Listening to all forty minutes worth of music, it's easy to hear the catchy melodies at first, but continuous plays reveal the lyrical history and goings-on within the band. Throughout all the tumultuous drama, the trio of singer-songwriters Buckingham, McVie, and Nicks wrote and recorded some of the most honest and heartbreaking lyrics ever composed. Christine and John McVie got divorced, Stevie and Lindsey broke up, and Mick Fleetwood suffered marital woes when he discovered his wife was having an affair with his best friend (Nicks and Fleetwood would eventually have a brief affair as well). The album's creation is a memorable narrative of mythic proportions, and is ripe for a segment on 'Drunk History' or even a Broadway musical: coming off the success of their ' White Album' with hits like 'Say You Love Me' and 'Rhiannon,' the band went to work at the Record Plant in Sausalito, California, and during the twelve month production, relationships floundered. The album's legacy has inspired dozens of musicians since its release, an eleven track tell-all of rock and roll's greatest soap opera, harmonized and produced with raw emotion and rhythmic energy. It not only ranks as the band's most successful album, but also garnered their only Grammy win for Album of the Year.

Forty years later, it ranks as one of the best selling albums of all time, with over forty-five million copies sold worldwide. On February 4th, 1977, Fleetwood Mac released Rumours, their eleventh studio album and second release featuring American duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The CHIRP Blog Kyle writes The 40th Anniversary of Fleetwood MacвЂ™s вЂњRumoursвЂќ: Ranking the Tracks

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