Kiln House was the first Fleetwood Mac studio album released after Peter Green’s departure. Green, the band’s founder and original leader, played his final performance with Fleetwood Mac on 28 May 1970, and the group recorded Kiln House soon afterward.
Released on 18 September 1970, Kiln House captured the band during a period of uncertainty and transition. Without Green’s dominant blues influence, the remaining members had to establish a new musical direction while keeping the group together. The album was recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in London and was produced by Fleetwood Mac themselves.
Kiln House was also the final Fleetwood Mac album to feature guitarist Jeremy Spencer. Christine McVie, then still known as Christine Perfect, contributed backing vocals, keyboards, and the cover artwork during the sessions, but she did not officially become a full-time band member until shortly afterward.
The title came from the Hampshire house where the band and their families lived communally in 1970. The album reached number 39 in the UK, making it the band’s last UK Top 40 album until their 1975 self-titled comeback.