Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5640 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-08-30
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Full Screen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 75 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Oh, the heartache. Oh, the drug intake. And oh, the sales records they did break. It's all here in this 70-minute, 1997 chronicle of the making of one of pop music's biggest albums ever, Rumours. All five members of Fleetwood Mac's most successful incarnation are interviewed, and their comments are even more candid than the confessional songs ("Dreams", "Go Your Own Way" et al.) on the album itself; descriptions of the torturous process of making a record while John and Christine McVie's marriage and the Lindsey Buckingham-Stevie Nicks liaison were breaking up at the same time makes for compelling, if slightly discomfiting, viewing. Meanwhile, lest one forget that Rumours was terrific as well as revealing, plenty of attention is paid to the songs. Particularly fascinating (as with most Classic Albums packages) are the breakdowns of the separate instrumental and vocal components of individual tracks. This is a great tale, wonderfully told. --Sam Graham, Amazon.com

Video Description
DVD 5 4:3 Screen Format

Subtitles: Dutch, German, Italian, Portugese, Spanish, French, English.

Synopsis
This addition to the Classic Album series recounts the making of Fleetwood Mac's record-breaking 1977 album, RUMOURS, which features such hits as "Don't Stop," "Dreams," "You Make Loving Fun," and "Go Your Own Way".
CLASSIC ALBUMS: FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS includes behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with band members, plus additional performance footage, a specially recorded version of Christine McVie's "Songbird," and Lindsey Buckingham's acoustic version of "Never Going Back Again".

Customer Reviews

An in-depth look into the turmoil behind Rumours...
This video works on two levels. It is an in-depth look into the making and writing of Rumours, the amazingly successful album by Fleetwood Mac, and features interviews with the band members, and also the producers who worked with them on the album. The album was famously made at a time of intense personal trouble for the band, as the two couples within the band were in the middle of breaking up. They talk frankly about the impetus behind the songs, the messages behind them, and how they recorded it. It works as a behind-the-scenes video, showing their musicianship, as well as being a valuable window into the personalities behind the melodies. It also features live snippets of many of the songs on the album, and includes everything from the photoshoot to the studio to the finished product. If you are a Mac fan, you simply MUST buy this video.

Rock on Christine
This DVD has to be one every right-thinking-person should have in their collection ... be they a Fleetwood Mac fan or not!!

Ultimately it is first a foremost, a documentary style programme on the way the infamous album "Rumours" was born. There is in-depth discussion with the entire band - even Lindsey!! There is discussion with the producers, who reveal interesting facts about the album. Did you know one of Stevie Nicks songs was omitted from the album because there wasn't enough room on the LP for an extra song - the days before CD I might add!! There's the ultimate performance of 'Songbird' and indeed every track on the album. Mick Fleetwood is as ever the joker in the pack and he injects some humour into the documentary.

Admittedly this documentary is nearly ten years old but despite this, it centres ONLY on "Rumours" and there is no reference to "Tango In The Night". So, should you buy this DVD?? Most certainly, at nearly 90 minutes long, you will never tire of watching it, but certainly it is recommended for compulsory renting - Amazon make sure you have plenty in stock !!!

Great Documentary
Fleetwood Macs Rumours Album was amazing. Well more than 20 years on here the band members Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks talk about every track that was on the album. With archive footage from live concerts they did on the Rumours tour of 1977 it is well worth watching. Here two special songs done for this DVD, Never Going Back again on Acoustic and Song Bird performed live in San Fransisco by Christine McVie. The band talk about there private lives at the time of the making of Rumours on how they managed to stay together after the break ups of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckinghams relationship and John and Christine McVies marriage. Also the divorce of Mick Fleetwood. This is an amazing DVD with lots of Fleetwood Mac memories. This is not a DVD though for Fleetwood Mac fans of the Peter Green era. If you like the Rock Fleetwood Mac band then this is deffinetly for you.