Rumours was the eleventh studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released on February 4, 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. Largely recorded in California during 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. The record reached the top of both the U.S. Billboard chart and the U.K. Albums Chart. Rumours is Fleetwood Mac’s most successful release; along with winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, the album has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Track listing
1. “Second Hand News”
2. “Dreams”
3. “Never Going Back Again”
4. “Don’t Stop”
5. “Go Your Own Way”
6. “Songbird”
7. “The Chain”
8. “You Make Loving Fun”
9. “I Don’t Want to Know”
10. “Oh Daddy”
11. “Gold Dust Woman”
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Rumours is Fleetwood Mac’s most successful release. Along with winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978, the album has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making...
Most Important Album Photo By: Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images
Mick Fleetwood has called Rumours “the most important album Fleetwood Mac ever made,” because it’s success allowed the group to continue recording for years to come
Top of the Billboard 200 Photo By: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Rumours stayed at the top of the Billboard 200 for over 30 non-consecutive weeks, while also reaching number one in the U.K., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
Buckingham and McVie Photo By: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns/Getty Images
During the formative stages of compositions, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie played guitar and piano together to create the album’s basic structures. The latter was the only classically trained musician...
The Chain Photo By: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
The Chain” is the only song from the album credited to all five band members; Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood
You Make Loving Fun Photo By: Peter Still/Redferns/Getty Images
You Make Loving Fun” was inspired by an affair Christine McVie had with Curry Grant. “To avoid flare-ups,” she told her then-husband, John McVie, that the song was about her...
