Board 8 > Rank the Tracks Week 7: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours (+ Crack the Skye results)

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1. Dreams - potentially the chillest song ever written. Putting this right after the ecstatic Second Hand News was a bold and brilliant choice that cements this album immediately as something special
2. The Chain - goddamn every time I think I know what to expect from this album they startle me with something incredible like this
3. Gold Dust Woman - all this song makes me think of is how incredible it could've been to see a collaboration between The Doors and Fleetwood Mac had Morrison lived long enough.
4. Second Hand News - Man what an upbeat opener; hell of a way to start
5. Go Your Own Way - this song would've ranked higher if I had ever been able to pull off the vocal in Guitar Hero: World Tour
6. Never Going Back Again - been down one tiiiiiiime. been down two tiiiiiiiiime.
7. Don't Stop - is there any song on this album not immediately quoteable (answer: yes, but not until track 6)
8. You Make Loving Fun - definitely a solid song that would stand out more on a worse album
9. I Don't Want to Know - do I wanna know if this feeling flows both ways? hate to see you go, was sorta hoping that you'd stay
10. Silver Springs - kind of a disappointing note to close the album on. There are only really 3 songs on Rumours I wasn't thrilled by, and I really hoped for something stronger to wrap up such an incredible piece.
11. Songbird - there aren't many "meh" songs on this album but this is definitely one of them
12. Oh Daddy - I don't think there will ever be a time I'll enjoy a grown ass adult saying "daddy"

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oh whoops the version we're doing doesn't include Silver Springs. Ignore that one then; Gold Dust Woman is a much better closer

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From two listen-throughs:

1. Dreams
2. The Chain
3. Go Your Own Way
4. Don't Stop
5. Gold Dust Woman
6. Songbird
7. Oh Daddy
8. Second Hand News
9. You Make Loving Fun
10. I Don't Want to Know
11. Never Going Back Again

As a collection of songs, Rumours is top-notch; as a coherent album, the juxtaposition of the writing's thematic consistency and the sound's relative variability feels like the point. Whatever the case, I found the result stuffed to the brim with familiarly enjoyable yet often adventurous music, largely even extending to those songs I didn't know beforehand.

I'll also sign up for the user cycle.

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Saw Stevie Nicks trending on Twitter and was so afraid for five seconds

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1. Go Your Own Way
2. Don't Stop
3. The Chain
4. Gold Dust Woman
5. Dreams
6. I Don't Want to Know
7. Second Hand News
8. Never Going Back Again
9. You Make Loving Fun
10. Songbird
11. Oh Daddy

An album like this is another example of why I love this topic series. This is another classic that I would have never bothered listening to otherwise. Outside of my bottom two songs (which are okay but clearly the weakest for me) there's just some really great, fun stuff here. I enjoyed doing a few extra listens to try to get my ordering right but still feel bad about having to rank some of these songs so low.

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The Chain
Dont Stop
Dreams
Gold Dust Woman
You Make Loving Fun
Go Your Own Way
Never Going Back Again
I dont want to know
Second Hand News
Songbird
Oh Daddy

This was honestly one of the toughest rankings Ive ever done.

I also just bumped Never going back again two spots, its a pretty emotional song and I like it but upon thinking of it more I like the other two songs more

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final bump before the deadline tomorrow morning

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Can't wait to see the final results.
What an album!

Abbey Road is next... Pumped!


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I am awake and now processing the results

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