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Spawning some best selling singles and emotional lyrics from either relationship struggles or drug problems between the band members,”Rumours”,Fleetwood Mac’s 11th studio album became the bands saviour in so many ways,mainly by sales in excess of 40 million.
These experiences shaped the album's lyrics. Influenced by pop music, the record's tracks were recorded using a combination of acoustic and electric instruments. The mixing process delayed the completion of Rumours, but was finished by the end of 1976. Following the album's release in 1977.
Some interesting facts about this classic album
Opening track 'Second Hand News' – which finds Buckingham damaged after the shenanigans with Nicks and in no mood to commit elsewhere – was an attempt to emulate the rickety, funky rhythm of the Bee Gees' 'Jive Talkin'', released a couple of years earlier, itself inspired by the Gibbs' car trundling over a bridge in Miami.
The famous 'balls' hanging between Mick Fleetwood’s legs on the Rumours album cover are actually toilet chains, taken from a venue where the band played their first gigs.
Stevie Nicks wasn't wild about 'Go Your Own Way''s lyrical content. You know, "shacking up is all you wanna do" and all that. She thought it was "angry, nasty and extremely disrespectful". Language she normally reserves for Nicki Minaj.