Rumours

Yeah. It goes in my top 10 of all time list. I mean, I play it on a regular basis and enjoy it every time. This time it wasn't any different. Almost every song is perfection and those that aren't are still good. 5/5 if there ever was a one.

undeniable essential album

Classic, hard to ignore even if everything has been overplayed these days.

What can I even say that hasn’t been said? I guess oh daddy isn’t that good but this album is considered a classic for many many good reasons.

This is one of my all time favorite albums. It is just so easy to listen to and has many iconic songs.

Love it! Favorite album

10

Something special. It ebbs and flows beautifully. You never quite know where it's going, but the journey makes sense as it reveals itself. The album feels cohesive, and yet so many different voices, styles, and influences emerge throughout. Love it.

Beyond Excellent/ Best album EVER!!!

Fine fuck it 5

One of my favorite albums ever, but I always skip oh daddy The cheating and drama really do make it what it is and maybe it’s a miracle it even got made despite the terrors

Some of the groups biggest hits, super solid album.

Holy peak.

Classic. Every track is a banger. Would be a 6 star album if Silver Springs was actually on it like everyone thinks it is.

One of the greatest

This is a masterpiece. Each song could be the lead single of a lesser album.

Well, this is such a beautiful album that it rightfully deserves 5 stars. I've listened to it so many times and it still holds a special place in my heart.

This is one of those albums where every single song is on my playlist. It has songs that cover moods of anger, love, happiness, and determination. The album is fairly short so it feels like I can actually sit down and listen to it, and on top of that the history of how this album was made is top notch.

Absolute classic

I love this album, but I don’t love the track order. It’s rather front loaded, with the first half containing all the classic radio songs, and ends with Gold Dust Woman, which sounds like there is more to come, but there isn’t. Also, Silver Springs was egregiously left off the album. Now, it might sound like I don’t care for some of the songs - not true: I think they’re all great (Yes, even Oh Daddy). I would have produced it a little differently. Still it’s a 5 star record. Favorite track? Probably Never Going Back Again for Lindsay Buckingham’s incredible fingerpicking. 5 stars

To be honest the last two songs lose me a little bit but the rest of the album is so good that it doesn't matter at all.

One of the all-time greats. In almost every record collection for good reason.

This is not the first time I listen to Rumours, but I remember being a little disappointed the first time I listened to it, thinking "is this the album that so many consider the best/one of the best of all time?". On this listen I kind of feel the same way. This is not a bad album by any means, and I'm rating it a 5 (although I'm not a harsh critic), but Rumours is the album that I just don't get. Not because I don't like it, but because for me this is one of the weakest albums that I've rated a 5. My favourite tracks on this listen were "The Chain" (obviously a classic), "Go Your Own Way" and "Oh Daddy". However, I didn't find all the songs as compelling as these. For example, I just don't get why people love "Dreams" so much. I think the guitars are what I liked the most in this album. I feel strange about disparaging an album in a 5 star review, though. It really is a great album, I just don't think it's up there with the best of the best.

Stellar.

#969. I listened to Tusk on here last week and I said it wasn't exactly one of the greatest albums of all time, but this one is. Hell, it might even be the greatest album. I suppose there's a reason why it's the highest rated album on here. 5/5: perfect

Me encantó. Ya lo había escuchado, me gusta mucho la música de esta época.

Classic and eternal. Had seven of these songs saved already.

Is this REALLY as good as it’s Rumoured to be? (hahahahaha) Yeah, it is. Sometimes the people are correct. Must-listen #ooo

Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Masterpiece - It's hard to overstate how brilliant this album is. Perfect pop-rock from beginning to end and a wonderful selection of songs. Not a single moment that isn't beautifully crafted.

A great album with front to back hits. This album is probably a little overrated, but its hard for me not to agree personally. I was torn between a 4, or a 5, but I do love these songs!

Favourite!

One of my top ten

O, prou paše dons, na ta deževen petek, neki, kar sm že miljonkrat slišala. Plus, če se prav spomnim, se ta album in White album od Beatlov izmenjavata na mestu za top rated album v tem projektu. Včer mi da algoritem Kollaps, dons pa Rumours, ha. Dj no, že začetek je amazing ("Second Hand News"). Ta stopnjevanje! Ooo, po pa "Dreams". K je res fakin dreamy. Bas mi je amazing. En moj najljubših komadov, ever. "The Chain". 10/10 Pa pač, vsak komad je dobr. Odličen.

No wonder this is the top rated album, it’s amazing, easy to listen to, and appeals to such a wide audience

I did not need to listen to this album. I know it by heart! One of my all time favs

Already listened. Favorite tracks are “Dreams”, “You Make Loving Fun”, and “Second Hand News”.

This is a perfect album. Nothing more to say.

💕

Amazing album! Some of the songs I knew, some I didn't but I loved all of it, especially 'The Chain' and 'Go Your Own Way'.

Instant 5 star. I listen to this album in some shape or form, no exaggeration, at least twice a week. I don’t think anyone needs my musings as I’m sure it’s all been said before. Long live Rumours!!!

It isnt’t exactly ground-breaking to rate this album 5 stars but it really is that good. A tour de force from Fleetwood Mac with their vocals and lyricism as the centerpiece.

So incredible.

One of those records where I wish we'd get half stars here. Personal 9/10, and we'll round up because an 8 feels just a bit too low. Congrats Fleetwood, people like your drug filled, incestual band break up album

Probably the best album ever.

Almost the perfect AOR album. Every song’s a banger and it still sounds great after all these years.

Never gets boring. A stone cold classic and the epitome of seventies studio effervescence. It is a production that exudes possibility and emotion.

yes dude!

Fantastic album

Dreams

This is a great album, not as great as the people on here make it out to be, but great nonetheless. Second Hand News is such a strong opener and it gets better from there.

every song but Oh Daddy

Can we get a special 6 category for certain albums

Los mejores

MNIAMMM

Rumours doesn't have any of my favorite songs from Fleetwood Mac (like "Landslide", "Everywhere" and "Little Lies") but it does have 11 near-perfect pop songs.

No argument one of the greatest albums of all time. Truly unbeatable.

this is easily one of the best albums of all time. despite knowing basically all of the songs, shockingly, this was my first time listening to it in full. religious experience, may i say. my only qualm with this album is that silver springs isn’t on the OG, which i will never forgive lindsay buckingham for

My all time favorite Fleetwood Mac Album!! I love Stevie Nicks!

bangerrrrr tis a classic that everyone knows for a reason. the epitome of a roadtrip through western montana while chowing down on cheese cracker sandwhiches. drinkwise its like a cranberry sprite mixed in with a dash of vanilla ice cream and festiveness. fears getting sweet and reptitive but mostly on POINT. gonna have to say 9.12/10

Ok, this will be easy. I already know and like every song on this album. Thoughts while listening ... It is interesting to note that every song on this one could have been a hit single by any other band. The quality is just great throughout. Good musicianship, good singing (3 different singers), good production, good lyrics, good vibe. Since I've heard this so many times and it is so familiar, it has actually just become almost like background music to me. But upon actually thinking about / analyzing it, one thing that makes this cool is each song isn't a carbon copy of the other songs. You can recognize each song within a few seconds. They change up the arrangements to keep it interesting. For example: "Never Going Back Again" is just an acoustic guitar and singer (Buckingham), "Songbird" is just a piano and a singer (McVie). And on other songs with full instrumentation - they do it in such a way that they leave space in the music for quiet moments, or parts featuring one instrument. As an example, "The Chain" does this very well I think - even featuring the bass prominently in part of the song before it builds into a crescendo. They weave in the different instruments very well where you can hear it all clearly and appreciate each one - without all of it just becoming an overpowering cacophony of sound. Funny story - One time, my nephew was picking me up at the airport to take me to his parent's (my older brother and sister-in-law's) place. I knew this album was VERY popular with my brother and his wife back in the day. I noticed after I got into the car he popped this into the CD player. I made a slightly sarcastic comment that "You know, you don't have to play Fleetwood Mac just because your uncle got in the car. Feel free to play whatever you like, I like hearing new things". He laughed and said - "Yeah, I guess I just figured mostly everyone likes this." Yeah - pretty much - haha! I do think that story sums up the downside of this album though. It's all very good, it's all very inoffensive, it's all very well done - BUT not one of these songs would be in the running for my "favorite song of all time" and the album wouldn't crack the top 10 of albums I must have if I was stuck on a desert island. It's greatness is in the fact that every song is very good and agreeable. It's fun to listen to and not bland - but it doesn't make me think or feel that much. As a comparison - Stevie Nicks' best song (in my opinion) is "Landslide" which isn't on this album - but that one makes you think and feel more than any of these songs. I think this is basically why this is ranked #1 on this site - it's all fun and very agreeable to everyone - but not breaking new ground or challenging expectations. Fleetwood Mac was blessed with having multiple excellent songwriters, multiple singers with unique voices and very talented musicians and arrangers. Good on them for giving us some great stuff that has stood the test of time and is still finding new listeners in new generations. That's really hard to do. If anyone wants to dive a little deeper into the musical creativity behind this, check out the episode of the Song Exploder podcast where Lindsey Buckingham goes into details behind the recording of the song "Go Your Own Way". It's cool to hear the artist himself explain why they did what they did and how. It gives good insight into the artistry involved. Liked songs on Spotify: 11/11 (perfect album) Rating: 5/5

Not giving this a 5 is probably a sin.

perfection

IMAGINE not giving this 5 stars

I’ve been getting some very good albums recently. An easy 5 star. Every song is amazing. How an album so good can be made when the band where all falling out with each other and battling drugs blows my tiny mind

easiest 5 stars yet

This is another one of those perfect albums. Each song is better than the last and it just has a wonderful vibe. Every song is a banger and it's been a real long time since I've listened to this album.

Rating: 5./5 Short Review: Beautiful, bitter, intimate, and impossibly well-crafted. An album made by people emotionally destroying each other while somehow sounding flawless together. Every song feels personal without losing its universal pull. Favorite Track: “Dreams.” Weightless on the surface, quietly devastating underneath. Stevie Nicks sounds detached and heartbroken at the same time.

Rumours was made by a band falling apart. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks splitting. John and Christine McVie divorcing. All of them still showing up, still recording, turning the wreckage into something. The result is one of the most hit-dense albums ever made — "Dreams", "Go Your Own Way", "The Chain", "Gold Dust Woman" — almost every track landed. I listened to it in the car, driving my daughter to daycare and back from a Familienfest. When "Go Your Own Way" came on, she said: mama always listens to this song. Then she wanted it on repeat. A song about a painful split, my kid in the back seat, a family event at the end of the road. I didn't say anything. What would you say? The patterns keep finding me. 5/5.

This album is so great!

ts gas

lol

Had already started the day with this album. Love it. Classic. I think the Tiktok guy riding the skateboard while drinking cranberry juice, helped revitalized this album for the youth. This one always makes me happy.

Every song is a hit except for "Oh Daddy". As much as I try to like that one… I can't. It’s a fantastic album that is sung and mastered almost perfectly. Every time I revisit it, it's great.

I mean, what more do you want? What more do you need than an album where every track is a lasting masterpiece that holds as much relevance today as the day it was released. This album will still be played 100 years from now and people will still love it.

Excellent.

Chock full of monster hits.

выйти на улицу после этого альбома было волшебно, если честно было безумно ярко, но холодный ветер успокаивал жару на коже.

owns

Great album

All right. I confess. This was a great album. Five stars

Everything has been written to death about this. It's a perfect pop album, perhaps as important and timeless as anything the great classical composers of history have written before. People focus, ironically (or coincidentally), on the "rumors" surrounding the band members rather than the music first. No, they were not all having sex with each other, but rather having huge problems regarding heartbreak with each other, dealing with divorce, separation, and entering new relationships. Yes, there was cocaine and alcohol and hedonism, but not really out of joy, but rather trying to dull the pain, perhaps clinging to the nostalgia of the '60s counterculture and bohemian times, slipping away in the narrators' minds. This album beautifully celebrates everything that is cruel and beautiful about being human and connecting to one another, and how time slips away as we simply lose connections through wear and tear and time itself. The content is often dismal, they weren't necessarily very likeable people, yet their approach was to celebrate life through music and to keep on going to make one of the most sincere albums we've ever heard. That 5 and the fact that it's the top-rated album on this site is not a coincidence. I don't even like Fleetwood Mac all that much, and this is one of my favorite albums ever. This is something that brings even the bitterest extreme music listener to tears. Shimmering guitars, heavy bass and drums, dense and compact production, happy-sounding songs that are depressing and sad-sounding songs that are uplifting. This tugs the heartstrings and toys with emotions all the way through. And those melodies are just perfect—every song is a hit. I think this may be the only album where I've heard every song on commercial radio. They made something greater than themselves, and all we have is to thank them for it year after year. 50 years on and nary a grey hair in sight (musically speaking). Plus, it gave us the most sold album (ever?) with lavatory handles used as balls on the front cover. So there's that, too.

also the goat. 2 hits in 3 days is insane

Nevermind 1001, this one is more like 101.

I have the vinyl, because if there's an apocolypse and I don't have spotify anymore, I wouldn't want to live without this one.

Excellent album, full of classics, The Chain is a masterpiece.

muito bom!!! melhor recomendação até agora. já tinha visto essa capa antes, mas nunca tinha ido atrás do album. timing estranhamente bom, pq eu abri esse site justamente depois de ver um story de alguém com dreams desse album. não só gostei do album, como descobri que uma artista que eu gosto fez um ep com covers de algumas músicas de fleetwood mac!!! gaged dms!!

Wow. Never knew all of these songs were by Fleetwood Mac, much less in the same album! Easy 5.

It's Rumours! What more can you say. I echo every positive sentiment about it praised from the heavens - nothing but hits the whole way through. Fav tracks: Dreams, Go Your Own Ways, The Chain, Oh Daddy

One of the most no-skip albums of all time. A classic for good reasons, if you ask me. Every song is just good. Faves: Second Hand News, Dreams, Never Going Back Again, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, I Don't Want to Know

One of the best albums of the 70's with one of the best back stories in rock history.

Every time I hear the chain my brain goes "The Chain is worth at LEAST three babies" https://redbelles.tumblr.com/post/684365701636603904/this-is-immensely-funny-to-me

Now I’ll admit that, being my contrarian self, I was quite open to the idea of not giving the very trendy album at the top of the ranking charts on this site 5*. However, it just is a brilliant album isn’t it? The well known discord behind its making runs through the whole album, shaping every song in some way but most prominently Go Your Own Way and You Make Loving Fun. Unlike sprawling successor Tusk, that fractious atmosphere is channelled into a tight and well-crafted 40 minutes of music, quite the achievement. And finally, I’m sure any British F1 fans of the right age will be taken back to a favourite race or season by The Chain (2009 for me, Clive).

The greatest pop/soft-rock album of all time? It’s certainly got to be up there. Eleven tracks, all fantastic, it’s practically a greatest hits album on its own. ‘Dreams’, ‘Don’t Stop’, ‘Go Your Own Way’, ‘The Chain’, ‘You Make Loving Fun’ and ‘Gold Dust Woman’ are all among the greatest songs Fleetwood Mac ever made. ‘Oh Daddy’ is probably the weakest track, but even that is pretty good. The only way it could have been improved is if they hadn’t made the baffling decision to omit the brilliant ‘Silver Springs’, but even so this album is undoubtedly worth 5 stars.

This is as good as pop music gets.

4.5/5

Sometimes I want to be edgy and claim that this album is overrated and deserves backlash over how popular it is. Sometimes it’s tempting to say that the previous self-titled album which represents the rebirth of the band post addition of Buckingham and Nicks is more pure and better. But then I give it one more top-to-bottom listen and know that it’s undeniable. It’s a legendary album for a reason and worthy of all the praise and more.

This album has so many hits, it's almost unfathomable. Top notch.

An all-time favourite. No notes, no skips.

70’s Rock ⭐️Silver Springs/The Chain/Go Your Own Way

Great album. Songs of the heart, love, chemistry, deceit and heartbreak.

Classic

My aunt was raised in California in the 70’s and she told me that when this album came out she spent a weekend at the Colorado River with her friend’s family and “listened to that album the whole weekend, soaking up the sun, learning to water ski and cranking up the tunes.” Doesn’t that sound so lovely you could throw up? Anyway, 5 stars.

Increíble

LOVE THIS ALBUM!! I used to think it was "grocery store music" but I was just a fool as a child. I own this album CD and have it loaded in my car player right now :) 9/10

Intellectually I know that this is the greatest album of all time, but it really is incredibly good.

Banger after banger

Love every song except for Songbird

Bro my favorite album of theirs! So good! Probably one of the best albums of all time! Such classic and lasting songs!

I think this album is one of the best albums ever made, hosting many hits!!!

Classic, everyone’s heard it.

I feel like this is a staple in every millennial’s early record collection because you could find it for $1 at every thrift store. But the thing is, it’s really fucking good. I knew this was one of the highest rated albums on this list, and I am absolutely smashing that 5 button too. Just about every song is an all time classic hit, and the ones that aren’t probably made it to the radio or something at some point in its history. It’s just a phenomenal album, no skips, just greatness.

Banger album!

Unfortunately for everyone involved, this album is the best argument for infidelity, heavy drug use, and bad relationships. What can I say about Rumors; it’s just a perfect pop album, nearly every song is a banger, the chain is just amazing. They managed to make a pop fun anthem for divorce in go your own way. Lyrically depressing, musically exhilarating, morally dubious. An incredible record that made everyone who made it vastly richer and worse people.

10. I knew half the songs already, but the other half are amazing too, no skips, easy listen, added a couple new ones to the playlist

I wish anyone loved me like people love this album. Listen, it’s end-to-end bangers. It's like every Fleetwood Mac song you know, even if you didn't fully realize they were Fleetwood Mac songs. Did I need Lindsey Buckingham doing all that 'bow bow bow bow' bullshit on "Second Hand News"? No, of course not. Did you even remember he did that? I doubt it. "Dreams" is the very next song and that's followed by "Never Going Back Again", "Don't Stop", and "Go Your Own Way"... that first track could have been audio of Lindsey Buckingham taking a messy dump and you would have forgotten all about it in 15 minutes. And there's still "The Chain" and "You Make Loving Fun" coming a few tracks later (let's ignore "Songbird"). Christ, leave some rock n roll for the rest of us!

PERFECT

I think about everything has been said about this album. The live version of the chain is insane (in a good and very dramatic way)

All bangers. All timeless. No notes.

I’ve put off listening to this album for the first time ever since I found out how highly rated it is on this site so I wanted to hear it once it came up randomly on the generator. And needless to say, it's pretty darn good. I’ve listened to half of these songs before so only the other half was new to me. As a whole, it’s really something. My only critique is that it ends with the last two songs slightly weaker than I’d hoped, but I’m only being critical since it holds #1 right now. I do think Abbey Road and a couple other albums are better, but this isn’t far behind. Monumental album.

So much heat in this one

What more is there to say? It’s everything. Top Songs: Second Hand News, Dreams, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun

I'm sure everyone's heard most of these songs hundreds of times. There's a good reason for that. This album is 5-star from start to finish. Buckingham and Nicks bolster a pro rhythm section with magnificent guitar work and vocals and perfect polished songwriting. My favorite tracks are Second Hand News, which is not only one of the best opening album tracks ever but also a near-perfect pop song, and Never Going Back Again, a delightful guitar piece with sublime close-harmony vocals. Christine McVie's Don't Stop and Songbird are beautiful as usual too.

Bah banger hein que dire de plus, la voix, les instru, c'est varié on s'ennuie pas

Top Rapide et efficace

Un de mes albums préférés, avec ma chanson préférée de tous les temps (Dreams) je ne peux que mettre 5!

Todas as músicas são insanas

Phenomenal, timeless album! Songwriting is ace. There's a lot of emotional vulnerability and harmony throughout. So many quality tracks! There's a reason it's one of the best selling records ever.

I mean what can you say? The greatest pop album ever recorded.

fantastic album already heard it before but really good.

One of the greatest albums ever made. Full stop. What else needs to be said?

I have never once seeked out a Fleetwood Mack song on my own but I know about three-quarters of this album. The vast majority of these songs are great as well. One could easily argue that the Media made me like Fleetwood Mack. I listened to this with my wife & during The Chain, she cited Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as where she heard it beforehand. Then we got into a discussion about music in movies & whatnot. I wouldn't say Rumours is No Skip because I didn't really care for Songbird. The hits are the hits. Side A slaps, as the kids say. Side B less so but still strong. The first time I ever heard Gold Dust Woman was Hole's cover. 5

Great album

Classic album!

Esse albúm é top d+, sensação de fumar um jambo e transar na piscina em uma terça ensolarada.

Un clásico. Nota: 9/10

Fantastique même après 1000 écoutes… et je me réjouis déjà pour la 1001 fois!

Favorite Track: The Chain

Pretty much a perfect album. Every song is a hit!

Every song is a hit! Aside from 'Oh daddy' but thats not bad. This is one of the best albums made. Great listen.

This is so good. Masterpiece.

I don't like Dreams (or really Oh Daddy for that matter), and Silver Springs absolutely should have been on the album proper, but it seems awfully fussy to take off a star when the thing is essentially as perfectly crafted and consistent as we all know it is.

Flawless album, really hard to say stuff about it tho, cuz what hasn't already been said? Truly the most beautiful car crash ever. Go Your Own Way was my fav song of the album. The Chain and Don't Stop were my other highlights. (shout out Silver Springs tho cuz it's not officially on the album but it's one of the best songs ever)

Insane Silver Springs wasn’t on the original album.

Probably the greatest pop album ever recorded by people not called John, Paul, George or Ringo. Of course it comes with a built in mythology. The break ups! The cocaine! The time they spent! Again, only The Beatles with The White Album and Let it Be can compete. The studio production and the performances are as close to perfect as these things get. The harmonies are stunning. When John McVie and Mick Fleetwood lock in their rhythm section is peerless. To be picky, you wonder if the glossy sheen of the production isn't making a few of the songs seem better than they really are. And people who find Lindsey Buckingham's voice a bit annoying might just have a point. But this is the 70s served up on a beautiful silver platter.

I’d give this a 6/5 if possible

I mean it's fleetwood Mac of course I like them. I haven't listened to this album in full surprisingly, so this will be nice. But it's the Big Mac of course I'll love it. Why are they telling me to bounce on it. Starting off strong with my least favourite track. Nice. Dreams, I mean, it's dreams. What more is there to say. It's dreams. What you have, and what you love. What you had, and what you lost. Wow. I am listening to the super deluxe so I can hear silver springs. Sue me. Me when I'm never going back again. Come round and see me again. If your life was bad to you just think what tomorrow will do?? Be even worse?? Idk Mac. Yesterday is gone that is how it works. I will go my own way. Stevie nicks I am always on your side but this song is fuckin insane. Lindsey you're on thin ice but I'll let it slide. They sound like they're lesbians. Stevie and Lindsey. Like come on. Songbird just kinda there man idk. The chain being a masterpiece. Yes. Fuck anyone who saw this live all I have it fucking sombr and addison rae bro. What is this. Do you believe in miracles?? Idk man. Me when I don't wanna know. Me with chemistry lowkey. Why is Oh Daddy actually good. I really did not expect to like a song called oh daddy. Rock ON gold dust woman. Oh silver springs. Hold on I gotta listen to the live. Oh Lindsey you dickhead. Favourite: Gold Dust Woman/Dreams/Oh Daddy/Go Your Own Way/SILVER SPRINGS Least favourite: Second Hand News

Sublime. Perfect album.

5 Absolutely perfect album

one of my favourite albums of all time, feels like a roadtrip with friends in the early summer

love it love it

Excellent

Even the lesser known songs are fantastic.

On vinyl

Another super classic, I liked the rest of the album quite a bit after the great Dreams, Chain, Don't Stop and Own Way. You Make Loving Fun was good, it was all good.

Audible "hell yeah" from me upon opening the page today. I think this is the first album I'm actually intimately familiar with from start to finish in my current memory bank. Instant 5/5, Fleetwood Mac rules and this is their best album by a mile.

Awesome album, enjoyed it the whole way through.

Surprised how disjointed the album is, but it's also a masterpiece. I've never listened to it as an album, but I know every song.

Fantastic album, with several songs that have had enduring popularity.

This is a really good album though it was well written and really was put well together the instrument were really good.The guitar and piano really got me feeling stuff. I wanna say the singer are really talented and got me thinking what a great time it was to be alive at the time.I would give it a solid rating of an 8.0 out of 10

I mean, it's an absolutely timeless album. Every song is great (will say though that Don't Stop has aged quite a bit to my ears though, with its piano and synths - definitely in that category of music along with Foreigner and Boston where if I never hear it again, I won't be sad), especially tracks like Dreams, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, and Gold Dust Woman. Normally I have more to say about albums like this, but honestly don't. It's just great.

Quintessential Fleetwood Mac- an absolute classic. Everyone should listen to it.

What else can be said? The mythology of the band can obscure the music, and maybe the decades of listening to the music can obscure the music. But the music!

truly heartbreaking realising that silver springs is only on the super deluxe version of this album

I think the guy won this battle. impressive band for band battle on both ends though

Huge W - 4 all timer songs in one album

One of my all time favorite albums!!! Was so happy to see it come up. I listened to the whole super deluxe version this time and that was also very good. I wish Silver Springs wouldve been included in the original because that is also such an amazing song, but alas. I used to not like Oh Daddy and it was the one song on the album that I thought was meh, but it started to grow on me this last listen. My favorite is I Dont Wanna Know just because it's so fun, but The Chain and Dreams are also great listens.

Classic

One of my favorite albums, along with Bare Trees. Classic rock

Just pure class

imposible no darle 5 estrellas, seré igual a todo el mundo pero el hate a este album es simplemente forzado, es un DISCAZO.

The most nailed on 5

great, one of my favourites

No comment required, consummate 5/5. Literal legendary album. You know the lore behind it, or if you don't, you can hear it seep through in every song. Or maybe that's just the cocaine. Either way, go read about the making of this album.

Hey I know that one (I can’t wait to taint the statistics)

One of the favorites

I’ve known this album since my parents played it on the 8 track in our used Duster. One of the best.

One of the greatest pop albums of all time, all the singles are immortal classics, and the deep cuts are also amazing. The personnel within Fleetwood Mac were some of the best songwriters of the modern era for sure.

Love it!

Tämä jäi väliin Mastersin takia ajallaan. Onneksi kuitenkin nyt kuuntelin ajan kanssa. Maineensa veroinen mestariteos, aivan huikea levy. Dreams ja Go your own way minulle tutuimmat hitit mutta huokea hetki myös The Chain. NOFX-cover Go your own waysta tutumpi mutta alkuperäinen roki on alkuperäinen. Myös Yhe Corrsin versio Dreams-biisistä tutumpi kuin alkuperäinen mutta jälkeen, orkkis on orkkis. Olen kyllä kiitollinen, että tämä levy tuli kuunneltua. Fleetwood Mac toki nimenä tuttu mutta tuotannoltaan minulle vieras. Rumours huikea tutustumismatka tähän bändiin. 5/5

It's such a shame that you HAVE to be in a horribly toxic relationship to make music this good.

Perfect album, zero notes

The number of classics on this album is astonishing, but Dreams stands out the most. I love Stevie Nicks, and she is truly what makes this band special to me. There isn’t a bad song on this album, and it’s always a pleasure to hear it.

it is now five in a row that i own. fantastic album. this is not a bad song on it. you have the hits: "dont stop", "go your own way" and "the chain", but other fantastic songs like "Dreams", "second hand news" and "gold dust woman". honestly, i can mention every song. definitely a five star in my book and probably it would be listed in the 21 albums to listen to before you die. some trivia: it was the #1 album in the U.S. for 31 weeks.

Top 5 favorite album for me. And I do think this is the best album of all time.

A true classic. The Chain is an awesome track

Too much already written about this one. Saw them live after this one came out. Great show and great album.

This was a pretty easy 5 stars for me. Just a brilliant album.

This is one of those "perfect" albums. Not because its techically perfect, but because its an easy access into the band, easily relatable, and the songs all ask to be repeated. It has a perfect opener and a perfect closer and the rest in between fills in any gap you might be wanting to be filled. The chemistry on this album was felt throughout. I might skip todays album to listen again. Biggest Hit - The Chain Biggest Miss (if I had to choose) - Oh Daddy Not So Hiddent Gem - You Make Loving Fun

Brilliant

4.5/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fleetwood-mac/rumours/ Only bangers, including some of the finest pop rock songs ever written.

FINALLY. LETS GOOOO

4.5/5

one of the best ever. the chain is next level. dreams is soothing and beautiful. just amazing stuff here. goated band. 9/10

Rumours is another one of my all-time favorite albums with zero bad songs to be found

This is excellent and full of absolutely classic tracks. I went into it being pretty determined to not give it a 5 because it felt like following the crowd, but I can't deny that it's what it deserves

Fav- dreams 5/5

Awesome album; sound track of the late 70's & early 80's.

In the running for my favorite album ever.

Nothing to say Except Excellent Music By a VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF MUSICIANS Their music flows perfectly within our veins and throughout our Brains

It doesn't get much better than this

wow didn’t realize how many bangers i knew from fleetwood mac until i listened through this album

It's got some phenomenal songs, for sure. I don't think you can dismiss "Dreams," "Go Your Own Way," "The Chain," and "Gold Dust Woman." When I listen to this I think I should listen more often.

exquisito

Bon coup Fleetwood Mac.

Quel album époustouflant!!! Un de ceux que je connais le plus par coeue, je le fais rouler religieusement en boucle pendant une bonne semaine à chaque année, er en 2026 j'étais dû. J'adore le concept de l'album à la base et comment le thème est exploité tout le long (les ruptures amoureuses, les infidélités) Les coups de crash dans le refrain de Dreams sont vraiment le fun. Never going back again, c'est du grand Lindsay Buckingham. Très difficile à interpréter avec le fingerpicking, mais assez gratifiant quand on l'a. Et que dire de The Chain, quand le gros riff de bass embarque... La pièce la moins forte à mon sens est Oh, Daddy.

Un classique de tous les temps. Les chicanes de couple, ça rend créatif! Dreams, Go you Own Way, the Chain, juste des gros classiques. J’ai aussi beaucoup aimé Gold Dust Woman que je viens de découvrir.

4.5⭐️/5 04.02.2026

i had forgotten how incredible this album is and how many “hits” are on it.

What's there to say? It's the best album by, arguably, the most talented group ever.

It's a classic for a reason. Easy 5 stars. Not a single skip on here.

Repeat listen

I love them so much!! Every single song is so so good.

So many great songs on one album

I had to. The fact that Dreams and The Chain are on the same album is honestly enough. This got stuck in my head, I replayed it a bunch. Even the songs I didn't love the most still get stuck in my head. This was my first time hearing Gold Dust Woman and it's also awesome.

Hate to be cliche, but this really is an incredible album. Oh Daddy is the only lower point for me, but still a great song.

Fleetwood Mac isn’t necessarily my music of choice but you can’t deny how many hits there are on here and they are great songs. 4.5/5

This was too much soft pop for me back when it came out but I do appreciate it now. 4.5

*1977. *39 minutes of almost pure perfection. Have been looking forward to this one. *Totally stacked with hits - Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, Gold Dust Woman. *Not a huge fan of Christine McVie's solo stuff (i.e. Songbird and Oh Daddy), with the obvious exception of You Make Loving Fun. *Lindsay Buckingham is easily my fave, e.g. Second Hand News, Never Going Back Again, The Chain. *Stevie Nicks only wrote 3 songs here (i.e. Dreams, I Don't Want to Know, and Gold Dust Woman), but obviously they're all great. RATING - 9.9/10

It was tempting at first to skip this album, as I've heard it lots in the past and (at time of writing) it sits at this website's #2 highest rated album; anything I could say about it has probably already been said. However, that would defeat the point of this project and, at album #79 for me, I have yet to punk out of listening to a single track in full. "Dreams" is really something else... Nicks' voice is just enchanting, layered on top of a steady bass and smooth guitar riffs. It's one of those tracks that just never misses a beat and never outstays it's welcome for even a second. The chorus scratches an itch deep in my brain. The plucky strings and outstanding vocals of Buckingham are all that's needed to make "Never going back again" great, the modulation of his voice punching in with the right guitar chord every time. As mentioned in previous reviews, my musical vocabulary is deeply lackluster, and so I am struggling to define exactly why each track shines, from "Don't Stop" to "Go your own Way" and "The Chain" and "You make loving fun". The first two mentioned above and great empowering lyrics, Go your own Way finishing with an epic guitar solo to finalise that feeling. The Chain with it's thumping drums and bass in time with the lyrical delivery of Buckingham and Nicks to give you something to unify and stamp your feet too. Then comes it's absolutely iconic bassline, incredible guitar solo to close it out. Albums like this get you emotionally invested in each track and it's lyrics without cheapening it's sound or flattening it's identity into something generic to reach as many people as possible; it just effortlessly draws you in and makes you feel something different from track to track. It's one of the few albums in the world I'd like to keep collected, in spirit of preserving some of the world's finest for the end times.

have forgone listening to this in full for years (and fully paying attention, too). i've had this in the background for an hours, good vibes, immersive, if a little too upbeat for my liking. but it's nice and of course I love the classic singles from this. song with lyrics about the father throws me off a bit. overall I don't think this is extremely my vibe but it is certainly a very well-constructed record :)

el album de mi vida el mapa de mi alma opinion completamente subjetiva amo este album y su sonido y sus letras y sus presentaciones en vivo y sus autores y su contexto y

One of the best of all time. Legendary album.

No. 151 Honestly it’s hard to pick a favorite on this album.

This is a really remarkable album, it’s rare you can find something that has this many recognizable songs that weren’t singles. And even the ones that I didn’t recognize off rip were really interesting, there’s a lot of really comfortable melodies I really liked on here. A classic to be sure. Favorites: Dreams, Go Your Own Way, Gold Dust Woman

Ya había escuchado algunas canciones del álbum, pero ahora que lo escuché completo me gustó, aunque no es muy mi estilo musical, seguiré escuchando las canciones que ya me gustaban y quizás agregue un par nuevas.

Clásicazos que no sabía que eran de su autoría.

Already love that one. Every song is great

The first time I listened to Rumours many years ago, by the time I got 3 songs in I was wondering what all the fuss was all about. 2 decent album tracks and Dreams, which I think is over-rated and only propelled to it's megatrack status through Stevie Nicks' voice. But that's part of the appeal of Rumours for me, because just as your drifting into the middle of the road... Don't Stop... track! Go Your Own Way... absolute track! Songbird... beautiful track, and the one that suits Christine McVie's voice best. And then you've got the harmonies of The Chain, and That outro, and you're just totally absorbed. I can pass over the opinion that I don't think McVie's voice is suited to songs like You Make Lovin' Fun and Oh Daddy, because I know we'll be ending up with Stevie Nicks, the Gold Dust Woman, and everything is brilliant again. Half the album are absolute bangers. The rest are just good! And to think that The Chain and Gold Dust Woman were released as B sides!!! 5 stars.

I feel like putting a genuine review here would be redundant and unnecessary so I'm just going to state the obvious: one of the best albums of the 70s, one of the best of all time and the A-side might be one of the greatest continuous sides of music I've ever heard. Legendary.

Absolute classic album. There's not much else to be said

65 albums in (6%) and we finally have an album that is more in line with what I thought this experience wood be like. Recognizable, loved, and most songs are known or at the very least familiar. Also, extra points for half the band being female.

GOAT

Increible

An immortal classic. Great music, songwriting, it should be in everyone’s collection

A banda que mais teve divórcio na história da Terra, e o álbum com o maior cunho de "essa música é pra você, idiota". Dito isso, UM DOS MELHORES JÁ FEITOS NA FACE DA MÚSICA. Não tem UMA música ruim, todos são muito bem feitas e muito bem reproduzidas, tomam o posto definitivo de uma das melhores bandas do final da década de 70. HIGHLIGHTS: DREAMS, GO YOUR OWN WAY, THE CHAIN, Never going back again, Silver Springs (mesmo que não "oficial"), You Make Loving Fun 10/10

Pretty much perfect

With the slight exception of the lead track "Second Hand News", the first half of this album is hit after hit of uniquely crafted and impeccably mixed songs (at least on the Dolby Atmos version I listened to on Apple Music). I don't know what happened with Second Hand News, but there's a weird rhythm tone in there which I found distracting. But then the second half arrives with "The Chain" which is possibly the standout of the album, an exercise in melancholia, heartbreak and rueful anger, conjuring days lost to emptiness in the wake of a lover's betrayal. What a way to start my 1001!

periodt

Oh Daddy is really the only wrong step on this whole album. Easy five stars.

Masterpiece

I mean another perfect album. Two heavy hitters in a row. Is there a bad song here? Pappy LOVED Fleetwood Mac and I so get it! There are so many huge hit songs on this album too. This is great Liked Songs: The whole album

Day 23 — Fleetwood Mac — Rumours (1977) Listened: Mar 23–24, 2026 Genre: Soft Rock / Pop Rock / Classic Rock Vibe: Energetic pop rock with dramatic relationship vocals and lyrics that are raw and relatable, fueled by a strong rhythm section, melodic guitar riffs and solos Highlights: • Second Hand News • Dreams • Never Going Back Again • Don’t Stop • Go Your Own Way • The Chain • You Make Loving Fun • I Don’t Want to Know • Gold Dust Woman Impression: Loved the entire album except for a couple of songs. Grew up on this album as a kid because my mom loved Fleetwood Mac and I definitely inherited that love for Stevie Nicks and the band. Rating: 4.6/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Absolutely

Lives up to the hype - perfect.

One the greatest albums of all time!

i loove it

Não acho que seja muito coeso enquanto álbum, mas não há outra nota possível

Acho que ainda podia ser um pouco mais consistente como álbum, mas é difícil manter a qualidade ao nível da The Chain ou a Dreams durante 11 músicas

Banger atrás de banger

I had no idea that Fleetwood Mac made so many of my favorite songs as a kid. A masterpiece of an album

I love it

Easy 5 stars. Loved this album since the first time I heard it!

Eternal.

Mastery in its purest form.

This may be the first time I ever listened to this straight through and I really enjoyed it. The story behind the album of all the toxic relationships make the album even more interesting. So many classic songs all on one album!

4.75 - I didn't listen to this album for the first time until that guy went viral riding a skateboard and drinking cranberry juice set to Dreams. I could listen to Dreams on repeat for a week and not get sick of it. This album is like a damn greatest hits. I don't understand Mick Fleetwood's dangling balls on the cover here though.

When you know over half the lyrics by heart without realizing they were from one album you can't deny the juggernaut this album is

One of the best albums of all time. No bad tracks

Very few albums with a track list this good, of course it was going to be five stars

like several miniature Joni Mitchell’s Blues all aiming at one another—the rock soft, the drugs hard, the destruction mutually assured

One of my all time favorites. Between the propulsive guitar of "The Chain" or the "bow bow bow" chorus of "Second Hand News", this is an album to sing along to with the windows down.

We could have stopped making music in 1977 and been happy with our lot. This has enough hit power for a thousand bands. Simply front to back good ass music.

there is no option to give this a 7 but i would if i could

The album that inspired the creation of Formula One. Amazing album to take on my misty morning walk. Favourite track: The Chain

nothing needed to say highlights: Dreams, I Don't Want to Know

The top-rated album for good reason. I love it.

Just an incredible album - hot after hot and for good reason

This lives somewhere in my all-time top 100. It's aged well - a good listen end to end.

- Pretty iconic album - Not really any duds, maybe the only forgettable song is Songbird - The Chain

One of the goats. 5/5

Previously rated: #49 - Tusk (2/5) **************************** Album #1,074 As much as I disliked Tusk (what was it even doing on this list in the first place?), I have to admit Rumours is as close to a perfect pop rock album as you can get. A whopping seven of the eleven songs still get radio play to this day -- pretty incredible! The harmonies, the catchy melodies, everything just came together here. I understand why it's top 1 or 2 rated here. Favorite track: Probably the least played of the radio songs, Second Hand News, and that may just be that I've heard the others so much.

Pillowy soft rock. Fittingly for the epitome coke fueled 70s mega rock, the highs are HIGH but the lows are a drag. Some all time pop bangers, huge emotions painted in bright and broad, ultra clean production, a floaty laid back mood containing a lingering darkness. Now that we're all over the basicness & uncoolness of liking this it has become a bit overrated, but still, it's a warm bath. Feels good, man.

Do believe the hype. Some hipstery fans may argue that “Tusk” is better (in a less commercial / more “indie pop” sort of way), but sometimes the pop music masses are just right.

Nice

Easy to see why it’s rated where it is. Not a single bad song. Some massive hits. The Chain is probably my favorite track. Oh Daddy might be second.

For the second day in a row: Shocked that allll these songs arrived on this earth in one album. But for me the experience is like, 40% Stevie Nicks songs that I like, and 60% generic unclassified classic rock radio songs I didn't know were Fleetwood Mac. 4.5

oh, what, like I'm going to sit here and debate between a 4.5 and a 5 on a song that opens with Secondhand News and, if you pretend it was released as it should have been, ends with Silver Springs and you can go watch the live version from Warner Bros. studios where Stevie Nicks glares through Buckingham's soul

This is a top 10 album ever to me. It’s a diverse, layered album with so much history and so much talent. The first time I heard the guitar solo on the chain it was like I was seeing Jesus himself. Rumors means everything to me.

It is an astounding feat of art that an otherwise mediocre jam band could reinvent into one of the most incredible pop bands in history. It is an astounding feat of cultural impact that an album released nearly half a century ago adds one more platinum notch every year. That's the power of great songs. Even "Songbird" is the kind of song many writers wish they had the clarity and craft to write. And if you don't think these are great songs, you've probably never had a nasty breakup in your entire life and that says as much about you as your taste in music does.

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clean pop perfection. Idk what crack they were on in the studio but it worked. Oh right, it was crack

Awesome album. Every song is good, almost every song is great. Lots of hits in this album but the b sides are also excellent. Great album experience.

actual perfection

Immaculate. Pristine. Meticulous.

This is one of the best mainstream albums of all time.

will take any excuse to relisten to rumours. what an album!!! this version unfortunately does not have silver spring but still a 5. every song hits. and songbird is such an underrated song!!!

Goated, perfect album 🔥

The more you listen to it, the more it unfolds. A lovely work

I mean, it's super popular, probably overrated and probably underrated. Just gave it another listen and really, it's pretty perfect. Mick's drumming, Stevie's power, Lindsey's pop perfectionism, Christine's song craft. Great record.

Hard to find fault with this pick. Don’t like beautiful pop melodies? Seamless harmonies and the singular voices of Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie? Songs about love and betrayal? Then I guess you could find fault. But not me. There’s a reason they are arguably even bigger now than they were at the time.

Fette bra

5.0

i can’t decide if this album is a 5 for any reason other than being stacked with hits. is it perfectly coherent? unsure. is it banger after banger? absofuckinglutely

One of the best

Duh

The chain might be the best song ever made

One of the best Stevie Nicks vocal albums with a good backing band.

What is there to say. One of the best albums of all time - one of the most musically talented bands ever (Lindsay buckinghams guitar playing is bonkers!) at the height of their emotional power as they implode like a sun going supernova. My dad literally wore out his first copy of this album and now I have his we’ve d copy and it could face the same fate - death from love

A perfect album. Grew up with this in the house on vinyl and rediscovered it when I went to university. It plays like a greatest hits and the stories of how it was recorded and a whole other layer.

yesyeysesyesyesyesyesyes omgomgomgomgogmgo beautiful

This is great!