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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Audio CD

A fair review of the Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Fleetwood Mac reviews here, or go back to the Fleetwood Mac tabs.

Fleetwood Mac Band: Fleetwood Mac
Title: Rumours
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Release Date: 2004-03-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Second Hand News 2: Dreams 3: Never Going Back Again 4: Don't Stop 5: Go Your Own Way 6: Songbird 7: Silver Springs 8: The Chain 9: You Make Loving Fun 10: I Don't Want to Know 11: Oh Daddy 12: Gold Dust Woman 13: Second Hand News 14: Dreams 15: Brushes (Never Going Back Again) 16: Don't Stop 17: Go Your Own Way 18: Songbird 19: Silver Springs 20: You Make Loving Fun 21: Gold Dust Woman #1 22: Oh Daddy 23: Think About It 24: Never Going Back Again 25: Planets of the Universe 26: Butter Cookie (Keep Me There) 27: Gold Dust Woman 28: Doesn't Anything Last 29: Mic the Screecher 30: For Duster (The Blues)

One of the Best Folk/Rock/Pop Albums of All Time
6 out of the original 11 songs on the album went on to become either hits or radio staples. There isn't much that can be said about Fleetwood Mac's Rumours that hasn't already been said before. The story behind the making of the album is legendary. It's surprising that no one thought about making a movie about it.

Riding high on the success of the previous "Fleetwood Mac" self-titled album, the band went into the studio to record rumours. When I say riding high, it is in more than one way, since the band members were purported to be some of the highest consumers of cocaine in the music business at the time.

Also, Stevie Nicks (singer/songwriter) was long-time girlfriend of Lindsay Buckingham's (singer/guitarist/producer/songwriter)but broke up with him and ran to drummer Mick Fleetwood. At the same time, married couple John McVie (Bassist) and Christine McVie (singer/keyboardist/songwriter) decided to get a divorce. The result was the emotionally-charged, confessional, blockbuster album Rumours. It is currently the 9th best-selling album of all time and definitely Fleetwood Mac's best ever. It is a combination of blues/folk/rock/pop with a 70s California sound that still sounds fresh today as it ever did. You won't find many albums with this consistency and appeal. This is one of those albums that is truly legendary and is oversold in any attempt to describe it. If you've never heard it and like soft-rock, you owe it to yourself to buy it.

Very Highly Recommended .


Love the sound, indifferent with disc two, hate the price. but still 5 stars.
the sound is great and i'm back to loving this album dearly like the first time i heard it years ago, considering the sound quality of the old version is pretty dirty as if caked with mud. bought this last week and I'm glad I took the risk. the silver springs addition is not bad unlike what others say. i don't want to know and songbird probably enjoyed the best of the facelift because in the old CD they were merely "fillers" but here due to the sound improvement they contribute better on the album as a whole.

however i think the second disc is unnecesary and so is the price.


A Classic!
There is no scratches and no problem with the discs and it arrived on time. Excellent used double CD with an incredible price at amazon.


BEST reissue EVER?
Hmm. . i think the sound is fantastic. The booklets are informative and beautiful to look at. The bonus disc has such treasures to me- hearing Stevie Nicks harmonize (almost a duet!) on 'Oh Daddy' adds so much to that particular song, its like hearing it for the first time again, 30 years on. . . The bonus demos of 'Think About It' and "If You Ever Did Believe" in early recordings many YEARS before we ever heard them are priceless to me. Same goes for 'Planets of the Universe' which didn't actually see light of day for 23 years after this early, and beautiful, acoustic version on Disc 2.
If you love Fleetwood Mac, and especially if you can't get enough of Stevie Nicks, this is the best Fleetwood Mac reissue to get, in my opinion. So much of her voice and contibutions that were recorded during the 'Rumours' sessions (including, of course, the amazing 'Silver Springs' with 2 different and soaring versions presented) but didn't wind up on the 1977 release all are gloriously preserved and ready to be savored- her songwriting and vocal skills were at absolute perfection here and this release does NOT disappoint, with 3 different 'Gold Dust Woman' takes as the song kept coming to life, and plenty of alternate mixes of familiar songs in which Stevie is more prominently displayed- i have loved this cd for the 4 years i've had it and am tempted to buy a 2nd copy. So it sounds EXCELLENT to me. SIX STARS! Now how about the uncut 'Rosebud' documentary finally being released- uncut!!-- on dvd! Please :).


Classic
I think it is one of the Top 100 must own albums of all times. This album is a classic. It is almost a greatest hits album all by itself.


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