Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums

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"They're all here, from Abba to ZZ Top, from Robert Johnson to the White Stripes, as voted by an eclectic and stellar panel of experts, including Rolling Stone editors, Fats Domino, Flea and Britney Spears. If you don't like some of the choices, blame Britney."

#25
Rumours
Fleetwood Mac
Reprise 1977

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.

Total album sales: 19 million
Peak chart position: 1


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#183
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac
Warner Bros. 1975

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.

Total album sales: 4.5 million
Peak chart position: 1

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