On the Charts: The recordвЂ™s release was hugely delayed (due in part to the drama and also aided by a long mixing process), but once it hit shelves, that didnвЂ™t matter.

Somehow, as rock вЂnвЂ™ roll magic goes, personal tragedy, hedonism, and determination culminated in a compelling piece of art. Christine wrote You Make Loving Fun about her new lover (Fleetwood MacвЂ™s lighting director), surely only adding to JohnвЂ™s much-documented drinking problem. Take this walking soap opera stir in hearty doses of cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana and add five parts talent - and the rocky formula resulted in 11 songs whose canonical place in modern pop music/rock вЂnвЂ™ roll are largely undisputed.Д«uckingham penned the lyrics to Never Going Back Again and Go Your Own Way about his on-again, off-again relationship with Nicks she retorted by writing Dreams on a solo day in Sly StoneвЂ™s studio. John and Christine McVie ended their eight-year marriage, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks broke up and sparred often, and Mick Fleetwood reeled after learning of his wifeвЂ™s affair with his best friend. Pressures from that tour and the skyrocketing fame resulting from RhiannonвЂ™s climb up the charts peaked during RumoursвЂ™ intense, nine-month-long writing and recording sessions. Credits: Lindsey Buckingham (guitar, vocals, production), Mick Fleetwood (drums, percussion), Christine McVie (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals), Stevie Nicks (vocals), John McVie (bass), Ken Caillat (engineering, mastering, producing), Richard Dashut (engineering, producing)Д«ackstory: Wild, plentiful rumors fueled the aptly titled Rumours, Fleetwood MacвЂ™s 11th studio album - and its most successful to date.В The tour that followed the groupвЂ™s eponymous 10th record, released in 1975, saw mounting tension between the five musicians, the bandвЂ™s most successful of an oft-changed lineup, with drummer Mick Fleetwood prevailing as the only original member.

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