Christine McVie has announced the details of the new album that she first teased last month during an interview on the BBC.
Songbird (A Solo Collection) contains songs from two of her albums — 1984’s Christine McVie and 2004’s In the Meantime – plus two previously unreleased studio recordings, including “Slowdown.” Out today (Wednesday), the song was written for the 1985 film American Flyers.
She says, “I was asked to write a song for a film about a cycling competition. So, I thought we’d give it a go. So that’s why the lyrics are sort of muddled up with a little bit of a love song, a little bit of cycling. And it turned out really well, but they didn’t end up using it. We thought it was a pity to waste it, so it’s on here.”
Another unreleased song is a new orchestral version of “Songbird” from Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, which has become one of Christine’s signature tracks. This new version features a new string arrangement by six-time Grammy-winning composer and arranger Vince Mendoza.
Songbird (A Solo Collection) will be available on June 24th on CD, on 180-gram black vinyl, and digitally, with a limited-edition sea-foam green vinyl version available from Rhino.com.
Songbird (A Solo Collection) track listing:
- “Friend”
- “Sweet Revenge”
- “The Challenge” – Eric Clapton lead guitar & Lindsey Buckingham vocals
- “Northern Star”
- “Ask Anybody” – co-written with Steve Winwood who plays piano and sings background vocals
- “Slowdown” ***
- “Easy Come, Easy Go”
- “Giving It Back”
- “All You Gotta Do” ***
- “Songbird” – Orchestral Version ***
***Previously Unreleased