- Record Label: Rhino
- Release Date: Jan 29, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013Their finest album, 1977’s Rumours, addresses with heart and sharp insight the romantic disengagements and re-entanglements of the members in the free-spirited, free-love 1970s.
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Feb 14, 2013With its extra content engineered to appeal to collectors and casual fans alike, this is a justified addition to the many Rumours already making the rounds.
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Feb 14, 2013What makes Rumours so remarkable and relevant is that it remains fragile and passionate 35 years later.... From a historical, archival standpoint, this package is extremely valuable, as Rhino left in the studio banter and rough cuts from the recording sessions; you get to overhear Fleetwood Mac as they make the record.
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MojoFeb 15, 2013If you're the kind of listener who has come to associate outtakes from classic albums with meagre, dryly forensic spoils, prepare to be very pleasantly surprised by Disc 3.... Rumours reminds us why we should continue to indulge them. [Mar 2013, p.100]
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Feb 14, 2013If there’s ever been an album that deserves the lavish, borderline-unnecessary reissue treatment, it’s this pop behemoth.
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Feb 14, 2013As one of classic rock's foundational albums, it holds up better than any other commercial smash of that ilk.
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Feb 14, 2013Every song is an open-and-shut case, a tightly-sealed, end-of-story work of pop-rock perfection. Which means items like discs of live material and outtakes are superfluous at best.
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Feb 14, 2013The real revelations are recordings that part the curtains on the making of Rumours, like Christine McVie's solo-piano-demo rendition of "Songbird."
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Feb 14, 2013It remains one of pop's most impervious generational touchstones.
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Feb 14, 2013For all the baubles and padding presented with this definitive edition, the disc you’ll turn to again and again is the one you’ve been playing all your life.
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Feb 14, 2013This three-disc expanded reissue, featuring the remastered album with sparkling original B-side "Silver Springs," a disc of early takes, and a concert from 1977, does the original album, and its story, justice.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 128 out of 138
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Mixed: 3 out of 138
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Negative: 7 out of 138
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May 21, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Feb 20, 2013This album defined pop rock music. One of my all time favorites. Absolutely chilling.