Christine Perfect (album)

Christine Perfect is the eponymous debut solo album of former Chicken Shack keyboardist and singer Christine Perfect (later known as Christine McVie). The album was released just after Perfect had left Chicken Shack, but before she joined Fleetwood Mac. It contained the Etta James song "I'd Rather Go Blind", which had earlier been a hit single for Chicken Shack. Since both Chicken Shack and Perfect were on the same record label, Blue Horizon, the exact same Chicken Shack recording of "I'd Rather Go Blind" was included on her solo album. Most of the members of Chicken Shack also participated throughout the recording of the other tracks on Perfect's solo album.

Christine Perfect
Studio album by
Christine Perfect
Released1970
Recorded1969-1970
Genre
LabelBlue Horizon
ProducerMike Vernon,
Christine McVie;
Danny Kirwan on "When You Say"
Christine Perfect chronology
Christine Perfect
(1970)		 Christine McVie
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Released in 1970, the album was originally meant to be titled I'm on My Way as evidenced on copies of the single "I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)".[2] It was re-released in 1976 as The Legendary Christine Perfect Album.[3]

This entire album (with the exception of "I'd rather Go Blind") and the rest of the Christine Perfect sessions while on the Blue Horizon label were made available on the CD compilation Christine Perfect - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2008). This compilation included an album outtake "Tell Me You Need Me" written by Perfect. The compilation also included three tracks recorded on November 24, 1969, for the BBC Dave Lee Travis Sunday Show. "Hey Baby" (originally recorded with Chicken Shack during the O.K. Ken? sessions), "It's You I Miss" and "Gone Into the Sun". These recordings for the BBC were made while finishing the debut solo album and therefore were aired before the albums release in 1970.

Since "I'd Rather Go Blind" was actually a Chicken Shack single that was later included on Perfect's debut solo album, the track was made available only on the Chicken Shack CD compilation Chicken Shack - The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007)

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crazy 'Bout You Baby"Little Walter3:03
2."I'm on My Way"Deadric Malone3:10
3."Let Me Go (Leave Me Alone)"Christine Perfect3:35
4."Wait and See"Perfect3:14
5."Close to Me"
  • Perfect
  • Richard Hayward
2:40
6."I'd Rather Go Blind"
3:20
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."When You Say"Danny Kirwan3:14
8."And That's Saying a Lot"
2:58
9."No Road Is the Right Road"Perfect2:49
10."For You"Perfect2:46
11."I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)"
3:26
12."I Want You"Tony Joe White2:23

Personnel

Release

[4]

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Dread, Mikey. "Promo label 'A' side with release date". 45cat. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  3. "Christine McVie: The Legendary Christine Perfect album".
  4. "Christine McVie /Christine Perfect". AllMusic. Retrieved December 31, 2015.


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