Fleetwood Mac Rumours CD

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.

The reviewers tell us what to buy, but the public actually part with the cash. Surely 26 million people cannot be wrong, as original Mac guitarist Peter Green's creation became the prime example of AOR long after his departure. The inner strife and turmoil of the band is credited as having helped to make this many-headed beast into such a success. Keyboardist Christine McVie sparred with husband/bassist John, and singer Stevie Nicks scrapped with boyfriend/guitarist Lindsay Buckingham. Drummer Mick Fleetwood held the emotional mess together with confident steadiness as demonstrated in his confident, inventive playing throughout the record. Nicks' fiery vocals on "Go Your Own Way" complemented McVie's beautifully understated style on tunes like "You Make Loving Fun," exemplifying their successful fire-ice dichotomy.

The reviewers tell us what to buy, but the public actually part with the cash. Surely 26 million people cannot be wrong, as original Mac guitarist Peter Green's creation became the prime example of AOR long after his departure. The inner strife and turmoil of the band is credited as having helped to make this many-headed beast into such a success. Keyboardist Christine McVie sparred with husband/bassist John, and singer Stevie Nicks scrapped with boyfriend/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Drummer Mick Fleetwood held the emotional mess together with confident steadiness as demonstrated in his confident, inventive playing throughout the record. Nicks' fiery vocals on "Go Your Own Way" complemented McVie's beautifully understated style on tunes like "You Make Loving Fun," exemplifying their successful fire-ice dichotomy.

In the spring of 2004, Warner Strategic Marketing reissued as remastered expanded editions Fleetwood Mac's first three albums with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Rumours is not only given an 18-track bonus disc, but the B-side "Silver Springs" is added to the original album, between "Songbird" and "The Chain" -- which may be a controversial move for some since it upsets the original running order (even though it was added to the previously released DVD Audio version of the record, albeit in a different place on the album, but that whole release scrambles the track listing on the second side, anyway). Nevertheless, it's very nice

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 .

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.

Rolling 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..."
Rolling 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..."
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."
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."
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."