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I dont struggle over my songs, she once said in aRolling Stoneinterview.
I write them quickly.
ChristinePerfect did all that.
(Buckingham wrote three of the others, and Nicks can take credit for two.)
Ultimately, half of Fleetwood Macs 1988Greatest Hitsalbum is credited to McVies songwriting.
Multiple members cycled through Fleetwood Mac in its more than five-decade existence as a recording and touring group.
But McVie wasnt simply the softer, soulful side of Fleetwood Mac.
Her range was wider than that.
In concert with Buckingham on Dont Stop, she sounded defiant.
On the semi-forgottenTuskhit Think About Me, she was sexy and cheeky.
On Everywhere, she slid comfortably into catchy, gauzy pop.
Most importantly, in every song she sang, McVie sounded like she was telling an emotional truth.
Her voice was an ache in auditory form, a melodic prayer of hope and hurt.
