History Music / Rumours

It was released to rapturous critical acclaim, regarded as even better than their self-titled effort, and also sold extremely well in the commercial department. ''Rumours'' would ultimately go ''twenty-times Platinum'' in the United States--upgraded to double-Diamond when the RIAA launched the Diamond certification in 1999--and 14-times Platinum in the United Kingdom. It has sold 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the ten best-selling albums of all time. It's currently #5 all-time in the United States.

The record won the 1978 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album of the Year''. An episode about the creative process behind this album was featured in the documentary TV series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. ''Magazine/TimeMagazine'' included ''Rumours'' in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums]] and it was listed at #26 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. The album currently ranks at #60 on Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compendium of various critics' greatest albums lists]].

And the legend didn't end there. In 2020, ''Rumours'' was lifted to #7 on [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime the 2020 version]] of ''Rolling Stone'''s Greatest Albums list. Both it and the song "Dreams" ended up returning to the American charts after [[MemeticMutation a TikTok video was released showing someone riding a skateboard while drinking Ocean Spray cranberry juice cocktail out of the bottle]]. It would ultimately hit #12, the band's highest chart appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1988.

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** In both "Second Hand News" and "The Chain", the lover hasn't gotten over it, and in but in "I Don't Want to Know", for instance, the protagonist [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy accepts that his former girlfriend now has a new partner]]

* PrecisionFStrike: Listen very carefully at the beginning of "The Chain" on the 2015 remaster, and you can hear Lindsey Buckingham sigh ''"fuck"'' before beginning the guitar riff-- likely a result of the legendarily [[TroubledProduction difficult]] and [[HostilityOnTheSet unpleasant]] recording sessions.

* TakeThat: This album is absolutely loaded with {{Take That}}s from one band-member towards the other.
** Lead single "Go Your Own Way"'s probably the most obvious - the ''Packing up, shacking up is all you want to do'' line is Buckingham insulting Nicks. Nicks responded with the single's B-side "Silver Springs" - which features the line ''I'll follow you down 'till the sound of my voice will haunt you/you'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you''. The last-named song was, for many years, one of the rarest and most sought-after of Fleetwood Mac tracks because it appeared only on the B-side of the single of "Go Your Own Way"; it had been left off the album because of lack of space, much to Nicks' displeasure, and wasn't officially released on a Mac album until their 1992 retrospective box-set. It's also been added to the reissued and remastered editions of this album, for what that's worth. [[note]]Saying that Nicks was "displeased" about "Silver Springs" being left off this album is a classic understatement. She once recounted in an interview that when Mick Fleetwood gave her the bad news, she went out into the parking lot and literally shrieked in rage.[[/note]]
** "Gold Dust Woman", which did make the final cut, is a TakeThat at the groupies who hung around the male members of the band, particularly Mick and Lindsey.

[=McVies=] John and Christine were ending their eight-year marriage. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had broken up with fiery animosity. And Mick Fleetwood's wife was having an affair with his best friend.[[note]]He would retaliate by having an affair with Stevie.[[/note]] However, the only constant that kept these bandmates together was the music they would create.

It was released to rapturous critical acclaim, regarded as even better than their self-titled effort, and also sold extremely well in the commercial department. ''Rumours'' would ultimately go Double-Diamond in the United States, and 14-times Platinum in the United Kingdom. It has sold 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the ten best-selling albums of all time. It's currently #5 all-time in the United States.

It was released to rapturous critical acclaim, regarded as even better than their self-titled effort, and sold extremely well in the commercial department as well. ''Rumours'' would ultimately go Double-Diamond in the United States and 14-times Platinum in the United Kingdom. It has sold 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the ten best-selling albums of all time. It's currently #5 all-time in the United States.

Riding off the smash success of their self-titled tenth album, the extensive six months of touring started to tear the band apart at the seams. [=McVies=] John and Christine had ended their eight-year marriage, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks fought constantly upon their breaking up, and Mick Fleetwood's wife was having an affair with his best friend.[[note]]He would retaliate by having an affair with Stevie.[[/note]] However, the only constant that kept these bandmates together was the music they would create.

It was released to raptorous critical acclaim, regarded as even better than their self-titled effort, and sold extremely well in the commercial department as well. ''Rumours'' would ultimately go Double-Diamond in the United States and 14-times Platinum in the United Kingdom. It has sold 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the ten best-selling albums of all time. It's currently #5 all-time in the United States.

Riding off the smash success of their self-titled tenth album, the extensive six months of touring started to tear the band apart at the seams. [=McVies=] John and Christine had ended their eight-year marriage, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks fought constantly upon their breaking up, and Mick Fleetwood's wife was having an affair with his best friend. However, the only constant that kept these bandmates together was the music they would create.

It was released to raptorous critical acclaim, regarded as even better than their self-titled effort, and sold extremely well in the commercial department as well. ''Rumours'' would ultimately go Double-Diamond in the United States and 14-times Platinum in the United Kingdom. It has sold 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the ten best-selling albums of all time. It's currently #7 all-time in the United States.

* FunnyAfro: Lindsey Buckingham sports a magnificent one on the back cover.

->''Loving you isn't the right thing to do''\\
''How can I ever change things that I feel?''\\
''If I could, maybe I'd give you my world''\\
''How can I when you won't take it from me?''
-->--"Go Your Own Way"

->''Time cast a spell on you, but you won't forget me''\\
''I know I could have loved you, but you would not let me''\\
''I'll follow you down til' the sound of my voice will haunt you''\\
''You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you''
-->--"Silver Springs"

** "Go Your Own Way", which Buckingham [[CelebrityBreakUpSong wrote about his breakup with Nicks]], the protagonist angrily rants at their former lover about [[YourCheatingHeart their infidelity]].[[invoked]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"If I could, baby, I'd give you my world\\
Open up, everything's waiting for you..."'']]

** "Go Your Own Way", which Buckingham [[CelebrityBreakUpSong wrote about his breakup with Nicks]], the protagonist angrily rants at their former lover about [[YourCheatingHeart their infidelity]].

* RealSongThemeTune: "The Chain" serves as the theme song for BBC's UsefulNotes/FormulaOne coverage.

--> ''I don't want to stand between you and love''
--> ''Honey, I just want you to feel fine''

* ObsessionSong: "Go Your Own Way"
--> ''If I could, baby, I'd give you my world''
--> ''How can I, when you won't take it from me?''
** Also its B-side "Silver Springs".
--> ''Time cast a spell on you, but you won't forget me\\
I know I could have loved you, but you wouldn't let me\\
I will follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you\\
You'll never get away from the voice of the woman who loves you''

--> ''Why not think about times to come''
--> ''And not about the things that you've done''
--> ''If your life was bad to you''
--> ''Just think what tomorrow will do''

--> ''Well, did she make you cry, make you break down, shatter your illusions of love?''
--> ''And is it over now? Do you know how to pick up the pieces and go home?''

* {{Yandere}}: "Silver Springs":
-->''Time cast a spell on you, but you won't forget me''\\
''I know I could have loved you, but you would not let me''\\
''I'll follow you down til' the sound of my voice will haunt you''\\
''You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loved you''

''Rumours'' is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Music/FleetwoodMac. It was released by [[Creator/WarnerBrosRecords Warner Bros. Records]] on 4 February 1977 in the United States, and the next week in the United Kingdom.

Nicks' "Silver Springs" was cut in favor of "I Don't Want to Know" because the latter was shorter and jauntier. But "Silver Springs" became enormous following its conclusion in the LiveAlbum ''The Dance'' in 1997, and was added to the album in releases from 2004 onward.

In spite of the tumultuous recording sessions, ''Rumours'' was essentially all Fleetwood Mac wanted[[note]]mostly--Nicks' "Silver Springs" was cut in favor of "I Don't Want to Know" because the latter was shorter and jauntier, but the former was tacked onto the end of the album in releases from 2004 onward[[/note]]. It was released to raptorous critical acclaim, regarded as even better than their self-titled effort, and sold extremely well in the commercial department as well.

Four singles were released from the album: "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun". All four were Top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Dreams" being their first #1. Many other songs would become famous without singles releases, most notably "The Chain" and "Songbird".

''Rumours'' is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Music/FleetwoodMac. It was released by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords on 4 February 1977 in the United States, and the next week in the United Kingdom.

''Rumours'' is the eleventh studio album by Music/FleetwoodMac, released in 1977. It is by far their most successful and popular album, and one of the best-selling albums of all-time. Hits and fan favorites include "Dreams", "Don't Stop", "Go Your Own Way", "The Chain", "You Make Loving Fun" and "Gold Dust Woman".

In spite of the tumultuous recording sessions, ''Rumours'' was essentially all Fleetwood Mac wanted[[note]]mostly--Nicks' "Silver Springs" was cut in favor of "I Don't Want to Know" because the latter was shorter and jauntier, but the former was tacked onto the end of the album in released from 2004 onward[[/note]]. It was released to raptorous critical acclaim, regarded as even better than their self-titled effort, and sold extremely well in the commercial department as well. "Go Your Own Way," "Don't Stop," "You Make Loving Fun," and "Dreams" were all singles from the album, though the rest of the songs have all received similar status.

* BreakupSong: Actually, a whole breakup ''album''. In "Second Hand News" and "The Chain", the lover hasn't gotten over it, and in "Go Your Own Way", the protagonist angrily rants at their former lover, but in "I Don't Want to Know", for instance, the protagonist [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy accepts that his former girlfriend now has a new partner]]
--> ''I don't want to stand between you and love''
--> ''Honey, I just want you to feel fine''

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Mick and Stevie, pictured on the cover, were in the midst of an affair at the time.

I know I could have loved you, but you wouldn't let me

You'll never get away from the voice of the woman who loves you

The record won the 1978 UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for ''Album of the Year''. An episode about the creative process behind this album was featured in the documentary TV series ''Series/ClassicAlbums''. ''Magazine/TimeMagazine'' included ''Rumours'' in their [[TimeAllTime100Albums 2006 list of 100 timeless and essential albums]] and it was listed at #26 in ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='=]s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. The album currently ranks at #60 on Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compendium of various critics' greatest albums lists]], and was included on ''Literature/OneThousandAndOneAlbumsYouMustHearBeforeYouDie''.