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michelej1 05-23-2012 08:38 PM

Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums, ## 25, 183
 
[I know these polls are senseless, designed to get page views and publicity for Rolling Stone, as they stir debate and not a measure of anything. Still, I guess I'm drawn like a moth to a flame]

Rumours at #25 and Fleetwood Mac at #183

Rumours:

The sixth-best-selling album of all time owed its success to Fleetwood Mac's willingness to turn private turmoil into gleaming, melodic public art. The band's two romantic couples — bassist John and singer-keyboard player Christine McVie, who were married; guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks, who were not — broke up during the protracted sessions for Rumours. This lent a highly charged, confessional aura to such songs as Buckingham's "Go Your Own Way," Nicks' "Dreams," Christine's "Don't Stop" and the group-composed anthem to betrayal, "The Chain." The Mac's catchy exposes, produced with California-sunshine polish, touched a nerve; Rumours, a landmark Seventies pop album, ruled Billboard's album chart for thirty-one weeks.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...#ixzz1vkMvFgiu

Fleetwood Mac

Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and his missus, Christine, had been through myriad lineups before finding California couple Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Surmounting "cultural differences" (Buckingham's description), the group clicked, generating big radio songs such as "Say You Love Me" and "Rhiannon," and Buckingham contributed solid guitar work, arrangements and vocals that bridged the wildly divergent styles of McVie and Nicks. "We would get to know one another as friends only to a certain point," Buckingham remarked. But that didn't prevent them from going on to record 1977's Rumours [see No. 25], one of the biggest records ever.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/li...#ixzz1vkNK6wzE

jcalzaretta 05-24-2012 01:55 PM

I saw that. Both albums sbould be higher!

tabruns 05-24-2012 02:04 PM

Interesting
 
And 'Tusk' didn't make the list.

BombaySapphire3 05-24-2012 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabruns (Post 1051948)
And 'Tusk' didn't make the list.

Yeah..really it should have been on there and higher than the 1975 album.

On Ice 05-24-2012 10:07 PM

#183 isn't a bad position at all for the 1975 album, but Rumours should have made the top 10 at least and Tusk, although not the monstrous hit territory of Rumours, artistically is their best release and should have been top 50 at least.


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