Kiln House
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Kiln House
Kiln House is the fourth studio album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 18 September 1970 by Reprise Records. This is the first of the post-Peter Green Fleetwood Mac albums, and their last album to feature Jeremy Spencer. Christine McVie was present at the recording sessions and contributed backing vocals, keyboards and cover art, although she was not a full member of the band until shortly after the album's completion.-Wikipedia
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All Music
In its relaxed way Kiln House represents the same virtuoso blues-rock outfit having a little fun while making a record
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Ultimate Classic Rock
A mixed bag of songs that call upon folk, country, blues and pop. A four-piece looking to the roots of rock and roll's early days.
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The Vinyl District
The truth is Kiln House is all over the place. I urge you to give it a listen. If only to disprove the old saw about leopards never changing their spots.
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Sputnik Music
Kiln House is quite a mixture.
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Maggie Felisberto
Overall, Kiln House is enjoyable, but it’s definitely a stepping-stone album as the band gets another step further from Peter Green’s original sound.
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Real Gone Rocks
But rarely do they have one as staggeringly awful as ‘Kiln House’. The fact that Fleetwood Mac ever recovered from such a creative atrocity is an amazing tribute to Mick Fleetwood’s tenacity.
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Seattle PI
A unique release in the vast Fleetwood Mac catalogue as it was their first move toward a mainstream sound. If you could never make up your mind whether you liked the blues or pop/rock Fleetwood Mac, give this album a try as it contains elements of both.
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Best Shot
So what´s the point of all the above. None I guess, the guys were just having fun!
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Icon Fetch
These tracks never really catch fire. Kiln House ends up as one of the weakest albums in the entire Fleetwood Mac catalog.
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Starling
It all sounds like absolutely unessential, but good-time harmless fun.
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Telegraph
A mess of charming oddities, quirky blues, folk and rock failing to gel into a cohesive whole.
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Cincinnati Baby Head
There’s some rockin tunes on this record. Like I said it was a departure from the first music I heard from these guys.
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Robert Christgau
The mansions in their jazzy blues/rock and roll guitar heaven are spacier than ever.
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In Sound
Show a broadening of the band's use of blues into other contexts with new musical influences.
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Better Records
Kiln House is one of the all-time great Fleetwood Mac albums. Songs are straightforward and unerringly melodic.
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Revolvy
Spencer's retro 1950s homages and parodies dominate the album, but Danny Kirwan's more sincere songs are almost equally prominent.
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Slacker
Shows off a harmony-vocal side to this band that was something new in 1970.
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