FogBlueInSanFran
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None taken -- I was only thinking for the Beatles given their catalog is so large and how we know all their songs, not for other bands.
Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Albums
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None taken -- I was only thinking for the Beatles given their catalog is so large and how we know all their songs, not for other bands.
BlueHammer85
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8. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 12/109
Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. Largely recorded in California in 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. The band wanted to expand on the commercial success of their eponymous 1975 album, but struggled with relationship breakups before recording started. The Rumours studio sessions were marked by hedonism and strife among band members that shaped the album's lyrics.
Recorded with the intention of making "a pop album", the album's music featured a pop rock and soft rock sound characterized by accented rhythms and electric keyboards such as the Fender Rhodes or Hammond B3 organ. The members partied and used cocaine for much of the recording sessions, and its completion was delayed by its mixing process, but was finished by the end of 1976. Following the album's release, Fleetwood Mac undertook worldwide promotional tours. Rumours became the band's first number one album on the UK Albums Chart and also topped the US Billboard 200. The songs "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun" were released as singles, all of which reached the US top 10.
Rumours was an instant commercial success, selling over 10 million copies worldwide within just a month of its release. It garnered widespread acclaim from critics, with praise centred on its production quality and harmonies, which frequently relied on the interplay among three vocalists and has inspired the work of musical acts in different genres. It won Album of the Year at the 1978 Grammy Awards. It has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Domestically, it has received Diamond certifications in several countries, including the UK, Canada, and Australia, and has been certified 20× platinum in the US.
Often considered Fleetwood Mac's best release, the album has featured in several publications' lists of the best albums of the 1970s and of all time. In 2004, Rumours was remastered and reissued with the addition of "Silver Springs", which had been excluded from the original due to tension within the band, and a bonus CD of outtakes from the recording sessions. The album has been included in numerous lists of the greatest albums; in the Rolling Stone "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list it was ranked number 26. In 2003, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" by the Library of Congress.
Bluehammer Fact: A year of painstaking recording – including heaps of overdubs, with few songs featuring instruments recorded aside one another – saw the release pushed back from its original date of September 1976 and an entire sold-out tour canned.
Rumours is the eleventh studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977 by Warner Bros. Records. Largely recorded in California in 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. The band wanted to expand on the commercial success of their eponymous 1975 album, but struggled with relationship breakups before recording started. The Rumours studio sessions were marked by hedonism and strife among band members that shaped the album's lyrics.
Recorded with the intention of making "a pop album", the album's music featured a pop rock and soft rock sound characterized by accented rhythms and electric keyboards such as the Fender Rhodes or Hammond B3 organ. The members partied and used cocaine for much of the recording sessions, and its completion was delayed by its mixing process, but was finished by the end of 1976. Following the album's release, Fleetwood Mac undertook worldwide promotional tours. Rumours became the band's first number one album on the UK Albums Chart and also topped the US Billboard 200. The songs "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", and "You Make Loving Fun" were released as singles, all of which reached the US top 10.
Rumours was an instant commercial success, selling over 10 million copies worldwide within just a month of its release. It garnered widespread acclaim from critics, with praise centred on its production quality and harmonies, which frequently relied on the interplay among three vocalists and has inspired the work of musical acts in different genres. It won Album of the Year at the 1978 Grammy Awards. It has sold over 45 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Domestically, it has received Diamond certifications in several countries, including the UK, Canada, and Australia, and has been certified 20× platinum in the US.
Often considered Fleetwood Mac's best release, the album has featured in several publications' lists of the best albums of the 1970s and of all time. In 2004, Rumours was remastered and reissued with the addition of "Silver Springs", which had been excluded from the original due to tension within the band, and a bonus CD of outtakes from the recording sessions. The album has been included in numerous lists of the greatest albums; in the Rolling Stone "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list it was ranked number 26. In 2003, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2018, it was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry, being deemed "culturally, historically, or artistically significant" by the Library of Congress.
1. Second Hand News
2. Dreams
3. Never Going Back Again
4. Don't Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. The Chain
8. You Make Loving Fun
9. I Don't Want to Know
10. Oh Daddy
11. Gold Dust Woman
12. Silver Springs
2. Dreams
3. Never Going Back Again
4. Don't Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. The Chain
8. You Make Loving Fun
9. I Don't Want to Know
10. Oh Daddy
11. Gold Dust Woman
12. Silver Springs
Bluehammer Fact: A year of painstaking recording – including heaps of overdubs, with few songs featuring instruments recorded aside one another – saw the release pushed back from its original date of September 1976 and an entire sold-out tour canned.
This was my number 1 choice. I love this album, and often go back to it.
I started sixth form at Brookway High School in 1977. We had our own common room, with a kitchen and a record player. We didn't have to wear school uniform anymore, and we felt so grown up and privileged. Billy Duffy (The Cult) was pretty much in charge of the play list, and this was one of the main albums, together with Dark Side of the Moon. Others were played, but these two albums for me, provide the sound track of my late teenage years.
Very happy memories are invoked, despite the emotions contained in many of the songs.
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BlueMoonRisin’
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Oh well: /
Onholiday(somemightsay)
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Just had to re-visit my submission to see whether I included it - seemingly it didn't make the final cut.
Going to give it another listen to realise just how much of an oversight on my behalf that was.............
i'm sure dark side of the moon is going to feature highly, so i thought(to my shame i've never really listened to it complete) i'd give it a listen
underwhelmed is the first thing that springs to my mind, quite liked money but i'd heard that before.
just found it meanders and a bit self indulgent
all i can say is thank you never mind the bollocks
all about opinions of course
underwhelmed is the first thing that springs to my mind, quite liked money but i'd heard that before.
just found it meanders and a bit self indulgent
all i can say is thank you never mind the bollocks
all about opinions of course
OB1
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Don’t ask me what I think of you.
dronefromsector7G
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Same here. I can only think that maybe it’s fans were of a certain age when it came out and maybe liked a spliff or two. One of my favourite albums is by Ozric Tentacles and most people would probably listen to it and think wtf but I was 18 and stoned when I heard it. Having said that I still genuinely love the sound.
Onholiday(somemightsay)
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Yeh - great album, I f#cked it..........