Rumours

I bought this album through Columbia House (mail order music club for the youngsters), and then proceeded to play the crap out of this album daily after school. This one was always going to be a 5. The Chain is still my favorite, followed closely by Dreams. Since this one is in a close race for the number 1 spot with Abbey Road, I will say that Abbey Road is the stronger album.

Muy buen disco. Me gusta mucho el bajo y el ataque que este tiene en algunos temas. El tiempo pasa rápido al escucharlo. Los temas te van llevando por distintos lugares. Debería escucharlo mas, hay algunas ideas de guitarra que me gustaría poder tocar.

a classic! always loved this album.

6 stars

very cool

It's Rumours, what needs to be said?

This is one of the few classic rock staples that I actually find overplayed. I have heard Dreams WAY too many times to really enjoy it anymore. Still a GOATed album though.

Fleetwood Mac - одна из тех классических групп с каким-то просто безумнейшим ЛОРом, от страстей между Никс, Макви и Флитвудом ты просто офигеваешь, "ШО У ВАС ЗДЕСЬ ПРОИСХОДИТ???" Оттго, насколько они уж чересчур софт-роковые, мне видимо, это и мешало ими по-настоящему проникаться. Словно не хватало какой-то перчинки (помимо безумного ЛОРа конечно) Но Rumours не может не очаровывать своими гемами, которых тут предостаточно. Dreams - изысканное, стильное звучание. Песня не устарела ни на минуту. Go Your Own Way - пушечка. Особенно если посмотреть лайвы того времени, ахахах. The Chain - шикарная. Ну и нежно-миленькая Songbird. А ещё, я просто обожаю Only Over You из альбома Mirage. Великая песня, хоть и не из этого альбома. Но это так, плюсом в целом к моему отношению к флитвуд маку. Насколько знаю, Rumours одна из самых продаваемых пластинок в Америке, вообще среди всей музыки всех жанров, что, безусловно, достойно! Пусть этот альбом и не состоит сплошь из хитов, но свое место на музыкальном олимпе, он, пожалуй, заслужил.

The interesting thing is that before starting this project and seeing that this was the top-rated album, I never heard anything about these guys. Despite the 50M+ monthly listeners on spotify, the tracks with multi-billions listens (in particular from this album) etc. etc. This alone demonstrates the fuck I give about this kind of classic pop rock... Said that, the album certainly contains a few quite entertaining songs but also a few rather boring ones, which makes the second half definitely anticlimactic. Pretty far from being the GOAT: it's not clear to me why people are so obsessed with this album. Minus one star because of the stupid name of the band.

I mean it's Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. I think it's literally like the #1 rated album on this website. It's a bunch of straightforward great songs with great performances and production. I've been a big fan for years but still gave it another listen through to make sure. I found it easy to keep listening. It's not my favorite album of all time, but it's hard not to love this music.

I didn't realise how many tracks from this I already knew. Fleetwood Mac used to belong to my discard pile of 'old people music', now I am 'old' and the discard pile is called 'yoing people music'. The Chain takes me back to F1 in the 90s.

almost peak except the daddy song

A CLASSIC!! Rating:5/5 GEMV (23.09.2026)

Love this.

Oh, how wonderful—I love this record. I own multiple copies of it! As a young lad growing up in the GDR, I used to frequent the so-called "Phonothek." This record and cassette lending service was attached to the library and was primarily aimed at young people, though they also stocked classical music and audio dramas. Any registered user could borrow records and cassettes—and later, in the 80s, CDs. They had almost everything that had been released under license on the GDR label Amiga. I was first allowed to take these records home when I was about 11 or 12 and play them on my father’s turntable. Since I already owned a Tesla reel-to-reel tape recorder, I was able to copy the records at home. Those tapes held quite a lot of music—I don't recall the exact running time anymore. But that’s how I got to enjoy this stunning music right after the *Rumours* album was released in the GDR around 1979 or 1980. For me, everything about it—and everything associated with it—was iconic: the cover art, the vocals, those divine melodies. It was funky and fast-paced, yet also featured beautiful ballads. I was simply captivated by every aspect of the record. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, I obtained several copies; I even bought a hand-numbered copy that came in a special box. Later, of course, I bought every special edition available on CD. Anyone who has never heard this album really ought to do so as soon as possible. If I could award more than five points, I certainly would!

Its ok, 3.

Classic

A sort of perfect form of a 4 star album - incredibly unbelievably easy to like, with nothing to really make you want to bump it to love - which is how it can be good and also overrated. It’s just a whole stack of agreeably made, hooky soft rock songs that sound timeless in their cleanliness and in how easily you can fit them on the radio or as background in a shop or wherever else. I think there’s some weak threads, same as I think there’s some stronger ones, but it all just comes out to this baseline of Good. Now I can just go back to my real pastime of enjoying FM covers more than the FM songs, and listening to Waylon Jennings’ take on Gold Dust Woman.

Sicuramente un bel disco. Non sono troppo fan di loro, mi sembrano fin troppo calmi e pacifici.

I’m pretty sure this whole book and list was made just so that these incredible 39 minutes could be highlighted, underlined, and bolded.

Obviously all the stars

It’s all downhill from here folks. According to everyone who’s completed this list and/or listened to this album so far, this is the greatest album of all time. This is the highest globally rated album within this little ecosystem. I’m slightly bummed, because I’m hardly 200 days in. I wish this was the very last one — thats poetry. Nonetheless, I was excited to see it. A few weeks ago, I said Bob Marley’s Exodus was in a special group of perhaps 20-25. This one is in an exclusive club of maybe five, probably three. One of the earliest adds to my vinyl collection, a foundation of any proper collection, and currently spinning on the table. Forget perfect album. Try perfect music, period. These five, dude. When you want to talk about the greatest, album or artist, the question is “can they make music that everyone likes?” Like, literally everybody. And fleetwood Mac, particularly in this era of members, is one of very few that did that. That’s what rumours is — a great equalizer, something that has something for everyone. Dreams is probably one of the most recognizable songs in the world. Everybody loves it for a reason. It’s perfect, for everyone. Now, my turn. They blow me away every time I listen. They made perfect music. Theres a mystique surrounding their music thats irrefutably seductive and alluring. Dark, mysterious, slightly ominous in a way thats intriguing rather than frightening, simultaneously clear, bright, passionate and vibrant, all to weave a wildly beautiful and moving sound. They hold some of my personal favorite songs of all time, but we’ll focus on this album. I’ve always thought Second hand news is one of their best deep cuts, from the first time I spun the record in full. Songbird is another that strikes me every time I listen to the full album. Dreams and a few others work their way into my listening frequently, but songbird is one I don’t listen to as much but every time I hear it I have to play it twice. Same with gold dust woman — one of their best songs, perfectly capturing the mystic air around their brand, and whenever I hear it its always “damn what a song”. You make loving fun is just so good, easily one of my favorites ever, something that always always makes me smile. And what a great travesty it was to leave Silver Springs off the original press — if it wasn't already the greatest, that would've been the nail in the coffin. I can’t say I dislike any song, or find any faults in this album. I favor some songs over others, of course, but the entire album is on my liked songs. It’s a beautiful piece of art, so incredibly deserving of all its praise and accolades. Please take me back to when this was pop music. What an incredible group. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Two couples writing songs about each other, wild toxicity and intoxication flowing around the studio, and mick back there just grooving on the kit. They created songs of generations, evergreen and immortal, that will score movies, radios, playlists, weddings, parties, card games, road trips, and life moments for the rest of time. Yes, they were that good. Yes, this album is that good. Try listened-seven-times-today good. I would say more of this, but we’ve reached the top very early on, and you simply can’t disagree with the praise it’s earned. Magnificent. Take all the stars and put them here. “Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?” “The songbirds are singing, like they know the score” “Do you know how to pick up the pieces and go home?” “If there's been a fool around, its got to be me.” “Rulers make bad lovers” Rock on, gold dust woman🤟

Great all the way.

I have tried to love this album and Fleetwood Mac in general. When it comes down to it, I like them but nothing they do seems to connect with me strongly. Solid album and a lot of really good songs, but there just isn’t anything here that makes me want to come back and listen more.

Album incredibile

One of the best to do it. That 5 track run in the middle is generational. Weak opening track but then classics from there on in.

I've always found Fleetwood Mac to be very much hit or miss for me. And despite this being their magnum opus, this album came off the same way for me. Dreams and You Make Loving Fun are hits for me, but other songs like Go Your Own Way or Don't Stop feel like tired grandparent rock for me.

One of the most well-loved albums of all time, Rumours does contain some wonderful hits and performances. I do feel as if some tracks shine above others and that I don’t get all that excited about some of the material. Despite that, this is still a very strong record and it’s easy to understand why it is so adored. 1 re-listen Favorite Tracks: Dreams, The Chain, Gold Dust Woman

Though not every song is a 5, the world would be a different place without this album.

The Chain might be the greatest song of the '70s

The story and drama around the album are better than the album. I hate it, but it wasn't bad

People may have gotten annoying about it, but there is a reason its one of the best-selling albums and constantly included on any respectable "best of" albums list. Definitely a 5 star experience

Great melodies and really nice playing. Very polished but it works.

This is one of the rare, "listen to the whole thing" albums. A classic for sure.

peak album, quelli che dicono che è overrated semplicemente non colgono la grandezza... ci fosse Silver Springs nell'album standard sarebbe da 6 stelle su 5

Subtweeting before twitter was a thing. And their own band members... That much conflict created something really great

I've of course heard most of these songs before, but never in context as an album. I didn't really pay attention to the lyrics, but as I listened through, I started to enjoy it. I didn't at first. But by the end I felt like I was starting to get it. The harmonies they sing are really tight, and although there's complexity to them, they've blended them into the music in a way that makes them fit, not showy or stand-out. That's surprising to me. And oh my gosh are these guys right on the beat. Every single moment of every song, they were rhythmically right on point. That's astounding when you realize they didn't have click tracks and digital quantization back then. I think it's interesting how the songs almost alternate back and forth between an upbeat jam, positive and peppy then to a down tune. Back and forth through the album. Resolving with a big finish, but still not quite resolving at the end. I'm not sure why this album is considered one of the best of all time. It's really good, and probably one of if the better ones I've listened to here. But I'm curious what a "professional" opinion on this is. I did find it interesting to go back and hear their original sound in '68, the progress through the years to this point. 2 things stood out: they truly transformed musically, and they were absolutely prolific, especially in the early years. Overall, I'm glad I've had the chance to listen to this whole thing as an album, and also to find my appreciation for their music.

It gets five stars. It doesn't need any more reviews - I don't imagine there's anything new to say about it at all.

An easy and unquestionable 5/5. One of the best selling albums of all time, and easy to see why.

Nikdy som neprišiel na to, prečo mal tento album taký úspech...

I can see why this is highly rated it's an amazing album with great production especially on good gear, great instrumentation great vocals everything is top quality and every song is a banger easy recommendation

Gewoon een ongelofelijk goede plaat, eigenlijk altijd, in elke setting

Chef kiss

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Anyone who doesn’t rate this a five is deaf. So good. My five year old even said it was a classic. So good.

On a 100-point scale, this would rate in the 90s. This is the very best of Fleetwood Mac, with not a dud in the bunch. Don't Stop recalls the Clinton inauguration, but the song that follows, Go Your Own Way is even better. Dreams is classic. I have gained a new appreciation for Fleetwood Mac as time has passed.

I liked Tusk better

What really needs to be said that hasn't been already. Great album. Not my favorite ever, but it's great.

This is one of those albums that is near flawless, with every track being enjoyable. Personally I’m more of a tusk fan, but this is just as great to me.

amazing as always.

Its not my type of music mostly but there are some really high moments

Am I crazy to think this album is overrated? Still great, but the Christine McVie songs weigh down the greatness of the others. Undeniable classics and inspired songcraft all around, specially in the Chain. Also, i've never liked Don't Stop, I always thought it was Kenny Loggins.

Deserves its spot among the greats. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Every track is a hit or almost a hit. Flows so well.

basically bangers only, but I rarely have the urge to listen to it?

What else is there to say? Best Song: Go Your Own Way Rating: 9.5/10 Stars: 5

Ahh, a rough album to get right off the bat before I've calibrated my scale and gotten something to compare it to! Regardless, a perfectly fine album with a lot of good earworms. No bad songs, but no super evocative songs either; didn't have much explicit storytelling as is my preference. Some interesting percussion in I Don't Want to Know. Clearly full of a lot of time-honored classics. An enjoyable listen!

This album was the first pop-rock album that I really loved.

I’m not sure any other album really matches this one for its outstanding qualities in iconic status, sonic perfection, and just being a great work overall

Fucking phenomenal. Not a whole lot to be said here that hasn’t been said already. This is a timeless, classic and Stevie Nicks steals the show.

The blueprint for ALL modern pop and rock music. It’s really interesting how such a quintessential album came out of such a tumultuous time for the band. I think that’s the case for a lot of the all-timers, for some reason. I wouldn’t put this in the #1 album spot (as it has landed here), but it deserves to stand among the rest of the 5/5s, without a doubt.

I prefer Throbbing Gristle 😩 This is the worst type of bland as Kurt put it "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter"

Led Zeppelin 4 yesterday and Rumours today? What will I get tomorrow? Abbey Road? That would be a 1 in 884 chance but that would definitely be worth it. As for Rumours, this is my first time listening to it. And to be honest, I’m surprised that this is the #1 rated album on the site. It doesn’t even crack the top 100 on RYM and AOTY. It absolutely should though. I will be contributing to this being the #1 album here. My favorite song, and the only one I recognized was The Chain.

enorme

Dit album is echt een klassieker. Ik merk dat naarmate ik ouder word ik de muziek steeds meer begin te waarderen en dit album is natuurlijk gewoon goud en heerlijk om naar te luisteren. Ik vind het ook leuk om te zien dat Fleetwood Mac populair blijft en veel van de nummers van dit album blijven opduiken.

Yall a bunch of oldheads for this one

Quite possible the most perfect album ever.

Thought it would be overplayed for me but still a 5

To quote John Mulaney: “An album made by and for people cheating on each other”

This is a protest vote as there needs to be serious action taken to address the fact that this is the highest rated album on the list. I had never listened to this before but was shocked by how bland it is. This is the very worst of radio friendly, MOR crap. It does nothing to progress music… and for a ‘classic’ album there are very few standout tracks. That said, I actually like The Chain - I enjoy the stomp, the way it stops and then the Formula 1 bit comes in. So it could have got a 2 but, protest vote and all that, a 1 it is.

I want to dislike it, and be contrarian, but I genuinely think this is a great pop record full of hooks and memorable moments. There’s variety in the songwriting from ballads (songbird) to the much more uptempo (go your own way). It’s all very simple ultimately, but delivered well. I think a 5 is a stretch but can see why people rate it so highly as easily consumed. It’s a bit like a burger from McDonald’s - satisfying at the time but not particularly healthy to have every day and you know for sure it’s not going to nourish you quite as much as a more balanced meal.

expected to like more than just dreams, but their best songs r spread out across their discography

Dreams - 10/10 Go Your Own Way - 9/10 The Chain - 10/10 ---------------------------------- Silver Springs - 11/10

goated album

It's Rumours. It would be silly to give this anything lower than a 5.

I´ve already listen this album

Hu... its a good album for sure but its far from the best album on this book IMO. 4.46/5 is an absurdly high score for any album honestly. I love "Dreams" and "The chain" as much as the next guy but some of the deeper cuts on this album just dindt aged all that well and are kinda boring. Still a good album, id give it a 3.5/5.

Æ sparte det her til en dag æ ikke helt hadde så mye anna å løftes opp av, og det fungerte. Det e mange sanger æ ikke kjenne eller huske eller har hørt før, men du verden så bra alt sammen e.

really good. esp liked the chain

Hate all you want, this is a great album

Klasse Album! Seit Jahrzehnten vertraut und immer wieder gern gehört!

Never get away

It’s not a rumor.

Not perfect, but pretty damn good. “Songbird” is a drag, “Don’t Stop” is corny, but there are some really catchy songs on this record. “Never Going Back Again” is a particular standout It’s overrated, but only just. Compared to some of the dross we are given during this project, this is gold.

Outstanding in every aspect. Truly one of the best albums ever.

Great!

6/5

5/5 100% Full Marks. My fave Fleetwood Mac album has to be Tango in the Night, but I fully understand why Rumours is so popular. Instantly transported to my parents living room. Brown carpet. Weird tree wall paper. Blown out speakers. Crackly vinyl. Caramel-coloured furry couches. Rumours is clearly of a certain place and time yet transcends both.

Need to listen

I liked this much more than the album Fleetwood Mac!

Probably one of the greatest albums ever. Not a bad song on the entire album.

Might be the best album - period!

One of the best albums ever.

Fleetwood Mac late summer

flawless classic with great harmonies, vocals and arrangements....one of the best softrock albums

Will listen to it on vinyl this weekend.

Their masterpiece and I really think amd feel they are very overrated

schon ziemlich gut, sehr entspannt

I mean, it’s Rumours? It’s always a 5/5

Yeah I finally get why people love this album. I’m not much of a sucker for soft sounds like this, but the production here combined with the vocals makes for an incredibly pleasant experience.

Probably the easiest 5/5 there is. I’ve probably listened to every track on this record 200 times. And for this exercise, I turned it up loud in my nice headphones and still noticed new elements to each of the songs. All the hits are wonderful. Songbird truly makes me tear up every time I hear.

This is one of my deserted island albums. Or it might be THE deserted island album for me. Christine's songs are so heartfelt, sincere, soul-baring, and tragic that I almost can't stand to hear her pain sometimes. Stevie's songs are powerful, full of menace, and anger that I'm glad she's not the actual dark sorceress she sounds like. Lindsey is one of the most skilled, artful, and exactly-the-right-amount-of-everything guitarists in the world. Mick is rock fucking solid and is everywhere he needs to be; either supporting the group or driving them to an insane precipice for a huge resolution. John is the perfect bassist for this band, filling in, driving, and taking a no frills solo that may be the most famous in classic rock during The Chain. This band, especially on this album, demonstrates the absolute best of music. I can't remember a single time I have listened to this album that I didn't cry. I have cried for Christine's plight, doomed to toxic relationships. I have cried at Stevie's furious and witchy vocal delivery. I have cried when I feel like I wanted to explode from the tension, and I have cried in relief when the tension resolved. Now, especially that we have lost Christine, I cry because I hope that she got all the good in life she deserved, and didn't spend it in the anguish she showed us here. This is a perfect album. I don't think it's realistically possible for a "best album" to exist because art is so subjective. If there is one though, it's Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I imagine everything that can be said about this album has been said at this point. What I will say is this seems to be a 101 in how to turn pain into art. At least, one of the 101s. It doesn't overstay its welcome and it resonates with people, including me. Even before I listened to this full album, including deep cuts, for the first time, I already knew a majority of these songs. "Don't Stop," "Dreams," "You Make Loving Fun," "The Chain." Even for those whose biggest genre isn't pop or rock, the humanity behind these songs is and was evident. All songs I don't get tired of, though I grew up with them. But these deeper cuts are almost equally as moving. And, "Silver Springs" not making the cut is not necessarily a crime, but rather is telling of what is already on there and how stacked it is. May Christine McVie continue to rest in peace.

Genius

Easiest five star album on this list for me. I have listened through it from start to finish many times before and doing so again today brings me nothing but happiness!

What can I say that hasn’t already been said?

Ok yes, this album is good, but it is far from top 10 all time albums. The hits on here are great, but there are still 3 or 4 songs that are just okay at best. Low 5

Classic album, and the great songs are amazing but they're not all amazing so not a 5*

So many skips

One of the best albums

It's a funny lesson on averages , highest rated album, yet very few people selected it as their all time best

Half the songs I loved and the other ones were horrible

an all time great

This album was a musical awakening for me, truly one of the GOATs. Never going back again <3

It's the top reviewed album on this site for a reason. Almost 50 years later it still stands the test of time in pop music with its songs about love, heartbreak, and jealousy. There's not a bad track on here or a missing moment. Impressive how you can tell the entire band is in turmoil and jealous of each other and there's a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes and yet... it produced this classic. Side 1 has some of the band's most beloved songs (Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way) as well as Secondhand News, which basically lays out the behind the scenes drama going on with the group. Side 2 gets into some more sublime instrumentation... the bass line on The Chain, the funky keyboard groove of You Make Loving Fun, the harmonies of I Don't Want to Know. And as great as Silver Springs is I agree that it doesn't quite fit with the rest of the album. If you haven't heard it, believe the hype... if you have, listen to it again and enjoy.

90/100 I don't want to sound generic but how do you accurately rate an album you've heard almost the entirety of over the loudspeakers at Walmart and not be generic? Really fitting music for shopping for dog food & toilet paper I guess. It's probably THE Pop Rock album y'know what I mean? Like this is the golden standard for what pop should be, and would go on to be. Does it live up to that name? Is all the love it gets deserved? Fuck if I know I liked it if that matters to you. What I CAN tell you though is if you're an artist that wants to make your own music then don't worry about your first album (or couple albums looking at you Bowie) being the greatest thing in the world. This is their 11th studio album and out of that selection only two of them are cited on here as "must listens". Alongside that the critic scores only break 80 on 3 of them, and the audience store on 1. You might not get it right away, but hey you keep trying you can make Rumours some day. Also fuck you guys I knew it was spelled rumors why did they spell it wrong is that the British way? Lock in guys I keep losing this album because I misspell the name every time I look it up. Also shoutout Songbird that song doesn't get enough love in comparison to the other stuff on here (as if over 100 million spotify listens isn't a lot). Really good piano ballad. Something that actually really surprised me is how acoustic this album is. I might be brainwashed by modern pop or something but yeah there's acoustic guitar and percussion all over this thing. Also possibly a banjo but i've been wrong before. Maybe quite possibly a banjo. Anyways yeah heavy shit stop doing drugs and divorcing your bandmates kids. Listen to it if you want it is like really good but that's all I'm gonna say I can't do it justice go read someone else's review if you want more dick riding.

5/5

War gut diese, so 3,5

First album I actually own, and for good reason. Absolute classic

amazing production

Such an amazing album. Full of so many hits, as well as beautiful less popular songs. I can never stop thinking about the stories about the relationships that were falling apart in the band during the re cording session for this album, as well as the beautiful music that came from all of that pain.

Discazo, épico, icónico, tiene uno de mis temas favoritos de la vida que es Dreams. Sin embargo, como disco tiene mucho que no me gusta. Suelo escuchar temas sueltos, no sé si el disco en sí. Sólo por eso un 3.

Alguns álbuns se tornam clássicos pela qualidade excepcional e é o caso do Rumours. Vocais e instrumentos sublimes. Belas canções. QoA Adonis New.

wish i could give this a 3 1/2

So influential with so many bangers, I would definitely listen to this again. No notes.

11 songs I've already listened to the whole album several times. Even if we were to ignore the story behind it, the emotional turmoil amidst which it was constructed, just the music itself would still warrant a 5/5. The story just pushes that even further to launch it into legendary status. Truly a must listen before you die, one of the few albums out there where literally every song is a banger.

This album.... just hit after hit, banger after banger...all the drama around it, the breakup song and the reply inside the same album... honestly whats not to like? There are so many emotions inside this album, with perfect musical arrangements and great lyrics. I feel like every instruments sounds like the person playing them is on top of their game. I have tried so many times to learn "Never going back again" and failed time after time... there is a reason why they had to replace this guy with 2 guitarrists after he left. Can every album we review be this epic? please?

Yaas

No comment needed

This is a really great album. I'd say it's almost perfect. Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way and the Chain are absolute classics. Swap in the criminally ignored and overlooked Stevie Nicks' tune Silver Springs instead of Songbird at the end of side 1, and it'd be perfect 5 stars. As it is, just bubbling under at 4 stars. Disclaimer: I'm maybe showing a bit of demand avoidance as this is the highest album rating on here and whilst it's great that does surprise me a bit.

TE AMARE POR SIEMPRE RUMORS!!!!!!!!!!! mi disco fav

Definitely, one of the greatest albums ever 'Nough said :-D

Quite fitting that, on my Dad’s Heavenly Birthday, I get one of his and my mom’s all-time favorites. I have no words.

For an album I'm not sure I've ever listened to front to back, I sure knew an awful lot of the songs. I may not generally love soft rock, but this proves that when it's done well it's just as vital as anything else. Iconic.

Favourite Tracks: Dreams Never Going Back Again The Chain

Good and nice music for me. Like

I knew the song "The Chain" from Guardians of the Galaxy. I liked Silver Springs. In general the album gives you a good mood, kind of dark but happy.

I like this album so much it kind of makes me regret giving any other albums on here 5 stars ever because it should just be this one. Yes I'm extremely biased

Hit after hit after hit but not 5 star material overall (except The Chain 12/10 song damn and the funky one right after- You Make Loving Fun)

What more is there to say about a perfect album? 10/10

The only thing that could lose this points is knowing "Silver Springs" was left off the original and released as a B-side to Go Your Own Way. One of the greatest B-sides ever? Anyway, before I even hit play it's 5/5.

8.5/10

No-brainer.

Don’t even need to listen (I will, of course)!

Superb front to back. 6/5

Second hand news and go your own way is good. Its a 3 star album for me

One of the best

I think this record is this popular because it refuses to take a stance. It's perfectly mediocre in everything it attempts.

Instant 5. No notes.

Cool cool cool

This album is such a mixed bag for me. Dreams and The Chain might be two of the best songs ever recorded. The rest just isn’t quite as good and suffers from the comparison. It’s still one of the best albums ever made.

Dreams and You Make Loving Fun are the songs I enjoy. These two songs alone make the rating higher. Now there are moments I don’t love as much but the whole album is listenable and good. Guess it’s still gonna be rated high as everyone else.

Incredibly well-made album. But also just quite boring and lifeless to me.

A stacked album with hit songs from the opener to the closer. The Mac were a finely tuned musical group on this one.

this was alright. I've heard a lot of the songs on here before. The bass line on the chain was pretty bad ass. 3 stars.

This was a good album then and now. I particularly like Christine McVee

Fine

Perfect

An album I’ve already listened to many times. I love it so much 5/5

I NEED TO FIND THE PERFECT MOMENT TO LISTEN TO THIS ONE OK BARE W ME Update: Okay it took me almost a week but I listened to it and omg. I had high expectations about this one and I'd say it met them!! I knew some songs like Dreams, Go Your Own Way and The Chain but overall I think I enjoyed it a lot! Solid 4

I had heard most of these songs before but had no idea they were all contained on one album. There were a couple of songs I had never cared for but hearing them on the album made me appreciate them. I can't imagine hearing this album for the very first time! It had to be an amazing experience.

The best. The hits are mega hits. The songs you consider not hits are great and by the end of those you say to yourself - that was a really great song. Then a mega hit song comes on and you are floored. 5 out of 5.

This album does not need another review by me I think. Have this both on CD and Vinyl and is one of the biggest records of the 70s. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

November 2025: Esquire Magazine asks "why does Gen Z love Rumours so much?" To quote a viral tweet reply by an account named slate: "every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours" Really, what more needs to be said?

Album is perfection.

fleetwood mac... co tu więcej mówić.. przez te piosenki chcialabym cofnąć się wczasie do lat 70

Stevie will forever and always be my queen and idol.

One of my favs

Didn’t need to listen to this one to rate it but I did anyways because I love the game. All timer top 5 probably not 5

Has to be

It’s rare for an album to deserve it’s icon status, but this one does.

"Dreams" is an all-timer. As someone who is the most casual Fleetwood Mac fan of all-time, the smooth, dreamy and breezy sound of that song is what I like most about the band. Other than that... I can appreciate the lore behind the album: the anger, the jealousy, the betrayal. The songs are pleasant, but even with the lore and the talent, the music does almost nothing for me.

Can't add much to other comments. Lots of hits.

elsker gold dust woman, you make loving fun og min yndlingssang nogensinde nok - dreams. Rumours er nemt et af de bedste album nogensinde lavet.

One of the greatest albums of all time. The flow of music is perfect between the vocals from Linsay, Christine and of course the one and only Stevie, who is recognizable even today. The vibe from this album will make any day better. This is an album I listen to regularly and always enjoy.

So many brilliant songs it’s kind of ridiculous. Every single one could be a single. No weak tracks. Easiest 5 stars I’ll ever give.

The story behind this album is great. This band was fucked and they managed to just make it work. They also sound fucking great; like everyone is on top form. The vocal harmonies are incredible. The lyrics just hurt so bad - on both ends. "Say women, they will come and they will go When the rain washes you clean, you'll know" Never Going Back Again is okay, a little slow. You can't call Stevie a whore when you're all fucking each other already man. Songbird is beautiful but a little boring. The Chain is great. I like the abrupt stop with the cymbal. You Make Loving Fun is funky as fuck. I missed the song before it but Oh Daddy sounds insane. The guitars! The outro! Wow. "Lousy lovers pick their prey But they never cry out loud" What a good way to end the album. Damn.

Classic. Almost every song was on the radio.

When you have heard every song on an album on the radio or in some random mix it automatically gets a 5 star rating. This is not classic album because people say it is (we could all identify some of those) - this is a classic album because it contains incredible music, lyrics, vocals, and collaborations. People who do not like at least one of these songs are saying that for shock value or are have no taste. Phenomenal album!

i mean yeah i guess that was good

Fleetwood Mac's evolution from British blues boom band to west coast AOR titans is nothing short of astonishing, particularly seeing its proclivity for shedding guitarists. This album isn't really my kind of thing, but it clearly shows the band at the peak of their powers documenting all their emotional turmoil.

A phenomenal album, not my favourite of them though

entirely tuned out the first song oh daddy quite good go your own way woah a song i actually recognise?! this is fun i’d like to play this sometime gold dust woman so it’s all the same vibe but it’s a vibe i really like or mostly idk i’m enjoying i like the twang their sound has don’t stop slightly less thrilled with this one but like i would listen to it trying to decide whether i could write a better song than this undecided i think me and elin combined could it’s good but quite repetitive but i guess such is most music give me bohemian rhapsody or black parade any day could NOT write a better song than those (have tried) i don’t want to know oh this is Fun i like

Listening notes: First song not living up to the expectations set up by The Chain so far They're singing like it's a comic book fight scene Guitar solo was decent. More of that please Ooh this is meant to be one of their good ones It was fine Guitar riff on this one sounds like generic video game background music for when you enter a farm Genuinely can't hear anything else it feels like farmer crow is about to ask me to retrieve his flock of sheep in exchange for a health elixir Go Your Own Way was good Oh look a piano ballad. Incredible. Unfortunately piano ballads have a much higher threshold of quality to meet before I properly enjoy them. This one was fine I guess Let's fucking go The Chain Shame none of the rest of the album will be as good as that Very Cantaloupe Island synth part here The balls in the album cover are so distracting. Once you notice them you notice nothing else. Surely they were intentional Yeah. This album was good. They have a particular sound that they're very good at, but not one that always hits the mark with me. Still, I can appreciate it well enough and The Chain is a fantastic song so it gets a 4

How do you even begin to rate such a classic?? This one's a late-night train ride where you're really drowsy but also happy to be going home. 4.8/5

Maybe the quintessential "everyone should hear this before they die album?" Really very good from start to finish. There are better albums oit there with more standout songs but this has such broad appeal. Almost everyone can find some things to like

One of the best albums of all time.

Have never listened to this in its entirety. Didn’t realize how many songs came from it.

There are a few songs that I knew, but the rest were also quite nice. Overall, this album was quite enjoyable to listen to and even the songs that were a bit meh were actually quite nice.

Absolutely terrific writing, rhythm, and production

Звучит как смирение с неизбежностью

Что-то на великом. Топ-10 самых продаваемых альбомов в истории. Слишком много факторов должны были сойтись, чтобы этот альбом получился настолько удачным и успешным. Обычно, когда в группе столько разных авторов, и каждый еще хочет петь свои песни, получается сумбур и мешанина. Но не здесь. Обычно, когда пара внутри группы расходится, это неизбежно ведет к конфликтам и разобщенности, что сказывается на качестве материала. Но не здесь. Обычно, когда в олдскульную блюз-рок группу приходят софт-рок музыканты, хотя я вообще таких случаев не знаю, тем более успешных. Как это все свелось к такому альбому, уму не постижимо. Хотя мне лично не все песни с альбома нравятся, но уж больно силен напор вневременных хитов, бэнгеров и просто классных композиций. Все еще жду байопик.

Ну тут все понятно

Альбом то хороший, но насколько его завышают... Лучший альбом всех времен по версии пользователей данного сайта? Сомнительно как по мне

сколько раз я слушал этот альбом, для меня тут нет проходных песен... посмотрел, что в rym стояло 4.5, поменял на 5, видимо настрой был не лучший, когда ставил

I CAN STILL HEAR YOU SAYING YOU WOULD NEVER BREAK THE CHAINNN

As a dumb internet brained millennial, I really only thought o Fleetwood Mac as the Ocean Spray til tok song, but I didn’t realize how many absolute bangers there were on this album. Not surprised that this is one of the highest rated albums on this site. It’s got so much variety, innovation and character. Awesome album.

amazing album, just goes to show more heartbreak means better music

10/10 - an amazing album, really is a standout

One of the best albums of all time. A MUST LOSTEN!

holy banger after banger

I’ve actually heard this album so much that I’m kind of bored of it by now. But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a 5/5.

easiest 5 star so far

I've gotten this pick almost back to back with Tusk. Both are very good and will definitely revisit them pretty soon.

A classic

Whether you’re talking about popularity, quality, or importance to music overall, it doesn’t matter. This album belongs. Probably the easiest 5 I’ll give. Despite never having sit down and knowingly listened to this album front to back before today, I found myself knowing almost every song. And it fucking rocks. Favorite songs: never going back again, dreams, the chain

Whenever I think of true 10/10 albums this is almost always the first album that comes to mind. It's perfect from front to back and every single song is so good. Definition of no skips. Impeccable songwriting, musicianship, and vocals. The harmonies hit hard. It's crazy that they have 3 songwriters with essentially no difference in quality between them. Honestly in the running for my top album of all time. Top 3 for sure. I could listen to it over and over again. Also, who doesn't love an album where half the songs are vicious break-up songs written about other members of the band?

This my third time listening to the album, it gets better each listen. I’m amazed by the production, it’s so modern sounding and holds up so well to this day, and the way songs are composed, like the chain, I find interesting, but also there are still some songs like don’t stop, that still remind me of the decade it was made, overall, amazing structured complete album 😎

Un classique même si pas mon style

What’s not to like class from start to finish. Enjoyed very much

Ok til Gubberock å være.

What do I even say…? Basically every song is a banger. Easiest 10/10 of my LIFE.

Impeccable. Now to preface this, I'm not a massive Fleetwood Mac fan. I like their singles, but get bored with the rest of their stuff. I didn't want to give this a perfect score. I was hoping to be that guy who found something to pick at and score a 4 at the very least. But let's be real, this is the epitome of a perfect album. Every song tells a story, each is breathtaking in its own way. Most definitely a must listen to, whether you're a Mac fan or not.

If Fleetwood Mac frontman Stevie Nicks is to be believed, saying that the worse their state, the better their music, it's no wonder Rumours turned out great. The band's relationships could be the subject of a whole article, and the love stories could be woven into a vast tangle: at the time of the album's creation, nearly everyone had fallen in love, broken up, slept with, and gotten back together (all of this, in keeping with the spirit of the times, under the influence of drugs). And the musicians magically conveyed this atmosphere in every song. This is arguably the best album about love and all its destroyers: jealousy, betrayal, breakups... The live performances simply resembled a young couple arguing. And considering the band embraced the best of both the then-dominant soft rock and the sweeping arena rock genres, total sales of forty million copies isn't surprising. An incredible work that, at a certain age, is sure to resonate with everyone.

Álbum realmente entretenido, lo escuche con escepticismo pero al final me termino encantando, menos una canción, simplemente porque es extraña, en fin, este álbum es un 8/10

Feels more like a 4.5, but it deserves a high score regardless. This one is probably timeless.

I find it fascinating that virtually every Fleetwood Mac song I know is from this album. I have to assume they have more music, but the success of this album is impossible to ignore. One thing that hits me as i listen is that, while it’s certainly dated, it doesn’t seem out of place today. Much of this music would fit today with very little updating. I very much enjoy it!

Good but falls into an "overplayed" category for me. Easy to relisten to but there are clear, stronger tracks that are more fun to play specifically.

I feel very biased because I already love most of the album, but even then I'd say the build of the album is good. Was also very excited when I saw it was this album's turn since I knew it was the top rated album of this list. Didn't dissappoint.

So, the ubiquitous "Rumours". By reputation, this album boasts four absolute bangers: 'Dreams', 'Don't Stop', 'Go Your Own Way', and 'The Chain'. These songs are so deeply ingrained in our pop culture that being objective about them is no easy task. They are all fine tracks - with 'Don't Stop' being the weakest of the quartet and 'The Chain' standing as my personal favourite. But do the remaining tracks actually justify the album's massive reputation? First, credit where it’s due: the production holds up remarkably well. It is crisp, clear, and vibrant. The acoustic guitars sound pristine, the vocal harmonies are beautifully layered without feeling cluttered, and Mick Fleetwood's snare drum delivers a dry slap with plenty of punch without ever becoming overpowering. To answer my own question regarding that legendary reputation, though: not quite. "Rumours" is undeniably a clever record song-wise, disguising genuine pain, heartbreak, and spite behind well-crafted, bouncy pop/rock arrangements. There isn't a bad song here, yet, aside from those four monster singles, only 'Songbird' and 'Gold Dust Woman' truly match that same level of quality and appeal. The remaining tracks are good to very good, but they don't quite hit those same heights. Taking the record as a whole, it makes for a thoroughly enjoyable, fine four-star listening experience. Side one 1 "Second Hand News" (4/5) 2 "Dreams" (5/5) 3 "Never Going Back Again" (3/5) 4 "Don't Stop" (4/5) 5 "Go Your Own Way" (5/5) 6 "Songbird" (5/5) Side two 1 "The Chain" (5/5) 2 "You Make Loving Fun" (4/5) 3 "I Don't Want to Know" (3/5) 4 "Oh Daddy" (3/5) 5 "Gold Dust Woman" (5/5) Total - 46 Average - 4.2 388/1001 206/388 albums reviewed were new to me.

Look, if "Go Your Own Way" or "The Chain" were to come on the radio, I wouldn't race across the room to change the channel but I sure wouldn't seek out any of this stuff voluntarily.

Easily easily EASILY one of the top five albums to have on repeat during a frankly disastrous workday in the lab, or indeed at any point in time. Single-handedly made today survivable for me. Has soundtracked any number of memorable moments in my life. Two thirds of the songs on this album are INDIVIDUALLY worth all five stars here. Literally insane that any group of people let alone one as dysfunctional as this managed to put something like this together. But perhaps of course it is the disaster and the dysfunction that really makes it all happen... please join me and the generator apparently in manifesting good results from my own work today...

Classic

p good! dont understand the insane love

I grew up in a household with a Fleetwood Mac hating parent, so I had a lot of assumptions about this album. But it blew me away completely. It is a beautiful composition of songs, themed nicely. Full of hits and great album tracks. An excellent blueprint for any music album. 5/5

Awesome stuff, well constructed. Overplayed, but that isn't a fault of the band or the music. Spellbinding music, real breezy but heartfelt.

I listened to this two days ago without a prompt from the generator just because I was in the mood to hear it, and I still listened to it again today because you can’t really have too much Rumours. So as much as I’d like to be a contrarian, I have to give this five stars. (If Stevie Nicks had got her way and they’d included Silver Springs, it would be six.)

10 / 10

A easy 5 stars. A timeless classic from start to finish.

Pretty good album imo!

GOATED ALBUM... it is beloved for a reason...

I have already listened to this album so many times that I can just tell you it is a 5 out of 5, a 10 out of 10, an A+, 1600 on the SAT. It's finding the love of your life, while knowing that it has to end at some point and there's nothing you can do to stop it. The ability of this album and the songwriters to so completely communicate their feelings and make you feel as if your heart is being ripped out of you and pummeled is incredible. There is no way to experience this album without coming away an entirely changed person. Every time you listen to it, the stories change, a new perspective arises, and you are transported to a dimension of deep love and even deeper hurt. The entire concept is "we all suck and are cheating on each other," all while on so much cocaine and made one of the best albums of all time. Even though I just wrote a whole paragraph basically saying it's a perfect album, I was still surprised when I saw that this was the highest-rated album on here. This is one of the best, but I think there are still albums above it for me personally.

- Swampyyyyy - Dreams, the chain, gold dust woman - Can’t believe I’ve never listened to this in it’s entirety before, I feel like it’s been circling me for years

Well that was just really good

I’ll get roasted here, but I have to stay true to myself. I’m barely younger than this album. My parents owned it. So I’ve heard it a lot. My hot take is… it’s ok. Crazy to see it rated as like the top ever when there are soooo many more deserving. Is it the backstory? Because the music is fine, but vanilla.

Look at his enormous balls.

Obvious five stars to everyone apart from the hilarious edgelords giving it one...

Very good

I like The Chains and Dreams the most

5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background

Day 1: Is a fun album

I first heard of Fleetwood Mac aged 13 watching glee hahahhaa and I’ve been in love with them ever since. Obviously a 5/5 one of the best albums maybe ever.

A very enjoyable listen, unless you're called Julia.

Only songs that just about strike a nerve are ‘you make loving fun’ and ‘the chain’. Even then bit of a boring album I don’t understand the insane hype over this album, first impressions are dated country music

No brainer all time great. Songbird I hadn't really noticed before - beautiful!

I struggle to see why this is so popular. Like, it’s fine but it’s insane how popular it is for the middle of the road song writing

Over the past few years, every time I looked at Fleetwood Mac I always thought that "overrated": I could not understand why Rumours was so widely praised, why Dreams had a decillion listens on every streaming platform and I could not see the magic everyone seemed to find in this album and this band. However, recently I gave this album the shot it deserved and really sat through listening to it. And still, I feel like I partially can't understand - but at least I added a 5-star album to my collection.

It's finally something which is exactly the same as the previous albums which fall under 70's music but I like it much better. Fleetwood mac slaps. Really like their songs Songs I like: Dreams Don't stop The chain Review - 8.5/10

I was 100% sure I actually listened to this album as a recommendation from here, but that doesn't seem to be the case, so must have discovered it on my own at some point 😅 Amazing, with many hits, and settled in the history of music (and witchcraft!) forever ✨

I mean, it's Rumours.

loved this album, had heard a couple songs previously

The hits make this album what it is. Those songs hold masterpiece status and always will. Some filler songs that were a bit slow and boring. Lindsey Buckingham thinks he’s John Lennon sometimes. That’s ok. I always think about how he doesn’t use a pick. Unreal. I understand why people consider this an important classic album and I do agree with that sentiment. Oh Daddy is a terrible song though just had to add some ice cold Hate-orade on this hot Seattle day!

Weird that only two (2) FM albums are on the list and their self titled ISN’T one of them. I actually do like Tusk. But… there are five (5) Byrd albums. Really. The logic of “the list,” well, you know. Anyway. People seem to LOVE Rumors. It’s interesting. Like Abbey Road. It has good songs. But a perfect album? EVERY song a gem? Yeah. I just don’t think that about either album. As a side note, I do find the cult of Stevie Nicks fascinating. She’s the one musical artist that makes my father-in-law get a distant stare and declare, “I LOVE her.” 4 Boolean: True

absolute classic, nothing more to be said

Great!

eh baum! melhores musicas: Dreams, The chain, Dont stop, You make loving fun

Full of hits, very enjoyable

Lähdin tahalteen liikkeelle asenteella, etten kiusaksenikaan päätä etukäteen antaa viittä tähteä. Kuuntelin levyn kahdesti, todella etsien syytä miksen voisi tehdä niin. En löytänyt syytä. Hulluja erobiisejä albumilla. Parhaimpia ehkä koko maailmassa.

No olihan se hyvä. Vähän kävi se klassinen että kun tietää että tää on kaikkien mielestä 5/5 niin paineitahan se luo itellekki. Mietin jotaki 4,5 ite mutta kuuntelin tätä kyllä useampana päivänä ja kuuntelisin vieläkin. Aivan legendaarinen ja musta Fleetwood Mac on aina ollu ihmeellinen siitä että miten laaja ihmisjoukko rakastaa tiettyjä biisejä.

Mulla on pitkä ja monimutkanen suhde tän levyn kaa. Vuosien ajan kuuntelin tän aina välillä todetakseni, että tylsää paskaahan tämä on ja jatkoin muihin levyihin. Sit muutama vuosi takaperin kuuntelin tän pitkästä aikaa ja hoksasin, että onhan täällä yksittäisiä hyviäkin biisejä. Tovin jälkeen tajusin että niitä hyviä biisejä onkin aika monta ja itse asiassa tällä levyllä on myös loistavia biisejä. Nyt ollaan siinä pisteessä että Songbird ei oikein vielä lähe, mut loput on yhtä kylmää värettä ja stank facea. Mua vähän jopa nolottaa miten paljon tykkään tästä levystä ja joku sisäinen hevimörkö haluais antaa tälle huonommat pisteet, mut en oikein tiiä miten sen oikeuttais. Kai mun on vaan hyväksyttävä, että musta on tullu kolmekymppinen ja että tää levy on mestariteos.

Sieltä napsahti eka vitonen! Meinasin eka laittaa nelosen, mut sit älysin että jos pidän niin tiukkaa seulaa nii en tuu antaa millekää vitosta... :D Mutta onhan täällä aivan uskomattomia biisejä, ja koko levyn soundimaailma on niin hieno ja pehmeä. Kaikki kuulostaa vaan todella miellyttävältä.

Vähän oisin halunnu mennä vastavirtaan, mut hitto vie kun on se vaan kova! Oon tutustunu tähän vasta ihan muutaman vuoden sisään - toisin sanoen Stevie Nicks on ollut tuttu lähinnä Paprun biiseistä enkä ois osannut nimetä yhtään Fleetwood Macin biisiä. En kyllä ehkä osaa vieläkään. Mut hiton kovia ne on! Oli muuten tajunnan räjäyttävää joskus kun kuuli ekaa kertaa The Chainin huikeen bassosoolon ja oli et ”Mitä hittoo?! Täähän on Microprosen Formula One Grand Prix -pelin intro!!!” (Mitä oli muksuna korpuilta ladannut käyntiin iskän 386:lla 🤓)

Tää on vaan ihan älytön. Todella vitun kova levy, bängeriä bängerin perään.

Best

a good one

Not my favorite Mac-Album.

Yet another ‘best album ever’ cropping up and once again I can’t really argue. Fantastic

Aaaaaah, there's some truly towering, majestic work on this record. A handful of songs here are absolute immortals. Is it even legal to give an album featuring "Go Your Own Way," "Don't Stop," and "Dreams" "only" four stars? Honestly, I have to admit that, aside from "You Make Loving Fun," I couldn't name many of the tracks on the B-side - even though my parents had this album on constant repeat in my childhood days. Could you?

I really liked this one. The music didn’t sound dated but you could still tell it was made in another era.

Basically a greatest hits

a solid set of vocalists, the vocal arranging is good, some of the guitar works is absolutely killer, songwriting is hit or miss

Bom disco, mas mais incensado do que merece.

Close to a perfect album

There’s little I can say that hasn’t been already put in all the other ratings. I’m not a Fleetwood Mac fan. That being said, if you can’t hear the quality in this then you have no ear and do not deserve to rate anything further. Songwriting, musicianship, vocals, are all outstanding.

loved it

Me ha gustado, es como una balada rock

Album #145 — Fleetwood Mac, Rumours ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is probably going to be a fairly hyperbolic review. In my opinion, Rumours is one of the most perfect albums ever made. Any songwriter or band interested in writing rock or pop music should study this album in the same way they should study the likes of The Beatles. It’s a masterclass in songwriting. It’s not my favourite album of all time, but I struggle to think of another record that contains as many genuinely perfect songs. Perfect songs are incredibly rare. Even some of my favourite albums don’t necessarily contain one, because they’re greater than the sum of their parts. Rumours is different. It has several songs where I genuinely wouldn’t change a single note. Songs like Dreams, Go Your Own Way, and You Make Loving Fun are, to me, absolutely transcendent. From song to song, this album is breathtaking. What’s even more remarkable is that those songs come from three different songwriters: Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, and Christine McVie. For me, on this listen, that brought to mind the songwriting balance of The Band, with Helm, Danko and Manuel all contributing distinct voices. In this instance, it rivals and surpasses it. Everything else ranges from great to superb. It’s an album of little moments: the accented toms during the chorus of You Make Loving Fun, the beautiful slide guitar on Dreams, the countless tiny production choices made by people with exceptional musical instincts. No verse or chorus outstays its welcome. There’s no pretentiousness, and surprisingly for an album famously made under a blizzard of cocaine, very little ego. Nobody feels the need to dominate the songs. There are no unnecessarily long solos, no over-the-top vocal performances. Every song gives you exactly what it needs to, and then moves on. From a production standpoint, it’s one of the best sounding albums I can think of. Christine McVie might actually be my favourite musician on the record. I think her songs are extraordinary, and You Make Loving Fun is my favourite song here. It takes a special kind of songwriter to turn something that could easily have come across as schmaltzy into something so moving. The lyrics are simple and heartfelt, but the sincerity of the performance completely sells them. That said, Oh Daddy has always been the weakest track for me, and I’ve never been the biggest fan of Gold Dust Woman, although objectively I still think they’re very good songs. I also have one small confession: I normally make it a rule not to listen to deluxe editions or bonus tracks because I want to judge the album exactly as it appears on the generator. But Rumours is my one exception. I genuinely think Silver Springs belongs on this album. As a closing track, it’s magnificent, and I honestly think it elevates an already exceptional record even further. It’s tied with Abbey Road as one of the highest-rated albums on the generator, and I’m not going to be contrarian for the sake of it. It’s simply fantastic. It’s one of those rare records that’s every bit as good as its reputation suggests. Everyone should hear it at least once. For me, it’s the very personification of this list. If there were one album that best represented the idea behind 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, Rumours would have a very strong claim to be it.

good

Mix of stone cold classics and solid album tracks. Energetic, raw, catchy - what's not to love?

oh yes

When Rumours first came out, you couldn’t escape it. Turn on the radio, it was playing. Go to a party, it was playing. How do you rate an album you’ve heard hundreds of times, know every song by heart, yet still don’t really like? Despite selling millions of copies and being hailed as a classic by so many, for me it’s a 2-star album.

Anyone who rates this less than 5 stars scares me

"Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac is their masterpiece album. This album is produced excellently and has great musical arrangements and well written tracks dealing with personal problems and broken relationship. This album also has standout tracks like "Dreams", "Don't Stop", "Go Your Own Way", "The Chain", and "You Make Loving Fun". Overall masterpiece album with great vocal performance and lyrics and beautifully produced album with wonderful instrumental performance. Not a single skippable track from start to end. At last, mostly fun album to listen.

So this is what it is all about? Nah, come on. Couple of good songs and that's it. I was looking forward so much to hearing one of the supposed best albums of all time and it came out to be... this?

The first time I listened to this album I thought it was mid; besides the hits it didn't really do anything for me and I think that still stands. I also realized this time around towards the end of the album that besides Dreams & I Don't Want to Know I didn't hear much of Stevie Nicks, and maybe that's why this album doesn't do much for me. Fleetwood Mac is ok but I like Stevie Nicks

Listened to on my Bose AE2 Soundlink Headphones. You know, whenever I have thought about Rumours over the years, I would refer to it as one of the only albums I have ever heard that came out like a greatest hits collection. Never my favorite album ever, but listening to it for the first time years ago blew me away in how much of the album I already knew from stuff played in commericals and on the radio over the years. I never heard the album--nor Fleetwood Mac--consciously before, yet I could hum along to half the thing. This album is a monumental work in folk infused pop-rock, that takes the talented force of Fleetwood Mac and pushes them to their creative limits through an intense emotional whirlwind in the making. Talk about dramatic, these guys and gals were just all in each other's businesses, getting involved in messy relationships, heavy drug use, and on each other's nerves, then they had each other sing their songs they wrote about what a jerk everyone is. There is some real raw emotion on here hidden behind these excellently produced tracks with earworm melodies and catchy choruses, and it makes for an enticing listen. The only drawbacks I find for the album is the end, with the final two tracks not standing up to the shining luster of the rest of the album, and the fact that this particular brand of folky pop-rock requires me to be in the mood for it to really come through strong, but it's undeniable in it's excellence, underlined in how much real estate it takes up in my musical memory throughout all my years.

Can't even begin to imagine what went on to warrant the creation of this album. Bangers.

Day 1, starting off strong. Don't need to re-listen to say that this is one of the greatest of all time. 9/10, 10/10 maybe? Why Silver Springs is a bonus track is beyond me, as it is easily much better than Oh Daddy.

What am I a pleb? Of course I've heard it. Next.

Many people comes to this record looking for Dreams and thinking Fleetwood Mac it's a One Hit Wonder or that besides this song and Landslide they don't have much to offer. The truth is, this record as a whole is a nice gateway to rock and roll if you let go yourself by the mesmerizing and soft Adult Oriented Rock sound that can be also found in bands like Chicago, Boston or REO Speedwagon that were paving the way to the adult contemporary sound that would blast radio stations at the time. Fleetwood don't deny their blues and folk beginnings here but they actually give it a more pop oriented production, with Christine and Stevie voices so you can actually see why it's a record that divide their fans. Either way you love it or you prefer their earlier days when they were more blues rock and less keyboard. Definitely a record everyone should listen to. Easy access to the band and to rock and roll history itself.

Always great! One of the top 10 albums of all time

358/1089 okay here’s the juggernaut (which i’ve already heard and love) it really is just excellent, i definitely tend to prefer stevie on lead vocals but even the non-stevie led songs are strong i’ll always remember listening to The Chain fully for the first time bc i knew how the main bit went but then suddenly i’m hit with the Formula 1 guitar riff and i was kinda shook faves: The Chain, Dreams, Go Your Own Way 85/100

The first half of this album in particular had some really good beats.

the real best divorce album is shoot out the lights by richard and linda thompson but this still rules da chain babey

6/10 This is probably a hot take but aside from some of the hits, I don't really care much for this

The songs on this album are still played on the radio for a reason. It just works. Strong songwriting, cohesive sound, and a lot of talent. The album doesn’t sound dated, and somehow I’m not sick of the songs by now.

Obvious five stars, one of the best albums ever made. I’m always surprised when I hear this being one of the best, they’re self titled album. I think it’s just as good.

How many times have you seen this album cover and NOT noticed Mick's balls? If you're me, hundreds of times at least. now it's all I see. and probably all you do too. You're welcome.

literalmente el mejor álbum del mundo, 5/5.

It’s art, I love it for them