Drummer Mick Fleetwood compared Rumours to “a soap opera”, no doubt alluding to the bewildering array of relationships enjoyed by the band members, and also confessed that every track was about someone in the band. But among all the loving and loathing, the interpersonal friction and the faction fighting, there’s an album of superbly crafted songs, including McVie’s ‘You Make Loving Fun’ and ‘Don’t Stop’, Nicks’ ‘Dreams’ and Buckingham’s ‘Go Your Own Way’.
Rumours worked, both commercially and artistically, because the mature rock audience of the time, especially in the USA, craved a more sophisticated sound than they’d grown up with. The album steadfastly remains a sober collection of undeniable pop-rock classics.