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Music : Rumours
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- Wonderful
Few albums could be described as perfect. A few are: Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, The Manic Street Preacher's The Holy Bible, The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead. This however, is most certainly amongst them. If you've had a long day, and you're driving, home, this is a perfect album for that moment. This album really cheers you up. When I was younger, my parents played it on the way back on long journeys. It turned the album into a social occasion, and everytime i hear it, it brings back warm thoughts.
A truly marvellous LP. It must be in your record collection.
Rating: - The greatest album ever?
This wonderful album was first released in 1977, and was re-released on CD in 1990. It contains many of the Fleetwood Mac's finest works up to 1977, and indeed many of their finest works, period. I had this album on vinyl(!) back when I was young, and often missed its fantastic sounds. Well, now it's back and I am very glad to have it.
Admittedly, this CD doesn't include any "extras" beyond what was on the original album, but the quality is excellent. As a bonus, the liner notes include the words to all of the songs. There is not one song on this album that is not one of my favorites, but my altogether favorite is Songbird, in which Christine McVie sings one of the most beautiful love songs that I have ever heard.
So, let me just sum up by saying that this is a great album, one of the best, one that I am very glad to have. I highly recommend it!
Rating: - The Best Just Got Better
makes the Old Audio CD sound Like A 78 brilliant the sound is unbelievableFor the first time you can hear the keyboard being played at the end ofthe Chain. Anyone with 5.1 really needs this Sounds better than anything IHave Heard Yet Plus You Get An Extra Track
Rating: - A classic album
This famous album yielded four major American hits singles, all of which charted in Britain although none of them made the UK top twenty. As things turned out, that didn't matter because the album was very successful at the time and has retained its popularity to this day.
Fleetwood Mac began as an all-male blues-rock group with Peter Green among its members but by the time this album was recorded, their line-up and style of music was markedly different. Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie had transformed the group into a mainstream pop-rock group.
On this album, they managed to create a slick, radio-friendly sound with songs of the highest quality that also stand the test of time. Christine wrote four songs, while Stevie and Lindsay wrote three each. The remaining song (The chain) is credited to all four members of the group plus J McVie. Lead vocals are shared around and the extra variation adds to the appeal of the album. Christine, Stevie and Lindsay are all great singers who also harmonize well, each providing excellent backup vocals to whoever is lead singer.
The four singles were Go your own way, Don't stop (which some of you will remember was used by Bill Clinton as a campaign theme song), Dreams (perhaps the best of the lot here, but not by much because all the songs are great) and You make loving fun. Of course, there are many other fine songs here, some of which were good enough to have been singles, particularly Second hand news, Never going back again, Songbird and Oh daddy.
If you are remotely interested in seventies pop-rock music, this is an essential albums.
Rating: - Rumours- My all time favourite album!
I have to say, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is my all-time favourite album, and the reason why I like it is purely irrational. In a nutshell, it is just the style of music I have grown up with and come to love, and it is also one of my mother's favourite albums so I always used to hear it in the house. People might criticise me and say this is formulaic pop/rock, that it is not exactly groundbreaking music. To be honest, I will admit "Rumours" was not a revolutionary album the way "Sgt Peppers" by the Beatles was, if anything it was probably atypical to 1977, given that punk and disco were the dominant styles. However, in terms of it being a pop/rock album, this is a wonderful collection of 11 songs, more remarkable when you consider that 2 relationships- John and Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham- came apart during the making of this album.
I think the main reason why I like it artistically is that it has a wide range of styles for a rock album, showing the differences in the three main songwriters. Lindsey Buckingham's style is very simple, poppy, seemingly effortless, yet at the same time driving and tense("Second Hand News","Never Going Back Again", "Go Your Own Way"); Christine McVie is formulaic("Don't Stop", "You Make Loving Fun"), yet also capable of beautiful, smooth melodies("Songbird", "Oh Daddy"); and Stevie Nicks is raw and complex("Dreams", "Gold Dust Woman"). As for "The Chain", that has probably one of the greatest bassline riffs ever composed, as those who used to watch BBC Formula I coverage will know only too well! Though saying that, it has a very tense build-up before, which just makes the riff much more climactic...and thereby appealing...
This is an album that suits all moods; you have your driving, formulaic "hit" songs but also other songs that are more reflective. What makes this an exceptional album is that all the songs stand out on their own- and this is significant because on quite a few albums you have a few very good songs that will obviously be "hits", and then you will have the rest of the album being of very variable quality. Here, each song stands out as being well-crafted and easy to listen to. Combined with the different styles of Buckingham, C.McVie and Nicks, the overall effect is a well-balanced rock album, where each song tells a different story. I would say it is very emotional(not surprising given the aforementioned romantic circumstances), as you can pick up on the tensions and currents within the music and lyrics. Yet this makes it a good album as it is more than just simplistic formulae trundled out- "Rumours" is actually well-thought out in its entirety, even the more simplistic songs like "Second Hand News", "Never Going Back Again" and "Don't Stop".
Overall, I would recommend "Rumours" for anyone's collection, as it is a very well written set of songs that combines solid guitar rock with more complex overtones, appealing to all different moods and emotions. I know it is rather conservative compared to punk, disco, Sgt Peppers, Pet Sounds etc etc- yet if you consider it for what it is, there is almost nothing to criticise about it. Listening to it now, it still sounds as refreshingly original as it did when my mother first bought the cassette in the late '70s!
- WonderfulFew albums could be described as perfect. A few are: Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, The Manic Street Preacher's The Holy Bible, The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead. This however, is most certainly amongst them. If you've had a long day, and you're driving, home, this is a perfect album for that moment. This album really cheers you up. When I was younger, my parents played it on the way back on long journeys. It turned the album into a social occasion, and everytime i hear it, it brings back warm thoughts.
A truly marvellous LP. It must be in your record collection.
Rating:
- The greatest album ever?This wonderful album was first released in 1977, and was re-released on CD in 1990. It contains many of the Fleetwood Mac's finest works up to 1977, and indeed many of their finest works, period. I had this album on vinyl(!) back when I was young, and often missed its fantastic sounds. Well, now it's back and I am very glad to have it.
Admittedly, this CD doesn't include any "extras" beyond what was on the original album, but the quality is excellent. As a bonus, the liner notes include the words to all of the songs. There is not one song on this album that is not one of my favorites, but my altogether favorite is Songbird, in which Christine McVie sings one of the most beautiful love songs that I have ever heard.
So, let me just sum up by saying that this is a great album, one of the best, one that I am very glad to have. I highly recommend it!
Rating:
- The Best Just Got Bettermakes the Old Audio CD sound Like A 78 brilliant the sound is unbelievableFor the first time you can hear the keyboard being played at the end ofthe Chain. Anyone with 5.1 really needs this Sounds better than anything IHave Heard Yet Plus You Get An Extra Track
Rating:
- A classic albumThis famous album yielded four major American hits singles, all of which charted in Britain although none of them made the UK top twenty. As things turned out, that didn't matter because the album was very successful at the time and has retained its popularity to this day.
Fleetwood Mac began as an all-male blues-rock group with Peter Green among its members but by the time this album was recorded, their line-up and style of music was markedly different. Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie had transformed the group into a mainstream pop-rock group.
On this album, they managed to create a slick, radio-friendly sound with songs of the highest quality that also stand the test of time. Christine wrote four songs, while Stevie and Lindsay wrote three each. The remaining song (The chain) is credited to all four members of the group plus J McVie. Lead vocals are shared around and the extra variation adds to the appeal of the album. Christine, Stevie and Lindsay are all great singers who also harmonize well, each providing excellent backup vocals to whoever is lead singer.
The four singles were Go your own way, Don't stop (which some of you will remember was used by Bill Clinton as a campaign theme song), Dreams (perhaps the best of the lot here, but not by much because all the songs are great) and You make loving fun. Of course, there are many other fine songs here, some of which were good enough to have been singles, particularly Second hand news, Never going back again, Songbird and Oh daddy.
If you are remotely interested in seventies pop-rock music, this is an essential albums.
Rating:
- Rumours- My all time favourite album!I have to say, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is my all-time favourite album, and the reason why I like it is purely irrational. In a nutshell, it is just the style of music I have grown up with and come to love, and it is also one of my mother's favourite albums so I always used to hear it in the house. People might criticise me and say this is formulaic pop/rock, that it is not exactly groundbreaking music. To be honest, I will admit "Rumours" was not a revolutionary album the way "Sgt Peppers" by the Beatles was, if anything it was probably atypical to 1977, given that punk and disco were the dominant styles. However, in terms of it being a pop/rock album, this is a wonderful collection of 11 songs, more remarkable when you consider that 2 relationships- John and Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham- came apart during the making of this album.
I think the main reason why I like it artistically is that it has a wide range of styles for a rock album, showing the differences in the three main songwriters. Lindsey Buckingham's style is very simple, poppy, seemingly effortless, yet at the same time driving and tense("Second Hand News","Never Going Back Again", "Go Your Own Way"); Christine McVie is formulaic("Don't Stop", "You Make Loving Fun"), yet also capable of beautiful, smooth melodies("Songbird", "Oh Daddy"); and Stevie Nicks is raw and complex("Dreams", "Gold Dust Woman"). As for "The Chain", that has probably one of the greatest bassline riffs ever composed, as those who used to watch BBC Formula I coverage will know only too well! Though saying that, it has a very tense build-up before, which just makes the riff much more climactic...and thereby appealing...
This is an album that suits all moods; you have your driving, formulaic "hit" songs but also other songs that are more reflective. What makes this an exceptional album is that all the songs stand out on their own- and this is significant because on quite a few albums you have a few very good songs that will obviously be "hits", and then you will have the rest of the album being of very variable quality. Here, each song stands out as being well-crafted and easy to listen to. Combined with the different styles of Buckingham, C.McVie and Nicks, the overall effect is a well-balanced rock album, where each song tells a different story. I would say it is very emotional(not surprising given the aforementioned romantic circumstances), as you can pick up on the tensions and currents within the music and lyrics. Yet this makes it a good album as it is more than just simplistic formulae trundled out- "Rumours" is actually well-thought out in its entirety, even the more simplistic songs like "Second Hand News", "Never Going Back Again" and "Don't Stop".
Overall, I would recommend "Rumours" for anyone's collection, as it is a very well written set of songs that combines solid guitar rock with more complex overtones, appealing to all different moods and emotions. I know it is rather conservative compared to punk, disco, Sgt Peppers, Pet Sounds etc etc- yet if you consider it for what it is, there is almost nothing to criticise about it. Listening to it now, it still sounds as refreshingly original as it did when my mother first bought the cassette in the late '70s!