Fleetwood Mac – Rumors (1977/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:52 minutes | 875 MB | Genre: Rock
Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | @ Rhino/Warner Bros.
With the pop sense of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks now leading the band, Fleetwood Mac moved completely away from blues and created this homage to love, Southern California-style. Each songwriter makes his or her presence known: Nicks for her dreamy, mystical reveries (“Dreams,” “Gold Dust Woman”); Christine McVie for her ultra-catchy slogans (“Don’t Stop”); and Buckingham for his deceptively simple pop songs (“Second Hand News,” “Go Your Own Way”). “The Chain,” written collectively, is the Mac at their most dramatic. But it’s the ensemble playing, the elastic rhythms, and lush harmonies that transform the material into classic FM fare.
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- Editors' Notes Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours practically defined FM-radio in the late-‘70s. The group’s three main songwriters each carved out their territory as their romantic lives with each other were falling apart. Stevie Nicks had a touch of mystic (“Dreams”, “Gold Dust Woman”).
Rumours is the kind of album that transcends its origins and reputation, entering the realm of legend — it’s an album that simply exists outside of criticism and outside of its time, even if it thoroughly captures its era. Prior to this LP, Fleetwood Mac were moderately successful, but here they turned into a full-fledged phenomenon, with Rumours becoming the biggest-selling pop album to date. While its chart success was historic, much of the legend surrounding the record is born from the group’s internal turmoil. Unlike most bands, Fleetwood Mac in the mid-’70s were professionally and romantically intertwined, with no less than two couples in the band, but as their professional career took off, the personal side unraveled. Bassist John McVie and his keyboardist/singer wife Christine McVie filed for divorce as guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks split, with Stevie running to drummer Mick Fleetwood, unbeknown to the rest of the band. These personal tensions fueled nearly every song on Rumours, which makes listening to the album a nearly voyeuristic experience. You’re eavesdropping on the bandmates singing painful truths about each other, spreading nasty lies and rumors and wallowing in their grief, all in the presence of the person who caused the heartache. Everybody loves gawking at a good public breakup, but if that was all that it took to sell a record, Richard and Linda Thompson’s Shoot Out the Lights would be multi-platinum. No, what made Rumours an unparalleled blockbuster is the quality of the music. Once again masterminded by producer/songwriter/guitarist Buckingham, Rumours is an exceptionally musical piece of work — he toughens Christine McVie and softens Nicks, adding weird turns to accessibly melodic works, which gives the universal themes of the songs haunting resonance. It also cloaks the raw emotion of the lyrics in deceptively palatable arrangements that made a tune as wrecked and tortured as “Go Your Own Way” an anthemic hit. But that’s what makes Rumours such an enduring achievement — it turns private pain into something universal. Some of these songs may be too familiar, whether through their repeated exposure on FM radio or their use in presidential campaigns, but in the context of the album, each tune, each phrase regains its raw, immediate emotional power — which is why Rumours touched a nerve upon its 1977 release, and has since transcended its era to be one of the greatest, most compelling pop albums of all time.
Album Artist: Fleetwood Mac Album Name: Rumours Genre: Pop Rock Release Date: 1976 ArtWork: included Size.zip: 2.96 gb Tracklist: 01. Second Hand News 02:47 02. Dreams 04:19 03. Never Going Back Again 02:05 04. Dont Stop 03:14 05. Vlc media player download desktop. Go Your Own Way 03:43 06. Silver Springs 04:34 07. The Chain 04:29 08. You Make Loving Fun 03:34 09.
Tracklist:
01 – Second Hand News
02 – Dreams
03 – Never Going Back Again
04 – Don’t Stop
05 – Go Your Own Way
06 – Songbird
07 – The Chain
08 – You Make Loving Fun
09 – I Don’t Want To Know
10 – Oh Daddy
11 – Gold Dust Woman
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Fleetwood Mac – Rumors (1977/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:52 minutes | 875 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks.com | © Rhino/Warner Bros.
With the pop sense of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks now leading the band, Fleetwood Mac moved completely away from blues and created this homage to love, Southern California-style. Each songwriter makes his or her presence known: Nicks for her dreamy, mystical reveries (“Dreams,” “Gold Dust Woman”); Christine McVie for her ultra-catchy slogans (“Don’t Stop”); and Buckingham for his deceptively simple pop songs (“Second Hand News,” “Go Your Own Way”). “The Chain,” written collectively, is the Mac at their most dramatic. But it’s the ensemble playing, the elastic rhythms, and lush harmonies that transform the material into classic FM fare.
Rumours is the kind of album that transcends its origins and reputation, entering the realm of legend — it’s an album that simply exists outside of criticism and outside of its time, even if it thoroughly captures its era. Prior to this LP, Fleetwood Mac were moderately successful, but here they turned into a full-fledged phenomenon, with Rumours becoming the biggest-selling pop album to date. While its chart success was historic, much of the legend surrounding the record is born from the group’s internal turmoil. Unlike most bands, Fleetwood Mac in the mid-’70s were professionally and romantically intertwined, with no less than two couples in the band, but as their professional career took off, the personal side unraveled. Bassist John McVie and his keyboardist/singer wife Christine McVie filed for divorce as guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks split, with Stevie running to drummer Mick Fleetwood, unbeknown to the rest of the band. These personal tensions fueled nearly every song on Rumours, which makes listening to the album a nearly voyeuristic experience. You’re eavesdropping on the bandmates singing painful truths about each other, spreading nasty lies and rumors and wallowing in their grief, all in the presence of the person who caused the heartache. Everybody loves gawking at a good public breakup, but if that was all that it took to sell a record, Richard and Linda Thompson’s Shoot Out the Lights would be multi-platinum. No, what made Rumours an unparalleled blockbuster is the quality of the music. Once again masterminded by producer/songwriter/guitarist Buckingham, Rumours is an exceptionally musical piece of work — he toughens Christine McVie and softens Nicks, adding weird turns to accessibly melodic works, which gives the universal themes of the songs haunting resonance. It also cloaks the raw emotion of the lyrics in deceptively palatable arrangements that made a tune as wrecked and tortured as “Go Your Own Way” an anthemic hit. But that’s what makes Rumours such an enduring achievement — it turns private pain into something universal. Some of these songs may be too familiar, whether through their repeated exposure on FM radio or their use in presidential campaigns, but in the context of the album, each tune, each phrase regains its raw, immediate emotional power — which is why Rumours touched a nerve upon its 1977 release, and has since transcended its era to be one of the greatest, most compelling pop albums of all time.
Tracklist:
01 – Second Hand News
02 – Dreams
03 – Never Going Back Again
04 – Don’t Stop
05 – Go Your Own Way
06 – Songbird
07 – The Chain
08 – You Make Loving Fun
09 – I Don’t Want To Know
10 – Oh Daddy
11 – Gold Dust Woman
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