Rumours
by Fleetwood Mac

One of the most iconic albums ever made. I recommend spending a few hours to research this album because its history and sound is so complex and interesting.

So much has been written about this album it’s sometimes hard to know where to start. I’m not going to go into the drug use and relationship breakdowns which have all be documented to death. Not that easy to do as this obviously shaped the album but I’ll give it a good

I was, and will always be, a Peter Green FM obsessive but this is the album that turned me onto the Buckingham / Nicks incarnation of the band. Obviously, Peter was blues and this most definitely isn’t, it’s more pop rock / soft rock (pop) than anything else but it is one of the greatest pop albums of all time.

The album is a pop behemoth and, rather like Tango In The Night, is an album filled with pop classics and undeniable quality playing and performances by a band at its peak. Its four singles, "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun", all reached the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, with "Dreams" reaching number one.

I also think that they never bettered the harmonies achieved on this album on so many great tracks. Despite their problems, the vocals between Buckingham and Nicks are great and, as always, the criminally underrated Christine McVie worked her magic on so many great tracks

Just to finish, I wanted to mention the production on this album which is spot on and the musical arrangements. Pretty much everything came together to create a killer of an album. It is without doubt one of the greatest pop albums of all time.

I had seen this album cover all the time, and heard about it being one of the best albums ever made and it took me a while until I listened to it for the first time. Some tracks like Never Going Back Again and Songbird I wasn't very big on, but grew on me over time. And songs like the Chain, Dreams and Gold Dust Woman are what easily define this LP and this band. This is Fleetwood Mac at its peak, and its amazing.

The best pop-rock album ever. Great songs, great harmonies, great harmonies, and an iconic front image.

"Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop" and even "The Chain" would be enough to make any album great but this truly collective effort by the band (with Steve Nicks, Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham contributing at least 3 songs each and with everybody writing "The Chain" together) resulted in an album (almost) without flaws.

The only song I consistently skip is the cringy ballad "Oh Daddy" but then again, this album also has one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs, the stellar fingerpicked "Never Going Back Again" so that kinda balances things out.

One of the best pop albums whose vocal harmonies often echoed personal struggles about relationships. Can’t help myself but to sing along when I’m listening. I’ve always thought that Buckingham guitar playing put this album over the top.

Album of the year at the 1978 Grammys

Album Rating: 83.55
(919/11)

Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Rumours

04.02.1977

1.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Second Hand News 72
2.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Dreams 81
3.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Never Going Back Again 84
4.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Don't Stop 83
5.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Go Your Own Way 97
6.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Songbird 85
7.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - The Chain 100
8.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - You Make Loving Fun 80
9.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - I Don't Want To Know 70
10.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Oh Daddy 83
11.Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Gold Dust Woman 84

Ranked in order:

* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - The Chain 100
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Go Your Own Way 97
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Songbird 85
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Gold Dust Woman 84
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Never Going Back Again 84
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Don't Stop 83
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Oh Daddy 83
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Dreams 81
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - You Make Loving Fun 80
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - Second Hand News 72
* Fleetwood Mac (Rumours - Feb 77) - I Don't Want To Know 70

I mean it's rumours it's great I just never revisit it at this point

It just gets better every time I hear it