Heroes Are Hard to Find

Heroes Are Hard to Find is the ninth studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 13 September 1974. This is the last album recorded with Bob Welch, who left the band at the end of 1974, and who was replaced by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. It was the first Fleetwood Mac studio album recorded in the US (in Los Angeles) as well as their first to enter the top 40 of the Billboard 200 album chart. The title track was edited and issued as a single but it failed to chart. Cash Box said of the title song that "tight sweet harmonies back [lead singer Christine McVie] up with some excellent instrumentation."[5]

Heroes Are Hard to Find
Studio album by
Fleetwood Mac
Released13 September 1974
RecordedJuly 1974
StudioAngel City Sound, Los Angeles
GenreRock, soft rock
Length39:26
LabelReprise
ProducerFleetwood Mac, Bob Hughes
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Mystery to Me
(1973)		 Heroes Are Hard to Find
(1974)		 Fleetwood Mac
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[2]
Rolling Stone(positive) [3]
Rolling Stone Album Guide [4]

Without a successful single to support the album, it still managed to peak at No. 34 on the Billboard 200 chart, which at the time was the highest Billboard placing for any Fleetwood Mac album.[6] It also reached No. 5 on the Billboard FM Action chart.[7]

Bob Welch later re-recorded “Angel”, “Bermuda Triangle” and “Silver Heels” for His Fleetwood Mac Years & Beyond (2003). A re-write of “Silver Heels”, titled “Hustler”, with explicit lyrics appeared on Bob Welch Looks at Bop (1999).[8]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Heroes Are Hard to Find"Christine McVieC. McVie3:35
2."Coming Home"Bob WelchWelch3:55
3."Angel"WelchWelch3:55
4."Bermuda Triangle"WelchWelch4:08
5."Come a Little Bit Closer"C. McVieC. McVie4:48
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."She's Changing Me"WelchWelch2:58
2."Bad Loser"C. McVieC. McVie3:25
3."Silver Heels"WelchWelch3:26
4."Prove Your Love"C. McVieC. McVie3:57
5."Born Enchanter"WelchWelch2:54
6."Safe Harbour"WelchWelch2:32
2020 Remastered bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
12."Heroes Are Hard to Find (Single Version)"C. McVieC. McVie2:47

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

Additional personnel

Production

  • Fleetwood Mac – Producers
  • Bob Hughes – Engineer, producer
  • Doug Graves – Engineer, assistant engineer
  • Lee Herschberg – Remastering
  • Desmond Strobel – Design

Charts
Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 34
Canadian Albums Chart 46

References
  1. Heroes Are Hard to Find at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 24 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Barnes, Ken (24 October 1974). "Fleetwood Mac Heroes Are Hard to Find > Album Review". Rolling Stone. No. 172. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Fleetwood Mac". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 302–304. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Portions posted at "Fleetwood Mac > Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  5. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 7 December 1974. p. 18. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. "Fleetwood Mac (2004 CD)". aln3.albumlinernotes. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  7. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (28 September 1974). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  8. "Bob Welch, November 8 - 21, 1999". The Penguin. 8 November 1999. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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