Fleetwood Mac Rumours CD

2cds: 1=LP Remastered; 2=Bonus Material,Outtakes,Demos ++

Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar); Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards); Stevie Nicks (vocals); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums).
Producers: Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat.
Principally recorded at The Record Plant & Wally Heider Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida; Davlen Recording Studio, North Hollywood, California.
This deluxe edition of RUMOURS includes a bonus disc featuring outtakes, demos, and jam sessions.
Fleetwood Mac: Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar); Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards); Stevie Nicks (vocals); John McVie (bass); Mick Fleetwood (drums).
Producers: Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, Ken Caillat.
Principally recorded at The Record Plant & Wally Heider Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California; Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida; Davlen Recording Studio, North Hollywood, California.
Includes liner notes by Dave DiMartino.
Personnel: Lindsey Buckingham (vocals, guitar); Christine McVie (vocals, keyboards, synthesizer); Stevie Nicks (vocals); Mick Fleetwood (drums, percussion).
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Liner Note Author: Dave DiMartino.
Recording information: Criteria Studios, Miami, FL (02/04/1976-08/19/1976); Davlen Recording Studio, North Hollywood, CA (02/04/1976-08/19/1976); Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA (02/04/1976-08/19/1976); Record Plant, Sausalito, CA (02/04/1976-08/19/1976); Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, CA (02/04/1976-08/19/1976); Zellerback Auditorium, U. C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (02/04/1976-08/19/1976).
Photographers: Marvin Lichtner; Neal Preston; Herbert Worthington III; Sam Emerson.
Unknown Contributor Role: Jeff Jacobs .
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 orRolling Stone (10/31/02, p.135) - Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's "Women In Rock: The 50 Essential Albums"
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.104) - Ranked #25 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The Mac's catchy exposes, produced with California-sunshine polish, touched a nerve..."
Entertainment Weekly (4/2/04, p.66) - "[On the 2004 deluxe edition, the] milestone gets the director's cut treatment..." - Rating: B
Q (1/03, p.69) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"
Q (3/00, p.126) - Included in Q Magazine's "Best Relationship Albums Of All Time" - "...tells the soap opera of 2 splits: John and Christine McVie, and Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks...all of whom played lyrical relationship tennis..."
Uncut (4/04, p.112) - 5 stars out of 5 - "RUMOURS streamlined everything into elemental despair. The record is the pop equivalent of Kurosawa's RASHOMON - the same tragedy witnessed from three different perspectives."
Vibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - "Anger, jealousy, heartbreak, and spite....One of the best pop records of the '70s."