"DREAMS" ● Fleetwood Mac
FLEETWOOD MAC / From left to right: Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham / Warner Bros. Records - Rumours Trade Advertisement Billboard, 25, June 1977, p.86
"DREAMS" ● Fleetwood Mac
The Song● Dreams
Writer● Stevie Nicks
Producers● Fleetwood Mac, Richard Dashut, and Ken Caillat
Recorded● Late summer and fall 1976 at studios in Sausalito, Los Angeles, North Hollywood, and Miami
Released● Spring 1977
Players●
:: Christine McVie--vocals, keyboards
:: Lindsey Buckingham--guitar, vocals
:: Stevie Nicks--vocals
:: John McVie--bass
:: Mick Fleetwood--drums
Album● Rumours (Warner Bros., 1977)
Also On●
:: Fleetwood Mac Live (Warner Bros. 1980)
:: Greatest Hits (Warner Bros., 1988)
:: 25 Years: The Chain (Warner Bros., 1992)
:: The Dance (Warner Bros., 1997)
:: The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac (Reprise, 2002)
Rumours ● Fleetwood Mac
Rumours is Fleetwood Mac’s eleventh studio album, released on February 4, 1977, by Warner Bros. Records. Largely recorded in California in 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. Rumours was an instant commercial success, selling over 10 million copies worldwide within just a month of its release, and is considered to be one of the greatest albums of all time.
The Stevie Nicks-penned "Dreams" was Fleetwood Mac's first and only single to hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100.
Opening with the line "Now there you go again/You say you want your freedom," "Dreams" openly addressed Nicks's breakup with her boyfriend and bandmate Lindsey Buckingham, though in gentler terms than the Buckingham-written hit "Go Your Own Way."
The splintering of the couples within the band was obvious on Rumours. Besides Nicks's split with Buckingham, John and Christine McVie also split up, while Mick Fleetwood's marriage went sour. Nevertheless, Rumours was Fleetwood Mac's crowning achievement, spending 31 weeks at Number One on the Billboard 200 and launching five hit singles.
Rumours won a Grammy for album of the year and was also named favorite album at the American Music Awards. The group also won the American Music Award for favorite pop/rock duo or group.
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