Rumours

This album is full of hits and has j no on bad tracks. Truly a classic - so much variety from song to song that it doesn’t get old, and the album as a whole is short and sweet. While I already knew all the popular tracks, this was my first time listening to the full album and it’s probably jumped into my top 20 of all time.

Great classic album. The three different song writers creates variety which is good.

de bass in the chain omg

oh the best

Love it

Just one of the best albums of all time

Nunca me había escuchado este disco, ni Fleetwood Mac en general, más allá de un par de temas cuando habían tenido su momento en tiktok por el vídeo vibes del man bebiendo sunny delight mientras patinaba. No conecté demasiado con la primera mitad del disco más allá del tema y medio que es Dreams (normal que se pegase). Sorprendido de que el resto de temas menos ese y el último los cante un tipo y no cante más la tipa. A partir de The Chain empecé a conectar. Qué pedazo de tema, qué pedazo de bassline, qué pedazo de build-up. You Make Loving Fun otro temazo. Las palmitas en I Don’t Want to Know. Oh Daddy otro temardo. Es más rock y menos folk de lo que me esperaba según la imagen que tenía en mi cabeza. I get it know.

Rumours is clearly a hugely popular album, even though this was my first time listening to it. “Go Your Own Way” feels strangely familiar to me, almost like something I must have heard growing up, and tracks such as “Songbird” and especially “The Chain” make it easy to understand why this album couldn’t have been ignored at the time. What stood out to me most, though, was the bass — especially on “The Chain,” where it draws me in in a way I can’t quite explain. It really feels like a band where every member is equally strong and deeply professional, which gives the album an undeniable sense of sincerity.

Ubiquitous

Dont think I ever noticed until now just how present the bass and drums are on this album. In a good way. The songs where they are less present I like a little bit less than the rest.

Альбом заїбісь,я ніколи не слухав його повністю,мені зашов 9/10

Pretty good. TBH dare i say it its a little overhyped, like its a 5 star album but its not the best 5 star album ive ever heard, still decent tho

Iconic. No skips. Legendario

Banger alert God I love The Chain; vocals on the songs in this album are out of this world. I forgot how many good songs were on this album. Don’t think I need to elaborate much on why Only flaw is that it’s only 40 mins long. This is actually the highest user rated album out of all 1000+ albums on this list. Definitely a high bar to clear

Yeah its really good

One of the preeminent rock albums of the 70s, consistently rated at the top of greatest album polls. Recorded in 1976, released in early 1977. It has sold over 40 million copies since its release. Possibly the greatest opening track in rock history, Secondhand News is a complete classic. The whole first side delivers classic after classic, from Dreams to Never Going Back Again to Don't Stop to Go Your Own Way. Easily top ten single album sides, and if this album was only one side it would get a 5 star rating. But an album has 2 sides, and side 2 is not as strong. Good songs, including The Chain and I Don't Wanna Know (see SNL skit), but some real snoozers including Oh Daddy. Fucking awful. Ends with Gold Dust Woman, another total classic with JUST the right amount of cowbell. Great closing song, but could just as easily have been the opening track. Would probably rate 4 1/2 stars, but that's not allowed...

I can see why this album has a deluxe and super deluxe version of it. This album is just all of the vibes shoved into an album thats honestly too short. I actually knew more songs on this album than I thought I knew, but I never listened to the entire album and I’m disappointed in myself for that. I also can’t put into words how good this album is, all I can say is that the vibes are immaculate when listening to this album.

For all intents and purposes this should be a 5 star, songs are all great. I just don't think I ever would go out of my way to listen to it. Sure if it comes up on the radio, I will tap my toe and maybe even sing along, but I just don't think I would put it on. But that's more on me than on the album I mean there’s a reasons that as of today, rumours by fleetwood mac is the highest rated album on the 1001 albums tracker website. With a near perfect production, this is an essential soft rock album. Every song is a hit. I also particularly love the between acoustic and electronic instruments throughout the album. And who doesn’t love Stevie Nicks’s voice

I love this album. For me, it's one of the greatest albums of all time and one of the records I will reach for on a lazy Sunday.

Christine McVie’s songs the only bad ones. This album is one of the best albums ever. Silver Springs should have been included on the original album.

9.0/10 I totally missed the boat on Fleetwood Mac..didn’t listen to this full album until a year ago. This is a huge favourite for me. Tons of bangers on this one!

I've never particularly thought about it before, but I previously didn't know much about Fleetwood Mac besides their name - not their genre of music nor that they're the ones who made Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, and You Make Loving Fun. It's truly surprising to me that I recognize this many songs and did not know they were all from this band. Anyway, I generally enjoyed this album.

already know and love this one definitely one of my all time favorites fun, heartbreaking and powerful songs all in one very raw lyrics considering most of them are basically dialogues between two members of the band go your own way, dreams, the chain, gold dust woman >>>

classic with so many good hits

It’s pretty perfect

Here it is. The highest rated album on the list. This is an obvious classic and I'm not at all surprised by it's placement here. Definitely a crowd pleaser. It's easy to listen to and has lots of iconic hits. Literally nothing you can dislike about this album. Favorite track: The Chain

Dare I say: perfect album?

I remember my Dad buying me this album from a record shop, when I first got into music big time. It has a massive coffee stain on it but I think it adds character. Outstanding bit of music, I don’t think there is a single bad track. I love the character the album has, with the break up tension you can hear on the record and in the lyrics. It’s common knowledge the drug abuse that was surrounding this album too. They still managed to create a timeless piece of music that has entertained generations, and will continue to do so for many more years. It’s raw emotion in every track and it provided us fans with some of the most beautiful music of the 70’s. I also find it so amusing they went a huge world wide tour after this album. The band plays amazing. Imagine having 3 vocalists, every one brings something different to the table and every one of them delivers quality, with different ranges and sounds. Obviously there is John McVie, who delivers that incredible bass line in ‘The Chain’. And lastly Mick Fleetwood blasting out those iconic drums. All incredible and all very talented. Notice there’s a lot of favourite tracks below. Favourite tracks are: ‘Dreams’, ‘Never Going Back Again’, ‘Don’t Stop’, ‘Go Your Own Way’, ‘The Chain’, ‘You Make Loving Fun’, ‘Oh Daddy’, and ‘Gold Dust Woman’.

finally some women

Before listening: OMG IM GOD’S FAVORITE! I can’t wait to listen! During listening: I recognized more songs than I anticipated . But loved the songs I wasn’t familiar with more. After listening: we want Stevie…

A wonderful collection of tracks that range in tone from cheery to haunting to reverently delicate. The production is strong throughout but perhaps weakest in Dont Stop and Go Your Own Way, whose catchy anthems don't measure up with the rich layers heard in Second Hand News and Oh Daddy. Stevie is always the highlight, and she builds Gold Dust Woman to an enchanting cacophony that splits beautifully at the seams to end the record. Enjoyed the album more with each listen.

NOSSA RUMOURS??? Álbum de hoje é top né?! Eu sei que é um clássico mas eu nunca tinha escutado antes. Adoro o contexto em que esse álbum surgiu, muito icônico. Mas eu escutei e não sei se faz meu estilo, não é ruim, longe disso, entendo a importância e a fama, só não é meu tipo de música favorito.

amazing! a favorite. top tracks are second hand news, the chain, and gold dust woman. never gets old

Great Album

It is always wonderful to get an album you are familiar with and already love. It makes the experience a little bit different and really force you to focus on it deeper. Stevie Nicks is an angel and her vocals are unique and so full of character emotion. However, we can't overlook Christine. She has such a beautiful voice and is the hidden gem in the group. The songs lyrics are just so amazing and deep. Favs are the Chain, Gold Dust Women and You Make Loving Fun. There sound, even today, is so unique and different but so wonderful. The other thing that stands out with this group (and album) is how much is written about break ups and romance and they were all romantically intertwined with one another and members of the band and crew. They worked on these songs separately about their own emotions and they can all get together and flawlessly work through those emotions to create a really special beautiful album.

A few things that I’ve noticed while listening to Rumours for the millionth time that tend to be overlooked in its popular lore: Lindsey Buckingham holds this entire thing together. There’s no doubt that Stevie’s songs are amazing, but without his production and attention to detail, would they be as big as they are?Secondly, Christine McVie sits quietly in the background pumping out songs that transcend most modern music. It’s sort of scary how good, and yet sublime, that she is. Next, the three part vocal harmonies here (and in all of the records that they worked on together) give me the God chills. These three voices were blessed by the universe and were always meant to be heard together. Lastly, the deep cuts hold up better over a million listens than the hits do, sans Go Your Own Way, which is as perfect as a hit can get. The run from I Don’t Want To Know to Gold Dust Woman is unreal in its perfection. Like, HOW WAS THIS CREATED FROM NOTHING?!? Gold Dust Woman so perfectly and powerfully captures cocaines destruction. It’s mean, dark and unapologetic. My jaw always sits on the floor when in its presence. All of this is to say that there is no question this album is a 5 through and through. Hell, it’s a 10. It boasts perfect songwriting, perfect production and perfect lore. Most musicians would sell their soul to create something as timeless and beloved as this set of songs. It is the reason why people still attempt making art in album form. It will always be relevant to every generation moving forward.

At long last! Almost two years to the day since I started this project, the highest rated album finally makes its appearance. Yay. :) Fleetwood Mac is the ultimate comfort food of music. I love them so much, and this album is just another shining example of their brilliance. One beautiful song after another. Drugs and emotional turmoil mixed into a legendary group of talented musicians is apparently a recipe for magic!

Not my favorite,but they’re really good

this review is quite biased since i love fleetwood mac, but i love the instrumentals on these songs! my top three songs were: - dreams - you make loving fun - the chain honorable mentions: - oh daddy - gold dust woman

This was a lock to be on there, and a lock to be a five in my book. I grew up with this, but I would argue that to this day everybody loves Fleetwood Mac and I am no exception. This is full of bangers, heart, scale, different sounds, I see ambition in the pop dominance, and I feel that the blend of the band is exceptional. I love almost every song on there, if Oh Daddy wasn't on there it would be perfect, best ever. But overall, I always found it amazing, and there is something I deeply respect in that it is for everyone, forever. That is the most difficult thing to do, and it is done absolutely masterfully here.

The rare perfect album. No notes.

Enjoyed listening to this - played it through a few times, in fact. I enjoyed it as an album played in sequence more than the occasional scattered selection.

Such a fantastic listen!

One great song after another.

Elsker. 100/10

Fav track- Gold Dust Woman and The Chain Least fav track- Oh Daddy Fav Lyric- “If your life was bad to you, just think what tomorrow will do.” Overall rating- 10/10 Notes- I LOVE this album omg

1. neuuz - 1 2. dreamz - 3 3. again - 1 4. ztop - 1.5 5. go -1.5 6. zong - 1 7. chain - 2 8. fun - 2 9. knouu - 1 10. daddy - 1 11. gold - 1.5

I’ve heard this album in entirety over the years, but never listened to it front to back until now. Fleetwood Mac has always had a big place in my life, so the magic of these songs hit no differently today. I completely understand why this is one of the best albums of all time. I would go as far as saying Fleetwood Mac is one of the best bands of all time.

está the chain q es de los mejores temas de la historia oh daddy y gold dust woman son god el resto no es tan mi estilo portada d album iconic aprobado

bien sûr love it mon classique ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Perfect work of art. No skips. Timeless.

Nehh.

goeie classic bangers maar niet wow

4,5-5 Jah peak hé. Kwist trouwens niet dat Go Your Own Way van Fleetwood Mac was.

It's alright. Overhyped, not my jam.

good vocals and rhythm, i like the lyrics too. one of the best albums out there, but of course, it’s fleetwood mac. best: hard to say, maybe never going back again worst: secondhand news (even though it is still a decent song)

yep yep that was it i like it!!!!!

Clearly one of the best albums ever. Well composed, well played, versatile, no bad songs.

I've been wondering when this might hit for me. I have always liked Fleetwood Mac, but I don't worship them. Really talented band (playing, singing, and songwriting) and very complicated. It's the latter piece that helps them stand out in many ways, and it's really what makes this album so amazing. This record, front to back, is a no skip one for me. When the worst song on here is a track that would be one of the best on any given artist's solo record (Songbird), it speaks to how strong the band is as a collective. Tons of hits on here, including The Chain, Don't Stop, Dreams, Go Your Own Way, You Make Loving Fun. But the other tracks like Gold Dust Woman, Oh Daddy, Never Going Back Again are just incredible in their own right. 40 million in album sales can't be wrong, and they are not. An incredible record. A clear 5 stars.

Favorite songs: Second Hand News, Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, I Don't Want to Know, Gold Dust Woman

4.5 - Great

Some good jams but I simply can't overall with Fleetwood Mac. I respect that this album is important and meaningful to people. Adult Contemporary.

In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.

100/10 a masterpiece everytime I listen to it, Fleetwood mac has very unique sounding songs and I'll always love them!

Super Dope

Non biased (o sí) el mejor album de la historia. Para escuchar canciones sueltas, para escucharlo de corrido, de fondo o prestando atención. Es acorde a cualquier situación, momento y lugar.

the girls carried this album. liked Lindsey’s vocals delivery a lot in “don’t stop” and “the chain” overall: 4/5 favourite tracks: dreams, songbird, the chain least favourite tracks: never coming crack again, i don’t want to know

Åååå dette er så aah overrated pop folkrock idk hva kalle det americana idfk er bare årrr gud gimme a break jeg sovner 2/5

Classic album! One of my all time favorites with strong appearances from all band members. Melodies and tunes are iconic for their era.

Probably one of my most favorite albums of all time. So excited this one popped up today

I’m not a fan of 70

classic, liked some ones that i hadn’t heard before

Classic 9.5/10 2026/1/2

this record has changed fundamentally as a person. every track here has accompanied me in a special way over the years with very prestigious and beloved memories it's always a privilege to hear it back to back 💗

Superb album that sounds better now than it did in the 70's. I'd rather Fleetwood Mac. Tensions are alway evident in the lyrics. Really sorry I didn't get to see them live.

One of the greatest albums of all time. Not one of my personal favorites, but I can't give it anything but four stars and above. I just finished listening and I'll do my rating tomorrow. I'm conflicted because there are a couple of songs I don't really like, but, let's be honest, this thing was a damned hit for a reason.

A beautiful soft rock album that showed me the wonders of the genres. Not much to say really. Fantastic album that offers a well connected and lean track list. Stevie nicks, I love you to death.

Fav: the Chain

The singles from this album were all over the radio back in the day and for years to come but somehow I never listened to a complete Fleetwood Mac album. This is an excellent one with absolutely no filler. And yet I’m going to give it 4 out of 5. It just doesn’t speak to me in the way my favorites do. I added “Dreams” to my Generator playlist. My favorite song of theirs is “Landslide” but unfortunately that doesn’t appear on either album on the List.

LOVE IT

fave: the chain least fave: songbird

I loved it. "Go your own way" and "Gold Dust Woman" were my favorites.

7.5/10 Opis w notce na tel/excelu na kompie(?)

one of the greats!! every track deserves it's place here. Not many albums can claim that each track is arguably engrained into society. It's a fun, effortless listen and I don't think that's a bad thing. Stevie nicks, drugs, and breakups. gimme more!

Simply the best - the deluxe version with silver springs brings me back to college when my sister was obsessed with this album and I was going to college at the university of Maryland right next to silver springs and she came to visit. I love many of the songs on the album, which definitely leads me to skipping some, like oh daddy. Never going back again is underrated in my opinion, though it’s hard to beat dreams and go your own way for the best songs on the album.

This is just a good album for me. I really like Chains. Beyond that, everything else is fine. Soft rock is not really my thing.

It’s a classic but doesn’t hit as hard for me

perfect album from start to finish

6.82/10

it's fuckin rumours isn't it

Absolute great

Every time I listen to this album I forget about Oh Daddy. I don’t enjoy that song, but the rest of this album more than make up for it. Easy 5/5.

this is definitely an album

In general I like Tusk more, but this one is also good

Solid but heavily overrated

Rumours? Nope — all true

I love this album so much I can sing every song by heart and I own it on vynal

Top 5 songs: dreams; go your own way; songbird; the chain; silver springs.

popular af for a reason. i liked the popular ones off the album but the other songs are pretty good too, but i wasnt a huge fan but can understand how theyre so popular.

absolutely LOVE this album #fleetwood mac for life

It's a cool album,I really liked it,I think I'm starting to like this kind of music,it had sprr of a country vibe

maybe my favourite album in the entire world

One of the best records of all time!

3.5

En general es un album que me ha aburrido pero seguramente es porque es el tipico album que escucharía mi padre. Soy bastante poser, las dos canciones que más me han gustado han sido Dreams y The Chain, que son las mas conocidad/ Tiktokeadas. En general guay.

Let’s freaking go I love this album

4 1/2. A great album.

It's the quintessential easy-listening album :\

A truly great album that I am ashamed to say I haven’t listed to in ages, despite having it in multiple forms. One to listen to again soon and make sure it is in my regular rotation.

“You will never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you.” Justice for “Silver Springs”! I think this album is perfect but would have swapped “Oh Daddy” for “Silver Springs” in a second. I don’t blame Stevie for freaking out in the studio when they said it wasn’t going to make the album. If I’d written a song like that and learned it was getting cut I’d go apeshit too. I always include it at the end of my listen when I revisit this album. Glad to finally get ‘Rumours’ and glad to hear that it’s still an all-timer. Mess doesn’t always make for good art, but sometimes it does make for great art.

This was really good. I didn’t feel all five-star like most of the ratings, but I can see the appeal.

Got this on Christmas Eve, felt like an early present! Incredible incredible album, definitely deserves its place at the top. Songs added to playlist: - Second Hand News - Dreams - Songbird - The Chain - I Don't Want to Know

Is there a better album? Grew up listening to this and the songs still get a lot of time in my playlists. The Chain, Gold Dust Woman, Go Your Own Way are outstanding, but every song is great. A perfect album.

9/10 - слушал частично

listened to like 4 of the songs, all very good

Averaged: 8/10 album Favorite: Never Going Back Again

Classic, amazing

Initial track Secondhand News is overly poppy, nice harmonies though. However, this is just about the only track that I don't like on this album. Just about every song is a hit. Definitely worth being on this list. Stevie Nix's voice is awesome.

'Dreams' is pretty mid. The best compositions are the Buckingham ones. Hillary should have used ‘Second Hand News’ as her campaign song.

Not every song on this is 5/5, imo, but most are, and the album as a whole is really excellent. The band sounds great, and the length is just right. C'mon. It's Rumours!

There is nothing revolutionary about Rumours. It did not fracture convention or usher in a new genre. Instead, it performs a rarer feat: it distills an entire era of popular music into a near-perfect forty-minute experience. As the relationship between Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks unraveled, its emotional fallout was transmuted into songwriting steeped in tension, longing, and quiet melancholy. Every track is instantly recognizable, immaculately polished, and disarmingly accessible. Rumours never asks much of the listener, nor does it strain for profundity, but that restraint is part of its power. The musicianship and songwriting are impeccable, reaching their apex in moments like “The Chain,” where the album finds its emotional and sonic center. There is the sunlit California drift of “Dreams,” the haunted wilderness of “Gold Dust Woman.” Rumours endures not because it challenged its audience, but because it trusted them, standing as the quintessential rock album of the 1970s: mass appeal without condescension, intimacy without excess.

It's a stonewall classic.

Time and again I've found myself in conversations about music where someone describes some record as either (a) "one of the best records of all time," or, as (b) "the best record of all time." This is always a big claim; it's also invariably wrong. I had to find a way to point this out in a way that wasn't aggressive and/or cuntish. I needed a baseline. I needed a record that everyone agrees is great that could then be used as a yardstick for greatness. 'Rumours' is that yardstick. Example: Kevin: "I have to say it; 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' is one of the best albums ever!' Me: "I don't think so." Kevin: "It definitely is." Me: "Is it better than 'Rumours'?" Kevin: "...no, probably not." Me: "Is 'Rumours' the best album ever?" Kevin: "...no..." Me: "But it's probably in the top 15, right?" Kevin: "Right!" Me: "So 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill isn't a top 15 album." This argument has served me well for the last five years. It'll serve me well forever.

My little sister claimed this band was my “identity music.” I didn’t understand then, and I still don’t now. I’ve asked her why and she said she can’t remember what the root of the joke even was. So that’s all I think about when I hear this band and album. It’s not a bad album, but I would t describe it as anything approximating my identity. Really like a 2.5.

bangers

A real heavy-weight in the greatest albums of all time! Even though there are a couple of weaker tracks here, I find it easy to listen to the album the whole way through with hitting the skip button! But seriously, what's up with the balls between Mick's legs? A little cheesy in places, but still a classic then and now - 5 out of 5

I spent 2021 attempting to learn “Never Going Back Again” on guitar and nearly broke my fingers. Anyway, it’s a very good album. But I don’t believe it to be one of the greatest of all time as the ratings on this list would have you think.

Finally. A true all time classic GOAT album. I don’t have to listen because I’ve heard it 1000 times in the last year but I’m going to because that’s how great it is. Second hand news is a great opener. Sets the tone and sounds like an intro. Incredible harmonies. Great production as we’ll see throughout the album. Electric guitar is subtle but adds so much. Wish I got more of that outro is my one critique. No notes on dreams. Great song, one if not the best on the album. Songwriting is so good. Production is so good. Guitar on never going back again is so good. Just another great song. Harmony too🔥🔥. Not long enough. And then into don’t stop. Piano and electric guitar carry. Great songwriting as we see throughout. Have to five love to the bass line on go your own way. Song is so damn catchy. Almost perfect. 1 of 4/5 perfect songs on the album. Guitar solo at the end is simple but so effective. Songbird might be my least favoraite in the album but that’s saying something because it’s still a great song. Again great blend of piano and guitar. Also incredible vocals. Need a song like this to lead into the chain. Which brings me to my next point. The chain is one of the best songs of all time. It’s hard to describe why but it just is. From the very first bass drum kick it’s perfect. The production, the vocal harmonies, the songwriting it’s just great. Not only that but it keeps getting better as it goes. I wish it would never end. You make loving fun is another banger, just hard to follow up the chain. Great production. Very poppy. I don’t want to know is so good too, but feels a little out of place. Feels very fun, surrounded by much more emotional songs. Good pallet cleanser. Oh daddy I so emotional but still makes me want to hear more. The production once again is so good. So many musical layers. And a perfect ender with gold dust woman. Guitar is so good. Lyrics are so catchy. Perfect encapsulation of the album as a whole. Again, never want this song to end. It’s an easy 5 stars. Top to bottom incredible album. Only 1 of a few that will get a 5.

One of the best albums of all time, full stop.

straight bangers no weak points

i liked the album, lots of songs and snippets that i’ve heard on tiktok. for sure, an amazing classic album.

Overrated pap from a once great blues band turned backing unit for a pair of American songwriters whose private lives proved more exciting, even incendiary, than their compositions.

ICONIC 5/5

Classic album one of the best

This is just sublime. Everything working together perfectly from start to finish. Oh Daddy is maybe the only slight dip.

Enough Said. A masterpiece for a reason

I was a big fan of a few songs on this album going in, and the rest while not as iconic didn't disappoint.

I'm kinda surprised how much I like this album. Go Your Own Way and Dreams are obviously great, by the whole thing feels really thoughtful and has a nice variety with their rotation of lead singers. I was gonna give it a 4 but Dani convinced me to give it a 5.

its hard to occupy a frame of mind where you havent already heard each of these songs one million times in one thousand different summer blockbusters and car commercials and grocery store aisles but it really is just pretty excellent. i cant come up with any particular criticism that either makes sense or feels right. favorite song at this specific point in time (one of the couple i havent heard before, also just a very cool song) is Oh Daddy

Rating: 10/10 Maybe the perfect classic pop rock record, an obvious classic with a collection of hits that would be the #1 song most bands have ever made, along with deeper cuts that almost never miss. If there was any weak point on the album, maybe Oh Daddy? And Silver Springs is a must listen when you play Rumours. A lot of songs that are basically impossible to get out of your head once they become stuck in it after listening

Quality. Top rated 1001 album of all time, I'm not too sure about, but I like it a lot 8.2/10

I can respect the album without loving it entirely. 7 superhero villains out of 10 lizard wizards

I love the first few songs but didn’t listen to the last three i think

Ate.

eu gosto mas sinto que a maioria das músicas são skips

Por mas que este album es buenisimo indiscutiblemente, nunca me termino de enganchar fleetwood mac. Me empalaga un poco y hay canciones que simplemente no me gustan. Igual este album es un clasico y tiene bangers, descubri You Make Loving Fun que no la conocia y me gusto un monton. 4,5

Very good

Perfection

Phenomenal album! So many bangers, even Bill Clinton couldn’t ruin it by overplaying one (“Don’t Stop” was his campaign song). Lindsey Buckingham’s playing is so evocative. And, in my book, Stevie Nicks may be the most underrated, overrated-singer around. Her backing harmonies are really fantastic. On this listen through, I finally appreciated Christine McVie’s torch songs — she’s a great singer and they provide needed ballast to the album. This is a strong 5.

oh 0/10

Is this album really under 40 minutes? This is how you vacuum pack quality. For a man with dubious skills himself, Mick Fleetwood definitely knew how to surround himself with talent. He's basically a CEO of every big successful multinational. Great songs. Even the ones I didn't realise were on this album. It deserves its success.

A 70s rock classic. Only one song is not instantly recognizable and even that song is still good.

lets fucking go. one of the greatest. just hit after hit goddamn i love fleetwood mac

Absolutely phenomenal album, I can’t believe I’ve never heard it in one sitting.

I enjoyed the album as a whole, but I only like 3 songs where I’ll play on loop.

Hard to believe that the record continues to get better and better over the course of the first 8 songs - songbird into the chain is crazy - absolutely gorgeous song that hints at something powerful that’s more revealed in the chain. “I Don’t Want to Know” is the singular song on this record that doesn’t entirely grip me. “Oh Daddy”, which follows, would never be one of the most popular songs on this record, but it’s a song that provides important context. Shows more of the bands range and where they can take things. The instrumental section is one of the most exciting parts of the record for me. Also the guitar playing on this record is just incredible. Masterful at times in whimsy playfulness, and in impassioning western psychedelic twang. What a band! Listened to on 63 bus

7/10

I can’t name many albums that minute-for-minute deliver as much great songwriting as “Rumours” does. “Dreams” is such a gorgeous song. One of the best ever written and it never gets old. It has that undercurrent of heartbreak and longing but it’s powerful, cathartic music too. I’ve heard this album plenty of times, but it really unlocked something in me this time. “Songbird” made me tear up. And the climax of “The Chain” is overwhelming. That guitar solo is amazing! Fleetwood Mac take country and folk music and reach deep into the genres to pull out the most soulful emotions those styles have to offer. Then they turn it into stadium-sized rock with big anthems and gorgeous melodies. Terrific music. Probably a top 10 album. I wouldn’t call you crazy if you ranked it #1.

One of those records that you see the album art pop up and immediately go "hell yes". So excited to hear it today. The guitar parts, vocals, the dynamic changes, the vibe.. on the right day it's a perfect album for me. What a great story behind this record too. I can't imagine the tension from the relationship dynamics. Stevie and Lindsey are in the midst of breaking up, Christine and John are divorcing, and Mick is going through a divorce as well. What a crazy cauldron of emotions to be swirling around in one room! I find it really incredible that Stevie can write a song like "Dreams" about her relationship with Lindsey, and then he can write "Go Your Own Way" about the relationship from his perspective, and BOTH songs are INCREDIBLE. It's a testament to the talent of this band and how it's not just one phenomenal songwriter with a band behind them; it's multiple phenomenal songwriters. There's a production quality on this album that I've been chasing my whole music life. It's so warm and intimate with songs like "Dreams" with a production that really captures the incredibly dour shifting maj7 chords (and that "almost an octave" tension that comes from this chord type that lingers on and on) and the soft drumset and droning pedal steel guitar, and of course Stevie's heart breaking vocals. I swear, around 2:30 into the song it sounds like she just got done crying, specially on the lyric "mad". Ugh it's amazing emotion! Then "Go Your Own Way" is colder, more epic, and intense, and yet it still works in the album. It's so different yet cohesive with the overall sound. I also absolutely adore the fretless bass playing on this one. Super tasteful. Instant 5/5, one of my favorite albums of all time, probably somewhere in top 15-20 for me.

Not only did I get one of the best albums of the decade. I also got the post album AI streaming tracks of great songs from the period. A good time for me!

Favourite Songs: Dreams Go Your Own Way The Chain

Legendarisk album

PEAK musik, et af de bedste album nogensinde og et af de første jeg købte på vinyl (fun fact) ;)

It’s so beautiful 🥹🥹

I will never understand why people like this so much. It just makes me wish for bluesy Fleetwoodac back.

I’ve never been a big Fleetwood Mac fan, but Dreams and The Chain are undeniable. The rest of the album is solid, so basically it has to rate pretty high

Fav tracks aside from the obvious - Don’t Stop,

A BANGER ALBUM no skips loooove it Know almost all of the songs before listening to it and the ones I didn’t know pleasantly surprised me. Top3: 1. You make loving fun 2.Go your own way 3. Never going back again

The drum and base for the chain was so good. Enjoyed the voice harmony for gold women dust.

Klassiker

Second hand news- great Dreams-good Never go back again- personal favorite (insane guitar work) Don’t stop-good Go your on own way-alright Songbird-not my favorite The chain-popular for a reason You make loving fun-great I don’t want to know-insanely good Oh daddy-not the same as the rest Gold dust woman- great Overall, a very enjoyable album. I didn’t like some of Stevie Nicks songs. But Lindsey Buckingham songs were honestly the highlights of the album for me. Low points are probably Songbird and oh daddy but everything else is extremely solid

Gotta say I wasn’t impressed by this one. The stature that this album has is actually a bit baffling. Tracks added to playlist: Don’t Stop You Make Loving Fun

One of the best albums of all time

Can't say anything that's already been said. Lindsey Buckingham on Second Hand News going BAOW BAOW BAOW BAOW is easily the most obnoxious and insufferable thing on this album. It's really good, mostly flawless. I just wonder how much the mythology surrounding it adds to it. Like, if they weren't all hooking up with each other and not doing metric shit-tons of cocaine, would this be as celebrated? People can't mention this album without all the shit that surrounds it. But the shit that surrounds it is also really fun.

Bon, on va mettre les pieds dans le plat tout de suite. Si vous suivez ce carnet de bord depuis un moment, vous savez que j’ai une relation compliquée avec ce dinosaure qu'est Fleetwood Mac. Vous vous souvenez de la chronique de "Tusk" ? Cette espèce de double album boursouflé, prétentieux et bordélique que je nous ai infligé il y a quelque temps ? J’avais sorti la sulfateuse et collé un violent 1 sur 5, parce que faut pas déconner, la vie est trop courte pour écouter des millionnaires s'ennuyer en studio. Alors, quand le générateur aléatoire du projet "1001 Albums" m’a recraché "Rumours", j’ai eu un mouvement de recul. J’ai failli aller me passer "Streetcleaner" de Godflesh à fond les ballons pour me purifier les oreilles avant même de commencer. Mais bon, comme la règle c’est la règle, on respire un grand coup, on range ses préjugés de vieux disquaire aigri adepte de Post-Punk et de Neofolk, et on retourne en 1977. Et là, surprise... ou plutôt, confirmation d’un truc que je savais déjà mais que mon snobisme musical m'empêchait d'admettre totalement : on est très, très loin de la purge qu'était "Tusk". Pour comprendre "Rumours", il faut comprendre le contexte. On est en 1977, et pendant que les Ramones et les Sex Pistols sont en train d'essayer de raser l'industrie musicale à coups d'épingles à nourrice et de trois accords joués à la truelle, Fleetwood Mac, eux, sont dans une bulle. Une bulle tapissée de velours, remplie de montagnes de cocaïne de première qualité et d'un mélodrame sexuel digne des "Feux de l'Amour". C'est simple, c'est le bordel intégral car les couples du groupe explosent en vol. John et Christine McVie ne se parlent plus que pour s'insulter musicalement. Lindsey Buckingham et Stevie Nicks sont en train de vivre la rupture la plus toxique de l'histoire de la Californie. Et Mick Fleetwood, au milieu de tout ça, découvre que sa femme le trompe avec son meilleur pote. Normalement, un groupe dans cet état, ça splitte, ou ça sort un album de Noise insupportable où tout le monde hurle sa haine. Mais non car ces gens-là sont des professionnels du soft rock. Ils ont pris toute cette haine, tout ce ressentiment, toute cette tristesse, et ils l'ont polie jusqu'à ce que ça brille comme un capot de Cadillac au soleil. Ils ont transformé leur thérapie de couple ratée en machine à cash. Musicalement, qu'est-ce que ça donne ? Eh bien, force est de constater que c'est efficace. Redoutablement efficace. Là où "Tusk" partait dans tous les sens comme un canard sans tête, "Rumours" est un missile guidé par laser. C'est de la pop californienne calibrée au millimètre. On ne va pas se mentir, la production est tellement propre qu'on pourrait manger dessus. C'est lisse, ça glisse tout seul et pour un mec comme moi qui a passé les années 90 à écouter Sonic Youth et à chercher la dissonance, ça fait presque mal tellement c'est parfait. Mais il y a un savoir-faire indéniable. Prenez "The Chain", même moi, avec mon t-shirt Joy Division et mon air désabusé, je suis obligé de taper du pied quand la basse arrive à la fin. Ou "Go Your Own Way", c'est quand même l'ultime chanson de "va te faire foutre" déguisée en tube radio joyeux. Buckingham qui balance ses horreurs à Nicks pendant qu'elle est obligée de faire les chœurs derrière, c'est d'une perversité absolument délicieuse. C'est peut-être le seul moment vraiment "punk" de l'album : l'honnêteté brutale des paroles masquée par une mélodie hyper catchy. Et puis il y a "Dreams", Stevie Nicks, sa voix voilée, cette ambiance vaporeuse... C'est le genre de morceau que je détestais entendre tourner en boucle à la radio quand je bossais chez le disquaire, parce que ça attirait une clientèle qui demandait "vous avez le CD avec la chanson de la pub ?". Mais avec le recul, et peut-être la sagesse (ou la fatigue) de l'âge, je dois admettre que ça fonctionne. Car c'est une mécanique pop implacable. Et c'est là tout le paradoxe de cet album pour un amateur de musiques "sombres" et "exigeantes". "Rumours", c'est l'ennemi juré sur le papier, c'est le triomphe du mainstream, l'album que vos parents mettaient dans la voiture pour aller en vacances, le disque qui a squatté les charts pendant des siècles en empêchant des groupes bien plus intéressants d'émerger. C'est la musique de l'establishment, c'est le son de l'argent, mais c'est aussi un album qui ne triche pas sur sa marchandise. Contrairement à "Tusk" qui essayait de se donner des airs expérimentaux ridicules, "Rumours" assume totalement son statut de blockbuster. C'est fait pour passer à la radio, c'est fait pour être chanté sous la douche, c'est fait pour vendre des millions de copies. Et dans ce registre précis, c'est difficile de faire mieux. J'ai passé des années à vendre des disques de Current 93 à trois pelés et un tondu dans l'arrière-boutique, tout en regardant les piles de Fleetwood Mac partir comme des petits pains en caisse. À l'époque, je jugeais et je me disais "Mon dieu, les gens n'ont aucun goût, ils veulent juste de la soupe". Aujourd'hui ? Bon, je préfère toujours écouter Nick Cave me raconter des histoires de meurtres sordides, mais je reconnais que quand "Don't Stop" passe, je ne change pas forcément de station. C'est grave docteur ? Alors, qu'est-ce qu'on en fait de ce "Rumours" ? Bon, on ne va pas se mettre à genoux non plus car ça reste de la pop-rock californienne très (trop) produite, parfois un peu niaise ("Songbird", au secours), et ça manque cruellement de distorsion et de désespoir existentiel pour figurer dans mon panthéon personnel. Ça sent le patchouli de luxe et les intérieurs en cuir beige. Mais on est obligé de saluer la performance, car transformer un tel chaos personnel en une collection de tubes aussi carrée, c'est un tour de force. C'est un album qui a défini une époque, un son, et qui a servi de bande-son à des millions de divorces depuis 1977. C'est un bon album de pop rock, ni plus, ni moins. Ça ne va pas changer votre vision du monde, mais ça fait le job. Et comparé à l'accident industriel qu'était "Tusk", c'est quasiment un chef-d'œuvre de cohérence. Donc, je range ma haine, je garde mon cynisme pour la prochaine bouse que Robert Dimery va me forcer à écouter, et je donne un score honnête pour un travail honnête. Pour les tubes qui restent en tête même quand on essaie de les chasser à coup de larsen, et pour la qualité d'écriture pop indéniable. Note : 3/5 À écouter quand : Vous avez de la route à faire sous le soleil, que vous ne voulez pas trop réfléchir, et que vous avez envie de chanter des horreurs à votre ex sur un air majeur.

I die to imagine hearing this for the first time

An album I knew well from my early listening history. The big hits (Go Your Own Way, You Make Loving Fun, Don't Stop, The Chain) are embedded in my permanent memory, but while I remembered songs like Oh Daddy and Gold Dust Woman, I had forgotten just how GOOD they were. Other than Second Hand News (which is cromulent but suffers from being surrounded by gold), this album is just one brilliantly-crafted song after another, and it well deserves its spot on the Mount Rushmore of classic rock albums.

Obvious and quintessential classic album.

visos dainos panasios, bet geros

Loved it

More bands should document their messy relationships and make sick ass music rather than just breaking up. So much more fun. Anyway my favourites are Dreams and The Chain. Bit basic but they’re popular for a reason!! My favs as well! Really good album to listen to the whole way through. Sadly Go Your Own Way has still been ruined for me from that one ad. Still a fun listen

Best Fleetwood Mac album with their best song (You Make Loving Fun), the whole album is banger after banger. Makes me want to wear some enormous sleeves and twirl around

Excellent I liked all of the songs

Classic banger

Maybe I’m not white enough to get it

Not a bad song on it. Written, performed, and recorded perfectly. Pop rock that tells a sad story

Overrated

6/10

It's not my favourite album of all time but it's hard to say it's not (one of) the best. 6/5

One of the most 5 of them all. I've seen it on the toplists, and its place is fully deserved. Really not much to say, there is not a single dud on the album. Favourites are go your own way and the chain.

oh how i love you

nahiko chill ta entzun daiteke baño eztet gehiegi konektatu, no me ha movido nada. ez det abestirik gorde.

some boring some cute i love fleetwood mac

Un classique. No skip albums. Redécouverte de songbird 10/10.

6/10 Dreams er GOATED Godt album og endnu bedre artist, men nok ikke helt min smag

1000/10 DUHHHH!!!!

Me gustaton varias canciones, muchas no sabia que eran de ellos.

Go your own way and chain are good, plus the mixed male and female vocals are nice, but otherwise a pretty dull album.

So so good, I expect nothing less of fleetwood mac

Great set of tunes, but peters out a little bit in the final third with its weakest, arguably most derivative material. But it's all relative to an almost peerless first half, and there are still some nice harmonies, great playing and superb production throughout, which keeps it breezy. Personal favourites are the first side's quieter ballads, but The Chain is undeniable.

solid

Oh fuck yeah. The more you give people, the more chances they have to be disappointed. Each song is unique. The whole album is nostalgic, I do remember the CD sitting in mom's car. They just don't make 'em like this every decade. Birthed of a rich, multinational musical background, Fleetwood Mac have a universal sound that is elevated to celestial by Stevie Nicks. What more is there to say?

Good stuff couple peak songs

8.5/10

The album is full of hits even though may have long since been ruined for me by car and drug commercials. I like the songs featuring Stevie Nicks the most. It is an enjoyable listen and credit is due but not something I’d reach for. 4/5

One of the best albums I’ve heard!! Great songs.

After all these years of hearing about this album's reputation, I finally sat down and listened to it, and... it's ok? The big hits are all great, but the other tracks didn't do much for me. This is the perfect album for where the whole star rating system doesn't work. I think it's a 3.5... I'll give it a 4 because Stevie Nicks.

great, well known songs. an alltime classic.

dis nigga’s legendary??

Nearly a perfect album. To come up with all these amazing songs while your band is the definition of disfunction is incredible. If not for a slight aversion to Stevie Nick’s voice this could have been a five

Great album, several pleasant classics

Top ten album, Stevie is a goddess 10/10

Love love love this

So….Rumours. It’s such a revered and enduringly popular album. I’ve dutifully listened to it again trying to find the spark I’ve always missed. Unfortunately, I still didn’t find said spark. It’s mainly bland, country rockish, and plodding as far as I can tell. Maybe some of the lyrics are inspirational if you’re interested in self-affirmational content. The iconic guitar break at the end of The Chain is an honourable exception to that sweeping statement. And Gold Dust Woman at the end of the album is a nice song. But for me that’s about it.

This is an album I know very well. To me it's a timeless classic. Whilst created in the 1970's it doesn't sound like a 70's album to me, although perhaps that's because I've listened to it so often in the decades since its release. It's a great combination of styles, vocal and instrumental with meaningful lyrics, even more so if you understand the background to them. Stevie Nicks vocals on Rumours and Gold Dust Woman are distinctive and wonderful. Christine McVie's vocals, particularly on Songbird (my favourite song on the album) are great too. Guitars on Go Your Own Way and the end of The Chain (immortalised by Formula 1) are very special. It's an album I often go back to and one I tend to listen to end to end, unlike others where I dip on for the odd song here and there.

Super classic 10/10 goated album

A gem.

Top

Well, here it is. The highest rated album on this list and possibly the biggest soft dad rock record. While I might go for their self titled or even Tusk before Rumours, this one is pretty hard to argue with.

This is widely considered one of the greatest records ever released. While lighter, poppier rock isn't normally my thing, I do recognize how great this record is. It spurned a lot of hits for a reason; because it's a really good record that people love.

Car died and almost crashed into the freezing snow during this album. Absolutely amazing

Never listened all the way through before but this is excellent stuff.

Another album that makes me wonder if I need to listen more to know the band. All the hits and some hidden gems.

# Playlist Track - Gold Dust Woman # Notes - Even if you don't know anything about the drama and the chaos around this album, this is a pretty damn good one. - Great lyrics, execution, catchy songs. The whole deal. One of the few albums that you really really should listen to before you die.

One of the top-to-bottom best albums ever, in my opinion. The lore behind album is so interesting in itself. How they were ever to put aside their internal issues and come together to produce such an iconic album is incredible. Top tracks: All of them, but top are: Secondhand News, Don't Stop (bop), The Chain, Gold Dust Woman

It's Rumors. I'm not gonna over think this one

It's Rumours. And that's great. But that's not Tusk. Favorite Tracks: Second Hand News, Never Going Back Again, The Chain, I Don't Want To Know

Iconic! This album is always a winner. One of those super special musical moments captured for us to enjoy.

Is it possible to give 6 stars? Possibly the most perfect album ever, it has become a meme for success. "Just like Rumours, every one a hit".

Strong 4,5

i mean like do i even need to say anything

Good tunes, great voice. But overall just a product, at a time when punk was happening, with people trying to change the world. I know which I’m on.

Iconic

I don't get the hype for this album. Is it good? Sure. Does it deserve the top spot? Absolutely not?

Its Rumours. It's damned near perfect, basically.

every song is a banger

This is an album that is extremely hard to review if you were around when it was released. It is a record that has been so over-played in the last few decades that it's hard to be objective. Several of the songs are worn out to many listeners. Many people will rank it on memories of what they were doing in 1977 when the hits were played on the radio, regardless of the album's merits as a whole. Some will rate based on how much the love Stevie Nicks. I was around when this came out and have several of these perspectives. I consider this record to be very important to pop culture. A soundtrack of sorts to millions of lives. That said, it is a very good album. Not a great one, based on musicality and innovation.

Carino dai

4/5

Album top, tot de ruptures hahah. Cançons que me sonavem i que m'agraden molt: Dreams i Go your own way. Me recorda la vibe a Dasy Jones and The six.

Bangers through the middle, solid through the end Starts out a little weak with Never Going Back Again in 3rd

Fun catchy easy badass technical stupid pop

All time classic, loads of hits, variety of mood and tempo, One of the best ever.

TOP 10 ALBUM OF ALL TIME.

No. I do not like Fleetwood Mac. It’s all just twee MOR pap. Everyone knows Dreams and yes Go your own way has an inherent catchiness to it, but that doesn’t stop them being annoying or boring. Songbird is just dull. The one saving grace is the presence of The Chain which given my age and sporting upbringing means the F1 theme hidden in the middle/end. Even without that the bass led tune is far more interesting than anything else present. It is this track alone that lifts the album, but is one track sufficient to stop it being a 1/5? You make loving fun quickly brings the uninteresting pap levels back. The intro to i dont want to know brings some momentary interest but quickly diminishes with the intro of yhe vocals.

One of my favourite albums of all time. Back to back with absolute classics (we are going to ignore “Oh Daddy” for this purpose). This album could easily have been overshadowed by all the chaos going on behind the scenes, yet it’s not. Or maybe that’s what made it so magic. So many of these songs, like “Dreams” and “Go Your Own Way”, remain radio staples in the almost 50 years since this was released, but the standouts for me are “The Chain”, a song with one of the most recognisable bass lines in history, “Songbird”, which only works as a Fleetwood Mac song due to the gutting, softer vocals of Christine McVie, and my fav, “Gold Dust Woman.”

This is, as far as I'm concerned, a perfect album. It hits that beautiful combination of being an album I'm very nostalgic about, as both my parents loved it and played it a lot when I was young, and being an album that's also genuinely great. I love that the voices meld beautifully and that different songs have different genders taking the lead vocals so there's a real variety in sounds. I like the simplicity of Songbird recorded in an empty echoy room. I adore Go Your Own Way which was a particular parental favourite. I love that The Chain turns into the theme tune to the BBC's coverage of Formula One for most of my life, thus making me think it's the weekend. This album absolutely deserves it's spot in the global rankings vying for the topspot with The Beatles. 5/5

One of my favorite things a pop album can do is absolutely fucking rip when it needs to. Obviously all the hooks and harmonies on this are excellent, but the bits and pieces of flashy guitar work take this from "great" to "all-timer" for me.

Une jolie découverte

you really can't write a cheating break up album better than this Would I listen again: Yes. Deserves to be on this list: Yes. 4.8

Seeing that this is the top rated album of the entire 1001 albums generator project, it's difficult not to want to be a contrarian and give it a lower score than 5. That's crazy, though. It's Rumours! It's a fantastic album, emotionally fraught and wall to wall certified hits. There never has and never will be another album like it.

Hell fuckin ya

The height of commercially accessible 70s rock.

This is the perfect pop rock album. Two all time great vocalist in Nicks and Buckingham (and pretty good one in McVie), Buckingham’s incredible guitar work, beautiful and varied songwriting. This is just a perfect ten. So many timeless songs, just pure bangers non stop. Personal favorites are Landslide, The Chain and Never Going Back Again. I do have to say something’s happened with this album that got it a bit overrated in the public eye in the last decade or so. I mean it’s an easy five and an all time great, but it’s not Pet Sounds or Revolver or Nevermind or anything in that caliber and it seems like recent discourse rates it as highly as those albums, which is a bit too much.

Genius

Perfect no notes

It’s hard to give five stars to the second album on the list. But it’s pretty good. Sonically interesting, even 48 years later. I will be listening again in future.

my favorite

No notes. 5/5

The popularity of Rumours wasn't because it was just a passing fad or a product of its time. Its popularity was earned from being such a strong collection of outstanding songs. This was and is an all-time classic.

Obvious 5

¿Qué se puede escribir sobre el Rumours que no se haya dicho? Obra maestra. 12/10.

cara a: 😃💔 cara b: 🤠 💔

Funny this one, my sister had it back in the 70s, far too tame for me, over the years though it grew on me, I do love “Dreams”, listened last night to the whole album

Wanted to enjoy it more

Ja kenn ich schon ist ganz hübsch

Classic. Rightfully.

One of my all-time favorite albums

favorite soft,acoustic rock album of all time

Alright this

After many, many listens, I got to give respect where it's due. I'm sorry, Fleetwood Mac, for ever doubting your legacy. I understand now. To summarize, let me quote a wonderful exerpt from The Onion: "Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' Was Over In For A Thrill Of His Fucking Life" After so many listens, the second part still gives me chills. Every. Time.

To nie są zwykłe plotki, ani sensacyjne wiadomości z drugiej ręki. Ten album to marzenia każdego fana muzyki zaklęte w dźwiękach. Jest niczym śpiew ptaków delikatny, a zarazem mocny jak łańcuch, który pęta słuchacza tak, że nie ma już odwrotu. ​Nie chcę wiedzieć, kim bym był, gdybym nie znał tych utworów. I choć każdy z nas musi w życiu iść własną drogą, przy tej płycie nasze ścieżki się przecinają. Nie zatrzymuj się na jednym odsłuchu, ten album wciąga i uzależnia jak złota kobieta, o której nie sposób zapomnieć.

Overrated middle-of-the-road soft rock. Does nothing for me this.

93/100. Some albums are great because of the songs. Others because of the sound. Rumours is great because of the feeling. There’s a reason why these tracks have lasted. They’re emotionally direct without being dramatic. They speak to the kinds of feelings most people don’t know how to put into words. Jealousy, forgiveness, resignation, nostalgia. It’s not just a collection of singles. It’s a complete experience. You don’t want to skip anything, and you don’t really want to pause it either. It invites you in and holds you there.

the gossip is as good as the music 10/10

deserving of all the praise

no, it’s all true

bello da tutti i punti di vista

Album incredibile dal primo all’ultimo pezzo. Voci incredibili, arrangiamenti spettacolari ed è pieno di brani iconici.

We've all heard this and it's a truly great album from start to finish. A rare occasion where there isn't a single weak song on the album. I've heard it hundreds of times but I'll probably put it on again anyway.

I have no problem rating it a five, but my persistent question is why is this THE album everyone seems to own and the #1 rated on the list? I actually think Apple Music’s analysis is pretty good. Paraphrasing heavily, Rumours takes everything interesting going on in the 70s, runs it through an adult contemporary filter, then makes songs out of only the finest parts that remain. So You Make Loving Fun kinda sounds like a Stevie Wonder song and The Chain kinda sounds like a Zep song and Gold Dust Woman kinda sounds like a Patti Smith song. But they’re all just the Mac. I also noticed this time through that the band is incredibly locked in… in a way that feels almost unreal. I think that explains the magic of The Chain especially. So I’m content for it to be one or those mega-records like Thriller. It’s just a *little* too slick to be a favorite record for me. I have trouble imagining anyone breaking down and crying hearing Rumours, and that’s the effect I ultimately want a great record to have. But I’m still humming… don’t… stop… thinkin about tomorrow…

An all timer!

WHAT AN ALBUM

Such a great album. Every single song is a hit!

Iconic, full of hits, well written and a part of music history. This is one of those albums you actually expect to be on this list.

As amazing as you'd think

stone wall classic

Incredible from front to back. Captivating lyrics, timeless melodies and memorable performances from the whole band.

All time album

Oh, only one of the top selling albums of all time and the definition of a no-Skip. The album that made Fleetwood Mac.

Pretty goated if you ask me

I love this - I'm not sure why. Nice to sing along to?

This absolutely deserves its spot as one of the top rated albums on the site. So many classic songs. I feel guilty trying to choose a single favorite. Favorite Track: The Chain

(100/100)

Canciones con buen ritmo y una historia compartida y que conecta. Top 3: The chain Go your own way Songbird

Classic but over played

I mean, it’s Rumours. Come on.

Ballads are generally mid minus dreams, but otherwise good

Best Song: The Chain This is tied for the highest rated album on the 1001 by users and for good reason. It's a phenomenal record. I have heard it several times and had it on vinyl but enjoyed it even though my album was warped and The Chain skipped, which is a real bummer. 5/5.

So many great songs. Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar and Stevie Nicks vocals are sooo good. Probably as close to a perfect album as you can get. But I’ve never really liked it that much.