The Dance
by Fleetwood Mac
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Fleetwood Mac bestography
The Dance is ranked 17th best out of 44 albums by Fleetwood Mac on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Fleetwood Mac is Rumours which is ranked number 19 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,158.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Dance track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Dance rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1997 | 32/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 91 Music Albums of 1997 | 42/91 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1990s Pt 3 | 63/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 94 Music Albums of 1997 | 74/94 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1997 | 31/100 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | My top 100 live albums | 64/84 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 3 | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2201-2300 | 48/100 | - |
| 2025 | jon5417 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1997 | 17/26 | 2 |
| 2025 |  bojolpif71 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 70/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 37 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 58 | |||
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The Dance ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/09/2025 02:19 | Moondance | 20,819 | 72/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2024 12:11 | Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2023 14:44 |  MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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The Dance forum mentions
Liedzeit 11/18/2025 17:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 02/15/2024 21:27 in What album are you listening to right now?
CharlieBarley 09/29/2016 22:02 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayThe Dance comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/26/2017 05:23 | #203907
Almost perfect , absolutely love this one . FM at the top of their game .
A thoroughly enjoyable live album. The most famous Fleetwood Mac present an LP featuring most of their best songs including, go your own way, Rhiannon, and, silver springs. Buckingham is on fire throughout especially on, big love. Best track though has got to be, landslide, even better than the album version. Great fun.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/16/2015 11:38 | #139636
I prefer the album Fleetwood Mac LIVE from 1981 they sound better on that one. This is a good live album but not as fresh.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/07/2013 16:26 | #64365
Sometimes albums suck, despite your expectations. How can you comment without hearing it?
Either way - it's an alright album. I don't find Fleetwood Mac to be particularly powerful live.
I haven't listened to this, so I'm not gonna rate it. But I don't have to listen to it. I know it's good because it's Fleetwood freaking Mac live!
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