''Go Insane'' is the second solo

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by American rock musician

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...

, then the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of

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. The album was released on July 30, 1984 by

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and

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, while Fleetwood Mac was on a hiatus between albums. It peaked at No. 45 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Two promotional

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s were shot for the album. These include "

Go Insane ''Go Insane'' is the second solo studio album by American rock musician Lindsey Buckingham, then the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of Fleetwood Mac. The album was released on July 30, 1984 by Elektra Records and Warner Music Group, while ...

" and "Slow Dancing". The album was dedicated to Buckingham's former girlfriend, Carol Ann Harris, with whom he had just ended a relationship.

Content

"Slow Dancing" and the title track were lifted from the album as singles. The latter became Buckingham's second top 40 hit in the US. "D.W. Suite" was written for

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, who had died the December before the album was released. "Play in the Rain" is a seven minute song split into two parts: one on the end of the first side and one on the beginning of the second side. On the vinyl version, there is a "locked groove" at the end of side one on the song "Play in the Rain." This allowed the closing section of the song to play through the lead-out groove until the needle reaches the continuous groove near the label of the record. Unlike Buckingham's previous studio album ''

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'', ''Go Insane'' did not include any acoustic drumming. Instead, he programmed the drums on a

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drum machine and

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sampling synthesizer. The latter instrument was acquired by Buckingham right before the making of ''Go Insane''. Buckingham played all of the instruments on the album except for on "I Want You" and "Go Insane."

Release

''Go Insane'' was released on July 30, 1984, and entered ''Billboards U.S. album chart on September 1, reaching No. 45. The album has received positive reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards,

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(8),

, percussion, lap

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(9) * Gordon Fordyce – keyboards (1),

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(1), howling (5) * Bryant Simpson – bass (2) Production and artwork *

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– executive producer * Lindsey Buckingham – producer, recording * Gordon Fordyce – producer, recording * John Boghosian – recording assistant *

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– mastering * Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) – mastering location * Vigon Seireeni – art direction *

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– photography * Michael Brokaw – management

References

External links

* Lindsey Buckingham albums 1984 albums Albums produced by Lindsey Buckingham Reprise Records albums Warner Music Group albums {{1980s-rock-album-stub