Rumours

One of the best albums of all time

second hand news - 3.5⭐ dreams - 5⭐ never going back again - 3.5⭐ don't stop - 4⭐ go your own way - 4.5⭐ songbird - 4.5⭐ the chain - 5⭐ you make loving fun - 5⭐ i dont want to know - 4⭐ oh daddy - 5⭐ gold dust woman - 5⭐

One of the greatest albums of all time.

Now I'm certain that this deserves its exceptionally high place on the list. It's not just the pumping bass on "The Chain" or the epic guitar on "Go Your Own Way" or even the mesmerising chorus on "Dreams". It's the fact that the combination of an intense breakup and a relentless cocaine addiction brought one of the most timeless rock albums of all time.

You hear over and over again how this album is filled with hits and how any track could have been a single from another band. With a few expections (no one would have thought that 'Oh Daddy' is anyone's hit single), I definitely see it. This is a powerful album, produced amid turmoil, obsession, excessive drug use, infidelity and jealously. The music seems to float above it all, compartmentalized and untainted by the chaotic lives of the musicians who made it. The background adds to the lore of the album. The idea of every track being a potential single misses an important point, which is that it works really well as an whole album. Like any good album, the music varies from one track to the next, but perfectly compliment the whole work. It's a difficult balance that only a relative handful of bands manage to achieve. As of this writing, it's the second highest rated album on the generator, having recently been knocked from the number 1 spot by none other than The Beatles. For me, it's not the best album I've encountered here and I'm surprised that it's been on top of the list. But I appreciate that it's a near perfect album. My one and only criticism is that I hate the very campy and nauseatingly optimistic 'Don't Stop', partly because it's so widely played. But the inclusion of 'The Chain' more than makes up for it. I hate to feel like I'm jumping on the bandwagon here, but I don't feel right not giving 'Rumours' 5 stars.

As much as I've always disliked they type of people that love Fleetwood Mac and the younger generations that think they've discovered them for the first time, it is a well-made album and some songs I don't mind.

Just an amazing album. So many songs that have remained hits.

Full of hits, pop-rock also a little country? Unwittingly knew every song but never actively listened to Fleetwood Mac

Absolute bangers

De his zijn fantastisch, maar ik vind heel veel nummers matig en saai.

great listen, classic band and classic album 4/5

Fuck. That is album is a masterpiece. The amount of styles and singers utilized, and still making it work together is an impressive feat that isn't easy to pull off. Transitioning from Songbird to The Chain is an absolute wild change in song style and yet it doesn't feel forced. It also helps that both songs are amazing. I could keep pushing over the things this album does but nothing I will say will change the impact this album had, and continues to have, on music.

Don't really have to explain this one.

Love this album. Great from start to finish.

Wow. It’s classic! What do you want from me?

Some awesome songs here - a few boring ones though.

Great album

STANDOUTS: Dreams Don't Stop Go Your Own Way Songbird The Chain I Don't Want to Know OVERALL: 5/5; Rumours is that bitch, what else is there to say??

Definitely one of the best albums of all time

An absolute brilliant classic album. Production was pretty good, but they could have done better. The rest is almost perfect.

Another easy 5 star. Classic album, classic for a reason, everything is great, first 4 songs in a row is such a high level of constant greatness. Break the Chain is a classic album is classic

Excellent

Very good find

Classic.

What can I say about this album that hasn't been said. It's a masterpiece and thoroughly deserves 5 stars

This album is the album Rumors by Fleetwood Mac. There is nothing I can write that is new about this album and I have heard it 50,000 times. Upon this 50,001st time, it was just as killer as each other time I've heard it. What I did notice in this listening session, is the handwritteen name on the cover, reminding me that all these years I've been listening to my Mother's copy from when she was a teenager. It got me reflecting on why I love vinyl, when it's often such an imperfect medium. No matter how fancy your cartridge is, your needle takes a tiny amount of fidelity from the grooves with each listen. At vinyl's best, people can argue it's technical merits in what you can hear versus digital or other listening mediums, and I may agree with many of them. For me, however, whether I'm listening to a secondhand record or one that's been passed around over the years, what I'm not hearing represents all the experiences other people have had while listening to that particular record. In this case, all those experiences led me to being on this earth in the first place. There's a lot I could say about the music on this album, but if this is the headspace it can put me in, than all I need to say is 5 out of 5.

Day192 - one of my all time favorites and i’d say a perfect album

01) Second Hand News - 10,0 02) Dreams - 10,0 03) Never Going Back Again - 10,0 04) Don't Stop - 10,0 05) Go Your Own Way - 10.0 06) Songbird - 10,0 07) The Chain - 10,0 08) You Make Loving Fun - 10,0 09) I Don't Wanna Know - 10,0 10) Oh Daddy - 10,0 11) Gold Dust Women - 10,0 12) Silver Springs - 10,0 TOTAL: 10,00 (100/100) Current ranking: 1/245 Ladies and gentlemen, I have a new number one! The fourth album with a perfect score, but the best rated by the general public out of the remaining three. As this is the overall best-rated album out of 1001, we can already now, after 245 listened albums, declare it my winner because no one can dethrone it. The album is a real little masterpiece without a single filler song. My favorites are "The Chain", "Dreams", "Go Your Own Way", "Silver Springs", "Never Going Back Again" and "Don't Stop". Oh hell, since I've already listed half of the album, include the remaining six tracks as my favorites as well.

One of my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums. So close to a 5 but second half lets me down just a touch. 4.5 stars

Always a 5 star album

"Oh, it's the meme album" Then it was everything but. Amazing album, got a place in my mind forever now. Favorite track: The Chain

Осмелюсь поставить 3. Пойду против системы. Нормик, но не ЛУЧШИЙ АЛЬБОМ ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСТВА, как часто про него пишут

Regularly up there in lists of best albums ever, and relistening after a few years reminds me why. There's probably not *that* many albums every track has its own Wikipedia page - but every title is blue; even "Silver Springs" which was only on some versions! The genius of the album probably comes from the competitive nature of recording, which is shown in the variety of songwriters (and one full band composition) - if you wanted to get your song on the record, it had better be damn near flawless. All the stories about the recording are so well known by this point, and people have literally written books on the topic, but even the band were able to see that everything they went through resulted in one of the great collections of songs. I hope they all know how much it means to so many people. My favourite track is probably The Chain, especially the backing vocals, but the one I would love to hear spoken about more is Never Going Back Again - a 2 minute slice of acoustic perfection, and probably the closest to one person's vision. My one wish is that I had been around to see them on the tour that followed!

LETS FUCKING GOOOO. Can I even say anything? This has to be one of my favorite albums of all time. No notes.

Not as good as their greatest hits album

Pitch perfect sunshine pop with themes of indoor fireworks.

# 271 : Great Album, Full of bangers and classics. Every "best of" list seems to have this record on it, 7th for Rolling Stone & 11th for Apple (e.g.), but it's always a pleasure to hear this one on the radio or whatever. Favourite Track : The Chain

Such classics on this album. Wonderful stuff. And Never Going Back Again is just beautiful! So clean!

One of my favorite albums. Skipped this one because I've already listened to it dozens of times if not more.

Absolute and complete delight. From 'Second Hand News' to 'Gold Dust Woman', there wasn't a single beat I was not lost in. Perfect album.

There was a reason that this album was such a big seller. It is a bit AOR but there is no denying the quality.

Quite simply one of the best albums of all time!

You don't need my input to tell you this is a 5 star album, surely?

I've heard the hits from this album on the radio my whole life it seems. I'm not a huge Fleetwood Mac fan but there are some stand-outs on this one. Lindsay Buckingham's guitar work on "Never Going Back Again" is nothing short of magical. I don't think I ever need to hear "Don’t Stop" or "Go Your Own Way " ever again.

Had wmb moeten eindigen bij i don't want to know, maar nog steeds een ruime 4.5

The reputation as one of the best albums of all time is not undeserved.

Another classic

Incredible

this album has some of the best rock songs of the 70's on it, some deep cut bangers, and a few truly annoying songs.

многое знакомо или снилось раньше. приятный, надо продолжать их

97/100

Nothing I can say that has not been said. I was wondering when this album was going to pop up

Det var fedt. Aldrig fået det hørt før. Men det ramte lige rigtigt på dagen. Glad for at have en hel weekend med den her. Det skal klart genbesøges!

Det er jo et kæmpe album, med kæmpe sange. Jeg var slet ikke klar over hvor mange af Fleetwood Macs sange som jeg kendte, var fra netop dette album. Jeg havde 3 fornøjelige gennemlytninger over weekenden. Nåede at synge med på nogle sange og har haft et par af dem på hjernen siden. Top sange: Chains og Songbird Men på trods af alt denne pris, så må jeg også indrømme at jeg nok aldrig kommer til at smide albummet på igen. Det drager mig ikke. Det taler ikke til mig. Men jeg kan godt forstå at det gør det for nogen.

perfection

A+++

good but can retire. buckingham great player not enough credit

This really is a great album with hit songs and still a modern sound imo.

Greatest of all time

Although the album cover screams “first class douche,“ the music itself is really good. Like in the case of most albums where there are a ton of well-known singles, I enjoyed the tracks I had not heard before much better.

Lesson: Good things happen when you dwell on your problems and you put them out there for the world to hear.

Wow. Almost entirely hits. I don't think I've ever heard the whole album before.

Yeaaaah il fait chaud il fait beau c le moment pour écouter Fleetwood mac lets goooo En + j'ai hésité à l'écouter hier c'est marrant

It's Rumours. What do you want from me?!

Oh my fucking god, FINALLY! I have been waiting for this album to show up for almost 3 years now!! God Tier album. Absolutely flawless from end to end. It is the font from which all dad rock has sprung. Everything about this album is perfect. The music and lyrics paired with all the interpersonal band dramas behind the scenes that bubbled up and boiled over into it all. What happened during the recording of this album is the very essence of its greatness. It's the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend now, but it's how things got done back then with so many drugs, free love, and iconoclastic personalities crammed in one studio in a creative pressure cooker. Reading about the band during the recording of this album is almost more entertaining than the album itself at times! It's incredible that this group was able to get this done at all. And it is the crown jewel of all classic rock, in my opinion. It is the one record that no record collection can possibly be complete without. Every single song is awesome. Even when it slows down for the ballad, if you think ballads are boring, Christine McVie's vocals will make you cry. Stevie is everything to me though. Her vocals are bewitching and emotive on an untouchable level that technical proficiency can't compete with. The flavour in her voice gives this album its ultimate shine. Top marks and any one who dares disagree is a fucking moron who needs to have their ears cleaned out. A true magnum opus for the band, for the 70's, and for all of rock 'n' roll as a genre. This is so much greater than the sum total of its parts; it's a masterpiece for this epoch of our pop culture collective. Unreal.

cool album

It's pretty good. Some absolute bangers, but not amazing through and through.

"This album is boring", I say as gates of hellfire and brimstone open to swallow me whole. Okay, but seriously, this album is THE pop rock album for a reason. I might not think it's a flawless masterpiece, but like, what are you even doing with your life if you can't find joy in Rumors by Fleetwood Mac. I say this as a certified boomer rock hater.

really liked "The Chain", the main reason which led me to listen the full album.

It's a beautiful album. A classic.

Unreal

Amazing

Well…. This is the most 70s album of the 70s. It’s a no skip. It’s 5/5. One of the best records ever made. O (and Bryn)- if you don’t know the history look it up but let’s leave it at love hurts. And “don’t shit where you eat”. And the song that DIDNT make the original record may be one of their best- Silver Springs. If you wanna see a human being laser cut directly through another person watch the live 97 version of Silver Springs where Stevie stares a hole directly through Lindsay’s heart while she sings “I follow you down to the sound of the voice that haunts you, you’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you…”. And that DIDNT MAKE THE ALBUM.!!! The Chain- breakups suck. I love you, this band is great, but also fuck off- love Lindsay You Make Loving Fun…. I’m gonna write a song about how my new lover/boyfriend is so much better than you and then make you record it over and over and over while I sing it- Fuck You John! - Love Christine Go Your Own Way- Stevie, you’re a whore and I hate you so I wrote a hit song that you can enjoy harmonizing to for the rest of your life, Love, Lindsay And as always- Mick, don’t do too many drugs and stop trying to have sex with every woman in the room- including Both John and Lindsay’s recent love interests…. It’s like a soap opera. Imagine if this was in the era of reality TV and they were followed around with cameras while recording this….. whew. Anyway: 5/5 …. Listenable almost at any time. Best Song: Gold Dust Woman Worst Song: impossible but Songbird perhaps

Blev riktigt glad när jag fick denna för jag hade väntat på det sen jag började med denna grej. Denna platta var den som fick mig att lyssna på album. Jag lyssnade på den för första gången på bussen hem en vårkväll. Första lyssningen var bra, andra bättre, tredje ännu bättre osv. Det var nu ett tag sen jag lyssnade på denna, dock så är det nog en av de skivorna jag lyssnat på mest och den är riktigt bra. Perfekt faktiskt. Det är inte mitt favoritalbum, men den har haft stor betydelse och fick mig dessutom att lyssna mer på Fleetwood Mac som för övrigt har gjort flera riktigt bra album. Omslaget är ikoniskt och snyggt. Skitbra så att säga.

Это хороший альбом, но во мне сразу включается сильнейшее внутреннее СОПРОТИВЛЕНИЕ, когда кто-то называет эту музыку лучшими записями в истории. Несмотря на серьезный поп-аппил и вот это мнение, что всё-таки Tusk гораздо более явно влияет на всё последующее инди, в этом альбоме я слышу всё то же самое, но гораздо более концентрированное что ли. Альбом чувствуется к месту по времени и содержанию. Лучшая песня - The Chain.

Fleetwodd Mac pasó por diversas etapas creativas así como diversas formaciones. En la etapa que grabaron Rumours, a mediados de los 70 del siglo XX, la banda tenía como vocalista a Stevie Nicks, quien se había separado del guitarrista y también vocalista Lindsey Buckingham para unirse al batería Mick Fleetwood. Además, John y Christie McVie, bajista y teclista respectivamente, se divorciaron. Estas crisis y tensiones sentimentales recorren prácticamente todo este disco. Pero lo que lo convirtió en un fenómeno, también de ventas, no fue la ruptura de relaciones pública de sus miembros, si no la calidad de su música. Con un contenido tan doloroso, consiguen, a través de los arreglos en canciones como "Go Your Own Way" (Sigue tu propio camino), dulcificar la emociones crudas contenidas en las letras. Casi todas sus canciones resuenan en la memoria de aquellos que tenemos una edad, desde "Second Hand News" (Noticias de segunda mano), pasando por "Dreams" (sobre la fugacidad del amor) hasta "The Chain" (sobre la permanencia del amor entre dificultades) o "Gold Dust Woman" (sobre recomponerse y seguir adelante tras una ruptura sentimental).

Incredible album, stacked with bangers, great listen from front to back. Not much to say about "Rumours" that hasn't already been said, it's a masterpiece.

I suppose you should skip this review if you've stumbled upon it because I am biased as hell. This is my favorite album of all time. Don't even need to listen to it to rate it, but I will never miss an opportunity to do so. There is not a single bad song on here. I will pick 5 for my paylist (Dreams, Never Going Back Again, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, and Gold Dust Woman, if you're curious), but the whole thing is already in the permanent rotation. Cutting Silver Springs off the original release was a huge mistake, but I am glad we have it nonetheless. Go watch a video of Stevie Nicks staring a hole into Lindsey Buckingham while singing it live. It's worth it, I promise.

it is good

overall rating: 9/10 (would be 10/10 if i lived during the peak of this album) album gives off the typical ’70s vibes that has its songs often played on the car radio on summer road trips (or road trips in general) certainly loved all the tracks esp these - dream - don’t stop - the chain

I know almost all of these songs by heart - they are so deeply ingrained in our collective pop culture. But I’ve never listened to the album start to finish. It is truly a great record. Great performances , great songwriting , great melodies. It still holds up

A timeless and perfect record

Don’t know what to do…I’m feeling the pressure of a five, but there are three songs that I just don’t like: Songbird, Oh Daddy, and Gold Dust Woman. The others are absolute bangers and classics!!!

Truly the greatest white people music album of all time. The duo of Dreams and Go Your Own Way are perfect, the chain has one of the best outro solos of all time, yet none of these are my favorite song. You Make Loving Fun is such a groovy, yet beautifully sung song by Christine McVie. I love this album so much

I haven’t listened to this album in a while and forgot that it is amazing all the way through. The vocal harmonies, the guitar playing, and the songs portraying the state the band was in at this time. It’s awesome through and through

Classic after classic

I heard this on vinyl when I was 17. Loved it then. Love it now. Nothing has changed, nothing needs to change. The chain was the song that my stoned brain grabbed on to and felt so deeply.

Decent. Lots of old hits

Found some new songs to love!

Made to be all killer no filler pretty close you know most of this album if you have ever heard classic rock radio. Good album can feel the tension from the interpersonal conflicts.

so che questo è qualcosa come il miglior album di sempre eccetera ma ho paura che non faccia per me rym 4.03 infatti mi sto annoiando un sacco questa musica non ha nulla da dirmi, è tutto così pulito e chiaro che mi rende l'ascolto insopportabile 2/5 mi dispiace

One of the best albums ever

It's hard to review this album. Incredibly hyped up with some absolute classics on it. It's pretty hard to beat Dreams and The Chain. Solid album and I think most people would give this a 5 and I do love it but it's more of a 4 star album for me because quite honestly I very rarely feel the need to go back and listen to this album.

What a classic. I think what makes this album great is the back and forth of blues and pop. One minute it's bonafide blues and folk album and a second later, you're back a the disco. And while that might seem a bit bi-polar and inconsistent, it totally works. They pull it off. There is so much energy in this record. I love how they switch out vocalists for different songs. I think there is a world where Fleetwood Mac could have been The Grateful Dead. IDK, maybe not. But they have the framework, I just wish they could have kept it together. Don't date your bandmates I guess.

One of my favorite albums,?I’ve listened to this hundreds of times, probably the best from this variation of the band, I was even fortunate enough to catch the tour for it at Madison Square Garden. I love it.

This record snuck up on me over time. I didn't get around to it until a few years ago, when I scored a super clean copy on vinyl. When I dropped the needle, I didn't expect to like it, having heard many of these songs a million times in the background while shopping at Caldor and Marshalls with my mom as a kid. Turns out that, when heard back to back, these songs are GREAT, and taken as a whole, this record is AWESOME. It's way better than wallpaper. Its reputation is well-deserved. I love it.

Yes!!!!! Another college fav! Every song. Magic. THIS album truly deserves to be on this list.

I definitely didn’t mind the drive to work with nasty traffic while blasting this one. Haters are idiots: some feel it’s played out because it’s SO popular (especially after Bill Clinton claimed “Don’t Stop” as his campaign song) but shit, it’s sold 40 million albums for a damn good reason. It’s a near masterpiece IMO. This version of Fleetwood Mac reminds me a little bit of the Beatles: 3 prolific songwriters, all very different in style, but still able to produce a cohesive album. And like most of my most beloved albums, what I consider the best tracks often can change on what day you ask me. Here, we get at least one stone cold classic cut from each of them, varying from the caustic and cutting back and forth between Lindsey and Stevie as they pour their hearts out about their breakup, coupled with more soothing tracks from Christie (her “You Make Loving Fun” may be my personal favorite with Stevie’s “Dreams” a close second). Christie can be mean too when she wants to be: Imagine writing a song about your current affair and having your husband play (amazing) bass on it? Crazy shit when you think about it. In my opinion, the ladies win on this album, providing some of the most iconic tracks of all time. Lindsey deserves credit though for providing amazing production touches on ALL the songs, even the ones from Stevie calling out his personal bullshit from their fractured relationship. Also, his guitar work is under appreciated; he’s easily one of the best guitarists in the world and shows why several times here. With all of the cocaine use and in-band cheating going on it’s not only amazing they were able to create such a classic, but continue on as a band. Rumours is drenched in 70s, SoCal sunshine vibes that still resonates and captured a mood and zeitgeist… I never get tired of this one 🥰

So good!

I don't even need to listen to it again because I know it's a five and one of the best albums of all time. Listening now though, it really is that good. Stevie, Lyndsay and Christine are all incredible songwriters with really distinct styles and signatures, you can always tell who wrote what and they're all pitch perfect. Christine gets overshadowed a bit, but she's made incredible, gorgeous love songs. Dreams, the Chain and Go your own way are best song of all time contenders, but I think You make loving fun is also an absolutely perfect song. Lyndsay's guitar is crazy throughout, the solos are unbelievable. So good, somehow even better than I remember. Honourable mention to Silver Springs, we were robbed. 5.

Certified no skipper. Every song is killer

This has always sounded like a bunch of swingers locked up in a house, forced to be groovy. It's excellent.

i dont like this one as much as most people do. Its alright. Ill skip the listen today!

Hating this album is not a personality trait.

very nice album, nice intergration of blues with rock and pop music. i will return to this album some times.

This is a solid album with a coherent sound throughout. I really like the combination of the man and woman singing together sometimes. The instruments sounds good and I like the lyrics. I could imagine us listening to it in the car with my dad driving around in Sweden and that makes me feel nostalgic.

Minus the fact that I heard this too many times as a child growing up, it’s still a great album.

An iconic album that topped the charts for months. Liked the gentle soothing sounds featured throughout together with the varied vocals of Stevie Nicks, Christine Mcvie and Lyndsey Buckingham. Although I did enjoy it I prefer Tango in the night but that's down to personal preference. This is a giant of an album and worthy of its place on here.

ЛЮБОВЬ МОЯ. Всё никак не докачу до того, чтобы узнать историю этого альбома, но ничто не отменит того факта, что это realno krutoi альбом.

Rumours isn’t my personal favorite FM album, albeit that’s likely skewed due to the sheer amount of air play it receives, but I do love how seamless they blend their rock style with pop here. It’s the most commercialized they’ll get without fully losing their rock sound. That being said, silver springs only being on the deluxe and only originally being released as a B side single back then is an actual war crime. Go watch that shit live.

This was the first Cd that I ever got, and I did not listen to it that much. This album is a 5 for the story alone yeah maybe it is overrated and overplayed but it shaped everything to come for bands like this. The dual woman and man singers the cheating. I cant say more I like this record its not my favorite but I can not deny the influence.

Born out of the angst and pain of separation, deceit and divorce, this 11th Album of Fleetwood Mac is a tour de force. If any album is to be 5 stars, it's this one

Ok so I have to start by saying I hate Stevie Nicks. Always have. And I don't know why, I'm usually a sucker for a female singer in a rock band. I liked Fleetwood Mac a lot more when they were a bluesy psychedelic band with Peter Green. Stevie Nicks sort of ruined them a little bit for me. That said, I do like this album. I think this is one of those albums that every likes because you're told it's good all the time. It is a good album but not one that I would really ever pick to listen to. Maybe once every few years. One of the best albums of all time? Not for me. But it definitely should be on this list. I'm sort of conflicted as to what rating to give. It's better than 3 but it doesn't make it to 4 for me. Do I round up for the general acceptance of the album as being great or do I round down based on my personal liking of the record and the silly, childish cover?

Although I am not a big Fleetwood Mac fan, I was familiar with the songs on this album when it was released. My mother had a copy in her collection. While I have liked many of the songs on this it is a tad "poppy" for me. That being said it is a very iconic album and well worth a listen. I find I enjoy some of the deep cuts better than the more well-known numbers.

I can’t generate the same excitement that so many do about this album. 1970s car ride with the parents music.

Stone cold classic.

Well. Yeah. Very hard to find any faults with this. Could do with one more song, too good to end in less than 40 minutes. 98/100

i put off on listening to this for too long mostly cause i thought the genres were boring. the album cover is cool and this is a really well recorded album. however, you can tell which songs are the intended highlights since its kind of jarring at times with the jump in quality of the songs. the highs are great and the lows are ok at worst. the lyrics to oh daddy feels icky. 4 personal favs: dreams, the chain, you make loving fun

FUCK OFF

Sebs favorite record.

There's a reason why it typically rated one if the best albums of all time.

None more 70s

Obviously this is five stars. I’m not happy about it and like to pretend I’m not a Fleetwood Mac fan but I also didn't build my entire personality around contrarianism.

Un classique <3

Great album had a couple of songs I didn't love as much as the all timers

Quite a mother

This is another easy 5, not much that can be said about it that hasn't been said thousands of times over. I do sometimes prefer the self titled album before this one, but both are top tier. Some of the best pop/rock songwriting ever, and the drama between the group members really adds to the entertainment value. Some really incredible guitar playing too, Lyndsey Buckingham is an incredible musician. One thing I would recommend is to give the deluxe version a listen, because they corrected their error in leaving Silver Springs off the original release. It's one of the best songs on the album, and really ties the whole thing together nicely. It should have been the closing track, hands down. If the run time was a concern, they should have dropped Oh Daddy instead, that song adds nothing!

★★★★★★ With Silver Springs

Ah. Rumours. First off I have to forget that I've got a bit bored with this - I mean , it's nice, it's really, really nice, but you're never going to get excited by it are you? - and remember that I've enjoyed listening to it two or three times a year for approaching 50 years. And Stevie Nicks and Lyndsey Buckingham's songs are great. Although some of Christine McVie's songs aren't. It's a bit of a victim of it's own success too - you're never going to put it on when you have friends round.

Don't stop, thinking about ... Thunders, You can go your own way, You make loving fun. Venga, un 4, porque hay bastantes megahits míos de la vida.

kind of too goodnot to give 5

Eines der wenigen Alben in dieser Liste (bis jetzt), die ich nicht anhöre. Sondern dem ich gleich die volle Punktzahl vergeben kann.

One of my favourite albums!

Listened many times. Classic & iconic.

Good, but over-rated. Quite a few of the songs are great, but not all of them. Favorite song: dreams.

Seems like every song on this could have been a single. Might get a bit of hate for being so overplayed but still a classic 5*

The best FM album. It's hard to believe that the band was able to produce something so good despite all the problems they had in their interpersonal relationships behind the scenes.

Probably the album that I listen to the most from them

7 stellar songs 4 duds.

Rounding up from 4.5. Deluxe version has the better finale track for sure. Songbird is the one true dud in here

Classic, all-time album. Amazing songs. Really good. Liked it a lot

Wow! Where to start? Rolling Stone writer Jordan Runtaugh wrote of it, “the inner turmoil surfaced in brutally honest lyrics, transforming the album into a tantalizing he-said-she-said romantic confessional.” I can’t add anything more to it! If you don’t know the history, get a laced glass of Chardonnay and have a go at this one. It’s worth it!

Classic pop perfection. There are so many great songs on this album it is basically a best of compilation. Hard not to just jam out to this one. I did listen to this while driving the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. :)

Front to back bangers!

Already heard this one, pretty dope. Stevie Nicks is one of my favorite vocalists of all time but I think the songs that aren't already indisputable classics don't do much for me unfortunately

The songs are a bit samey but this is firmly from the era when albums were cohesive experiences from start to finish. Try not to get hyped during 'The Chain' or 'Dreams'.

Wayne Chooney back in his United days type album

BOM DEMAIS!!!!! Eu realmente não sabia que precisava ouvir Fleetwood Mac para caminhar na rua nossa o grau que dá olhar o centro com essa trilha sonora é impecável!

I love Fleetwood Mac! Rumours is one of my favourite albums—it's basically one banger after another with no skips at all. I listen to it regularly, just as I do to some of their other stuff like Tusk or Tango in the Night. Easy five stars.

Yes. I mean... just yes. Small infusion of personal anecdote as to the "why": Rumours must have been one of the first CDs in my parents' music collection and it's, this!, soft rock has taught me very early that good music doesn't give a shit about genres. Beautiful album. 20 stars.

One of the best albums ever. 🤩

So So overrated!!!!

5/5 dreamssss

Perfection.

Classic. Banger. After banger. After banger.

i love u stevie nicks

I like Fleetwood Mac and I've listened to this album before. It is atmospheric, acoustic, great vocals. Every song is good, different from each other but overall coherent album. Song "Oh Daddy" is the one that I cannot remember, but I like it a lot!

Meh. 2/5

No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling Stones...

I'd rather Jack. But seriously. It's pretty lush from start to finish.

Ideal album, would give 100 points out of 5 if possible

In my opinion; one of the best albums to ever exist.

The Chain is the only song I really like on this album.

One of the best albums ever. A must listen

Listening to this album was like visiting a trusted friend not seen in some time.

Uhm, any album that has an entire Glee episode dedicated to it is an immediate 5. On a serious note, this album is timeless, easy listening. So excited to have this as my Friday album and listen to it all weekend long.

A lot of this album is still too 70's pop-rock for me and overplayed (for my tastes), but I do like a lot of the songs. I have to give it 4 stars for the influence, even if it is maybe just a 3 or 3.5 star album for me.

Top5 album, not a single song on this album I don't like.

Great album! The songs are varied, but still form a cohesive whole where I barely notice the transitions. No songs feel weak. The instrumentation is there and hits hard when it needs to, but doesn't overwhelm the soundscape either.

This is a classic no matter how you slice it. Sure this soft pop rock isn't my cup of tea, but this is hit after well produced hit

I mean it’s one of the highest ranking albums of all times for a reason.

The vibes are off the fucking charts on this album. 4.7 stars

Sound City classic start to finish!!

*chef’s kiss*

Did we expect anything else

😌👂🏼👍

Easiest five stars. So versatile, entertaining, beautiful, capturing. The album just makes me happy. Masterpiece.

Stevie is my gold dust queen!

I liked a few songs, in particular "Never Going Back Again"

Favorite songs: Dreams, The Chain, Gold Dust Woman.

Great

Enjoyable but nothing amazing. Would listen just to hang out.

Impecable grabación. Sonido perfecto. Canciones escuchadas mil veces. Gran disco (en directo pierde muchísimo).

Forgot how good this is.

It's "Rumours", I can't say much about this album that hasn't been said. It's one of the best selling records in history and it deserves it.

....(.

Not exactly my kind of music, but a very good album

I like the sounds on this - super clean, with zero reverb on everything but vocals. Can only imagine how much cocaine it took to produce. To me, the songwriting peters out about 1/3 of the way through. Also, it is very, very hard for me to pretend to listen to this fresh, as if the singles off this haven't been played to death already, but that's to the artists' credit, I suppose.

I doubt we'll get too many albums in this collection like this, as I think I've heard more songs from this album on the radio than any other album (and I don't think I've ever listened to the album itself, at least as an album); the only ones I wasn't familiar with was "Songbirds", "I Don't Want to Know", and "Oh Daddy". It's almost like a best-of album, except it's clearly not, and it works as an album. I know there's a lot of arguments on both sides for which incarnation of Fleetwood Mac is the best, but it's hard to ignore at the longevity and success of this album's version of the band, and even if the music isn't particularly novel or ambitious, I can totally see why this sits towards the top of best-album-of-all-time rankings. I'm actually kind of glad that I still remain ignorant of most of the drama and intrigue and at-times despicable behavior of some of the band members, although I'm guessing that we couldn't have had Spinal Tap and so many other epic band fails without their legacy. Regardless, I *am* intrigued to listen to the band's early years, given all the references to their "Peter Green" years.

I was 13 when this album came out and I checked it out from the public library. I liked it well enough to listen to it a few times and then never listened to it again until today (05.14.2024). If Fleetwood Mac came on the radio, sometimes I listened, sometimes not. Whatever. But when I looked at the track listing today, I was blown away by how many great songs are on this album. Nearly every album has a few weaker tracks: here there's Oh Daddy and that's about it. Impressively fun pop.

one of the first albums I ever had. Got it for my 8th birthday. Still an utter classic

One of the all time classics. So many good songs on this album and perfect for summer. Every song is a tune. A 4.5/5 for me. The album is full of hits, every song could be a major hit and has been for other bands as well. Favourite song: All of them Least favourite: There is not a bad song on the album Album artwork: Fantastic cover

Mega chill

5 - I don't think I can fault this album, even though it's been so overplayed. I still remember the first time I heard the chain.

So gosh darn good, it might somehow be underrated. I think the front 8 tracks might be the most consistent run of songs in any album ever. Fave Tracks: basically all of them but lately I’m really into You Make Loving Fun 5/5

I've been looking forward to this gem and the day is finally here! it's an insane album honestly – the shade, the sass, the upbeat melodies. the best break-up album ever, it's so fun, just draws you back in again and again. oh, also, Silver Springs definitely should've been on the original tracklist.

Just phenomenal, from front to back. No doubt this album rocked the world back when it was released, and is still holding up so well today. Timeless music. Easy 5.

I really hated Fleetwood Mac until I was well into adulthood. I still don't love them; but it's hard to deny that Rumours is a runaway freight train of an album. I didn't mind listening to it again.

Don't know how to feel about this one. Been waiting on it for so long that any expectations I may have had were never going to be met. Can't help but feel it's turned into that one record everyone who owns a Crossley suitcase has to have in their collection. Although NY's Harvest is on that list too and I fkn love that album. Cliches are cliches for a reason after all. Five stars for Dreams but Never Going Back Again is the actual highlight, incredible guitar playing.

I really liked this. I knew lots of the songs on it anyway because obviously - though if you'd asked me to name a Fleetwood Mac song I'd probably have struggled. I see why this album is so popular though - very nice to dance round the garden on a sunny day to.

Bops

It’s ok

A really amazing album, maybe a Little bit too overrated btw

CD bm Bbc That was typed out by my arm or the charging cable or something when I paused the video I’m watching. I’m keeping it because I think it’s funny. When I was in Sixth Form, a friend and I decided it was the best idea in the world to record a podcast together. I’m a white guy, it made sense at the time. The idea of the podcast was that my friend and I would drink together and discuss pieces of art that we both liked. We had plans to do everything; books, episodes of TV shows, films. But we were both music guys first and foremost, and so for our first episode, we did an analysis of an album that we both loved. We only recorded the one episode, which was fortunate because he ended up being a massive piece of shit, but also because he was fucking awful at analysing art. While I would introduce, I think, pretty interesting topics of conversation regarding Rumours, he would just quote lyrics and expect that to move the conversation further. And he would often get the lyrics wrong as well. None of this has ruined my appreciation for Rumours. I still think it’s a perfect piece of art, if Songs In The Key Of Life is the Anna Karenina of albums, Rumours is the Pride and Prejudice, a more accessible, more relatable, yet no less perfect work. One of my favourite bits of recorded music is the first bit of the solo to Go Your Own Way, how it cuts through the backing just gets to me every time.

This album is a masterpiece; one of the greatest of all time. The perfect balance of catchy rock n roll jams and vulnerability during a tumultuous time in the band's history. There are about 9 songs on this record that could be this or any other bands biggest hit, and they had all on one album. Of course there's hits like "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams" which are all-timers for a reason, but songs like "You Make Loving Fun" and "Never Going Back Again" (which WILL make me cry just in the intro alone) are also beautiful pieces of music that carry so much weight and meaning. I could go on and on about this album - it's perfect. 10/10

Amazing album Favourites- dreams, the chain, go your own way, don’t stop

One of my favorite albums of all time. Know this in and out. The chain is my favorite of the whole album

GOATed fr fr. Even with an annoying dud like Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow this thing is still somehow perfect and timeless and absolutely essential. Deserving of all the attention praise and the lofty place it holds in the history of rock/pop music.

Perfect album. The weakest links are still legendary songs. Fleetwood at their absolute pinnacle. Iconic for a reason.

If I could give this album six stars I would

5/5

Just a nice time listening to this one. I put this on in the office as I often do with each day's album and for once I didn't feel the need to desperately ride the volume control to avoid the glares.

A great variety of quality songs

Excellent music. Love it

10/10. Every song goes to the 5⭐️ list (if it wasn’t already on it). Very well could be my favorite album of all time.

Dreams, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, etc.

One of the classics

After being presented with another Fleedwood Mac album (Tusk) here I added some of their albums to my favorites including this one. I already knew about half of the tracks and liked them. The tracks previously unknown to me are equally good. An easy 4 stars.

Songs 2-5 are all absolute classics. What a side.

Great album. Silver Springs should have made the cut, amazing song.

My aunt got trampled by the crowd when she went with my Dad to see Fleetwood Mac at a sold-out show in ’77, literally breaking her arm just to see this band at their absolute peak. Now, I play her copy of this album religiously once a month, and hold it with the same reverence I’d hold any family heirloom. This is simply one of the greatest albums ever made. It’s one of those records where it’s so good, it’s not even fair to put it in a personal top 10, because yeah, everyone with ears adores this record, unless they’re purposefully being a contrarian. It’s the definition of “this sounds like a greatest hits album” because every song is just so deeply integrated into pop culture by now. There are no weak songs; my least favorite song, “Second Hand News,” would be a high-water mark for any other band, and only pales in comparison to the rest of the record it opens, because on its own, I adore it. I even go to bat for the McVie songs, because “Oh Daddy” and “You Make Loving Fun” are maybe my favorite songs here. It’s femme and witchy and sparkly thanks to Nicks, it’s reflective and somber and sultry thanks to McVie, and it’s bitchy and biting and masculine thanks to Buckingham. It’s rocking, it’s heavy, it’s pop, it’s folksy, it’s jazzy, it’s got a bit of everything for everyone. And even after decades of listening to it, today I still was hearing new elements I never noticed, which is the sign of a record that transcends criticism, in my opinion. This record is a cultural touchstone, so important to modern life that it’s now hard to see a world where it doesn’t exist. Flawless flawless flawless!!

clearly 5 stars

i know this is a deeply unpopular opinion but i don’t care for this album. it has its moments. wrap it up.

Iconic album. Weird hanging belt.

Huge album in 1977 Every song is great

Very biased since this is a favorite album. No skips and every song is legendary. One the best pieces of media in 1977 and possibly ever. Take your silver spoon and dig your grave.

Dreams, The Chain, Don't Stop. All iconic hits!

Dreamy, lovely, excellent music and filled with hits. What more do you want?

Yes yes. This is a good album. Don't we all know it.

7/10 heard a lot about this album before but never actually checked it out before

Ja:odličan je album. Zlatni standard pop rocka Vojko : mlikota je to

it's well done . but not my cup of tea.

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Been looking forward to this one crossing my plate. The artists who are able to be kinda genre-fluid I'm finding are the most fun and getting higher ratings from me. I listened to this one like 5 times. Rock. Folk. Melodies. Harmonies. Pop. You'll know!

Their best album, for me, when this unique blend really produced something very special. I've always thought that Fleetwood Mac shouldn't have worked; they could have been an absolute cheese-fest, musically, with the jolly, folksy elements. I don't know whether Stevie Nicks is an actual witch who weaved magic around this album, but I think she has a lot to do with the fact that it became a thing of wonder. Her own songs will always be my favourites; I adore her voice and her searing lyrics. But it's so good as a whole. People will listen to it forever, and reflect on life and love and heartbreak.

I don’t need to listen to this again to give it five stars but I’m really glad I have an excuse to. It’s brilliant.

I’ve loved every second of this album since I first heard it nearly 40 years ago. Never gets old and nor do I.

Christine McVie... her voice is so beautiful

Extraordinary Album

Perfect pending band!

De mis discos favoritos 💜

Si hay un álbum en esta lista y en la discografía completa de Fleetwood Mac que merece 5 estrellas es sin dudas "Rumours". Con un tracklist perfecto de comienzo a fin, la banda sortea sus conflictos internos para crear una de las colecciones de canciones más redondas de la historia. Sumamente recomendable, y en mi opinión personal, uno de los mejores álbumes de la década de los 70.

If you deny the greatness of this album, you’re probably the kind of person who adds an inch when giving your height.

Yeah this is inifintely better than the debut. Loved it

stevie nicks slay

Rumours is a classic

oh. I can't believe it but this might be my first time listening through this album of perfect pop rock. I've heard all of the songs before, but I'm still shocked at how great this is - it really doesn't get much better. It goes through so many different changes of mood, but it all fits. If you love the sound of the seventies, this is it. I wish I had more time to gush, but sadly must move on to the next album.

Good. The Chain is a great song.

go your own way, the chain

Very good 4.5

This is an all time rock classic. Stevie’s voice and Lindsay’s guitar riffs are legendary.

Love Fleetwood Mac, particularly Stevie Nicks, don’t really know why but this was an epic album so a rare 5*

Pretty pretty pretty good.

Always amazing!

My parents loved this album, I love this album, and now my son does, too. 5/5

Not much to say about this that hasn't already been said. It's one of the best albums of all time. Fav songs: The Chain, Dreams, Go Your Own Way

Where to even begin with this album, I mean it is an obvious 5 star album without a single doubt. I think John Mulaney has the best quote about this album, "an album written by and for people cheating on each other", which just sums it up pretty perfectly. There is so much more depth to this album than that quote of course, you could write a thesis on this album. Just a fantastic listen every single time with just some of the most legendary songs of all time on it. It deserves the love it gets and the hate it gets is just contrarians who hate on anything popular. Fantastic all time great!

I liked some of the songs! It was a really long cd so I listened to what I could.

ok

10/10

I would never call myself a fan, but it’s hard to deny how good this album is

Ich mag die Musik.

Oh you already know. Unreal album. Possibly their best, though I have a soft spot for self titled as well.

Words cannot describe how good this album is.

This is truly awesome

To say it's a classic is an understatement. It's a great-sounding collection of great songs played by a band at the top of its game, even if their personal lives were absolute disasters. Highlights are Second Hand News, Go Your Own Way, Dreams, and The Chain, but truly, they're all great!

Loved it!

So sweet listening to this. I only knew the more popular songs but really enjoyed all of the album.

That is a good one

can't not like a bit of Fleetwood Mac, never listened to a whole album, I didn't know some of the tunes I recognise were by them.

A Classic!

Very well paced album, but I don't find the music itself very compelling. It all feels a little bland and I don't care for any of the vocals. Or any of the tracks really. Besides The Chain. I do not understand how this album is considered one of the greatest of all time.

Yeah, there is no question about the rating of this album. The musicianship and energy and just damned enjoyable, memorable songs pour forth from it.

Such a good album

Is this the one with the TikTok cranberry skate guy song on it?

Fleetwood Mac is my mom’s favorite band, and my little sister’s name is Stevie; this album’s so in my bones that they’d probably break if I rated it less than a 5.

Solid 4

Oma arkkivihollinen tämä albumi.. Todella hankala päästä mood arvostaa lickkejä tässä.. En pidä miten yrittää heiluttaa ihmisiä.. Älkää alistuko heilutukseen mutta antakaa vahvoina tähdet...

This is something anyone would enjoy if you put it on. Classics on classics

only thing wrong with this album is how short it is - 10/10

All killer, no filler. Favs: Dreams, Go Your Own Way, I Don't Want To Know; but honestly all of them. Also, how beautiful is Songbird!!!

Fantastic. All time great.

There’s a reason this album is one of the most recognized EVER. epicness!! Still blows me away that it’s their 11th studio album too. My most played vinyl record for sure. Listen again: yes Purchase for my collection: own it Favourite Song: all of them!

If it weren't for Stevie Nicks this would be 1 star. I never paid attention to Fleetwood Mac before. All I ever knew was that old people seem to love it. Little did I know, I've already heard nearly every song on this album before. I FUCKING hated it. That guys voice dude. It evokes some bad feelings. It reminds me of some lame ass old, dead inside, lethargic, middle-aged, farty, white man from Vancouver Washington. Fuck this music dude.

Loved every second. Listened at least 5 times

Not much to say that hasn't already been said by all these other positive reviews. I did read that this is the highest rated album in this list, which I'm not sure I agree with, but there's no doubt that this is a 5 star album. Hell, it's 2024 and this recently popped back into the Billboard Top 200 - nearly 50 years after it was released!

I may be the only person on the planet who prefers S/T and Tusk, but my appreciation for and enjoyment of this album has grown slightly. I don’t think it will ever be an all-time favorite, but I like it more now than I ever have. 4/5

LOVE

Can absolutely see why this is on the list - great production, and just awesome songwriting. Favourite songs: Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain.

one of my favourite albums of all time godbless xxx

Once chic to hate on Stevie Nicks or Fleetwood Mac, this album cares not for that. While some of the songs have become overplayed earworms at different times of their existence, the songs are actually good. They were overplayed for a reason. One of the chillest listens from one of the most complicated bands.

Quite frankly couldnt wait for the album to finish. There were sparks here and there, but overall it felt dragged out and uninventive YNN

I like individual songs more than the album as a whole. Stevie Nick's voice does nothing for me I'm afraid and the band as a whole always felt a bit lite. Still 10 million + sold when people actually had to make a physical effort too get their hands on a copy is rather impressive.

Great album. Great from front to back. Definitely worthy of it's position in regards to it's legacy and status

A+. Amazing listening back to an album that manages to keep giving after decades

balls

meh

This is a really good album. A must have.

Great songs, great harmonies, great voices. Bunch of classics on this album. I wonder how many millions of dollars from this album went towards cocaine?

Very good album, one of the best ever in my opinion. I have heard it a million times and I own it. Pretty much non stop hits.