in. An example might be a very acceptable and typical behavior for a group of people in a little rock and roll microcosm, might be grounds for someone being committed if they worked in a bank.  Looking at it that way we all tend to go insane a little bit, I think that's ok. I think that's one of the things the album is saying - it is ok to go insane, it can be quite cathartic actually, to watch yourself go out to the edge and sort of reel yourself back in - now hopefully you do reel yourself back in.  Another point the album makes is if you happen to be with someone else who takes that sort of behavior too far, and your not willing to give up whatever that relationship might be - then you will tend to go a little bit insane with them.  And if they are doing that you will experience a lot of the things they are simply by virtue of being a part of that. The important thing is not to take it too far, I guess."

'Go Insane' went to number forty-five in the US and thirty-three in Sweden.





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'Go Insane' made it to number one hundred in Australia, twenty-three on the US pop chart, and number four on the US mainstream rock chart,.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF9fkXIqnis


Two kinds of people in this world
Winners... losers
I lost my power in this world
Cause I did not use it
So I go insane
Like I always do
And I call your name
She's a lot like you

Two kinds of trouble in this world
Living... dying
I lost my power in this world
And the rumors are flying
So I go insane
Like I always do
And I call your name
She's a lot like you



'Slow Dancing'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoZT7IfbeXg





The ambitious 'D.W. Suite' was written after the death of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9GOvjlPSVA







'Go Insane'
full album:





All tracks composed by Lindsey Buckingham; except where indicated
"I Want You" (L. Buckingham, G. Fordyce) - 3:18
"Go Insane" - 3:08
"Slow Dancing" - 4:05
"I Must Go" - 4:51
"Play in the Rain" - 3:21
"Play in the Rain (Continued)" - 4:14
"Loving Cup" - 5:02
"Bang the Drum" - 3:31
"D.W. Suite" - 6:50