Law and Order (album)

Law and Order is the first solo album by Fleetwood Mac guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham, released in 1981. "Trouble", featuring drumming by Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood, reached No. 9 on the U.S. charts; the album itself reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200. Lindsey appeared on Saturday Night Live on February 6, 1982 and performed "Trouble" and "Bwana" with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo.[2]

Law and Order
Studio album by
Lindsey Buckingham
ReleasedOctober 3, 1981
RecordedWinter 1980-Summer 1981,
Larrabee Sound Studio (Los Angeles) & Wally Heider's Studio (Los Angeles)
GenreRock
Length36:13
LabelWarner Music Group
Asylum (US/Canada)
Mercury (Outside US/Canada)
Reprise (reissue)
ProducerLindsey Buckingham
Richard Dashut
Lindsey Buckingham chronology
Law and Order
(1981)		 Go Insane
(1984)
Fleetwood Mac albums chronology
Live
(1980)		 Mirage
(1982)
Singles from Law and Order
  1. "Trouble"
    Released: October 1981 (US) [1]
  2. "It Was I"
    Released: March 1982
  3. "The Visitor (Bwana)"
    Released: March 1982 (UK)
  4. "Mary Lee Jones"
    Released: May 1982 (UK)

Following the relative commercial failure of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album, where many of the tracks were recorded in Buckingham's home studio, Mick Fleetwood informed Buckingham that the band was not interested in recording subsequent releases in the same manner. This was the impetus for Buckingham to create Law and Order. "In that moment, I realized, 'If I wanna continue to take risks [and] try to define myself as an artist in the long term, I'm gonna have to start making solo albums.'"[3]

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Record Mirror[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Jon Pareles of Rolling Stone, in a 4/5 star review, wrote that "based on the evidence of Law and Order... Lindsey Buckingham's biggest contribution to Fleetwood Mac has been his unabashed fondness for pop music at its most hokey and hooky."[6] On the other hand, Robin Smith of Record Mirror panned the "miserable" album in a 1/5 star review, saying that it "sounds like the out takes of Mac's worst studio sessions delivered around [Buckingham's] reedy little voice."[5]

In a retrospective review, William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave the album 3½/5 stars, saying that it "comes off as a high-quality demo of largely unfinished material".[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lindsey Buckingham, except where indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bwana" 3:08
2."Trouble" 3:56
3."Mary Lee Jones" 3:15
4."I'll Tell You Now" 4:21
5."It Was I"Gary Paxton2:39
6."September Song"Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill3:17
7."Shadow of the West" 3:59
8."That's How We Do It in L.A." 2:53
9."Johnny Stew" 3:09
10."Love from Here, Love from There" 2:50
11."A Satisfied Mind"Red Hayes, Jack Rhodes2:49

Personnel
Main performer
Additional personnel
  • George Hawkins – Bass guitar on "Trouble"
  • Mick Fleetwood – Drums on "Trouble"
  • Carol Ann Harris – Backing vocals on "It Was I"
  • Christine McVie – Backing vocals on "Shadow of the West"

Singles
Song US Hot 100 US Mainstream Rock ARIA
"Trouble" No. 9 No. 12 No. 1
"It Was I" No. 110 - No. 74

Music promo videos

Two promotional music videos were shot for Law and Order, "Trouble" and "It Was I", both directed by Jerry Watson and produced by Paul Flattery. "Trouble" featured friends of Buckingham playing either guitar or drums. They included Mick Fleetwood, Bob Welch, and Bob Weston from Fleetwood Mac and singer-songwriter Walter Egan.[7]

References
  1. "Lindsey Buckingham singles".
  2. "SNL Season 07 Episode 11 - James Coburn, Lindsey Buckingham - NBC.com". NBC. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. Chiu, David (2021-09-15). "Lindsey Buckingham looks for life after Fleetwood Mac". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  4. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r31798/review
  5. Smith, Robin (7 November 1981). "Lindsey Buckingham: Law and Order". Record Mirror. p. 19.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20090423070547/http://www.rollingstone.com:80/artists/lindseybuckingham/albums/album/216825/review/5943221/law_and_order
  7. "Trouble Video". Go Your Own Way : The UK Resource for All Things Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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