Rumours

Rumours was a rock and roll album, released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977 (see 1977 in music)., following the success of their self-titled Fleetwood Mac album (the first with a new line-up). The album was recorded on March 3, 1976 in the year Fleetwood Mac released a hit "Rhiannon". Rumours won a 1978 Grammy award for Album of the Year, and spent 31 weeks at the top of the Billboard Music Charts, in spite of critical panning for perceived pandering to mainstream tastes. By 1998 the album had generated more than $18 million and was certified by the Recording Industry Association of America as the third highest selling single-disc album in history.

On June 24, 2003, this album is due to be re-issued on Rhino Records.

Tracks

1. "Second Hand News"
2. "Dreams"
3. "Never Going Back Again"
4. "Don't Stop"
5. "Go Your Own Way" (NOFX covered the song in 1989)
6. "Songbird"
7. "The Chain"
8. "You Make Loving Fun"
9. "I Don't Want To Know"
10. "Oh Daddy"
11. "Gold Dust Woman" (Hole covered the song in 1996)

Personnel

• Lindsey Buckingham - Guitar, Vocals
• Fleetwood Mac - Producer, Concept
• Stevie Nicks - Vocals
• Mick Fleetwood - Percussion, Drums
• Christine McVie - Synthesizer, Keyboards, Vocals
• John McVie - Bass
• Ken Perry - Mastering
• Ken Caillat - Producer, Engineer, Mastering
• Richard Dashut - Producer, Engineer
• Larry Vigon - Hand Lettering
• Desmond Strobel - Design