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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - Review



Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 1977

Songs:  Second Hand News, Dreams, Never Going Back Again, Don´t Stop, Go Your Own Way, Songbird, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, I Don´t Want to Know, Oh Daddy, Gold Dust Woman.

Type of Music: First Class Mid-Seventies Pop-Rock.

Comments: 
The Best Pop-Rock Album of All Times? Maybe. One of the best? For Sure!!
Amidst broken up relationships (Stevie and Lindsey), separations (Christine and John), tank loads of whisky and brandy (All) and truck loads of cocaine (Almost All if not All), the members of the Mac succeeded in writing and arranging a bunch of true pop-rock Classics.
The songs are almost evenly divided between Christine, Lindsey and Stevie. Most of these songs tell us most openly about the band´s problems at the time and have received constant airplay since 1977 but the majority of them still sound fresh today. And that tells you something about the quality of the Songs. The only song that I´ve heard enough by now is Bill Clinton´s favourite background music during his energetic meetings with Monica Lewinsky. I´m referring to Don´t Stop of course.
But I still love Go Your Own Way, You Made Loving Fun (Christine´s finest song so far) and Stevie´s Dreams. And let´s not forget the beautiful ballad Songbird that was the regular finale of all Live concerts until Christine left the band.
Really, there are no weak songs on Rumours. But two songs stand out for me and are two of my all time favourite Rock Songs. The first is Stevie´s mystical story of the Gold Dust Woman. And even better is the song that still opens each and every Mack Live Concert. And that´s The Chain, a song with at least three different hooks.
This Song rightly represents the story of the band. Despite all the problems, the Mac still exists, and, more importantly, still produces great music.



Rating: ********* (9 out of 10)

Black = Good Songs
Green = Great Songs
Red = Could Be Better

Who should buy this Record:  What???? You don´t own it yet???