Fleetwood Mac: Rumours

Warren ZevonWarner Bros. Records releases Fleetwood Mac‘s 11th album, Rumours, featuring the singles “Don’t Stop”, “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, “You Make Loving Fun”, and “The Chain”. The album is an almost instant chart-topper, capitalizing on the huge following from the band’s 1975 album. Read more


Order this CDIf you’re feeling a little overexposed to the Fleetwood Mac album with “Don’t Stop” on it, maybe you’d better move along to the review of Mirage. Actually, I’ve always thought “Don’t Stop” and “Go Your Own Way” are both overplayed and overrated. Of much more interest to me is the classic early Lindsey Buckingham material (specifically “Second Hand News” and “Never Going Back Again”) and the fact that I actually liked Stevie Nicks’ songs on this album. Her later material I found harder to get into. In fact, aside from those overexposed singles I mentioned above, there are few things about this album that I don’t like. The best song is easily Christine McVie’s beautiful “Songbird”.

    4 out of 4

  1. Second Hand News (2:43)
  2. Dreams (4:14)
  3. Never Going Back Again (2:02)
  4. Don’t Stop (3:11)
  5. Go Your Own Way (3:38)
  6. Songbird (3:20)
  7. The Chain (4:28)
  8. You Make Loving Fun (3:31)
  9. I Don’t Want To Know (3:11)
  10. Oh Daddy (3:54)
  11. Gold Dust Woman (4:51)

Released by: Warner Bros.
Release date: 1977
Total running time: 39:03

1992 music review by Earl Green