A 1968 instrumental of shimmering, seagull-like guitar that gave the band their only British number one single (1968)
'Albatross', written by Peter Green; the Beatles' 'Sun King' is an acknowledged echo of it.
Popular music Β· Rock
1967βpresent Β· British-American
British blues, then Californian soft rock
Fleetwood Mac began in London in 1967 as Peter Green's blues band, named for its rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. After a decade of departures, breakdowns and lawsuits, the arrival of the Californian duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in 1975 turned them into one of the biggest pop acts in the world. Rumours, made while all three couples in the band were breaking up, is among the best-selling albums ever released.
A 1968 instrumental of shimmering, seagull-like guitar that gave the band their only British number one single (1968)
'Albatross', written by Peter Green; the Beatles' 'Sun King' is an acknowledged echo of it.
A 1977 album recorded in Sausalito while all three couples in the band were separating, its title borrowed from the studio gossip (1977)
Rumours β Grammy Album of the Year in 1978 and one of the best-selling albums in history.
A 1977 song written on a couch in ten minutes in a black-lacquered studio room, and the band's only American number one (1977)
'Dreams' by Stevie Nicks β it returned to the charts in 2020 after a skateboarding cranberry-juice video went viral.
A 1977 kiss-off written by the guitarist about the singer he had just left, with a line about shacking up that she asked him in vain to remove (1977)
'Go Your Own Way' by Lindsey Buckingham β Stevie Nicks had to sing harmony on it night after night.
A 1979 experimental double album partly recorded with a college marching band in Dodger Stadium (1979)
Tusk β the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band play on the title track.
A 1977 piano ballad by the band's English keyboard player, recorded in one take in an empty university auditorium (1977)
'Songbird' by Christine McVie, cut at Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley; it closed the band's concerts for decades.
A 1977 optimistic song later adopted as a US presidential campaign anthem, which reunited the band at an inaugural gala (1977)
'Don't Stop' β Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign song; the band reformed to play it at his inauguration in 1993.
A 1975 self-titled album, their second with that name, introducing a new American singer and guitarist (1975)
Fleetwood Mac, often called the 'White Album', the first with Buckingham and Nicks; it contains 'Rhiannon' and 'Landslide'.