Rumours

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).

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

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!!!

Classic after classic

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 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

Sebs favorite record.

Un classique <3

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

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.

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

7 stellar songs 4 duds.

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'.

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

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.

Great

....(.

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

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

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.

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.

It’s ok

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

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

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.

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

Christine McVie... her voice is so beautiful

Extraordinary Album

stevie nicks slay

Good. The Chain is a great song.

go your own way, the chain

Very good 4.5

Pretty pretty pretty good.

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

Ich mag die Musik.

Loved it!

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.

Solid 4

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

Fantastic. All time great.

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

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.

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.

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

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?

It's quite easy to see why this album is considered one of the greatest of all time. Only a portion of it lines up with my personal tastes so I'm rating it accordingly to that, but it is nearly perfect objectively

This is a good album. I adore how the vocals from Buckingham and Nicks play into each other, and a lot of the songs are confirmed classics in my eyes. Even though “The Chain” has some unexpected instrumentation, the whole album is good and chock-full of banger songs. That’s why I think this album deserves a 93.6% or a 4.68/5.

Refreshing, well balanced, warm, effortless.

Great music because the writers were under "Pressure" from those they perceived to judge them.

Classic album

It's Fleetwood Mac at their Mac-i-ness.

Tsja, dit is natuurlijk 1 van de bekendste albums ooit. Eigenlijk een soort Greatest Hits album, maar dan in album versie. Ik ben niet de grootste Fleetwood Mac fan maar dat betekent niet dat ik het helemaal niet kan waarderen, is echt meer dan prima muziek en echt vermakelijk! Sommige nummers vind ik zelf wel echt zwak zoals Oh Daddy, I don't Wanna know en Gold Dust Woman. De rest is goed tot geweldig, dus dan kom je uit op een welverdiende 4 sterren. FAVO: Dreams, Don't Stop, Go your Own Way, The Chain

interessante bekannte Musik

Classic! Mac’s always a vibe man. I was floating down the highway to dream

I forget how good these guys were at the peak of their powers.

Total classic. The music might be smooth, but the lyrics are biting and give the album a real edge.

Growing up, I used to always change the station when Fleetwood Mac came on. For some reason, I just wasn't into it. (When I discovered the early blues albums, I was floored. But that's basically a different band.) The older I get, though, the more I start to like and appreciate Rumours. "Songbird" is lovely. "Never Going Back Again" is emotional (look up Lindsey Buckingham's live, solo, acoustic performance of it). But I still skip past "Go Your Own Way" and a few others.

Bueno Soft rock/pop de calidad

Y’know it might be overrated almost

Mid to late 70's rock woven with some more timeless rock gems. Like several of the albums from Fleetwood Mac, this one includes multi-layered musicality, highlighting the skills of the artists on guitar, bass, drums, and vocals in varied blends throughout the songs and album.

Spent most of the 80s listening to this thanks to my Ma blasting her tape of it around the house. Still find it a bit hit and miss but the hits slap

Stevie!!!!

I think this works better as an album than when I hear individual songs out in the world. I'm not exactly on the Fleetwood Mac bandwagon, but I can see why people love this album.

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.

Heard of the band and a few of the songs on this album. Quite enjoy it, 4 so far.

It's a banger. Lots of absolute classics. Enjoyed revisiting this!

Not bad, gets better

Great album. Probably not my favorite Fleetwood Mac album but some fantastic music.

... Long time ago.... Still nice to hear

Great, classy, dreamy, timeless.

Beautiful classic, although there aren’t many songs I would put on my favorites list, I’ll always listen to the album on occasion

Rock/Pop, 1977 -> 4

I know, I know…great album, extraordinarily popular…I’ve just never been a fan

Never been much of a Fleetwood Mac fan, but this was pretty good.

Legends.

Great album. Melodies and instrumentation are fantastic throughout.

Hoy toca escuchar esta banda por primera vez (por lo menos, de manera consciente). Rock, pop, voces limpias y quebradas para canciones más melódicas y más crudas. Ideal para un día nublado, de mañana.

Always a great classic. Takes me back In time

ja bin jz gad s müed zum vill schribe aber omg nebet de scho bekannte banger han ich oh daddy so fest gliebt

Hit after hit. No clunkers here!

Amazing Album, one of the best songs is on this album. all around great album.

Classic rock with great tunes and great voices.

Album extremamente agradável aos meus ouvidos. Gostei e curti muito os ritmos e letras. Musica marcantes foram: Dreams, Don't stop, Go your Own way e The chain.

I like me some F Mac

I reeeally love about half the tracks on here, 1, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12. But unfortunately the others are just alright. So I can't give it a perfect score. Also, this score is only for the deluxe version with Silver Springs included, great song.

SCC

Love love LOVE!!!!

They snapped on Dreams and The Chain. Didn’t realize Don’t Stop was them. They were probably ahead of their time with this sound in 1977.

Very good pop album. Different genres and influences i didnt expect. Creative and artsy music. Definitely worth a relistening.

Cool album, a bit country, but I love the sound, the dynamics, the cohesiveness of it. I agree that it's one of the best.

I could be really snobby about this coke addled album but it is a great collection of songs produced well. I'm a bit of a miserablist so I'm gonna say that "Oh Daddy" is a bit naff. 4

Cmon now. Loaded album. Chains is the only song I have in my library though; just not into FM as much.

Laying all cards on the table, I'm really not a big Fleetwood Mac fan. There, I said it! I know this album is widely respected, so I'll do my best to shirk preconceptions. Album opens on a bit of a drum and bass romp called Second Hand News. Guitar is super buried until like the last 30 seconds when it splashes through. Really nice layering in the production that sounds very clear. Dreams is a timeless jam. Groovy bassline with beautiful vocals on top and effective overdubbing. Makes for a spacious easy dance song. Love the burbling organ line. Never Going Back Again is another familiar one. Beautiful acoustic guitar work that is mixed very forward and crisp. Don't Stop is one that I can't help but tap along to. I don't love the song, but it is damned infectious and singable. Same can be said for Go Your Own Way. I understand the broad appeal here; I really do. It just don't strike me as particularly interesting. Maybe some of that has to do with hearing it about a billion times. But I think at the core, I just don't think these are very interesting songs. They are great pop to be sure, but don't stimulate me in any significant fashion. The Chain is another classic, and deserves its seat at the table. Moody stomp of a song and I love the acoustic melodies. Also, some super throaty bass towards the conclusion. Vocals on You Make Loving Fun are great. Fun song. I Don't Want to Know is a low point for me. Sort of polka-y plonk with some thin ass vocals. I was unsure of Oh Daddy when it started out, but this is, to me, one of the more interesting songs here. Lots of interesting instrumental noodling behind the trudging drum and lamenting vocals. I can dig it. Strong finish on Gold Dust Woman. Really do enjoy the smokey western vibes evoked by the twangy guitar. I totally understand the appeal here. This is solid classic rock for people who love straight classic rock. Production is very tight throughout and the sounds are varied. Lots of radio play out of this single album. Highlights to me are Dreams, Gold Dust Woman, Oh Daddy, and The Chain. I will say that in general I think the mega-hits are over-blown (looking at you Go Your Own Way and Don't Stop). That said, this is solid and I am glad I listened. Its a low 4 for me. Added to Playlists: - Never Going Back Again (Sunny-vibes)

4.5 for me. Fantastic album. Don't normally listen to this all the way through but I regularly listen to a lot of songs on this album. My Dad used to play a lot of these songs growing up. He would always play Landslide

I have been looking forward to this album! This is like that Lynard Skynard album where every song is just hit after hit. Very solid album from start to finish. I expected this to nail a 5 star from the hop, but it never quite got there for me personally. Lots of variety in the songs, different talented singers, each instrument had time to shine, but there was never that rock out moment that I was looking for. Very high 4 that doesn't quite crack 5 stars when I put it toe to toe with Janis Joplin or other 5 star albums.

Good. I see why people like it, and if previously heard a lot of the tracks without knowing it was Fleetwood Mac. Some tracks are nothing special but none are bad.

basically the sound of the 70s. tons of hits on this. not my favorite, but I can't deny it's power.

niiiice

Would be five stars if Silver Springs was included.

Great album

Other than a few misses, it’s a solid album. Played it twice today!

I like this project because it has me listening to music I enjoy but don't always make an effort to listen to day to day. Perfect example here.

Much better Folk Rock as opposed to the Paul Simon album

Almost a 5 if not for a couple of stinkers at the end.

I've never been a huge Fleetwood Mac fan, but I can't deny that this album has a bunch of great songs. My favorites are "The Chain", "You Make Loving Fun", and "Gold Dust Woman". It's interesting to see the play counts on spotify. The Chain has over a billion views, but the other two are among the "runts" in this album.

Wild how Christine McVie's track's were some of the strongest on Tusk, and some of the weakest here. & Tusk might have also made me really hate when Lindsay Buckingham goes into hoedown mode, because 'Second Hand News' is super annoying to me now. The great songs are still really great, tho. Off to listen to some solo Stevie Nicks.

Love, iconic

Classic

- "dreams" is pretty goated but maybe overused - "go your own way" is a classic but maybe overused - yeah the album vibe is "oh this ones a classic" - ok on the 3rd time, "never going back again" slaps, "don't stop" slaps - i think my album opinions are gonna be heavily dependent on my mood whoops

so many solid hits on this album. good to listen to with Hannah.

Lots of hits. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would!

I enjoyed the throw back

Stevie Nicks carries this album

Tässä on menoa ja chilliä vibaa 🤌🏼 Ihan menevää 3,5

My dad listened to this album a lot when I was a kid I enjoyed most of it

I had always heard how great this album was and it has so many hits that I knew most of the songs. At first I thought it was kind of boring but I realized I just don't like the Lindsey Buckingham tracks. Very generically poppy. The Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie tracks were more my style but on the whole I think it is a pretty great listen. The Chain is a banger.

Solid

- Super Produktion - Hit Singles The Chain und Dreams beste Tracks. Ansonsten noch Gold Dust Woman hörenswert, Rest plätschert so vor sich hin - faktische inkorrektheit hat mich schon immer gestört: "Thunder always happens when it's raining" 3,5

Favorit: Never Going Back Again. 3,7.

I knew 2 of the songs, more then I thought.

Not a Mac fan, per se, but this is solid. It's been watered down over the years with all the radio play, but still sounds pretty fresh. Heard new things in old songs on this listen. Can see why it was so popular. Still don't like Stevie Nicks though. 4.4

Very good album. Lots of classic tracks and is just very easy to listen to

How often does it take a band 11 albums to reach their best work? It’s quite a feat. Well, I guess that’s what heartbreak and drama do: they make for good creative output. This album is an emotional roller-coaster, the heights of the romantic joy being commensurate with the depths of rejection’s and uncertainty’s despair. The album is also perfectly titled, alluding not only to insecurity but to the idea that everyone is talking behind everyone else’s back.

Good one

Good album! Shows the variety of the group!

Good enough. Some tunes are more memorable than others.

Een album dat niet kan missen in de lijst. Een enorme variatie op het album, maar alles heeft kwaliteit. Waarom het lege Dreams nou de hit van deze lui is geworden, snap ik niets van. Het is het slechtste van het album. Maar goed. Daar staat de andere hit The Chain weer tegenover. Uiteindelijk is het het totaal wat de plaat maakt. Ook de kleinere nummers zoals Gold Dust Woman dragen mooi bij.

I went into this one thinking I'd give it a 3 stars at most. Of course I've heard most of these songs so many times on the radio and I never really thought much of FM in general based on the many times I've heard the songs. But when I really gave the album a listen I found that I could not dismiss it as easily as I expected to. There is good shit on this album which should not be surprising given its status as a "classic rock album". I couldn't in good conscience give this album less than 4 stars after really listening to it. The diversity of the tracks, the different voices (actual and auteur) throughout the album, the musicianship, all made more vibrant given the crazy and dysfunctional personal relationship amongst the band members all make this a great album. Even if I've heard most of the songs hundreds of times already.

I've never been a huge Fleetwood Mac fan, but I get all of the hype around Rumours. This album is solid all of the way through and has all of the Fleetweed Mac songs that I do like on it.

One of the best and most important albums in rock history, but if I can be honest, that’s mostly true for the first 2/3rds. It peaks with “The Chain”, but while I still think “You Make Loving Fun” kicks ass, the last 3 tracks have historically done little for me. They seriously dropped “Silver Springs” for “I Don’t Wanna Know”? A-. Wish I could drop the minus, but I shouldn’t

Classic!

C'è don't stop thinking about tomorrow, ma in generale è un po' sottotono, oddio. Un'altra hit pazzesca "Go your own way"

Jaa gewoon lekker

Didn't realize how many bangers and classics were on this album alone

A great album packed full of classic known songs, worth the price of entry and more.

Good. Wanted to like it more than I did. But I get the hype.

Många av deras största på samma album, kul.

Classic pop-rock album.

🐐

everyone's favourite spanish soap opera band's most commercially succesful album is actually very enjoyable, the filler songs don't sound all that filler-y. Honestly it's still overhyped (the hype is immense in this album so there's no way the album can live up to it), but deserves to be among the better albums on this list.

I had to skip forward past the first song, Secondhand News. How is that the opener? A couple of the other tracks are also a bit too corny for me, but the bangers on here are great. I didn't know Songbird before, and really liked it.

Good

persönlich nicht so großer fleetwood mac fan aber an sich ein super gutes album. nur hits

Solid Album. Very cohesive

Simply just a beautiful album.

super enjoyable album to listen to and dreams is a 10/10 song.

Many special ones

Well duh

So messy, but such a great album.

I enjoyed the great technique, both instrumental and vocal. I’m not sure why it attracted so much acclaim (I presume this had great influence). Heard before: Dreams, Go Your Own Way, The Chain.

Lots of hits on this album, including one of my favorite songs of all time “Dreams.” Overall, the full album isn’t really my thing, but Fleetwood Mac had a gift for finding great pop and soft rock hooks that make these songs very easy to digest.

A classic. Captures the ups and downs of relationships very well

Stevie Nicks

This album, and Dreams in particular, has gotten a lot more popular lately. I've never given it a full listen so I was happy to see this popup. There are a lot of great songs on this album. More than I knew than I realized. Overall I really enjoyed it. I really like Never Going Back Again. "Been down one time, been down two times" is very catchy. I don't think I ever realized Go Your Own Way was Fleetwood Mac. Oh Daddy and Gold Dust Woman weren't my favorite though. I think if the album ended stronger for me it would have been 5/5.

Obviously there are some songs here that are 5 stars and overall it's great album. The things going on around it are even better.

Only holding back the fifth star because all the Stevie Nicks songs are so much better than the others and there aren’t enough of them.

Have only heard a handful of songs from this album, but it is full of bangers. Favorite especially going to The Chain. It's [the album] not perfect, but it is a really good blend of folk and rock (more rock than folk though). There isn't much else to say other than this is a pretty good album A solid 4/5

So that’s where all these songs come from. Very good album, although it doesn’t really strike any chords within me. That Amazon show seems like it was based on this band which is a bit of a negative note that I think will hinder me any time I listen to this band. Unfortunate but it is what it is. I’ll give it a 4 to pay respects to the studded track-list

First album with new rating system, 👍 for good song, 👎 for bad song. Add all 👍, divide by 5, give that many stars. Round up or down as needed. Mostly upbeat and chill album! A couple standouts with Dreams, The Chain, and Go Your Own Way Second Hand News: 👍 Dreams: 👍 Never Going Back Again: 👍 Don’t Stop: 👍 Go Your Own Way: 👍 Songbird: 👍 The Chain: 👍 You Make Loving Fun: 👍 I Don’t Want to Know: 👍 Oh Daddy: 👎 Gold Dust Woman: 👎

The word “seamless” comes to mind with this album. Always a classic. And you can hear the vitriol seethe in every chorus.

Great album! A lot of dense history behind the group and the time they were writing Rumours- very interesting. “The Chain” was probably my favorite song on this album, plus “Silver Spring” on the Deluxe version. I think it was originally made as a B-side which is a shame because it’s a great song. Four stars

Finally a good listen. Sometimes you can just tell its good. It also helps when you are motivated to finish the album. I also appreciate albums that are less than an hour. It is a task to listen to an hour plus album when its not one of your favorites

Some excellent songs but others really not. However it was better than I first perceived before listening

Almost gave this a 5. But since I'm hesitant to add this to my own list of bangar albums, I'll settle on 4. Stevie Nicks owns this album though.

Dreams is a classic, love the vibes, and old dated but timeless freedom.

Amazing album influencing many other rock artists, can feel the emotion.

I always thought of FM as music for daggy old people. So perhaps I am becoming a daggy old person (becoming, I hear you ask?!). Anyway, I enjoyed this more than I expected to, and more than once. Not every song rises to the level of the obvious bangers, but lots of great stuff there, with variety and more than the occasional “oh yeah!” moment.

Classic break up the band album. Been played to death over the years still sounds best MOR.

The Glee episode dedicated to this album had a strong influence on my teen years….. and the album itself definitely earned its spot on this list. I was kind of disappointed by some of the tracks on here I hadn’t heard before - no sneaky wonders left to discover on here; the ones you know are the ones that are great. Best tracks: THE CHAIN, Dreams, Don’t Stop, Songbird, Go Your Own Way, I Don’t Want To Know Worst tracks: Second Hand News, You Make Loving Fun

I have kind of avoided Fleetwood Mac throughout the years, and though I can appreciate this album, I just don't love it. Some of the songs, the music and lyrics are just bland, However, I did enjoy this more than I thought I would. Overall, pretty good and a very clean and clear record. 4/5 Probably won't listen again

Full of white people bangers

Heard it before?: Yes Enjoy it: Hard not to love this one, full of their best work and shouldn’t deserve to be this good given the environment they recorded this. Favourite song: Track 7 - The Chain

good music for billard or public spaces

Already knew this album but it was a pleasure to listen to it

goated album nuff said

Dreams tem 1,3 bilhoes de listens!!

4.5

There's definite bangers on here. I would listen again, and I'm sure I've listened before (familiarity bias). Just not quite sure it's a 5. I might just be being contrary because I know it's highly acclaimed

Love me some Fleetwood Mac.

Funny album, you've really become a ruler for recording tech while so uncomfortable with the forty-minute structure. Incompleteness fades and expectation grows as Rumours plays. The large arrives unexpected each time around; And no duds in the lows.

Songbird! This is where Songbird comes from!

This is the most difficult album for me to figure out on this list so far. It’s undeniably crammed with megahits, and the talent of each member is ridiculous. But, and there’s always a but, not much of this did anything for me, bar Never Going Back Again which is one of my many all time favourite tracks. I’m not sure whether this has just been overplayed and overhyped for me, which can make it difficult to rate it on base value at times. Like it’s undeniably excellent, but it just didn’t hit that spot for me. It’s a bit like how everyone seemed to fancy Kate Moss in the early 2000s, or Laura Jenkinson from Southmoor School circa 2003, but neither did it for me and I felt like I was the only one. One things for sure though, they went through and incredible transformation. When I was about 21 I picked up a FM record as I knew little about them except their hits and how much of an influence they were on Field Music. Turns out it was an early record which was very very bluesy/americana almost. Baffled me at how that played such a role for bands like Field Music. So to go from that to the top dogs of soft rock is quite the transition. I think in terms of quality it has to be a 5, but in terms of how I feel about it, probably a 3, so I’ll go 4. Wouldnt be rushing back, but also wouldnt say I’m Never Going Back Again (wahey!)

Good album but wasn’t a fan of every song

Dreams; Never Going Back Again (great acoustic guitar sound, vocals and guitar all by Lindsey Buckingham Don't Stop (Christine McVie) Go Your Own Way The Chain (great guitar sounds, including a Dobro, and has a fretless bass solo ) Gold Dust Woman (another great guitar sound - Dobro, and is about Stevie Nicks' cocaine addiction) 6 of the 11 tracks are very famous

really enjoyable album, it isnt complete enough to be a 5/5 tbh, the slow songs arent impactful enough or arent good enough compared to the upper beat songs. * Dreams - 2004 Remaster * its just the most complete song

Had this on repeat for longer than most albums this challenge, but can't pick out anything that I exceptionally like. Just very good

A great album and an absolute classic. These are those guys from TikTok right?

Another classic!

Let Stevie Nicks sing the entire time please, but that's all Fleetwood Mac for me. It'd be a straight 5* for me. But, it's a mixed bag and as an album it almost feels like two different bands at times. Songs like Dreams and The Chain are absolute 5* 100%, but songs like Second Hand News and Never Going Back are middling at best for me. Culturally and production wise? 5* but enjoyment for me is full of "hell yeah" and "hell no". Oh my god I just realized the hanging balls for the first time, how did I miss this? Killer artwork though.

Great album. Already a lot of well known songs on here but enjoyed having it on. A classic

Topband die ik toch niet gauw zal noemen als je me vraagt om een topband te noemen. Gevarieerd album met lekker gitaargeluid. Dikke 4.

Man, did I hate Fleetwood Mac in the mid to late 70s. It was Punk all the way for me. Age has mellowed me, and I can appreciate them now.

I thoroughly enjoyed the album l. Almost perfect to me.

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.

Incredible to fit so many good songs on an album

Excelente albúm

Obviously.

Biased, i know. But i think a lot of people would agree with me. this is a very good album. 4/5

Arranca maso, pero es un disco realmente espectacular. Estuve a nada de ponerle un 5.

So many great songs. Peak Mac.

Nice. Very mainstream but a pleasant listen. Dreams is the best track IMO but the others are all good, if not brilliant

1. Second hand news 4 2. Dreams 4 3. Never going back again 3 4. Dont stop 4 5. Go your own way 5 6. Songbird 3 7. The chain 5 8. You make loving fun 4 9. I dont want to know 4 10. Oh daddy 3 11. Gold dust woman 4 3,9

I'm not surprised that half of the album are the "hits." I'm surprised that more of the album isn't songs that I know. From what I know of the popularity of this album, I would have thought this album was more like "Who's Next," where basically every song was hummable and known. But there are a couple of songs on here that are head scratchers. Exhibit A: "Oh, Daddy." That's just a stinker. Almost cringe inducing, really. "Go Your Own Way," what can I say that probably hasn't been said before? I do really like how the drums come in to that song and really turn the beat around. It's probably my favorite track off that album just for that alone. "Don't Stop"... is you were around 20 years ago you know how tiresome this song became. It's not a bad song, but it's not the best track on the album, and it is a bit repetitive. So I can see why this album sold as much as did on the strength of their hits alone. But the non-singles... half of the album has songs that never hit the air. If we compare this to other big albums (I keep coming back to Who's Next), half of the album I have never heard of. Does not say a lot about the album itself, the whole thing should be big, you know? So it's good for me, but not as great as the sales make it out to be.

I'm a big classic rock fan, but even though Fleetwood Mac is pretty central in classic rock, they never "did it" for me. At least part of it was Stevie Nicks' warble. Never been a fan of that. However, as always, I'm trying to listen with fresh ears. It's certainly a very good album, with plenty of classic songs. My overall impression is that they have great vocal interplay (with even a bit more appreciation for Stevie Nicks, despite the warble), excellent guitar playing, and very nice composition. The big ding I'll give the album is it's very OF ITS TIME. There are plenty of classic rock albums that still sound fresh...this sounds like peak 70s, and that's what keeps it from a 5 for me. 5's are timeless, and this ain't. Favorite tracks: Dreams (really good lyrics and I like the vocal line), Go Your Own Way (never knew this and Dreams were a pair - Nicks (Dreams) and Buckingham's (Own Way) takes on their breakup - interesting, and must have made for some awkward days at the office), The Chain (dark and brooding with some great musicianship), You Make Loving Fun (very 70s, but nice song), Gold Dust Woman (really like the guitar line and the outro).

Dit blijft een klassieker! Ik heb deze toevalig afgelopen weekend op vinyl gekregen.

classic 8/10 (4/5)

So many hits on this album, and they are such classics. That said, it’s not an album I could see myself listening to over and over, something about it just doesn’t grab me as much as similar artists. It’s still an incredible album however.

a lot of classics

Classic

There's something about this album that I really enjoyed, even though like half of these songs would normally not be my cup of tea. This is definitely a time where the whole of all three voices is greater than the sum of its parts - the harmonies and duets/trios are beautiful.

Mfing classic

good solid albums, many memorable pieces, could listen to it over and over again

Love Fleetwood Mac- classic album

Very good

Some really good songs on here.

Who doesn’t love it

Yeah it's great, but I'm surprised that it's the second highest-rated album on this whole site. It’s not THAT good

Woah. Big Boy. 2nd highest rated album in the entire generator. If we try hard enough, we could either move it down to third or up to first. Second Hand News - Opening tracks can make or break an album for me since first impressions are everything. This one was pretty meh. 3 Dreams - sounds like a gypsy getting circumcised under the many moons of Tatooine. In all seriousness, I've heard this sucker about 1,000 times and it's obviously a great track. 5 Never Going Back Again - another one I've heard a good amount. Better than I remembered. 4 Don't Stop - this album feels like a compilation album since it's hit after hit. I'm curious what I would rate this if it were my first listen. 3 Go Your Own Way - 5. Songbird - Pretty boring. 3. The Chain - Awesome Mix Vol. 2 anyone? 5. You Make Loving Fun - the George Harrison of Fleetwood Mac ain't too shabby. 4 I Don't Want to Know - 4. Oh Daddy - Fantastic. 4. Gold Dust Woman - There's just so much going on in these songs, which is why they're more than hits. They're actually contemplative. 5.

Love this album, definitely a 4 star. Is it a classic though? To some people, yes.

👍

This music isn’t my cup of tea but even I can’t argue with how great this album is. And I think that shows how much true masterpiece this album is. Every track is a timeless classic. That is insane.

Includes definite classics, but also some weaker songs

I want this album to be a 5/5 so badly but for me there are a few songs I would have probably left off of the track list. The highs are soooo high. The Chain is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Hadn't actually listened to Rumours before. Thought I had but I didn't. I've heard a bunch of the songs individually but not as an album. Was lovely. I really loved Second Hand News.

Every girl and woman of my acquaintance had a copy of this album in the 70s. What's not to like.

Great listening, enjoyed it very much.

4.5

Don't like FM but this is a great album

Listened Before? N I've been saving this one because I knew it was on this list somewhere. It's widely considered a classic so not to include it would have been a disservice. I've never listened to it beginning to end until now. What a great album! For me, Stevie Nicks' lead songs are head and shoulders above the rest but it's all quality stuff. An all timer. 5-cuts deep (or more). I'll be adding this one and listening regulary. Added to Library? Y Songs added to playlist: Dreams, Gold Dust Woman

It’s a classic I know but it’s still not what I really like. But it was cool listening to it as a whole artistic journey

Enjoyable classic rock. A tad on the slow side for me but I still liked it.

Timeless

I have a love/hate relationship with these recordings. And so did the band! Still, one of the most perfect recordings from the 70’s. Pure Pop for Now People by Nick Lowe eclipses it, in my book, for fun and production cohesiveness (1978).

Like any classic record, listening to "Rumours" immediately brings back memories of the time when I heard it everywhere. This record has all the Feels that a classic record should have. It really doesn't get old. Even the lesser-rated songs are nice to hear. Also, "Rumours" is a great record to listen to from start to finish. I gave it a 4-star because a few songs are just okay. Great, but not worthy of a 5, which is HOF.

Muy bueno

Definitely influential, but also highly overplayed. Good album but I'm pretty tired of it.

Score: 80 This is a very fun and quick album. I never knew how many hit songs were on here. The production, performances and lyrics are all very good. The 40 minutes went by very fast

Can’t really tell you what I hate about this record. Can’t really tell you what I like about it. Can’t really describe why it sounds dated, can’t really say why it still sounds vibrant. It’s just really hard to say what this album is, because it’s such a yardstick in pop music - for better or worse. The production is undeniably vibrant, but the hoaky background vocals just grate on me. There’s a couple of real bangers, and some dirges. Lesley Buckingham’s guitar playing is incredible, but the lyrical content is surprisingly banal. The album has come to mean a lot more to many people than it ever will to me. But it is what it is I guess. I can’t take away its merits, but I don’t think you can ignore its faults.

Ja love it

eu gosto do fleetwood mac. depois dos beatles eles foram os que mais souberam por rock and roll em musicas pop, e nesse album tem os melhores exemplos disso. sucesso depois de sucesso. as harmonias vocais deles são otimas por mais que não tão complexas e arranjos muito bons de guitarra em especial

Listened to on 2/1/23 4.5/5 Favorite song: dreams, landslide Iconic album -such a vibe

A Solid Album that i should consider to listen more

Buen disco no lo he escuchado entero

7/10 - not my favourite band but still alright

Was not in the mood when this came up but how can you resist? I remember buying this at Carson's in '77.

So many iconic songs on one album. The core of so many songs and albums in the future. Never was a personal favorite, but its reverence is noted

Great rock album. Nothing to complain about here. It is played out for a reason.

Almost every song was a hit. I should give this a 5, but it's just a tad too slick for me to want to rank up there with my other 5's.

Strong 4. Some quality tunes.

A bit overrated but quite good

Solid, dependable music but not as great as some will make out.

ну и давайте, раз уж за Tusk поговорили, то и Rumours сразу оценим. Тут мне сказать тоже не то чтобы есть чего, но очевидно, что эмоций намного больше от прослушивания получил. В первую очередь потому, что альбом идёт почти в два раза меньше своего последователя, и банально не успевает заебать. Но и материал при этом кажется значительно красочней и интереснее, пусть это всё то же хипповское блеянье по сути. Но здесь умудрились завезти даже самый настоящий хит, который я реально слышал по радио, там - The Chain. К этой песне возвращаться реально хочется, что я и делаю последние пару недель. Отличная композиция, цепляющий припев, а аутро, когда меняется тональность - вообще кайф. Вот такого бы хотя бы пол альбома - и можно было бы оправдать статус культовой классики (я точно помню, что видел какой-то список типа Best Albums Ever, где Руморс был на первом месте, то ли от биллборда, то ли от пичфорка, хз, но щас найти не смог, так что опустим). Но, к сожалению, с узнаваемостью мелодий на этом по большей части всё. Немного греют душу Don't Stop и You Make Loving Fun, но какой-то вековой вечностью они не пахнут. Посему оценка, конечно, выше, чем для Бивня, но не от всей души - думаю, в хорошую погоду это может быть 8. Лучшие треки: The Chain, Oh Daddy, Don't Stop, You Make Loving Fun Худшие: раздражения конкретного ничего не вызвало вроде

It's an okay album.

Great album Dynamic in nature - no 2 songs are the same/ follow the same pattern and influence to many bands in the future

Although I prefer the earlier iterations of Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, I can’t deny that this record is great. Sure it’s a bit overplayed, but it’s got great tracks.

Great album from start to finish. Best song - Chains.

Great album

Loved it all but the chain has my heart

Truly fantastic record, top to bottom. Holds up extremely well today.

Feel GOOD music

J'aime beaucoup la voix de Stevie Nicks, j'aime l'énergie et le fait que ça sonne comme une joyeuse fête où tout le monde a le cœur un peu brisé.

Fist time I listened to this album; and I must say, I didn't know the sheer amount of tracks I had heard before. This is very good 70s California rock/folk music, that runs a little out of steam in its second half. Still, this is a worthwhile listen. 3.5/5

All time classic album, does not miss

Really good! Lots of classics

I heard this album when I was in school and college. Very nostalgic memories of songs sung by Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie.

pretty timeless-sounded folksy easy listening pop. nostalgic and forward-looking ending credits music

So many important songs in pop culture, incredible displays of emotion..love the journey this album takes you on as a whole. Powerful

Great, eminently listenable album. Lindsey Buckingham is quite the talent as a player, singer, and songwriter.

GREAT.

I mean. This record is the classic album. 5 stars.

So many hits on this, gets an extra star just for the chain but loses one for oh daddy.

I didn’t know this album had all the old-school bangers. I’ve never listened to it in its entirety, but I’ve osmosed every track from other media enough that the whole thing seemed nostalgic for a time I never knew. Incredible what music can do, and what one album can represent for so many!

Classic album Second hand news - pretty good yeah👍 Dreams- masterpiece👍 Never going back again - focus on guitar Don't stop - lol I never realised this was a duet Go your own way - other side to dreams, another amazing sing👍 Songbird - gentle but powerful👍 The chain - makes you miss the BBC F1 coverage👍 You make loving fun - cute funky song I don't wanna know- pretty filler Oh daddy- my least favourite on the album Gold dust woman - V atmospheric👍 Obviously a great album. Maybe blasphemous but 4/5

Super chill

8/10

Simple, yet an amazing album, although 1-2 songs I did not like

Lovey songs, great listen

Knocking off half a star for that first song...

I don’t think I realized how many of Fleetwood Mac’s big hits that I’d heard before came from this one album! Lots of songs I recognize but didn’t know their name either. Good ratio of good to meh songs

Nice

Ah, a radio Darwin classic

Slightly embarrassed to say I have never "listened" to this band, but I think I've heard 80% of the songs on this record about a 1,000 times. Part of that is my aversion to late 70s classic rock, and part of that is probably because they have so many different singers in this band, that I have never been to off the cuff recognizing all the different songs as belonging to the same band. I also have conflated them with The Eagles forever too. That being said, this is great, like I said I've heard so many of these songs a bunch of times, it feels super familiar, just not in the album format. I still don't think I love Fleetwood Mac by any means, but I'll give it a 4/5 because it's obvious a classic.

Álbum pra uma tarde gostosa

One of those famous albums that is always on best of all time lists which I've never fully got. Listening now there are at least two all time great tunes and consistently enjoyable throughout, can't help but be distracted listening though. Maybe an album cursed by its own hype. 4.4

Damn near every song is a banger..

Count me in the likely minority that are not fans of Stevie Nicks' voice, but this is undeniably great.

Didn’t realize I’d turn into a big Fleetwood Mac fan after this album!

made me feel like I was in a Western