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Rumours (album)

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Rumours
Studio album by
Fleetwood Mac
Released4 February 1977 (1977-02-04)
RecordedFebruary–August 1976
Studio
Genre
Length39:03
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Singles from Rumours
  1. "Go Your Own Way"
    Released: 20 December 1976 (1976-12-20)
  2. "Dreams"
    Released: 24 March 1977 (1977-03-24)
  3. "Don't Stop"
    Released: April 1977 (1977-04)
  4. "You Make Loving Fun"
    Released: September 1977 (1977-09)

Rumours is the eleventh studio album by Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac is a British and American rock band. Warner Bros. Records released the album on 4 February 1977. The band produced it with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut.

Rumours is the band's first album to be number one on the UK Albums Chart.[1] The band has sold over 40 million copies of the album.[2] It is one of the best-selling albums ever made. The album has four singles: "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun". All of them were in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart. "Dreams" was number one on this chart.[3] In 2004, a remaster of the album was released with the song "Silver Springs" on it.

The album won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978. Many music critics say it is one of the best albums ever made.[4][5][6] It was put in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003.[7] Rolling Stone ranked the album as one of the top ten greatest albums of all time.[8]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Second Hand News"Lindsey BuckinghamBuckingham2:43
2."Dreams"Stevie NicksNicks4:14
3."Never Going Back Again"BuckinghamBuckingham2:02
4."Don't Stop"Christine McVieBuckingham and C. McVie3:11
5."Go Your Own Way"BuckinghamBuckingham3:38
6."Songbird"C. McVieC. McVie3:20
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."The Chain"
Buckingham with Nicks and C. McVie4:28
2."You Make Loving Fun"C. McVieC. McVie3:31
3."I Don't Want to Know"NicksNicks with Buckingham3:11
4."Oh Daddy"C. McVieC. McVie3:54
5."Gold Dust Woman"NicksNicks4:51
Total length:39:03

References

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  1. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac > Artists > Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012.
  2. ↑ Runtagh, Jordan (3 February 2017). "Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours': 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac: Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Hopper, Jessica (8 February 2013). "Fleetwood Mac: Rumours". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. ↑ Walsh, Barry (19 April 2004). "Fleetwood Mac: Rumours". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Rumours – Fleetwood Mac". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 31 December 2023. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
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