English Rose (album)

English Rose is a compilation album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in December 1968. It was originally a US-only compilation, combining six tracks from the UK release Mr. Wonderful, three UK non-album single sides, two not-yet-released songs from the UK version of Then Play On and one other previously unreleased track.^[5] It was released some months before the UK release of The Pious Bird of Good Omen, sharing four songs with that album. Mick Fleetwood appears in drag on the cover.

English Rose
Compilation album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	December 1968[1]
Recorded	February–October 1968
Genre	Blues rock, British blues
Length	40:14
Label	Epic
Producer	Mike Vernon
Fleetwood Mac compilations chronology
English Rose (1968) The Pious Bird of Good Omen (1969)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Blender	[4]

Track listing

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Other release	Length
1.	"Stop Messin' Round"	Clifford Adams, Peter Green	Mr. Wonderful	2:22
2.	"Jigsaw Puzzle Blues"	Danny Kirwan	Non-album single	1:36
3.	"Doctor Brown"	J. T. Brown, W. Glasco	Mr. Wonderful	3:46
4.	"Something Inside of Me"	Kirwan	Previously unreleased	3:57
5.	"Evenin' Boogie"	Jeremy Spencer	Mr. Wonderful	2:42
6.	"Love That Burns"	Adams, Green	Mr. Wonderful	5:05

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Other release	Length
7.	"Black Magic Woman"	Peter Green	Non-album single	2:48
8.	"I've Lost My Baby"	Spencer	Mr. Wonderful	4:17
9.	"One Sunny Day"	Kirwan	Then Play On (UK version)	3:12
10.	"Without You"	Kirwan	Then Play On (UK version)	4:40
11.	"Coming Home"	Elmore James	Mr. Wonderful	2:40
12.	"Albatross"	Green	Non-album single	3:07

Personnel

• Peter Green – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Jeremy Spencer – vocals, slide guitar, piano (tracks 3, 8, and 11)
• Danny Kirwan – vocals, electric guitar
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – drums

• Christine Perfect — piano (tracks 1 and 6).
• Mike Vernon – producer
• M. Ross – engineer
• Dinky Dawson – sound consultant

Charts

Weekly chart performance for English Rose

Chart (1969)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[6]	184

References

1. "Billboard". 28 December 1968.
2. English Rose at AllMusic
3. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
4. "English Rose". blender.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
5. Fleetwood, Mick; Bozza, Anthony (October 2014). Play On: Now Then & Fleetwood Mac. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-316-40342-9.
6. "Fleetwood Mac Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 August 2023.