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Rumours |  | Artist: Fleetwood Mac
Label: Warner
Category: Music
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 372
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 3010
UPC: 075992731324
EAN: 0075992731324
ASIN: B000002KGT
Release Date: April 24, 1984
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| Tracks:
| • | Second Hand News | | • | Dreams | | • | Never Going Back Again | | • | Don't Stop | | • | Go Your Own Way | | • | Songbird | | • | Chain | | • | You Make Loving Fun | | • | I Don't Want To Know | | • | Oh Daddy | | • | Gold Dust Woman |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
With the pop sense of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks now leading the band, Fleetwood Mac moved completely away from blues and created this homage to love, Southern California-style. Each songwriter makes his or her presence known: Nicks for her dreamy, mystical reveries ("Dreams", "Gold Dust Woman:); Christine McVie for her ultra-catchy slogans ("Don't Stop"); and Buckingham for his deceptively simple pop songs ("Second Hand News", "Go Your Own Way"). "The Chain", written collectively, is the Mac at their most dramatic. But it's the ensemble playing, the elastic rhythms and lush harmonies that transform the material into classic fare. --iRob O'Connor/i
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 Doesn't get any better than this October 5, 2006
J. Alan (Greater London)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The sound is clear like crystal, the remix restrained and as 'surround' as it needs to be.
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br /Overall the best version of Rumours out there.
No other needed! January 18, 2007
The BlackFerret (Plymouth UK)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the best edition of this rather well-known album. No bonus tracks(ie rejected out-takes!)and a splendidly clear sound.
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br /World-wide sales are now nearly 30 million. Why? It's a perfect fusion between 3 minute pop and rock, there's not a duff track on it, and this band line-up carries no passengers-they all contribute-so that's a perfect group, just for icing on the cake.
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br /Later this year,it will be 30 years since its' initial release. It still sounds just as good today, and every time you play it, you tend to discover something new. How many others of this high-sales level could you say that about? Most are just an embarassment after a couple of years, but this one never will be, trust me-it's a gem!
Rumours- My all time favourite album! February 8, 2004
Mr. T. Speller (London, Uk)
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have to say, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is my all-time favourite album, and the reason why I like it is purely irrational. In a nutshell, it is just the style of music I have grown up with and come to love, and it is also one of my mother's favourite albums so I always used to hear it in the house. People might criticise me and say this is formulaic pop/rock, that it is not exactly groundbreaking music. To be honest, I will admit "Rumours" was not a revolutionary album the way "Sgt Peppers" by the Beatles was, if anything it was probably atypical to 1977, given that punk and disco were the dominant styles. However, in terms of it being a pop/rock album, this is a wonderful collection of 11 songs, more remarkable when you consider that 2 relationships- John and Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham- came apart during the making of this album.pI think the main reason why I like it artistically is that it has a wide range of styles for a rock album, showing the differences in the three main songwriters. Lindsey Buckingham's style is very simple, poppy, seemingly effortless, yet at the same time driving and tense("Second Hand News","Never Going Back Again", "Go Your Own Way"); Christine McVie is formulaic("Don't Stop", "You Make Loving Fun"), yet also capable of beautiful, smooth melodies("Songbird", "Oh Daddy"); and Stevie Nicks is raw and complex("Dreams", "Gold Dust Woman"). As for "The Chain", that has probably one of the greatest bassline riffs ever composed, as those who used to watch BBC Formula I coverage will know only too well! Though saying that, it has a very tense build-up before, which just makes the riff much more climactic...and thereby appealing...pThis is an album that suits all moods; you have your driving, formulaic "hit" songs but also other songs that are more reflective. What makes this an exceptional album is that all the songs stand out on their own- and this is significant because on quite a few albums you have a few very good songs that will obviously be "hits", and then you will have the rest of the album being of very variable quality. Here, each song stands out as being well-crafted and easy to listen to. Combined with the different styles of Buckingham, C.McVie and Nicks, the overall effect is a well-balanced rock album, where each song tells a different story. I would say it is very emotional(not surprising given the aforementioned romantic circumstances), as you can pick up on the tensions and currents within the music and lyrics. Yet this makes it a good album as it is more than just simplistic formulae trundled out- "Rumours" is actually well-thought out in its entirety, even the more simplistic songs like "Second Hand News", "Never Going Back Again" and "Don't Stop". pOverall, I would recommend "Rumours" for anyone's collection, as it is a very well written set of songs that combines solid guitar rock with more complex overtones, appealing to all different moods and emotions. I know it is rather conservative compared to punk, disco, Sgt Peppers, Pet Sounds etc etc- yet if you consider it for what it is, there is almost nothing to criticise about it. Listening to it now, it still sounds as refreshingly original as it did when my mother first bought the cassette in the late '70s!
A classic album February 16, 2004
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
30 out of 43 found this review helpful
This famous album yielded four major American hits singles, all of which charted in Britain although none of them made the UK top twenty. As things turned out, that didn't matter because the album was very successful at the time and has retained its popularity to this day.pFleetwood Mac began as an all-male blues-rock group with Peter Green among its members but by the time this album was recorded, their line-up and style of music was markedly different. Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie had transformed the group into a mainstream pop-rock group.pOn this album, they managed to create a slick, radio-friendly sound with songs of the highest quality that also stand the test of time. Christine wrote four songs, while Stevie and Lindsay wrote three each. The remaining song (The chain) is credited to all four members of the group plus J McVie. Lead vocals are shared around and the extra variation adds to the appeal of the album. Christine, Stevie and Lindsay are all great singers who also harmonize well, each providing excellent backup vocals to whoever is lead singer. pThe four singles were Go your own way, Don't stop (which some of you will remember was used by Bill Clinton as a campaign theme song), Dreams (perhaps the best of the lot here, but not by much because all the songs are great) and You make loving fun. Of course, there are many other fine songs here, some of which were good enough to have been singles, particularly Second hand news, Never going back again, Songbird and Oh daddy. pIf you are remotely interested in seventies pop-rock music, this is an essential albums.
There are many 'great' albums but even in that context this stands out. April 29, 2007
T. Brooks (Leeds, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When the great pop-rock albums are talked about, you normally hear the same names. I rarely hear the name 'Rumours' and I fail to understand why. Albums like 'Pet Sounds' and 'Sgt. Peppers' are famous, and it's easy to see why when you listen to them. As I listen to this album 5 years after buying it i think, this isn't just as good as the likes of 'Highway 61'. In my opinion, it's better.
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br /You've got everything here. Highlights include 'Second Hand News', a bouncy, uplifting and wonderfully catchy pop song; 'Songbird', a beautiful, haunting piano ballad; atmospheric rocker 'The Chain', and moody, thrillingly climatic closer 'Gold Dust Woman'. Not that there's any filler - it feels like the album is a whole package to the extent that I rarely listen to any of the songs on their own.
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br /Before I bought this, only three albums sprang to mind when people asked about my favourite. They were 'Ramones', 'London Calling' and 'Ziggy Stardust'. These days I only have one.
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