Law and Order (album)
Law and Order is the first solo album by Fleetwood Mac guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham, released in 1981. "Trouble", featuring drumming by Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood, reached  9 on the U.S. charts; the album itself reached No. 32 on the "Billboard" 200. Lindsey appeared on "Saturday Night Live" on February 6, 1982 and performed "Trouble" and "Bwana" with Mick Fleetwood's Zoo. Following the relative commercial failure of Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk" album, where many of the tracks were recorded in Buckingham's home studio, Mick Fleetwood informed Buckingham that the band was not  interested in recording subsequent releases in the same manner. This was the impetus for Buckingham to create "Law and Order". "In that moment, I realized, 'If I wanna continue to take risks [and] try to define myself as an artist in the long term, I'm gonna have to start making solo albums.'" Reception. Jon Pareles of "Rolling Stone", in a 4/5 star review, wrote that "based on the evidence of "Law and Order"... Lindsey Buckingham's biggest contribution to Fleetwood Mac has been his unabashed fondness for pop music at its most hokey and hooky." On the other  hand, Robin Smith of "Record Mirror" panned the "miserable" album in a 1/5 star review, saying that it "sounds like the out takes of Mac's worst studio sessions delivered around [Buckingham's] reedy little voice." In a retrospective review, William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave the album 3½/5 stars, saying that it "comes off as a high-quality demo of largely unfinished material". Personnel. Main performer Additional personnel Music promo videos. Two promotional music videos were shot for "Law and Order", "Trouble" and "It Was I", both directed by Jerry Watson and produced by Paul Flattery. "Trouble" featured friends of  Buckingham playing either guitar or drums. They included Mick Fleetwood, Bob Welch, and Bob Weston from Fleetwood Mac and singer-songwriter Walter Egan.