Artist: FLEETWOOD MAC
Album: RUMOURS EXPANDED & REMASTERED (2CD)

Release date: 1976/ 2006
Media type: CD

Three decades after Rumours established itself as one of rock's most ubiquitous, overarching successes, discussing Fleetwood Mac's heady 1977 monster (18 million sold and counting) might seem pointless; one might as well deconstruct a Big Mac. But this remastered, double-disc deluxe edition succeeds by offering up a generous, compelling portrait of that overly familiar musical triumph via 18 bonus tracks that include demos, outtakes, run-throughs, and studio jams. Stripping hits like "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way" and "Gold Dust Woman" down to their most bare-bones form reveals the sturdy, elemental framework that tellingly lies beneath all the pop perfection. But tracks like Lindsey Buckingham's ebullient instrumental "Brushes" (the basic tracks of "Never Going Back Again") also display a musician whose focused vision is informed by accomplished playing that's anything but simple. The two brief studio jams included aren't much more than noisy, disposable fun. But other outtakes of songs that didn't make the album (Stevie Nicks's "Think About It" and "Planets of the Universe"; Buckingham's "Doesn't Anything Last") help underscore the contention of Dave DiMartino's insightful new liner notes: This was a band on the cusp of triumph literally coming apart at its emotional seams, yet one which somehow channeled that personal turmoil into nothing short of epochal musical success.

TRACKLIST CD1:

1. "Second Hand News"   Lindsey Buckingham 2:43
2. "Dreams"   Stevie Nicks 4:14
3. "Never Going Back Again"   Buckingham 2:02
4. "Don't Stop"   Christine McVie 3:11
5. "Go Your Own Way"   Buckingham 3:38
6. "Songbird"   C. McVie 3:20

7. "The Chain"   Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, C. McVie, John McVie, Nicks 4:28
8. "You Make Loving Fun"   C. McVie 3:31
9. "I Don't Want to Know"   Nicks 3:11
10. "Oh Daddy"   C. McVie 3:54
11. "Gold Dust Woman"   Nicks 4:51

TRACKLIST CD2:

1. "Second Hand News"   Buckingham 2:47
2. "Dreams"   Nicks 4:21
3. "Brushes (Never Going Back Again)" (Instrumental) Buckingham 2:50
4. "Don't Stop"   C. McVie 3:33
5. "Go Your Own Way"   Buckingham 3:06
6. "Songbird"   C. McVie 3:11
7. "Silver Springs"   Nicks 6:07
8. "You Make Loving Fun"   C. McVie 4:56
9. "Gold Dust Woman #1"   Nicks 5:02
10. "Oh Daddy"   C. McVie 3:58
11. "Think About It"   Nicks 2:55
12. "Never Going Back Again"   Buckingham 1:56
13. "Planets of the Universe"   Nicks 3:18
14. "Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)"   C. McVie 2:11
15. "Gold Dust Woman"   Nicks 5:01
16. "Doesn't Anything Last"   Buckingham 1:10
17. "Mic the Screecher" (Jam) Fleetwood 0:59
18. "For Duster (The Blues)" (Jam) Buckingham, Fleetwood, C. McVie, J. McVie 4:26