Fleetwood Mac’s 11th studio album ‘Rumours’ was released on February 4, 1977 by Warner Brothers while they recorded the album from February to August of 1976 at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California. While the band recorded the album, both McVie and Nicks lived in Sausalito’s seafront properties while all the men from the band stayed at Record Plant’s hillside places.
Not only did ‘Rumours’ sell over 40 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time but it became one of Fleetwood Mac’s top US number one record staying at the top of the Billboard 200 for 31 non-consecutive weeks while reaching number one in the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
The album also won a Grammy Award of the Year the following year in 1978.
Track Listing:
SIDE ONE:
- Second Hand News – writers: Lindsey Buckingham
- Dreams – writers: Stevie Nicks
- Never Going Back Again – writers: Lindsey Buckingham
- Don’t Stop – writers: Christine McVie
- Go Your Own Way – writers: Lindsey Buckingham
SIDE TWO:
- The Chain – writers: Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks
- You Make Loving Fun – writers: Christine McVie
- I Don’t Want to Know – writers: Stevie Nicks
- Oh Daddy – writers: Christine McVie
- Gold Dust Woman – writers: Stevie Nicks
Fleetwood Mac members:
– Lindsey Buckingham – guitars, percussion, vocals
-Stevie Nicks – vocals
-Christine McVie – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals
-John McVie – bass guitar
-Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumours_(album)
