Rumours

yesyeysesyesyesyesyesyes omgomgomgomgogmgo beautiful

This is great!

Most overrated album of all time? I wouldn't say that, but maybe it is somewhere in the top 10, I cannot lie. I can't really stand the songs that focus on Lindsey. I mean, they are fine, but that's the extent: fine. His voice is alright, and the style is too folkish for my liking. The songs that feature Stevie in the slightest, though? That's another story. For the longest time, I thought she was the sole vocalist of this band; I'd rarely heard songs that strictly or mostly featured the guy. Yeah, the drama surrounding these guys is way better than the album. I fuckin' love it. Nothing will ever top it in any way, shape, or form. God, I wish I was there to witness it firsthand. Like, for real now, the songs are so bleak. I love, love 'Dreams' and 'The Chain.' The other songs are all good but not outstanding. 'Go Your Own Way' is great, though. Can't forget 'Oh Daddy', it's so underrated. McVie is simply the goat. The melody is different from the whole album: darker, more powerful, I love it. I think I hate 'Songbird' the most. Also I'm pained that 'Silver Springs' is only featured on the deluxe version. That's my all-time favorite. Well, that and 'Rhiannon,' but that's on another album. Yeah, call me basic cuz I like the popular songs; they're popular for a reason. I always try to get into Fleetwood Mac but never do, and I always keep on forgetting why that is. Well, this time I'll have it written down. Those most popular songs are the ones that are more 'radio-friendly,' so to say. More commercial. The rest have too many folk-ish elements (or soft rock I'm no expert) in them for me to like them. Do I think this album deserves the top spot for highest-rated albums on this list? No. Does my opinion matter? Also no. It's a good album; it's just not THAT good by any means. DAMN, THIS ALBUM IS OLD. I'm just now realizing this. My mom was 3 days old when this was released.

Wouldn’t say it’s one of my top favourite albums but it is kind of perfect. I don’t think you could change anything about any of the tracks without making them worse.

1. okay this is what im fucking talking about. Fleetwood mac's rumors. Fuckin A. I love and adore stevie nicks, she was a beautiful feminine witch with a powerful and demanding presence. Some of my favourite songs are on this album and i'm listening to the super deluxe version cuz this one has silver springs on it. This first song is alright. Not my favourite. Catchy, but whatever, not a great way to start an album tbh. 2. Okkaaayyyyyy FUCKING DREAMS FUCK YEAH. Very slow, very evocative. Stevie gets to shine, the way it should always be. 'Players only love you when they're playing', a lyric so timeless and poignant that it literally transcends any decade or generation, it could've easily been written today. Sooooo ahead of it's time. 3. one of my favourites on the album. Beautiful folk song. Lindsey sounds like a girl. From what I understand that's lindsey playing one guitar but making it sounds like two, genius. Hard to say if its a sad song or a happy song. To me it's sort of restless, like the melody reminds you of how good you had it back there but the lyrics remind you that you're desperate to leave. Those little sharp notes on the guitar are so pretty, and lindsey's voice is also a little sharp and choppy but in a good way. the song goes fast and it's simple and it reminds me of being back home in south. Even though i've never been to the south. "You don't know what it means to win" is a lyric that doesn't have a lot of backbone but because the guitar gets lower during the second verse and because lindsey sings it with a lot pathos it makes it sound very confrontational. Beautiful. 4. Then followed by don't stop. Okay i'll be honest with you, so so catchy but not their best song. It's the song that they use to sell cars and for good reason, it's their most obvious mainstream catchy jingle song. Not a lot going on with this one, but very sweet melody and to be COMPLETELY FAIR, the lyrics, while somewhat cheesy, are very uplifting and do put some wind in my sails. The dead stop right at 2:15 is the best part. 5. Okay this one's not my favourite either IM SO SORRYYYYYYYY. I know the whole story behind it and how lindsey and stevie were fighting blah blah blah it just doesn't really blow me away, but lindsey sounds like a girl on this one which i do like. 6. Okay, I don't think i've ever heard this one before. This doesn't sound like stevie or lindsey, im guessing its christy? Okay i just looked it up and im right. It's nice i guess. nothing stands out. 7. Okay we're talking about the fuckING CHAIN BABY. Fucking genius, brilliant, totally and completely unique. a folk rock song in the middle of a soft rock album from 1977 that could be the background of every single climax in a superhero movie from the last 40 years. That's the power of the song. Just goes to show, you don't need to scream, you dont need anything loud or percussive, this song is so melodic and has so many little romantic flourishes but it is so powerful and angry and has so much fucking energy. The harmonies in the choruses are the best, lindsey and stevie at their best. The intro is legendary, it keeps you so invested, the music is telling a story with an obvious introduction, tension and a climax. Adding another line in the second verse after 'damn your love damn your lies' is BRILLIANT, "damn the dark damn the light" is BRILLIANT I LOOOOVVVVEEEE ITTTTT. 8. Don't think i've ever heard this one either. Another Christy one, I LIKE IT, I really like the chorus, really pretty. Im gonna listen to this again later. 9. Okay, once again, unfortunately even fleetwood mac can't escape 70s corniness. This song is corny, BUT I STILL LIKE IT I SWEAR, i just dont think its a great song, but it is sweet and fun, but in a sitcom theme song kind of way. 10. I don't think i've ever heard this one either! hmm not my favourite, kinda slow. Sorry christy, but you're just not what im here for. 11. Once again, like they did with the chain, nothing is outwardly aggressive, but its one of the angriest songs on the album. It sounds like stevie's confronting you and the music is backing her up with this relentless and devastating confrontation. The banjo being so simple and the guitars being so slow makes everything seem more dangerous?? Does that make sense? Once again stevie used her witch powers to let us KNOW, no one has to yell or scream, and the song can go slow, but it's fucking scary and aggressive. Like the vibrations you feel before an earthquake. So good. 12. Alright folks. we saved the best for last. Cannot BELIEVE that this was only worth a b-side. This is their defining song. Easily my favourite song of theirs. I have no idea what to say about this song. One of my favourite songs of all time, literally. Lets put the drama aside and just focus on the song. Unlike the other songs, stevie sings this with a lot of vulnerability. First of all, the melody is beautiful, its my favourite. Hard to explain why. So unabashedly melodic and high and pretty and emotional. Then the hexx, holy shit. Stevie put a curse in a song and sang it a million times to lindsey. 'give me just a chance, you'll never get away from the sounds of the woman that loves you'. And then she gets desperate and angry at the very end. Incredible to listen to a woman sing so desperately while also being the most powerful one in the room. Perfect combination of feelings and melody and emotion. 13. okAY IM SO SORRY but now i have to talk about the live version from 97. Stevie sings it a lot lower, obviosuly, cuz it's 20 years later and she's much older. But it's better. It's later, they're old, but they're BETTER. Incredible. This is the definitive version for me. It adds like three different layers from the recording. Extra little piano notes, extra little wind chime sounds, extra layers of harmonies, it makes everything feel bigger. Stevie sings this with the maturity of an older woman, which means that she's pretty reserved for the first two verses and chorus. But then we get to the climax. Jesus christ. oNE OF MY FAVOURITE Pieces of music ever. Now it's a chant, not a harmony or just stevie singing. Not only is she hexxing him but she has an entire chorus hexxing him with her. She is singing deep into lindsey's soul and singing with the fire of a thousand suns. The little dip in the first 'you'll never get a-way-ey from the sound of the woman that loves you' is easily in my top 3 favourite moments in any song i've ever heard. It makes me want to fall in love and have my heart broken but be soul bound to my evil ex-boyfriend because we'll never be able to let go of each other. A 6 second piece of music that belongs in the conversation of greatest human discoveries along with fire and the wheel. Stevie and lindsey pulled this out of thin air and made me understand love and sorrow like i'd lived it myself. I cant thank them enough.

A friend of ours, Emmett, was DJ-ing at a mutual friend’s wedding a few years ago. The venue organiser was a bit over-the-top when it came to the finishing time, and tried to end the celebrations a little earlier than expected. When told to stop playing music, Emmett teed up one last song in a moment of defiance that got more and more out of control over the four-and-a-half minute runtime of the tune. Fleetwood Mac’s "The Chain" started playing, which definitely didn’t help get the dancefloor crowd on the side of the venue organiser. After several attempts to stop the song, including literally pulling the plug, we kept going. The guests united in rebellion, stomping their feet on the ground in time with the beat, fists held in the air in defiance. It's the kind of song that can unleash something like that in you. I was a late convert to Fleetwood Mac. Growing up listening to bands like Nirvana, Radiohead and Pixies, I initially found it hard to love songs like "Go Your Own Way" or “Don’t Stop”. But I've since grown (up) to appreciate everything about Fleetwood Mac, and “Rumours” in particular was what converted me. “Never Going Back Again” was the first song to help me in my conversion to the church of the Mac. Lindsey Buckingham's incredible otherworldly guitar playing still causes my eyes to widen every time I listen to this fantastic song. It sounds like three guitars playing at once, but nope, it’s just Lindsey and his acoustic guitar, pushing it to its absolute limits, while somehow making it seem easy. It’s not easy though. It’s hands-down one of the most difficult songs of all time to play on guitar. I came close to playing something that resembled it once, but then all of my fingers fell off. It's such a beautiful melody too, genuinely one of my all-time favorite songs. Even if there wasn’t another single Fleetwood Mac song that I liked, “Never Going Back Again” by itself is enough for me to love the band. And not to sound like a late-night TV infomercial, but wait, there’s more! I heard that the band wanted an album with “no filler”. All hits. Well, through all the crazy relationship issues that happened at the same time, they somehow managed to do it. “You Make Loving Fun” is one of many songs on this album that I’d forgotten just how good it is. That switch from the punchy verse to the sweeping vocal harmonies of the chorus is just fantastic. I could gush similarly about pretty much every other song on the album too. But I’ll spare you. Then there’s “The Chain”. Lindsey’s fragmented acoustic guitar sounds almost like something from a Western, punctuating Mick Fleetwood’s driving drum beat. Then those amazing vocal harmonies come in. I haven’t heard harmonies as perfect since the last Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album I listened to. The chorus absolutely kicks off thanks to both McVies coming in, the organ adding texture while the bass line drives things on fully. The dropping in and out of instruments makes it work so well. It’s the only song on the album that every member is credited with writing together, and that’s what it feels like: a band coming together so perfectly, regardless of all the other stuff that was going on personally between them. And then it fades out. But wait, there’s more! McVie’s iconic bass line comes back in. There’s only a few songs in the history of music that can get you as excited as this moment. Fleetwood builds his drumming up, while Lindsey’s guitar plays a single note before launching into an incredible solo. It’s one of the best moments in modern music full-stop. Enough to have a full dancefloor of adults raising their fists in the air, stomping their feet in unison and rebelling against someone trying to take away their music.

Best of the best

Chill i guess, who doesnt know „dreams“, I suppose good and really popular Album, not my stuff

great album! didnt realize how many hits were on one collection.

Best album produced by a polycule.

"Finally some good fucking -music-" Literally a perfect rock album 10/10 no notes.

For a while, every time "Dreams" came on, I asked myself if I really needed to hear this song again. I stopped asking that question because the answer was always "Yes," every. single. time. It might just be me, but I think Stevie Nicks is an underrated songwriter. We all love her as a singer and performer. She has an air of accessibility about her despite her genius and "witchy" persona. I'm reminded of the documentary film Sound City, made by Dave Grohl, about purchasing the legendary Neve 8028 recording console and moving it to his home studio. As part of the doc, he invited numerous artists who have recorded with the console to come and record with it again. A laundry list of absolute legends appear in the film. We're talking Paul McCartney and Trent Reznor level. But something was different when Stevie Nicks appeared in the studio. The entire vibe changed, and it became clear who the most revered person in that group was. There's just something about Bella Donna. Fun fact: the Bella Donna album was released on my fourth birthday. I write this tangent because there's little to say about this album that hasn't already been said. It's ubiquitous. It's overplayed but somehow never gets old. I have several copies of Rumours, including the fantastic 45rpm Pallas vinyl cut by Kevin Gray. I've heard the record many times, but every time I listen to it in a different format or on different equipment, I hear something new. This time around, it was the SACD rip on a new pair of IEMs that clearly revealed, among other details, the vibes Christine McVie played on "Dreams," the full texture of the rising background vocals on "Second Hand News," and the feel of the empty room "Songbird" was recorded in. I don't blame music fans who are sick of this album showing up everywhere and middle-aged men like me raving about it incessantly. Honestly, something in my aging Gen-X brain grates against it and tries to reject it for its popularity, but every time I come back to Rumours, I have to admit it's one of the best-written, arranged, produced, and recorded albums in the medium's history. Five stars.

Löytyy LP hyllystä, yks ikisuosikeista. Oh Daddy ja The Chain on vaan kovia!

Olen kuullut tämän bändin nimen aikain saatossa monia useita several kertoja. Mutta olen myös sivuuttanut sen yhtä monta kertaa, "pöh, joku hippibändi seitkytluvulta"-tyyliin. Tämän levyn kuunneltuani tajuan tehneeni virheen. Tai virheen tajuaminen tais tulla jo toisen biisin kohdalla, ensimmäinen biizu herätti mielenkiinnon. On nimittäin miellyttävää, kuuntelin töissä kolmesti albumin läpi. Nyt kotona suunnitelmissa kuunnella vielä kerran lisää, parempien luurien kautta. Tähän tulee varmasti aika-ajoin palattua uudelleen.

Muutaman kerran jo entuudestaan kuunnellu koko levyn ja kierrossa muutenkin. 4/5.

En muista koko levyä kuunnelleeni aiemmin, mutta jatkossa tulee varmasti kuunneltua. Paikoitellen folkkinen, paikoitellen bängäävä, kokonaisuudessaan oikein hyvä levy.

One of my favorite albums ever. One of the first purchased on vinyl when finally buying a record player a year ago.

Perfect. Iconic. No notes. A longtime favorite.

One of the best albums start to finish. Strong continuity and great folk rock sound!

Not too cool to say this album rules. Been reading Warren Zanes' bio of Tom Petty which is fantastic and very interesting to learn Stevie Nicks really wanted to leave Fleetwood Mac to join Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers because of her frustration at having only a few songs on albums that came out only every few years. She sort of compromised with them on her first solo album.

Hit, after hit, after hit! I'm sure I've heard this entire record before in bits and pieces but never listened front to back. Excellent!

ok

Wasn't a surprise to see this appear on the list. Probably one of the most famous albums ever? And yet, I'd never actually listened to it all the way through until now. It's solid, and has so many recognisable songs it. It's kinda hard not to enjoy this. Go Your Own Way might be one of my favourite songs of all time

Was this already on the list?

Gut

Sick of it, frankly.

Banging

Banger after banger. After two meh albums it is good to have this come along.

As iconic as it is, I think this falls short of greatness

I'm not a Fleetwood Mac fan and I know this is the top rated album on this site, so I was ready to give it anything but a 5, but dammit, it's really good. This probably has 7 songs that would go straight on a greatest hits album and some of those were the biggest songs from the late 1970s. That this album got made at all is truly a monumental achievement. While they recorded it they were consuming insane amounts of drugs AND they were so mad at each other they were barely on speaking terms. Bonus points for the cover balls. I still think Abbey Road is better, but this is a pretty amazing album.

Flawless album from start to finish. 39 minutes of pure goosebumps.

deservedly iconic album, the creativity on display here is astonishing. All of the songs are distinct and memorable, the singing is beautiful, and the writing is poetic. 5/5, easy.

I think 4 stars is good for this one. I know people love it, and definitely some great songs but just didn't love the whole thing.

Greatest of all time

Great classic rock album

The Chain is a 5. Rest of album is 3 for me.

Classic

Me gustan sus 2 canciones más famosas Dreams y The Chain, pero el resto del disco no se me hace tan bueno.

Honestly it’s hard to pick a favorite on this album

some really good songs on this album and some really boring

Fleetwood whack. Songs that shaved this shit from being 1 star: Go your own way, the chain

Hit after hit after hit. Just an incredible album.

Masterpiece

oh girl whatchu know about fleetwood mac, ive been on this shit recently, I love it, silver springs is so BYLER coded.

Después de pasar unos días bastante complicados, ver que me tocó hoy este álbum fue simplemente mágico. 10/10

It’s a classic for a reason. For a band that was falling apart at the seams, making an album this good doesn’t really make sense. It’s not the most in your face great album either. It’s not a grand rock opera, there aren’t any choirs or tubular bells there to wow you, it’s just a really really good album. The compositions range from extremely complex to extremely simple, but they’re never boring. The bandmembers all play off of each other great, and I just don’t think I can point out any flaws in this album. Go Your Own Way isn’t my favorite song, but that’s purely due to overexposure, it’s still a great song. I regularly find myself singing The Chain or You Make Loving Fun to myself, the guitar in Never Going Back Again is a joy to listen to, and Second Hand News might be the most underrated Fleetwood Mac song. Just a great album the whole way through.

Veel bangers die ik al kende, bijna perfect album

This is an album everyone and their mothers know. The radio mainstays (Dreams, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, and You Make Loving Fun) are well-known for a reason. They really hold up all these years later. The other songs on the album feel even more significant than the hits. Most of the other tracks have a sense of sadness, melencholy, and desparation that balances the album out. Songbird is a clear standout that gets sadder the more you understand the lyrics. Gold Dust Woman is a perfect closer. Overall, this is a classic.

Very happy

strong 5/5

One of the big beasts of the classic album era. And rightfully so - although I think Tusk is a much better album in terms of experimentation/musucality. Still 5 stars.

This is one of those albums that took decades to grow in me. Part of it is learning the history and make of this album. You can hear it in the final tracks. And I think it was part of the formula to create this lightning in a bottle.

Not really a fan, but containing all these hits (especially "Go Your Own Way" and "The Chain") I have to admit it is a pretty strong album. Mainly "Songbird" costs them the five stars for me. 4,5

i tend to be against about albums having short songs. that tend to make them filled with a bunch of barely completed ideas. But this one is an example of how you do it. All killer, no filler. Even when i came cautious, after seeing this is the most well regarded album here, this album surprised me. Even when i loved before The Chain, i found other very enjoyable and good songs. It's so intense, it's so emotional, in a sense that comes honest, and really powerful. And all that its in 40 minutes. That's impressive

Like an unseasoned steak - obviously good though a little boring

Amazing album from Fleetwood Mac, every track sounds incredible

My favorite song from this album is The Chain, followed by Dreams and Go Your Own Way A perfect mix of drama, talented writing and music

amazing album with the number of singles and iconic songs but not necessarily my slap

the best album ever

fleetwood mac siempre es bueno. este álbum me gusta mucho, muy tranquilo como para solo disfrutar.

Holy peak 🥹❤️

Iconic. Not a bad track on it.

White folks really did something with this one

One of the best albums ever made. It really is as simple as that.

Class in an album

This has always been a favourite of Maggie's, indeed she owns a vinyl copy. So, this is a joint vote. There's some great songs, timeless classics. Songbird alone merits 5 stars.

Listen and learn 1001. I feel guilty that this can only get 5 stars. Packed with beautiful vocals and ageless tunes.

Never understand how these guys could function, let alone be so creative, against the backdrop of this album. Possibly as close as pop gets to perfection, and Songbird might even be better than that. Easily earns its status in the pantheon of all time greats. A full gas 5*

Great listen. Fun and skilled. Amazing that they had 3 excellent vocalists for sp many years before pursuing solo careers

Like listening to a greatest hits album, one fantastic song after another. So good that the gorgeous "Silver Springs," didn't even make the original album. Truly the best breakup album of all time and proof that heartbreak makes for great art. The only song that could have been left off is "O Daddy" but even that has its merits. This album was another one that was constantly played in my house when I was growing up and it has only gotten better over time.

Absolutely stacked pop album, a creative endeavor that somehow found the band firing on all cylinders at the same time that they were coming apart at the seams. I kinda like when Fleetwood Mac get a little weird even more, like on Tusk, but this is undeniably a masterpiece. Fave tracks - Never Going Back Again, Dreams, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun. All bangers tho

One of the best ever. Generational talents and bangers. Extremely high hit rate and just some damn good songs. If you throw in 'Silver Springs' it's about as good as you can get.

Although this is a without a doubt a great album, this current lineup was not my favorite. I became a fan of Fleetwood Mac in 1971 when I heard "Future Games" when I was a junior in high school. This led me look back and learn about the original line-up with Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer. So for me, my favorite Fleetwood Mac albums are "Future Games, Bare Trees", and "Mystery to Me." And I think it's a shame that Bob Welsh was included when the group was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Perfect album.

Habe sicher die Hälfte des Albums schon mal irgendwo gehört. Mochte 8/11 Songs, fand alle die ich schon kannte am besten

The Chain, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way und einige andere... Gut!

The Chain and Dreams are the only good songs on this album, and the funny thing is that both are fucking amazing

This album has "The Chain", which should be achievement enough.

wish i was a white american so i could fully enjoy this album

Dreams Go your own way the Chain You make loving fun Gold Dust Woman Silver Springs

How's this for a slice of fried gold?

BRO WHAT DID I JUST LISTEN TO???? :sob: :skeleton: good songs: The Chain, Gold Dust Woman rest is either mid or bad (Oh Daddy) I am disappointed.

I think this album clicked for me in the third listen. I get why Rumours is so popular for Gen Z. Hearing the lore behind this album makes me appreciate the emotions of love, heartbreak, and everything in between. The harmonies really add to it. Personally, it's just catchy pop rock. That's pretty much 5 stars in my books (4.5-5). P.S. Why did they remove Silver Springs???

Этот альбом записывали люди, которые одновременно расставались друг с другом. Две пары внутри группы разваливались прямо в студии — и вся эта боль, злость и усталость ушла в музыку. Rumours — это не просто поп-рок, это групповая терапия, выпущенная тиражом 40 миллионов копий. «Go Your Own Way», «The Chain», «Gold Dust Woman» — каждая песня знает, про кого она написана, и от этого слушается иначе. Никакой наигранности, только живые нервы под полировкой идеального продакшна. Парадокс альбома в том, что при всём личном аде за кадром он звучит легко и даже радостно. Ребята умудрились сделать разрыв красивым. Именно поэтому Rumours не стареет — человеческие драмы не выходят из моды.

Already a fan, ya didn't have to convince me.

Look, it’s a classic for a reason. Taking a point off because Lindsay Buckingham was a snake for not including Silver Springs on this. I needed more Stevie Nicks. Best: Gold Dust Woman, The Chain, Dreams, You Make Loving Fun Worst: Oh Daddy (it should have been Silver Springs)

Already listened to it. Like, it's just perfect. I mean I'll listen to it again no problem. But it's perfect. Did I mention it's perfect ?

What can I say? It's Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. Great songs, the best album - production-wise speaking - since Abbey Road. Rightfully labeled a timeless classic.

After listening to this, I can see why this is a highly regarded album. The band's instruments and vocals honestly harmonise so well together, evident in the first track "Second Hand News". Each song has its unique charm. From the mellow "Dreams", which is such a vibe. To the powerful track "The Chain", amazing buildup and emotion poured into it. No wonder why they're so popular. There are a few misses on here that I didn't really like, such as "Never Going Back Again" and "Oh Daddy". However, I wouldn't mind listening to this again. Great album.

Album- Rumours (1977) Favorite song from album- Dreams, or Gold Dust Woman Album Rating- 9/10 3 Songs added to playlist Listened to while playing Terraria. I related to Dreams in the worst way possible. Best breakup album I can think of.

Högst rankade plattan på denna hemsida alltså! Jag håller inte med om att det skulle vara den bästa, men nog når den upp till en fyra ändå.

Banger på banger! Är det världens bästa album genom tiderna? Nä. Men är det ändå en given femma? Japp. Solot i Go Your Own Way kommer jag aldrig tröttna på.

Ska man spela ball nu för att den är så hyllad? Ska man låta ”songbird”, som är lite bjäring, dra ner den till 4an? Svårt läge när ”the chain” kommer precis efteråt och hämtar hem det igen. Mycket är perfekt här. Trummorna i dreams är som balsam för själen. Totalt jävla ljuvligt. A-sidan är 5a, B-sidan är stark 4a.

Nästan svårt att sätta betyg bara för att man hört allt så många gånger. Det var ju trots allt jag som tog Fleetwood Mac till Knivsta. Största styrkan är melodierna och det väger ändå tyngst i album-betygsättar-världen. Mycket trallvänligt!

det känns liksom lite högstadieseriöst.. och vad heter han, han har så svag röst. stör mig. men ändå! då och då dras jag med! återigen hade det blivit bättre om bruden sjungit allt

Har alltid gillat den varma och klara produktionen. Parat med enkla, tydliga refränger blir det ju grym radiorock. För kanske tio år sedan var alla så sjukt tända på F. Mac att det bara var att acceptera att det måste ju vara fantastiskt bra. Men nu slås jag av att listans högst betygsatta album™ till stor del består utav fillers? Second hand news, Don't stop, Make loving fun, Oh daddy. Eller är alla låtar utom Dreams 2,5-3 plus? En vis brud sa en gång att snubbarna trodde för mycket om sin röst förr i tiden. Namnet till trots Lindsey! Fleetwood och John Mcvie i rytmsektionen är riktigt stabila rätt igenom.

easy 5. One of the best albums. I only started listening to Fleetwood Mac maybe 15 years ago, and this is one of those albums that makes you remember where you were when you first listened to it. Immense talent and songwriting here, cant praise it enough.

I mean… it’s Rumours aka one of the greatest albums ever recorded. What else is there to say about it other than make sure to listen to the deluxe edition just so you can hear Silver Springs (and then stop there so you don’t listen to 3 more hours of demos and live versions). But god damn Silver Springs is powerful as fuck. Just a perfect capper to the album and it’s a damn shame it’s not on the original release

uno de los mejores discos de la historia de la música, no notes, enhorabuena eres perfecto

An album I listened to for the first time a few years ago after hearing how great it was and seeing it on countless lists. My reaction after hearing it all the way through was "Oh, I get it now!" This album lives up to all the hype people have given it. A classic in the truest sense, stacked front to back with nothing but bangers. Another easy 5/5.

What?! I seriously haven’t had Rumours (this is day 1070/1089 btw), this is obviously one of the greatest albums of all time. It’s the pinnacle of album sequencing, and is the obvious blueprint for many albums across a range of genres in that regard. I think the cassette sequencing is strange though, just swapping ‘second hand news’ and ‘I don’t want to know’ fucks up this album massively. But we’re reviewing the true version of the album. It’s wonderful also oh daddy is good, and not even an ‘it would be the best song if the other songs were shit’ type album, no it’s good for this album 5/5

Rumours is a really good album. I don't have a lot to point out about it, I really enjoyed listening to it. 4/5

I went into this album knowing that it's the highest rated album on the list. My goal was to find any excuse to give it a low rating. Welp, mission failed. I like Fleetwood Mac. I always have. But the pedestal that they're put on just rubs me the wrong way. I think it has much to do with the drama of the band, and Stevie Nicks' aura (I have admit she DOES have aura). To me, this album is like the Giants' 2007 Super Bowl run. Above average (but not amazing) team (band) finds lightning in a bottle and creates one of the greatest postseasons (albums) in history. At some point you have to stop hating and just appreciate greatness.

One of the best albums I have listen to so far

Sounds a lot like their previous work. Definitely an essential Fleetwood Mac album. Probably my favorite!

This album is GOATed. From start to finish. There are no skips. This is one of the greatest albums of all time. Period. I wish I could for it more stars

I’m surprised the big hits still haven’t lost their luster after being overplayed for decades. It’s a huge album for a reason: interesting recording process, some amazing songs, iconic artwork, and doesn’t overstay its welcome. I found a handful to be meh but didn’t hate them either. Rating: 4.4

Rumours begs the question: with unlimited access to cocaine, adulterous sex, and the greatest sound engineers and equipment available, who among us would not be able to produce one of the greatest albums of all time on our eleventh try?

The highs are high, but overrated as a project imo. Incredible lore, but idk I’m also not super in to celebrating toxicity. Perhaps a place in time that I missed. Listened to: in Bridgeport before The Dollop. Favorite tracks: Second Hand News, Songbird, The Chain

-ok interesting vibe, Idk much about fleetwood mac but I didnt realize that they did this kinda genre like I thought they were more rock. maybe just the first song is like this oh wow guitar solo!! ok!!! slay OH DREAMS HOLY MOLY ok ive heard this song before this is really good dude this song is long its ok tho its fire ok back to the kinda blue vibes.. hnm.. idk woah? ok cool start wooa ok this is nice woah kinda sad...cool guitar tho OHH i recognize this song wait this slaps you can gooo your owwwn way hmm interesting start THIS IS THE TIME CAST A SLEEP ON YOU SONG?????? ok it slaps but its soo overplayed like can tiktoks and reels like stop using it genuinely shut up it slaps tho WOAH? COWBOY? HOLY THIS IS AWEODSMEI LOVE COWBOYS THIS IS COWBOY SONG YAYYYYY NEVER BREAK THE CHAINS!!!!!!!!! yo. da bass. yo. guitar ok this is pretty cool nice bass nice guitar ok i dont like this one too happy I want to skip it uuuuughhhhh ??? OH? wait this sounds so incredibly sad lets go oooh.. mysterious...funky...OO.. nice..idk...interesting OK OVERALL: there are definetely some good gems, alot of it tho is a little slow for my liking. the songs that are ok are just kinda boring but the songs that are good are GOOD so its interesting definetely. maybe 8/10? 7.5? something like that. 7.7/10 7.8/10

great album

i already knew a lot of these, i love fleetwood mac! favs: dreams don’t stop go your own way songbird the chain you make loving fun gold dust woman rating 4/5

Winners win. Nothing but banger after banger on this album.

Je ziet de albumcover en je weet dat een 5 geven een formaliteit zal zijn. Bij het luisteren kwam ik er achter dat ik eigenlijk 2/3 van het album ken. Door alle hits die er op staan en de iconische hoes denk je dat je het door en door kent. Het is toch net niet een no skips album. Ik was vergeten dat ik dont stop eigenlijk een dom nummer vind. Oh daddy moet ik een beetje van spugen. Aan de andere kant is een nummer zoals songbird wel weer een mooie verrassing die ik vergeten was. Hoop extreem goede uitschieters, een paar medium en twee kut nummers. Het knappe van dit album is het mainstream populair is zonder dat het middelmatig wordt.

Eindbaas van de hele lijst. Je bent eigenlijk verplicht om dit album 5 sterren te geven. Een no skip album met alleen maar hits. Alles is zo smaakvol gedaan. Hun grootste hit dreams springt er ook voor mij net meer bovenuit. Ja het is populair, ja ik heb het nummer al 1000 keer gehoord, maar ik heb het nummer nog eens heel goed beseft. En het nummer voelt als een warme jacuzzi in die buiten staat in februari. Oorverwennerig. Daarnaast heb ik erg genoten van de samenzang en harmonieën, en dan die gitarist.. perfect album.

The famous “breakup” album, though they stayed together for a while after this lol. The definition of a wok - life balance. I came to realize The Chain is the main hit on here but I was introduced to Go Your Own Way long before I heard the former. The latter gets obnoxious after a while. Dreams was the breath of life for TikTok. My favorite song on this album might be Gold Dust Woman. This album is very good from beginning to start. I don’t know if there’s a true “filler” song in it. The whole “tragedy breeds art” applies.

Top to bottom great album. So many different voices and moods. Always loved the songs but hadn't listened to it all the way through as an album. love!

One of the best albums ever. 5.

Personal enjoyment: 5/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

I like this album, full of classics like go your own way, I noticed lots of familiar melodies, a lot of artists must be inspired by this band.

One of the top greatest albums of all time!

Absolute S tear album. Fell in love with it three years ago in summer and every relisten is even better that the last one. This would be 5* for me even if only for You can go your own way. This song is flow state, summer fields with your friends and it's so beautiful my words aren't enough. And of course The Chain. Ultimate masterpiece. First bass line I've ever learned. Oh... Please. Gold dust woman. This song was written by the witch for witches. Just perfection. Don't stop and Oh daddy are my biggest standouts of the rest of this album. This album is making my life better every day I rememeber it exists.

Perfect timing, an album about cheating and breakups on Valentine's Day. I was gonna listen to this album today anyways for the hell of it, so good to know my sense of humor is random enough to agree with a random number generator. Anyways, as much as I hate cheaters (and especially artists singing about their cheating), the writing process of this album was so damn funny I can excuse it. "We all hate each other right now, so let's just write songs about how much we cheat and make the cheaters sing them." Peak revenge. I couldn't imagine how many other bands thought of that but broke up before they could do anything with it. The worst part is that this whole album is amazing. They really put all of their anger into their songwriting and it worked. There's a rawness to a lot of this album that you just don't hear in most other pop music, and a lot of that comes from the idea that everyone in the band is singing about each other, not some random unnamed ex with no defining traits outside of what whoever says they did. With all that, Songbird and Oh Daddy really stand out to me. All of these "I hate you, you cheated on me and screwed me over" and then there are two songs that say "I love you" and "it's my fault." Crazy stuff.

Big ole 5.

Notes? Nowhere to be found. The ability to create an album like this should be studied.

Probably the best of the MOR Fleetwood Mac, but no comparison to the original band.

A perfect album from beginning to end, especially when you know the backstory and how all of that mess was channeled into some incredible songs.

I loved this exactly as much as I thought I would (I already loved it, this was just a re-listen). There’s a reason this is the top dog on the 1001; it’s on the short list for greatest classic rock album ever, and at the same time it’s also an incredible pop rock album. This is an all-bangers, no-skips affair, and if you can’t find something to like on this album you’re either being a contrarian dick or you’re just generally hopeless. It’s got ‘The Chain’ on it for god’s sake! Anyway, this is my 13th 5/5, probably the easiest one I’ve given out so far. This album rules

as easy of a 5 as one can possibly hope for

I’ve never even heard of Fleetwood Mac until today yet i knew at least 1 song already. Based on reviews i just assumed this album was being glazed but hey it’s not bad. Don’t usually like music like this but even on the tracks i felt were kinda boring, they weren’t bad they were still listenable and i could appreciate the muscisianship. It was good tracks and then some amazing tracks. Amazing tracks meaning ‘The Chain’ ‘Dreams’ ‘Go Your Own Way’ which are (again i only got this information from the reviews) the hit’s that are already recognized from this album and i see why. I can’t say i don’t see why some people think this is the best album oat, but i also can’t say i don’t see why some think it’s overated, meaning: it’s interchangably a good and great album for me

A shoo-in for top-10 overrated. People talk about this MOR tosh like it’s some great work of art, when it’s just music for people who don’t really like music.

Classic

A collection of classic songs. All individually great and it deserves to be a classic. Just something missing for me that doesn't inspire ever putting it on heavy rotation.

i love Fleetwood Mac. such an iconic album

it good ig. lowk a lame ass album to be the highest rated on the site tho. yall boring asf on here

franchement très bon, j'ai écouté l'album 3 fois, je connaissais pas du tout. D'habitude je mets 5 aux albums que j'avais déjà écouté et que j'aime déjà mais ça mérite un 5 pour la bonne découverte

The chain banger le reste est bon mais pas assez pour 5

C’est flawless c’est fou les sons sont pas très cohérents entre eux mais c’est trop bien on rentre dedans à chaque fois

10/10 I’m blown away. I gotta say. All of them are my favorite. The chain is my aggression song now

I've listened to this album many times. I'm a huge fan of Rumours!

Perhaps the height of pop. Beautifully written and composed, and flawless front to back.

One of the most stacked albums ever, just beautiful front to back

Yes, I've heard the songs from it a thousand times - on the radio, in shops, cafes, bars, here and there. but listening to it end-to-end, I realised (again) how beautifully crafted it is, the space for the voices, the harmonies, and the detail of the arrangements where sometimes it drops down to one acoustic guitar accompanying those glorious harmonies

album znany, ale niesluchany, wiec ciekawe doswiadczonko, spodziewalem sie czegos troche innego, bo zamiast rokowosci i eksperymentalnosci ktore znalem z chaina, o wiele wiecej bylo popowego rokowania, rumours z 1977 to jedenasty krazek w dyskografii fleetwoodowych macow, a z pewnoscia ich najbardziej popularny albumik, moze tez najbardziej przystepny, bo to chyba najbardziej popowe oblicze tego skladu, ale na pewno najbardziej rumorzasta plyta jak juz sam tytul wskazuje, bo okolicznosci jej powstania sa owiane taka legenda, ze nawet nie znajac muzycznie plyty to kojarzylem dramy zwiane z jej narodzinami w kokainowych bolach i dziwnych relacjach milosno seksualnych dotyczacych czlonkow skladu, bo ciezko o brak dram jak jest 3 chlopow i 2 baby i nieograniczona ilosc twardych narokotykow i dodatkowych ludzi do ukladanki milosnej, co tez jest motywem przewodnim calej plyty, bo ciekawa rzecza, ze az trojka liryczna sie tutaj udziela i kazdy pisze sam dla siebie, w sensie, ze pozniej kawalek jest spiewany przez teksciarza, a byl to podzial pomiedzy panem buckinghamem oraz paniami steavie i christine, jedyna piosenka ktora ficzuruje wszystkich czlonkow bandy byl juz wspomniany the chain, ktory jest dla mnie najlepszym momentem plyty, bo najbardziej odchodzi o popowosci na rzecz eksperymentow, wiec z dzisiejszego odsluchu dowiedzialem sie, ze nie wszystko tak mi sie podoba jak the chain oraz o tym, ze niektore kawalki przezywaja swoje drugie zycie w smiesznych rolkach, chodzi mi glownie o dreamsy i silver springs, ktore chodzily mi po uszach juz dawno, a nie moglem wiedziec skad, wiec prawie 45 minutowa plyta i 12 trakow na ktorych jest roznorodnosc skupiona wokol motywu przewodniego, da sie zrozumiec skad taka popularnosc tej plyty, ale strasznie nie pasuja mi wokale, zwlaszcza te od pani christine, bo instrumentalnie jest rowno, ale lirycznie/woklanie czuc roznice w zaleznosci od tworcy/spiewaka, na plejke dorzuce jeszcze dreams, bo chain juz sie na niej znajduje

This album is so good. It really merges a lot of styles too, which is very impressive. Songbird is different from Don’t Stop is different from Never Going Back Again. Absolute classic for a reason.

I’d deliberately ignored this for decades. I was keen to listen when it came up on my list. The song exploder with Lindsey Buckingham discussing go your own way was fantastic. And…. That and The Chain are the only high points for me. The rest was just middle of the road meh…

Nothing I can add that hasn't been said before. It's just 11 great songs performed, recorded and mixed fantastically.

I always forget just how folk-y Fleetwood Mac's sound is. But it has a real country folk feeling. This is a massive album that must have been on everyone I know's record shelf in the 80s and 90s. Four massive hits that are still played to this day, Dreams, Go Your Own Way, Dont Stop and The Chain... even though most people don't know that they know the Chain until 3:06. This album reminds me of growing up and I can hardly believe that it is from 1977. It is a ubiquitous album that seems to have just always been there to fall back on and will be played over and over again on so many road trips and Saturdays. (4.000)

Leuk, afwisselend

Wauw!!

Genuinely elite. This album could be cut in half and still be elite. So many great songs on one album and the ones in between are very very solid.

Great!

Magnificent album a varied and balanced collection of songs.I often listen to this album once, and then afterwards I play my favourite songs (Dreams) again.

So many amazing songs, but yet such a short album. Definitely one of the top all-time bang for your buck albums.

I love Fleetwood Mac

Such a great album. But the deluxe version is needed for Silver Springs.

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Always been one of my favourites, couldn't ever give this anything less than 5 stars

3/5

The best

Amazing. One of my favorite albums

If Aja by Steely Dan is not as equally high rated this whole system is rigged

LOVE THIS ALBUM

Could an album like this happen in 2026 without the members splitting soon afterwards? I don't think so.

I kinda think there's some songs on this that don't fit the vibe, but it's still a 5.

Rumor is they misspelled the album title.

8/10

Variety, quality recording, fantastic song writing, a pleasure to hear.

Tror vi har funnet vår felles førsteplass her.

Always sounds new and amazing

Explain to me like I'm 5, why is this album the best rated. 1/5

Ai vitsi ku o hyvä. En muistanukkaan kuinka monta hyvää biisiä

Hieno levy! Paljon radio soitossa olleita hittejä. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Tämä levy kannattaa kuunnella kunnon vehkeillä. Todella hyvin toteutettu kokonaisuus!

some great songs, but also lots of filler

ooooo. very campy! love this vibe. Makes me think of summer. Of the woods. Of hot evenings wandering the alleyways of my city. Dirty sneakers. Headphones blasting music. Smiling at passerbies.... make falling in love with a pretty stranger, just for a single song.

Do I need to say anything?

шедевр на все времена

I enjoyed it! A lot of iconic hits on one album and still sounds fresh after a few decades.

Nostalgic type shi

i feel like you can listen to this album whenever and it never gets old.

fire album, its actually so perfect and in my opinion one of the greatest albums made, if its not ranked one out of the 1001 albums then idk what else is on here. i did listen to the deluxe bc silver springs is amazing

Meh

Just banger after banger from start to finish. We love the drama too

Such a classic album, with one hit after another. Great to revisit.

Hyggelig gjenhør! Her er det ikke én litt kjedelig låt en gang.

Her snakker vi album!

Bunnsolid plate

Prøvde å høre etter hvorfor dette er «verdens beste plate». Jeg tror det handler mye om at den appellerer veldig bredt. Tror du kan like plata uansett hvordan musikkpreferanser du har. For meg er den ikke helt der oppe, men anerkjenner at den er et mesterverk.

Har faktisk mammas originale vinyl fra 77 hjemme, og den har jeg hørt en del på. Helt konge plate, spesielt Buckinghams bidrag. De er 10/10 for min del. Ellers et par låter her som ikke har tålt tidens tann.

Klassiker. Litt seig på tampen, men når man slenger på Silver Springs er femmeren sikret.

Already listened, and I think it's a little bit overrated. Not bad, in fact I quite like a few of the songs on it, more overrated in the sense that the songs I don't like quite as much didn't really live up to the precedent that other songs on the album had set. Still, a good album made by an obviously talented band, 8.5/10

Simply brilliant. Hits all the way through with some all time greats included

It’s amazing how many generational hits there are on this. Been a while since I’ve listened and this holds up for songwriting, production and is a serious blueprint for how to make a greatest of all time album. Can’t get enough it

I have heard many of the hits on this album but listening to it as a whole you really feel something different. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would and I already knew they were good.

Cocaine + Infidelity = Magic, apparently

Some all time bangers on this one. Go your own way is one or my fave songs

You could put The Chain on an Eminem album and it'd become a 5-Star review, and Eminem SUCKS.

this is a classic for a reason.

10/10 no notes album

ez 5/5

Cracking album I have heard multiple times

Nunca habia escuchado el álbum completo, temakis

very awesomesauce!

Don't ever need to hear this one again. It's important. A classic. Great songs and production. But I was born in 1966. I've heard this record thousands of times. Enough Rumours for me.

1er álbum y resulta que ya le tenía!!!! Me encanta Rumours, shoutout a Gold Dust Woman y You Can Go Your Own Way.

Не мое но одна песня зашла а так альбом где то на 7/10

Al ooit geluisterd Love de vibe! Lowkey wel een 9/10

almost perfect except for two Buckingham tunes

Beautiful playing, singing, writing, and mixing. Peak music from a peak era

a classic

10/10 An absolute masterpiece in every sense of the word. Easily a top 10 album of all time for me & honestly, it might even make my top 5. I don’t know what else can be said that hasn’t already been praised to death; it’s just that good. Every song feels essential and the emotional tension is unreal. If someone told me this was their favorite album of all time, I wouldn’t question it for a second. And as far as breakup albums go? Nothing even comes close. Favorite song: Dreams Least favorite: Songbird

So many of my favorite songs are on this album but the duds are real stinkers

Anyone who thinks this is a great album does so because they feel nostalgia towards it. At best, this is a mediocre roadtrip album except The Chain, at worst, this is a KingFM album. Bunch of emotionally challenged and immature people, dissing and praising each other's equally stupid lovers. I don't even know why this album is SO damn highly rated. Except Fleetwood and Mac, everyone in the group has someone much talented. Kate Bush beats Nicks, physically and musically AND culturally, Lindsay wishes he has a boy's name and guitar skills of an average bluesman. I wish they'd practice music more than they practiced human anatomy on each others labias and dicks. Jesus christ i'm sick of this mid ass group

THIS IS STUNNING! My first introduction to this music was through the Glee episode 'Rumours.' I loved the covers so much that I went into this album with incredibly high expectations—and I wasn't disappointed in the slightest. I absolutely loved it. Honestly, I feel like there’s nothing I can say about this album that hasn’t already been said by people far more articulate than me. It is just a flawless experience. My personal standouts were 'Second Hand News,' 'Dreams,' 'Never Going Back Again,' 'Don’t Stop,' 'Go Your Own Way,' and the beautiful 'Songbird.' This is a 4-star album for sure. I’m so excited to have finally experienced it in full!

YESSSSS ANOTHER NO SKIP ALBUM, ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

Iconic.

In my opinion, there’s no way Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumors” is the number one album as this site suggests, probably more a sign of the major demographics reviewing albums here. This might not crack my top 50 nor even my 4 star wall. I grew up with a lot of music people, and this was never talked about or that highly regarded aside for being a decent, smooth, 70s pop rock album with a lot of hits…but a little boring and generic, sometimes even the butt of a joke. Nothing ever wowed me here except for maybe “The Chain”. What I will say, though, is this album has some glossy production, especially for 1977…and like I said, hits galore.

Two star album, one extra for the chain

Iconic

One of the most overrated records of all time. "Dreams" is an OK song, the rest goes from mid to just dreadful ("Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow", "Oh Daddy")

Definetely overrated. 'The Chain' isn't a bad track, but to have this record as the best rated above all albums on this list is outrageous. They massacred Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and transformed it into a bland pastiche of soft dad rock, if you can call it that.

The Chain me parece buena canción. Dreams está bien, y las demás meh. Entiendo porque a la gente en general le puede gustar el álbum, se deja escuchar, pero jamás lo consideraría número 1, no está ni cerca.

An all-time classic for lots of reasons. Pretty much every song here is instantly memorable. Wonderfully crafted and beautifully performed songs keep rolling one after another, with each track seeming to top the last one you heard. This is what happens when tremendously talented people all get together and catch fire at the same time, each person challenging and building on what the others are bringing.

A masterpiece

He tenido que escuchar 890 álbumes para que llegara este. El gran blanco, el mejor disco de la lista. ¿Lo es? ¿Seré justo opinando de él? La verdad es que lo medio escuché tras verlo en la lista, conocía canciones de antes, pero nunca lo tuve en cuenta. Ayer lo escuché un par de veces seguido y hoy otra vez. Me he guardado: «Dreams», «Don't Stop», «Go Your Own Way» y «The Chain». Es un gran disco, pero no tiene un extra de relación con mi vida que es lo que me llevaría a darle 5 estrellas. No creo que esto perjudique la media y es mi opinión más honrada darle un 4.

1. Альбом приятно слушается, почти на одном дыхании. 8/10 2. Голоса у обоих вокалистов красочные и интересные. 8/10 3. Стиль хорош, четко прослеживается атмосфера тех годов и мелодичность музыки семидесятых 7/10 4. Есть скучные песни, но в целом инструменты очень приятные уху. 6/10 5. Желания переслушать полностью отсутствует 1/10 Итого: 30 баллов

If ABBA ripped into the class As, The Visitors would be Rumours. Quite honestly, I don’t understand the fuss about this album. The lyrics are occasionally snarky, but sonically it’s cohesive and safe. It’s all bark and no bite.

Dysfunctional relationships never sounded so good

Good album! It's probably a bias since I've heard them a lot more, but I definitely like the radio songs more than the others.

surprisingly fun songwriting and melodies

Masterpiece

- Et af mine yndlingsalbum - Så mange bangers (Dreams og The Chain er mine yndlings) - De har deres helt egen lyd - Albummet hænger godt sammen (fx. budskabet) - Det der gør albummet til et af de bedste nogensinde er måden alle sangene har deres egen lyd og er så karakteristiske. I nogle album kan sangene godt komme til at minde lidt meget om hinanden, men her formår Fleetwood Mac at variere, samtidig med, at de holder en rød tråd, hvilket også er grunden til, at der er så mange hits på det her album

Another no skips. Also break the chain<3

Possibly a bit overrated but still a good album full of hits

It's unfair to have so many moments of pure joy on one piece of vinyl. I may skip Oh Daddy at times but you can't just bust out Second Hand News, I Don't Wanna Know, Never Going Back Again, You Make Loving Fun and The Chain and not be a pretty obvious five-star album. Don’t take it for granted. Make time. Sit with it. Listen to the bass guitar and the little studio touches. It’s the art of meticulously crafting beautiful songs to make them sound impossibly simple. I will say this, whoever had the idea to fade out Second Hand News right as the guitar solo gets interesting is a musical terrorist.

7.5/10

Great album filled with classics. Excellent stuff

Sure, people can say it’s overrated. I don’t care, it’s a masterpiece. I’ve listened to it countless times. It shaped my music taste, it evokes memories of listening with my dad as a kid. The Chain brings back watching F1 with him at the weekend. Never Going Back Again is one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. Gold Dust Woman is an exceptional album closer. Just imagine if Silver Springs had made the cut ahead of Oh Daddy…

I mean...pretty much perfect.

Very cohesive sound. Enjoyable listen.

Overplayed, but a solid album

This was pretty decent, but for being the absolute highest rated album on this list, I expected a lot more.

One of the all timers.

amazing

I don’t know them too well but recognize more than I thought. What a masterpiece of hits. Wow. Easy 5 star.

I have listened to this album before, but I've always thought that its really overrated and i still do. I just don't see whats so special about it, I think Gold Dust Woman and The Chain are phenomenal songs but they're the only ones worthy of the praise this album gets. You Don't Wanna Know and some others are also good just not the all-time great that it's coveted as. Its not a bad album by any means though

просто и коротко: не мое

wheeler season 1 I thought I was pretty sick. Dream gave it most of the stars tho

wheeler season 1 i can see you phoenix 😛 sleep with one eye open -not charles

i like little gurls and kids and tings. rape is fun. holly wheeler season 1.

peak

FINALLY A WOMAN I already know this album front to back

One of the best music albuns ever. Incredible…

5 stars to the most normie goat album of all time.

4,6 - Die Gerüchte stimmen, das ist wirklich eines der besten Alben aller Zeiten. Highlights: Dreams, The Chain

A great album, without too many surprises.

It's not my personal pick for greatest album of all time, but it's totally fitting for the top album on this list. Rumours basically unites everyone: the indie nerds, the top 40 listeners, even the people who don't really care for music. We all hear "Dreams" and we all think "this is one of the greatest things I've ever heard", and as long as people still listen to music, we're all going to keep thinking that.

i had only heard the most popular songs off this album but now i’m glad i finally gave the others a listen!

Awesome and underrated as heck!!! Many will argue if Silver Springs is an official song of this album or not, I say no!! Check out the Hole cover of Gold Dust Woman from The Crow: City of Angels soundtrack!!!

Optional

Nothing short of extraordinary.

Perfect

Hard to hate. Songbird is a beautiful song I didn't know.

Some classics on here, still not a big fan of Fleetwood Mac though.

There's a reason why this album has the highest global rating. It's because it's an outstanding album from top to bottom.

An album that makes all other 5 rated albums seem to be over rated. This is the very definition of what a 5 star album should be. Great lyrics, amazing musicianship. Plenty of hits and the ones that aren't hits should have been.

There are a few absolutely stand-out tracks on this album, and they probably warrant inclusion on this list for them alone. As a whole the album is fine, but I could take or leave most of the tracks.

I got a little excited seeing this come up as the album of the day. Many days on this journey are a struggle to get through, so it was nice to know there would be no struggle today. Although if I'm being honest, I don't like the leadoff track. After the original album ran through, I spun up the live album "The Dance" where they started off with "The Chain" which was a much better choice as that's a fucking banger. Also, today I learned that the album cover has a pair of dangly balls. Maybe I knew that 5 or 10 or 20 years ago and forgot, but still--how could such an iconic album cover have a pair of balls staring me in the face that I was oblivious to? They aren't exactly hiding against that background. Brains are weird. Anyway, this album is not perfect, but the highs are really high. This is the 619th album I've rated on here and only the 29th 5-star. I get why it's one of the highest rated albums on here; not everyone fucks with Metallica, but most people who like music enough to go through this list are gonna like "Rumours." 4.8

I didnt even think I liked Fleetwood mac. This was impossible to resist though.

Favs: Dreams, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, Oh Daddy, Gold Dust Woman

banger after banger! re discovered faves found new jams

Just can’t

A classic! This one album has had such an enormous impact on rock and roll in the ‘70s and beyond, it’s hard to remember a time when Fleetwood Mac wasn’t on top. This is one album I wish I could listen to for the first time again.

classic

in the top 10 greatest albums of all time

I've ignored this album my whole life. I heard plenty of Fleetwood Mac tracks on classic rock growing up. Nothing resonated with me specifically. I clumped them in the soft rock bin alongside the Eagles. Boy, this album is killer. And song flows into the next. The production is fantastic. The tunes are catchy. And you can hear all that fire and angst underneath it all.

Heared it for the first time in full. It's good, melodic and fun, but not as good as everyone says it. Now I'm even more sure, that top albums of this band are with Peter Green

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didnt remember this poppy delight.

FANTASTIC! From front to back this album is indeed a must have classic.

There is not a bad song on this album. If you have a album collection this needs to be in it!

Always on repeat. Great, classic songs.

Je me suis dit, je vais me gâter écouter un petit album usité qui demande pas trop d'efforts, un bon vieux petit Rumours. Puis là je me suis dit tiens. Je vais commencer par écouter les tounes que je connais moins question de découvrir quelque chose. Bon ben 9 tounes que je connais les paroles par cœur plus tard, je vais commencer avec la toune Oh Daddy. Jmen rappellais semi mais bien sur que jai déjà entendu ça. Rumours serait-il mon album préféré de tous les temps? J'ai jamais pris position là dessus fermement, mais cest possible. Quel band quand même, une force de la nature, une force collective Notes à moi-même : Co-réalisation entre Fleetwood Mac et l'ingé Ken Caillat. Retourner voir le vidéo youtube Behind the Recording of Rumours of Fleetwood Mac. Plein d'anecdotes trippantes exemple : il a emmené Christine McVie enregistrer Songbird dans un auditorium vide, il y avait neuf micros sur le piano. Pour la guit acoustique de Never going back again, ils ont tapé les écouteurs sur la tête de Lindsey Buckingham, parce que le son du click bleedait dans les micros de guit à cause de ses gros cheveux frisés. L'enregistrement a duré longtemps parce qu'ils changeaient les cordes à chaque 20 minutes pour avoir le bon son de guitare. Après plusieurs heures de travail, ils se sont rendu compte qu'ils avaient enregistré la guit dans la mauvaise tonalité et ont dû recommencer.

Sehr tolles und vielseitiges Album. Das Zusammenspiel der beiden vocalists ist super, es werden viele verschiedene Stimmungen erkundet. Sehr starke Melodien.

Rumours is a breakup turned into a masterpiece, every track a postcard from the edge of collapse. It’s the rare album where the drama isn’t a distraction — it’s the fuel that makes the melodies burn brighter. It is one of my top 10 albums of all time to listen to.

Perfect album except oh daddy

Just can’t get excited about this band.

A masterpiece. What else is there to say?

Turns out adversity really does help make great music. Bangers all the way down.

Masterpiece

Amazing

Album Review 048 Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (1977) Rating 5/5 AKA: Cocaine and Adultery - The Musical. Few bands would be able to survive the blizzard of drugs and the intra-band affairs that was Fleetwood Mac between 1976-77, let alone use it as the environment and inspiration to create one of the best albums ever made. There’s very little to say about Rumours that hasn’t already been said. Every song is at least very good, most are great and the run of tracks 5-8 (Go your own way - Songbird - The chain - You make loving fun) is exceptional.

One of the Top 10!

Best album created

Joya. De inicio a fin es un viaje armónico atípico al género que lo diferencia de su época. Sin embargo, tiene elementos que te hacen recordar los 70's por sus icónicas letras y melodías. Un gran disco.

Heartbreak never sounded better

Always a classic! Everything is good, and many of the songs are great! Best paired with a chill weekend afternoon, only the best of vibes

i love love love fleetwood mac. definitely one of my favourite albums of all time. pure perfection.

An enduring classic that sounds perfect and has a story more fascinating than the record.