Last week, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham shared corresponding messages on social. “And if you go forward…” Nicks posted, quoting a lyric from “Frozen Lake,” a song that appeared on the fabled 1973 album Buckingham Nicks, which she and Buckingham released just about two years prior to joining Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham’s post completed the line–“I’ll meet you there”—and now we know why.
For the first time, Buckingham Nicks is getting an official reissue and coming to digital streaming platforms. The new edition is out September 19 via Rhino. The vinyl edition was remastered from the original analog masters tapes, and Chris Bellman did the remastering for the digital edition. Listen to a newly remastered version of album opener “Crying in the Night” below.
Fleetwood Mac fired Buckingham in 2018. The guitarist and singer-songwriter then sued the band for breach of contract and blamed Nicks for the firing. The lawsuit was settled that same year, but it wasn’t until 2021 that Nicks made her first public statement addressing the situation. In a letter to Rolling Stone, she called Buckingham’s version of events “factually inaccurate” and wrote “I proactively removed myself from the band and a situation I considered to be toxic to my well-being.”
After undergoing open heart surgery in 2019, Buckingham shared his latest solo studio album, Lindsey Buckingham, in 2021. Nicks has consistently toured over the last few years, and, in 2024, she shared the abortion rights anthem “The Lighthouse,” following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Read Mark Richardson’s Sunday Review of Buckingham Nicks, and revisit the feature “Stevie Nicks: Her Art and Life in 33 Songs.”
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Buckingham Nicks (2025 Remaster):
01 Crying in the Night (2025 Remaster)
02 Stephanie (2025 Remaster)
03 Without a Leg to Stand On (2025 Remaster)
04 Crystal (2025 Remaster)
05 Long Distance Winner (2025 Remaster)
06 Don’t Let Me Down Again (2025 Remaster)
07 Django 08 Races Are Run (2025 Remaster)
09 Lola (My Love) (2025 Remaster)
10 Frozen Love (2025 Remaster)