Rumours

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Rumours
Rumours cover
Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
Released February 4, 1977 (1977-02-04)
Recorded February 1976 (1976-02)–August 1976 (1976-08) Record Plant Studios, Sausalito; Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley ("Songbird" only); Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles;Criteria Studios, Miami; Davlen Recording Studio, North Hollywood
Genre Rock
Length 40:03
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat & Richard Dashut
Professional reviews
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Fleetwood Mac
(1975)		 Rumours
(1977)		 Tusk
(1979)

Rumours is the thirteenth album by rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). It was the second album recorded with this lineup, following the successful self-titled Fleetwood Mac album. In December 1976, prior to the release of the album, Reprise released the single "Go Your Own Way". In 1978, it won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. As of 2007 the album has sold more than 30 million copies[1], and is on the list of best-selling albums of all time.

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[edit] History

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In the two years since the previous album, things had become rather difficult within the group. Mick Fleetwood separated from his wife Jenny. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who were in a relationship when they joined the group, were separated, and John McVie and Christine McVie also separated, although all five remained in the band. This meant that, as Stevie Nicks later pointed out, long hours were spent and some very awkward times were had between people who would otherwise not be in each others' lives. Christine McVie later remarked that they were all writing about each other, hence the title of the album. They didn't realize this immediately, but finally realizing that they had created such a good album together lifted them out of their misery.

Stevie Nicks in the music video for the song "Dreams"
Stevie Nicks in the music video for the song "Dreams"

"Go Your Own Way" was believed by Nicks to be a gloomy reference to the break-up of their relationship, and she and Buckingham argued about it. "Dreams" was her attempt to be more optimistic. The song was the only U.S. number one hit for the group, and remains one of their best-known songs. "You Make Loving Fun" referred to an affair between Christine McVie and the group's lighting director. "Gold Dust Woman" was a reference to Stevie Nicks's own struggle with drugs. "Don't Stop" was written by Christine McVie after her divorce with John McVie, and it provided an optimistic outlook on their newly-separated lives.

"Oh Daddy" was almost certainly a reference to Mick Fleetwood, the spiritual father of the group who largely held it together, and the only member who was a parent at the time. "Songbird" Christine McVie described as "a little anthem" and said it was for "all of us". It took a long time to record because it had to be one continuous take.[citation needed] The final section of "The Chain" was written first, but at that point there wasn't a song for it to be the end of. Stevie Nicks had written that quite separately, and as she put it "gave it to them". Lindsey Buckingham then had an idea about how it should begin and the first section was re-recorded. [2]

Rumours won a Grammy award in 1978 for Album of the Year for 1977, and spent 31 weeks at the top of the Billboard Music Charts, in spite of some critical panning for perceived pandering to mainstream tastes. By 2003, the album had sold more than 19 million copies in the United States alone and was certified by the RIAA.

In the 1990s, "Songbird" was covered by the late Eva Cassidy, an American singer popular in Britain. Her version became very popular in the United Kingdom.

In 2001, the TV network VH1 placed it at number 16 on the list of the greatest albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 25 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.. In 2006, Q magazine readers voted Rumours the 68th greatest album of all time.

[edit] 2001 DVD-Audio

The DVD-Audio release adds "Silver Springs" (as track 6) after "Go Your Own Way", and moves "Songbird" to the end (track 12); all the other songs retain their original numbering.

This version features 96 kHz/24 bit surround sound and stereo mixes as well as a photo gallery, exclusive to DVD-Audio players; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, exclusive to DVD video players; and "The Making of 'Rumours'," a 37-minute set of behind-the-scenes audio interviews detailing the writing and recording of each song in order, available on all players.

[edit] 2004 re-issue

On March 23, 2004, Warner Bros. released a remastered album, with a bonus disc of rough mixes, outtakes, early demos, and session jams, with "Silver Springs" inserted between "Songbird" and "The Chain", but with no other reordering of tracks.

[edit] Track listing

Original Release

Side one

  1. "Second Hand News" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 2:43
  2. "Dreams" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:14
  3. "Never Going Back Again" (Buckingham) – 2:14
  4. "Don't Stop" (Christine McVie) – 3:11
  5. "Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) – 3:38
  6. "Songbird" (C. McVie) – 3:20

Side two

  1. "The Chain" (Nicks, Buckingham, C. McVie, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood) – 4:28
  2. "You Make Loving Fun" (C. McVie) – 3:31
  3. "I Don't Want to Know" (Nicks) – 3:11
  4. "Oh Daddy" (C. McVie) – 3:54
  5. "Gold Dust Woman" (Nicks) – 4:51

2004 reissue

  1. "Second Hand News" (Buckingham) – 2:43
  2. "Dreams" (Nicks) – 4:14
  3. "Never Going Back Again" (Buckingham) – 2:02
  4. "Don't Stop" (C. McVie) – 3:11
  5. "Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) – 3:38
  6. "Songbird" (C. McVie) – 3:20
  7. "Silver Springs" (Nicks) – 4:33
  8. "The Chain" (Buckingham, Fleetwood, J. McVie, C. McVie, Nicks) – 4:28
  9. "You Make Loving Fun" (C. McVie) – 3:31
  10. "I Don't Want to Know" (Nicks) – 3:11
  11. "Oh Daddy" (C. McVie) – 3:54
  12. "Gold Dust Woman" (Nicks) – 4:51

The track "Silver Springs" was released as the B-side of "Go Your Own Way". The song, originally intended for release on the LP, was not included because of its length. The shorter Nicks song "I Don't Want to Know" was its replacement.

Bonus disc

  1. "Second Hand News" (Buckingham) – 2:47
  2. "Dreams" (Nicks) – 4:21
  3. "Brushes (Never Going Back Again)" (instrumental) (Buckingham) – 2:50
  4. "Don't Stop" (C. McVie) – 3:33
  5. "Go Your Own Way" (Buckingham) – 3:06
  6. "Songbird" (C. McVie) – 3:11
  7. "Silver Springs" (Nicks) – 6:07
  8. "You Make Loving Fun" (C. McVie) – 4:56
  9. "Gold Dust Woman #1" (Nicks) – 5:02
  10. "Oh Daddy" (C. McVie) – 3:58
  11. "Think About It" (Nicks) – 2:55
    • Re-recorded later for Nicks' first solo album Bella Donna.
  12. "Never Going Back Again" (Buckingham) – 1:56
  13. "Planets of the Universe" (Nicks) – 3:18
  14. "Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)" (C. McVie) – 2:11
    • Chord progression was used in "The Chain".
  15. "Gold Dust Woman" (Nicks) – 5:01
  16. "Doesn't Anything Last" (Buckingham) – 1:10
  17. "Mic the Screecher" (jam) (Fleetwood) – 0:59
  18. "For Duster (The Blues)" (jam) (Buckingham, J. McVie, C. McVie, Fleetwood) – 4:26

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

Year Chart Position
1977 Billboard 200 1

[edit] Single

Year Single Chart Position
1977 "Go Your Own Way" Billboard Pop Singles 10
1977 "Go Your Own Way" Billboard Adult Contemporary 45
1977 "Dreams" Billboard Pop Singles 1
1977 "Dreams" Billboard Adult Contemporary 11
1977 "Don't Stop" Billboard Pop Singles 3
1977 "Don't Stop" Billboard Adult Contemporary 22
1977 "You Make Loving Fun" Billboard Pop Singles 9
1977 "You Make Loving Fun" Billboard Adult Contemporary 28

[edit] Awards

Year Organization Category Winner
1978 Grammy Award Album of the Year Fleetwood Mac, Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold February 15, 1977
RIAA – USA Platinum March 9, 1977
BPI – UK Gold May 23, 1977
BPI – UK Platinum November 9, 1977
RIAA – USA 12X Platinum October 22, 1984
BPI – UK Double Platinum April 10, 1985
BPI – UK Triple Platinum April 10, 1985
BPI – UK 4X Platinum March 10, 1987
BPI – UK 5X Platinum August 1, 1998
BPI – UK 6X Platinum August 1, 1998
BPI – UK 7X Platinum August 1, 1998
RIAA – USA 13X Platinum March 1, 1989
RIAA – USA 14X Platinum December 9, 1993
RIAA – USA 17X Platinum January 31, 1995
RIAA – USA 18X Platinum April 6, 1998
BPI – UK 8X Platinum January 28, 2000
BPI – UK 9X Platinum January 28, 2000
BPI – UK 10X Platinum January 28, 2000
RIAA – USA 19X Platinum March 24, 2003

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ BBC Review on the album Rumours
  2. ^ DiMartino, Dave (2004). Fleetwood Mac. Rumours Expanded ed. liner notes. (Los Angeles: Warner Bros. Records)
  3. ^ Fleetwood Mac. Rumours Expanded ed. (Warner Bros. Records, 2004).
Preceded by
A Star Is Born (soundtrack)
by Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson		 Billboard 200 number-one album
April 2 - April 16, 1977
May 21 - July 16, 1977
July 23 - November 26, 1977
January 7 - January 14, 1978		 Succeeded by
Barry Manilow Live by Barry Manilow
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Fleetwood Mac
John McVie · Mick Fleetwood · Stevie Nicks · Lindsey Buckingham
Christine McVie · Peter Green · Jeremy Spencer · Bob Brunning · Danny Kirwan · Bob Welch · Bob Weston · Dave Walker · Billy Burnette · Rick Vito · Dave Mason · Bekka Bramlett
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Key Singles/Songs
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Grammy Award: Album of the Year (1971-1990)