


Recorded as four of the five band members were ending relationships with each other – and one of those four became romantically involved with the fifth – Rumours remains the group’s most successful release as well as one of the most popular albums of all time.īy any sensible measure, the circumstances around the making of Rumours should have promptly fractured the Buckingham/Fleetwood/McVie/McVie/Nicks line-up.

The same is true of Fleetwood Mac and their 1977 blockbuster Rumours. Exile On Main St., Who’s Next and Purple Rain aren’t just collections of memorable songs but also embodiments of what the musicians who made them capable of. Most artists with careers measured in decades have that one album, one that casts an unavoidable shadow over everything that comes after.
