Rumours

Gonna go listen to the new Napalm Death and Melvins collab album now :)

Holy peak. Still love the Chain to this day and will never stop

I heard Dreams for the first time like six months ago and now I hear it everywhere. So many other good songs on this album too

I'm in Austin for a conference, and it is a hot Monday evening in August. My colleagues and I decide to check out a karaoke dive bar on Sixth Street. The bar is mostly empty, and it's a few regulars and bar employees singing. However, some of us from the conference muster courage. I sing my well-practiced "Like a Prayer" and to fill the void, the MC/bouncer asks me to sing "Dreams" by Fleetwood in exchange for a free drink. I'm way less confident in this song, but I go ahead. "Dreams" really speaks for itself. My voice is trash compared to Stevie Nicks', but even in that karaoke session, everyone in the bar was tuned in and focused, swaying to the guitars, in full reverence to how elite this song is. Though "Dreams" is the standout in this album, I have similar feelings to the rest of the album. 5/5

Psych-rock for the masses, and oh is it good

I don't think I've ever listened to this album all the way through before now. Which feels odd given how just omnipresent this thing is. Having listened to it all the way through, it is amazing how many hits this thing packs into Side A. Even if it tapers off a bit on Side B, it's still not a bad album and deserves a five-star rating.

Absolute solid gold classic 5. Massive fan of Lindsey Buckingham in this era currently. I'm getting old I like Fleetwood Mac.

For years I thought it was social suicide to admit you liked Fleetwood Mac. Then I discovered its actually cool. Who new?! Well out of the FM closet I come - and this album deserves its status at the top of hallowed lists. Glad the later versions include Silver Springs too. One of a few albums where there are no filler tracks. Five artists at the top of their game - whatever was going on off stage - makes for great music. My only controversial statement is to say Dreams is not the best song on the album. Not even top three on the album.

My first girlfriend introduced me to this album, I think we used to dance to the hit Thunder it probably resembled more of a shuffle could I don’t think I knew how to dance yet. I remember listening to the songs she liked after she broke up with me and how I wanted to listening to new music because she always liked doing so and I missed that about her. Nostalgia is a funny thing. Anyway banger album; 5/5

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Clássico pop, unânimade.

Has several great and classic songs, but doesn't quite reach the top for me

This album is a series of absolute classics. Just brilliant from start to finish and easy to see why it's still so highly regarded

Falling apart in love never sounded so good.

The ratio of songs to hits is ludicrous for this album. It's crazy how good this is. There's a reason almost everyone has heard over half the songs from this album. Even the stuff that isn't as well known is still great. Favorite Songs: Go Your Own Way, You Make Loving Fun, The Chain, Second Hand News

Rumors? No, that was all true.

Hi I like this a lot

The 2 hits in the album are truly amazing and considered masterpieces of their eras as well as songs that have stood the test of time. The rest is quite forgettable, no songs truly stood out. Album is a 5.5, outside of the chain and dreams there isn't many memorable songs

Best

Very consistent album with good songs all the way through. But for me it lacks any flair which makes it a more boring listen. I believe this is a pretty overrated album and none of the songs are on the next level really. Although overall it was enjoyable to an extent and song for song wasnt a bad album.

This is the most highly rated album on the site. How? Seemingly 90% of the reviews are 5... how? Are people just rating based on nostalgia and not quality?

is great, but for me only 3 songs truly stood up... this is a selfish review, nothing to do with the band's quality and amazing repertoire.

When I don’t know what to listen to, I put on this album and get absolutely lost in it - not only I love the sound of it, but those lyrics sometime hit different too.

It's hard to rate this objectively after hearing most of these songs a thousand times before. I don't know anymore whether I like this because it's great or just so recognisable. Great album, what else is there to say that has not yet been said?

I love this album

Absolutely amazing, if not a little overrated. Great if your favorite parts of Fleetwood Mac and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, but I think it is sorely lacking more Christine McVie

A really good, solid, LP

It's kind of amazing that this record could have been better than it is, given that Silver Springs was left off and Oh Daddy, Never Going Back Again, and I Don't Want To Know, all solid songs that pale next to Silver Springs, were included. Still, it's a mind boggling collection of songs as it is. For me, the best song here is The Chain, and considering that is the one tune the whole band had a part in writing and constructing, should have been a lesson to Lindsay. But cocaine is a helluva drug

It’s fenomenal. There are some highs and lows but overall fantastic

There are a few track here that just pins this album up a notch

tristemente el final me decepcionó, aunq me gustó.

What a blast

(7/7) as good as mac 'n cheese

Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977) This is easily among, if not the, most complete LP in existence. It has the bangers, the deep cuts, top-tier production, incredible vocal performances, charisma, cohesiveness, and absolute consistency. It delivers everything you could possibly need in a body of work. "Dreams" stands entirely in its own bracket for me, deeply personal, comforting, and a song I can cry to while feeling happy. But the deep cuts here are just as powerful; tracks like "Songbird" and "Gold Dust Woman" tap straight into your soul in a way that is hard to even put into words. Meanwhile, "You Make Loving Fun" brings a brilliant, upbeat vibe that perfectly sets the mood, and iconic bangers like "The Chain" maintain incredible energy. From the discovery of fire and the wheel to Rumours, this is one of the greatest things humanity has ever produced. A definitive 5/5.

Fleetwood Mac managed to turn intense, private human interactions into something completely universal.

A stone-cold, cocaine- and breakup-fuelled classic.

I figure only the most crusty contrarians can give this album less than a 5. Buckingham is perhaps the most underrated guitarist in rock, with a genius for crafting a song. Combined with Christine’s musicianship, Nicks’ vocals, and Fleetwood’s muscular percussion, this was the pinnacle of their catalog. They just kept at it, despite, and maybe because of, interpersonal melees and descents into drug abuse. Rock solid album…

still a classic for many reasons

3 monster-hits in de eerste 5 nummers...

So yeah, can’t call this a bad album, a bit boring except for the big hits

Loses a star because sometimes you have to listen to Lindsey

Didn't realise how many banger were on this album. Very good

A solid, no frills rhythm section from John McVie and Fleetwood. Christine brings the bedrock keyboards, the mother voice and the empathy. Stevie brings the sultry, and Lyndsay brings the rock vocals and guitar licks. An amazing album from an amazing band with 3 vocalists and songwriters to ensure high quality, timeless songs.

5/5: It is amazing how many hits are in this one album. My hot take is that Fleewood Mac is slightly overrated because there songs don't feel super innovative or unique, BUT this is easily a five star album. These songs are very simple in their structure and chord progressions but all of the parts work very well together. None of the parts are doing too much, but they remain intereresting enough where I never got bored listening to this album (even though I have listened to this album before and heard some of these songs countless times). My favorite song on this is Never Going Back Again and that is one of my favorite guitar riffs of all time. You Make Loving Fun is another great song and I love the clavi riff. It is also interesting Silver Springs did NOT make the orginal album but is now viral on Tik Tok.

i mean it's good. certainly a fair choice for the top album on this site. though it feels a bit safe for that honor. it's the one that's objectionable to the fewest people, not the one with the most to give. not all hits, but i do quite like The Chain and Go Your Own Way. deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

This is the greatest pop album of the 20th century!

What a near perfect album. Most songs are about being cheated on. What makes this stand out is you get the person who cheated on you to sing back-up

The moment I hit play, a smile spread across my face and I let out a long, involuntary exhale of pure contentment. The album feels refreshing—like sunlight peeking through the clouds after a thunderstorm. It may not be the flashiest or most proactive music out there, but it overflows with irresistible earworms and radiates great chemistry from the band. I imagine this is exactly the kind of music that stomp-clap-hey millennials think they’re making.

Ahh—to feel the peace that passes all understanding that comes when an album is and continues to be everything its legend purports. The Beatles are the only other band to have housed this much talent and tension at one time. I tried...impossible to pick one favorite song. The guitar playing! The harmonies! The harmonies! The harmonies!

Great!

Yeah it's cheesy (and it's no Tusk) but this is a fun listen

It’s not cool at all I know but I don’t mind this

Adding this to the list of "albums I expected to hate but actually quite enjoyed". I mean, it's not the most challenging listen but it breezes along, doesn't outstay its welcome and has a fair ratio of enjoyable/memorable songs. Would be a 4 but for Don't Stop, which is a stinker. So it's a 3 from me.

There are moments when I’m tempted to give this two stars then everything else happens…one star. Tom.

Maybe the best pop record of the 70s.

The hate sex must've been insane

#171/1001 🇬🇧🇺🇸 The peoples favourite. You simply can't argue with this one. There is not a bad track on here. Best tracks: Dreams, Go Your Own Way, Gold Dust Woman, Songbird, Don't Stop, Oh Daddy.

Ce que l’humanité a apporté de mieux au monde

This album was absolutely peak, I must say. I love the instrumentations, and lyrics as well as the guitar solos. I don’t know if I could find a cleaner guitar solo than the one in “The Chain”. I would highly recommend this to anyone. This album really got me into rock!

One of the greatest pieces of art ever conceived.

Iconic

I was surprised this was so highly rated and did not expect to like it that much, as I have tried listening to Fleetwood Mac some time before and didn't connect well with their music. HOWEVER, this album is just so good: banger after banger, solid melodies, lovely vocals, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL instrumentals, it hits deep emotionally and manages to sound fun at the same time. I will definitely be listening to more of this in the future. My biggest favourites were The Chain and Gold Dust Woman.

With Go Your Own Way and The Chain, I understand why this is a classic album. The list shows it as the number one rated album of all time, and there are just too many duds for me to rate it that way. The album is a solid 4 for the classics alone, but it's definitely not the best album of all time. Stevie's "Silver Springs" being left off this album is fucking absurd...

ALL

very listenable, basically every song a huge hit. 5/5.

Generational crowd pleaser. "Everyone has Rumors on vinyl🙄🙄" - Mr. Hamman. Who doesn't like this album every song on it is fun or beautifully composed. The only mistake of this album was that Silver springs wasn't on the original release. So so amazing, 5 stars

I mean yeah it's just gas

Not exactly a novel opinion but this is probably the best album on here. What an incredible collection of songs. What else is there to say that hasn’t already been said?

waow, that's a lotta bangers Standouts: Dreams • Never Going Back Again • Go Your Own Way • The Chain • You Make Loving Fun • I Don't Want to Know

Impossible for me to be normal about this album. I have been listening to it on and off for my entire life. The variety of genres they touch on here is so satisfying, and any band with multiple talented singers is a win for me. Lindsey's guitar skills are on prime display and there is not a wasted second here.

Pleasantly surprised to see this as the highest rated album on this site. This hit machine has been discussed to death but is rightfully known as a masterpiece, in my opinion it's nearly perfect. Go Your Own Way was my introduction to 70s rock many years ago and has aged like a fine wine. *Record Collection

i'd never listened to this full album. i didn't know what to expect other than i felt like i was going to be emotionally wrecked in a witchy way, lol. when i opened the album art today, my knee-jerk reaction was a quiet, "oh, no". to myself. hahah. but then, i realized silver springs isn't on this album. (I looked it up and it's not on any album? it's the b-side to go your own way which is WILD). this pop rock / soft rock album is emotional, groovy, seminal, meaningful, it's amazingly produced and powerful, perfect for huge arena shows, while also still feeling intimate. i think my favorite song i still: the chain, though i loveee gold dust woman. <3

Already heard. Goated

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

It was such an incredible album, it had the flourish of a well thought out creation all the while breaking into new soundscapes!

Heartbreaking, strong, beautiful album. Dreams Never Going Back Again Go Your Own Way The Chain You Make Loving Fun Gold Dust Woman

Yeah it's pretty good

I love this album a lot, top 20 oat. very solid strong 9/10. first listen tracklist ranking: 1. The Chain 2. Gold Dust Woman 3. Second Hand News 4. Go Your Own Way 5. Dreams 6. Oh Daddy 7. Don't Stop 8. Songbird 9. I Don't Want to Know 10. Never Going Back Again 11. You Make Loving Fun

I've never been a fan of Fleetwood Mac. I like some of their songs, but this album confirms my opinion. They have a few nice songs and the rest is not so special.

Måske det bedste pop album. No skips, 10ere hele vejen igennem

Kæft den her lyder lækkert! Virkelig gode sange!

The bangers just keeps coming

yeah it's really good. The Chain has always been one of my favs. Was my first time listening to the whole album so i discovered I Don't Wanna Know which is now in my playlist! The Chain is just this one of a kind songs, and the others, you know it, have this feel-good vibe. I am hesitating to say it's a 5, but definitely a solid 4/5

10/10 - Every song is a hit. A banger Fav Tracks: Second Hand News, Dreams, Don't Stop, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun Heard before? ---–- ✅❌ Saved a Song? ----- ✅❌ Saved Album? --–-- ✅❌ Will Listen Again? -- ✅❌ Album Cover -------Elegant

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.

fave song: The Chain

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

lots of classics but some songs were just alright

Duas músicas muito boa

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

This record goes down so smooth. Everyone adores it and for good reason. The music is fantastic, and the cheating and drama is the secret sauce. My favorites are Second Hand News and The Chain. Stevie's vocals are in every good song on here and all of my personal skips are ones she's not on or isn't as visible on.

Some of the groups biggest hits, super solid album.

Holy peak.

yea i know rumors

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.

Classic album and iconic cover

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.

From what I’ve heard so far it’s pretty good, it’s something different. Favourite song so far is the chain. Finished the album, I liked 9/11 songs on the album. Final rating would be 8.3/10

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

Dreams is one of the best songs ever made.

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

I know there's a general feeling that younger generations are picking this album back up again and it's heavily skewed into the 5 star range. As a kid I always thought Fleetwood Mac was relatively lame from the radio play they got. Later on as an adult I listened to Tusk and that was kind of the foot-in-the-door for my enjoyment of Fleetwood Mac. When I rate albums on here I try not to go off of anything but how it sounds when I listen to it actively. Recently I heard about some passages from David Byrne's book 'How Music Works' that is making me think that I am probably ignoring a bunch of elements that do a disservice to how I understand what is being presented. I know deep down that album covers matter, this one has a classic one. The entire underlying story of this album makes it essential to know about. When great art comes out of just utter chaos I love it because if it's outside of anyone's control it's just that much harder to fake it. My favorite tracks on here are probably the basic ones, 'Dreams', 'The Chain', 'Gold Dust Woman'. These are incredible pieces of music and I'm so glad they exist. 'Don't Stop' is probably the weakest one on here. If it hadn't been on here I might have gone 5 stars. The definitely belongs on whatever list is being made for top albums even if it's not my favorite.

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

A good album, but not my type of music.

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

⛈️🌬️🍂🌙🎵

This one has some great songs and some really weak songs. It's a good listen but I believe the lore is why people are obsessed. Slap Silver Springs and a Planets of the Universe demo on this puppy and the rating goes up a whole star.

nice!

I find the format and slow moving pace to be boaring.

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!!!

inarguably some great songs (all time classics even) on this album, and as a first time listener I was impressed! but also partly a result of subconsciously knowing so many of these. Great to hear Go Your Own Way outside of a car ad context. The second half of The Chain was also great (is that a basic opinion to have?)

this is a fine enough album but has never really been my thing. the chain is good but don't stop is so bad that it cancels out.

This would be the easiest 5 but you know what? It isn’t. Because Songbird is so boring and Oh Daddy sucks. If they’d kept Silver Springs in and taken those out it would’ve been the best album of all time.

It's Fleetwood Mac, obviously I love it! Just not a full I love it enough to give it a 5

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

вот мы и встретились снова все еще считаю переоцененной шляпой, но ладно, на 25 прослушивание зашло

Probably the best album ever.

I feel peer pressure to give this high rating but it's not my cup of tea.

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

Overrated

No

Aside from go your own way I find this album really tedious I know tons of my friends love it and are always talking about it but I think it’s boring. Sorry.

4.2 3x+ very great

Vraiment bon mais manque de passage marquant au-delà des gros titres.

Made me say “oooh she tol’ him!”. Yes. Like.

Someone i knew once described it as "niche and underground" – the opposite of this album. And thank goodness for that! Because if there is somewhere who hasn't listened to this album, are you doing alright? You will never go back (haha) after listening to this

Thought it was fun and created a great soundscape. Will listen again

Halfway between Simon&Garfunkel and ABBA with even more pop? Not bad but nothing special.

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!

This is literal peak and perfection compared to yesterday’s awful album (Kollaps album). So many great tracks and it’s an easy 8 or 9/10

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.

8.5/10 A collection of great popsongs with a fascinating backstory. Absolute highlight is The Chain, with it's slow buildup and enormously satisfying release when the iconic bassline kicks in. There are a couple of less interesting songs too. I'm not overly fond of McVie's contributions. Highlights: The Chain Gold Dust Woman Go Your Own Way Dreams Don't Stop Second Hand News

every song but Oh Daddy

Every track a pop hit. And the backstory makes it an even better story of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll

Heard Before? At this point I think we are all born having already heard this album. Notes: - before listening carefully this time around, i was intending to write that there is nothing wrong with this album except its odd cultural dominance. - instead i found plenty not to like. multiple vocalists is great, but here we have the umpteenth group to underuse their superior female singers. not a surprise, but still a disappointment. - "Don't Stop" is quite limp. there's no build, drive or variation, and those lame synth pads throughout really don't help. - "Songbird" is completely forgettable, a beige wallpaper ballad. "Oh Daddy" isn't far behind, despite the lovely vocals and terrific bassline. - too often, the arrangements are static and just plunk along. so much midtempo, midrange, undynamic porridge. it would be harder to notice, but the undercooked songs sit right beside the brilliant ones. - on the positive side, the drums and bass sound fantastic throughout. - "Dreams" and especially "The Chain" were two of my favorite songs of the 70s until i heard them ten thousand times. Verdict: Why at this point in history anyone decides to purchase and play this deliberately is beyond me. Listen Again? Ha! Not by choice, but i don't have much choice, do i?

Never really listened to the Mac ( as they are not known ) before . Nice , mellow rock.

The singles are exceptional

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

The universal answer to give me a piece of art that was caused by great suffering. I do think this is a great record with great pop rock songs that have become staples in the classic rock pantheon and will stand the test of time. But it does have some overly sentimental moments that make it slightly cheezy (songbird unfortunately falls into this category) I prefer the self titled Fleetwood Mac album before this where Buckingham and Nicks joined. I find songs better than their parallels on rumours (Rhiannon I like a lot more than dreams, Monday morning I prefer to second hand news and say you love me I like a lot more than both of McVies inclusions on rumours ) and also I prefer earlier albums such as then play on with Peter Green and Bare trees with Danny Kirwan and Bob Welch. By no means is this a bad album, I just think the others are better and deserve to be talked about more.

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

4,4/5

Not giving this a 5 is probably a sin.

I know this is supposed to be a legendary album, but it's a mixed bag for me. Four great tracks (Dreams, The Chain, Oh Daddy, and Gold Dust Woman) and then some seriously naff ones that derail the flow. It's as incoherent as this unfinished senten....

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

“Hey 90’s kid, It’s me. Declan. I’m you from the future.” “Whatever” “Now listen up dick splash I’ve got something to tell you.” Young me grunts assent. “Do you know Fleetwood Mac?” “Course, creepy old dude off the Brits” “That’s him, well long long ago he had a band” “Yeah Dad has an lp of old people’s blues music” my younger self acknowledged. “It’s shit” “It got worse. Mac sacked off the blues guys and got in a load of Americans. They inhaled a fuck tonne load of cocaine and started copping off with each other, then they all fell out and made an album.” “Like ABBA” “Yeah but much much worser. The songs are inane, and the singer screeches like banshee”. "Is this the album where he has his balls hanging out? Dirty old sod" "I think they're clackers, not knackers" “Ok old man why are you telling me this? Shouldn’t you be telling me the lottery numbers or something.” “I am. The thing is your kids and grandkids all their mates think it’s the best album ever.” “No way dude!” “yes way dude! It’s catnip to them. They couldn’t top punk and grunge and play the blandest shit imaginable to annoy their parents." “That’s a fucked up world man.” “You don’t know the half mate, it all started going wrong when David Bowie died.” “Bowie’s dead? Fuck everything’s changed but at least we’ve seen of totalitarianism. What’s Kurt Cobain up to?” "And Rumours is bland so inspidily bland it's offensive, everything about it is terrible. Even the font on the cover makes Comic Sans look Helvetica” "A font like where they christen babies? There are different types in the future" “Yes different typefaces. Listen I don’t have long. You need to go round every charity shop, tip and bargain bin you can find get Rumours in vinyl (that’s what we call LPs now) they’ll be buttens but keep them long enough you’ll be quids in. But whatever you do don’t play it.” “Should I also get the cd they’re the future, man, should I get cds? …old Declan? … Hey man where did you go?” “No where did you go young Declan?”

the best part of this album is mcvie's bassline in "the chain". "dreams" good too. buckingham tunes are solid. the album's low points are christine mcvie tunes. "songbird" and "oh daddy" are not my thing. but i like "you make loving fun". tusk is better.

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.

It's good. Far on the "pop" side of pop rock. "The Chain" is a really great song. Most of the other songs however just pass by without leaving a mark with me. Perhaps it's too polished, too clean for me. 3/5 - good

This album is so great!

ts gas

Alright I guess

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

spoczi loczi calkiem szczegolnie druga piosenka mega banger

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.

As much as the hits on this are mega-hits, it doesn’t quite hit as a whole package for me. I find the Lindsey Buckingham solo outings give me the irrits, whereas when you team him up with Christine McVie or Stevie Nicks, the results are sublime. Great, but probably not one I’m likely to listen to the whole album, I’ll just cherry pick the hits and be happy with that

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.

i never had the opportunity to listen to this album but finally did thanks to this website lol!! such refreshing and beautiful music to listen to

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!!

It’s got some good tunes. It also has some …. Not so good tunes. None of their later stuff can come close to the old bluesy Fleetwood.

I thought this would have been higher for me. But there were a number of songs that were just ok. Still a four.

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

Dreams is lovely and a lot of other classics. This one is pretty good.

Unimpressed. I've been avoiding this record since I started the albums generator, it's so overwhelmingly popular that it starts off on its own after listening to a lot of the classics that we're coursing through. I guess the important part is that I get it. There's a lot of work on the strings, the bass is a protagonist, so is the guitar, so are the vocals, it's a well balanced piece from a strictly academic perspective. Now, on a more personal note, it feels like just an extension of Americana or country-forward sounds. It also carries some studio tricks that predate a lot of the classic '80s radio play that saturated the waves even today some 40ish years later. I don't appreciate it, but I understand how influential this is. It is impressive to mesh sounds that are both traditionally English with sounds that are definitely American folk, it ends up being exactly why I dislike pop-rock, with one or two standout tracks that I can't hate because they're super well pulled off. I can now say this is a boring addition to any record collection. It's not that special, it's just historic and ridiculously easy to digest. I gave it a second listen in the afternoon and it was extra annoying, I got to feel the cheese ooze from it. 2.5/5

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

this was created by scientists in a lab to be a universally liked album

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.

I did know most of this album in advance and the hits from this album are genuinely great. I don't know any of the history/politics of the band so I'm not being influenced by any opinions on the drama that may have happened around the time of this album's release. Good album, decent variety in sound, consistently good vocals with good instrumentals. Plenty of classic hits here that are classics for a reason. Unfortunately in my eyes the tracks I didn't already know didn't hold up as well. Going to go with a high 4. Definitely a solid album.

Went into this album ready for my opinion of music to be shifted. Maybe that expectation was too high. It's fine, I'm not sure what's so special about this album though... It doesn't sound particularly interesting... Go your own way is pretty good, as is the chain. Very high 3

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.

I liked it, but i think the overwhelming praise it gets is a little overblown.

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

Syvä vihellys Iconic

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

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

I mean OF COURSE it’s really, really good

So many good songs here. Even the non-singles hit the spot. An incestuous success.

Classic

Rumours is a solid pop rock album but it flirts with cheesiness a lot, and despite being solid, is still front loaded. I respect all 3 songwriters greatly but I’m not content to say they nail everything here. Buckingham comes closest; it’s probably a personal taste thing but his 3 songs all hit the mark for me. “Never Going Back Again” stands out but “Go Your Own Way” was a worthy lead single as the most fully rounded Fleetwood Mac moment even above the excellent “The Chain” credited to the full band. Stevie Nicks delivers strongly on side two with “I Don’t Want to Know” though “Gold Dust Woman” which seems to presage her solo material and, as such, seems an odd choice as closer for Rumours. My most controversial opinion is on her seemingly universally embraced “Dreams”. It has a lot going for it melodically and lyrically and Nicks puts in an excellent performance. The lead melody for me deserves a better setting though. In a pop/rock context, I find it tough to get on board with a two chord wonder and the lion’s share of “Dreams”’s backing track is the first 4 seconds repeated. It’s an issue I will return to when I am served up Tusk by the generator which from memory repeats this format throughout. Across the Fleetwood Mac history, Christine McVie could lay claim to the most important songwriter of all but she’s also the most susceptible to cheesiness and worse, blandness. She does well here, with my favourite probably being “You Make Loving Fun” but yet again it’s the massive hit I feel it necessary to get my claws into. I’m not saying it isn’t well written and singing it along with Buckingham is a good decision, but the arrangement coupled with the incessant bounciness of the rhythm puts it head and shoulders above everything else here on the cheese front. I know Rumours is at heart a pop album, and pop is definitely one of my things, but cheese is far less so. “Don’t Stop” is a good song that goes too far sonically in that cheese direction for my tastes. All told, they do play a blinder across the album, but it seems I am much more reserved in lavishing praise on it than most.

First listen: Really enjoyed the vibes while studying French Second to fourth listen: Optimal background music for Dc

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

It isn't BAD. It just isn't an album I currently am in the mood to listen to and I don't see myself turning to it often.

Criminally over-rated. Thank God this one is in the rear view mirror.

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

L: 10 M: 8 F: 10 O: 10

This is an old album for me, I’ve listened to it dozens of times. Timeless classic

Rumours es considerado uno de los grandes álbumes de la historia; no para mí. Que no se malinterprete; no es malo, y siento la intención de auténticamente hacer música; mas el resultado es dispar. La segunda mitad del álbum vale la pena merced a The Chains, que es la canción del álbum; no hay otra que este ni cerca de alcanzarla. Admito, sin embargo, que tiene una de las portadas más bellas que he visto. De Dreams me gustó el acorde final; y el uso de la batería es, en general, agradable.

Rumours' greatest strength is its ability to captivate the listener with relatively subdued acoustic guitar and drum compositions. Outside of that though, the album's not particularly special. "The Chain" is a great track, "Oh Daddy" and Gold Dust Woman" are good, and the rest are decent or just okay.

Lifeless soft rock.

Love every song except for Songbird

2.5

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 didn’t want to like it because it’s the classic audiophile album that it seems people only listen to it because of its production quality. But I did like it. I thought I would be more familiar with the songs because of its classic status but most of it was new to me. And now I want it on vinyl.

ta gueno, de todo solo me enganche con una canción pero creo q no es un estilo músical con el q conecte mucho,,,

I'm a little torn on how to rate this album. It probably has the best collection of amazing songs of just about any album. But The Christine McVie songs are some of the worst songs ever recorded. Songbird and Oh Daddy are so ridiculously bad that I can't justify saying they are on a 5 Star album. I've listened to this album a thousand times. But for the sake of this project, I've listened to it very carefully a few times through and it's pretty obvious that there are three tiers of this album. 1) Stevie Nicks songs: Gold dust woman, dreams. Absolutely some of the best music ever made.. 2) Lindsey Buckingham songs: fantastic music, moderately okay vocals. Generally pretty good classic rock songs 3) Chrissy McVie songs. Absolute trash

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!

I know it’s a classic album. I know it includes The Chain. I know it has an iconic cover. But it is still just a 4.

Muy buen álbum, con 4 canciones a guardar pero en especial quiero destacar la de Dreams, que se hizo famosa por el cholo que andaba en skate mientras escuchaba eda cancion y bebía jugo de arándano... muy buen álbum con muy buenas canciones, algunas animadas y otras más calmadas

4/5 Lots of good songs that I've listened to a lot before. Though I feel like the songs I don't really listen too often to are for a reason. Favorite Song: Dreams or The Chain

PERFECT

Is it the most overrated crap out there?

Heard it before. The Chain is one of the best songs of all time, not joke. There are lots of bangers on this album. I feel like I'm just a tiny bit less crazy about it than others though? 4/5

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

I can't tell if it is really that good or a part of me will always be 17-18. What is true is that virtually every song is a banger.

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

I preferred the previous and next albums to this one. But give it three for ‘Rhiannon’.

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!

Epic. What a story behind this album too.

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.

I thought this was supposed to be the LeBron of albums. Instead it’s the guy who was a baller in high school but never made it off the bench in college. Extremely overrated.

fantastic album already heard it before but really good.

Buenos temas pero no llego a ser un 5.

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

lots of hits on this, non hits are alright

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

I get it

Great album

Classic album!

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