"Rumours" — Fleetwood Mac

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Peter Martin

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4.9 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours is undoubtedly one of the best pop rock albums ever. But the story behind its creation reads like a soap opera. Everyone -- Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mic Fleetwood -- were enduring heartbreak during its recording. Stevie and Lindsey were breaking up. The McVies had already split, but John wasn't ready to let go. Even Mic Fleetwood was separating from his wife back home. For three months, they were stuck in a recording booth together nearly round the clock, singing each other's breakup songs and harmonizing with their exes.

Heartbreak is encoded in every song, from Lindsey Buckingham's "Never Going Back Again" to Christine McVie's "You Make Loving Fun" to Stevie Nick's "Dreams". But in spite of ... or maybe because of? ... this termoil, Rumours has become one the best selling albums of all time.

Peter and Adam listen to this pop rock masterpiece front-to-back, deconstructing each song (and the stories behind them) to understand what makes this album great.

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0:00.0	Peter Martin.
0:00.7	What's up, man?
0:01.3	Pop Quiz.
0:02.0	Yep.
0:02.5	What won the Grammy for album of the year in 1975?
0:05.3	Grammy, 1975, album of the year.
0:07.7	Oh, Paul Simon's still crazy.
0:09.1	We just did this a couple weeks ago.
0:10.3	Yeah, let's do it.
0:12.5	What about for 1976?
0:18.2	Oh, 1976.
0:18.8	Stevie Wonder, Songs of the Key of Life.
0:30.7	Yeah, and I think 1977, I mean, it's got to be, it's got to be this.
0:35.5	Yeah, Steeley, Dan, Asia.
0:37.3	We've done that, too. It's got to be that. Actually, Steely Dan, Asia. We've done that too.
0:38.3	It's got to be that.
0:39.3	Actually, wrong.
0:40.3	No.
0:41.3	Yep.
0:42.3	Rumor has it that it's this.
0:43.3	Oh boy.
0:44.3	That makes sense. I'm I'm I'm
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