Album · 1977
Rumours
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (1977) is rated 4.6/5 from 5 ratings on Riffiter.
#4 in Best albums of 1977 · #17 in Best rock albums
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- 11
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- 40 min
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Two divorces, one breakup and a mountain of cocaine, alchemized into the smoothest-sounding pain in pop history: Rumours works because every barbed lyric is aimed at someone else in the room singing harmony on it. "Dreams," "Go Your Own Way," "The Chain" — forty million copies later, still the gold standard for beautiful disasters.
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11 tracks · 40 min
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3 rated tracks
According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Rumours is Second Hand News — rated 4.8/5 by 2 listeners.
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Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. Largely recorded in California during 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut and was released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. The record peaked at the top of both the main United States Billboard chart and the United Kingdom Albums Chart. "Go Your Own Way", "Don't Stop", "Dreams", and "You Make Loving Fun" were released as singles. A Grammy Award winner, Rumours is Fleetwood Mac's most successful release with sales of over 40 million copies worldwide. The band wanted to expand on the commercial success of the 1975 record Fleetwood Mac, but struggled with relationship breakups before recording started. The Rumours studio sessions were marked by hedonistic behaviour and interpersonal strife between Fleetwood Mac members; these experiences informed the album's lyrics. Influenced by pop music, the record's tracks were recorded using a combination of acoustic and electric instruments. The mixing process delayed the completion of Rumours, but was finished by the end of 1976.
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Following the album's release in 1977, Fleetwood Mac undertook worldwide promotional tours. Rumours garnered widespread critical acclaim. Praise centred on its production quality and harmonies, which frequently relied on the interplay among three vocalists. The record has inspired the work of musical acts in different genres. Often considered Fleetwood Mac's best release, it has featured in several publications' lists of the best albums of the 1970s and the best albums of all time. In 2004, Rumours was remastered and reissued with the addition of an extra track and a bonus CD of outtakes from the recording sessions.
In brief
- Is Rumours good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Rumours 4.6/5 from 5 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Rumours?
- Second Hand News, rated 4.8/5 by 2 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Rumours released?
- Rumours was released in 1977 on Warner Bros. Records.
- How many tracks are on Rumours?
- Rumours has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 40 minutes.
- What genre is Rumours?
- Rumours is catalogued under Rock.