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| The new lineup that Fleetwood Mac successfully unveiled with their eponymous 1975 album became even more successful with the multi-platinum Rumours, which was the band's most celebrated album and one of the best-selling albums of all time. To be sure, this was a very different-sounding Fleetwood Mac than the blues-rock outfit of the late '60s-- and this edition of the band generally wasn't well received by rock critics, who tend to be critical of all things commercial. But as commercial and slick as Rumours is, the music has a lot of heart, and never comes across as insincere. From Christine McVie's optimistic "Don't Stop" (which President Bill Clinton used as his campaign theme song in 1992) to Lindsey Buckingham's remorseful "Go Your Own Way," Rumours is conistently memorable. In fact, the folk-ish "Gold Dust Woman" (covered by Courtney Love and Hole in 1996) and the melancholy hit "Dreams" made it quite clear just how much depth and substance Stevie Nicks was capable of. (Alex Henderson, All-Music Guide) |
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Reviewer: travslove of gypsy (thensgen@hotmail.cm), March 16, 2006 this is one of the best albums of all time and that is known across the globe and i defently think the band is at there best with stevie and lindsey stevie nicks is the best shes gorguss and mi fav singer i love gold dust woman love it
Reviewer: christhestoner@hotmail.com, February 21, 2006 Rumours is quite outstanding for it's time. Perhaps not the best album of the 1970's, but in the top five anyways.
Reviewer: Anonymous, A MUSIC FAN WHO LOVES GOOD OLD ROCK AND ROLL January 12, 2005 To begen with Rumours is one of the most legendary Rock/Pop Albums of all time. How can you go wrong. This album is such a great choice to buy because it is Fleetwood Mac at their best! the only 2 other F.M. records to even come close to Rumours is Tusk (1979) and (The Dance (1997) a mear 20 years after Rumours was releaced. The album is so cleaverly crafted that no one can really tel that this record of 11 songs all are verry surreal and entence. The LP starts with a fitting entroduction the rock classic opener "Seccond Hand News". The album then shifts directions to the very well crafted and very well played "Dreams" a Stevie Nicks slow rocker with lot of good vibes and a nice flow to kick it in gear. The words of this song are very personal and verry surreal byt the words really don't matter, In this cace its the blusey cords and the drums that carry the tune and a Good vocal by Stevie also.
The fingerpicken good all around nature of "Never Going Back Again". Lindsey sings a good vocal here and to me he sounds like a very good singer songwriter and guitar pickin man. The Lyrics tell the story of a lost love affair and a man who will never look back on what's behind him>
The next track realy kickes the album into gear it's Christine McVie's anthom rocker "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomarrow) on this track the up tempel beat is so well played it seams the band was having a good time at the session that day. "Go Your Own Way" the album's fifth track is that of a hard rocking momentom pumping all out jammer. Mick plays those skins with perfection and he never missies a beat. The blusey bass played by john McVie also add flaver to this very colorfull track. On top of all this you got Mr. Guitar Lindsey Buckingham the guitar genious who plays such a mean driving guitar and sings a verry perfectious vocal. Lindsey is the Glue that keaps this song ad full throttle. The only sad thing this good natured song is that the lyrics are of a different tune all together for this song is about a love affair that has gone wrong and the listener must listen verry carefully to tell the difference.
Side one closes with the slower down tune. The perfectunate ballad "Songbird". the vocal Christine offers here is one of her finest she's ever done. The ballad is so sweet and the piano is played so well there is nuthing this song lacks it is one of the bands all time greats. Such a way to end the opening side. Here we see the verry soft and beautkfull side of fleetwood mac's history.
The only good thing abuot being rased on tapes is that you know that the seccond side of this LP is going to be a jpyess adventure.
The seccond side kicks off with the double timed classic rock staple "The Chain"
The side opens up so well that you'd think this song should have been a single. It was the core and insperation of the album. Everything the band needs to express about loss of love is all right here. The up temple stomping march beat kick the song off quite well. But it's the middle eight that the song realy gets going. the drums take off to a faster waltz beat and the chours signals the end of the biggest songs on eirth. The song in the #2 position on side two is "You make loving fun" This uptemble all out rocker in my book should have gon all the way to #1 and the reason I say this is because the song is so comershel sounding with lodt of hooks. The tune is so catchy that by the time the song is done you'll have your feet tapping to the rithoms of Fleetwood Mac at it's best
The next song the definsion of Rumers balled "Silver Springs" the all too true meaning the song was dropped off the final sequencing of Rumours. many people even Stevie herself admitted tha "Silver Springs" should have been left alone instead of being the B SIDE to "Go Your Own Way" "Silver Springs" Truely needed to be left on the album because in this song. FM Fans like myself woud have known the trueness of Rumours" and that wound have maid the Album Complete
So instead of "Silver Springs you get the Albums only throw away filler "I Don't Want To Know' I feel that this song should have been saved for a later date. It would have went great on "Tusk"
the seccond to last song on Rumours is the softer balled "Oh Daddy" this song sounds great in Vinal but better On CD format. The song is well crafted and really letting us fans know the LP is nearly over.
The last and final track on "Rumours" is one of the most truest of all songs Stevie Nicks ever wrote. This song is a story song! telling a tale of the truest forms in which Fleedwood Mac ever made.
The chorus is the best bit of advice I've ever heard in my life whein it says
"did she make you cry"
"Make you break down"
"Shatter your illousions of love"
"is it over no"
"do you know how to pick up the peaces and go on"
That in it self tells us the fans that this LP was worth the $14.99 we spent on this fine peace of all that it was all worth the time anyway
All Music Guide review submitted by Luke Arnott.
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