Fleetwood Mac was formed in 1967, but started off as a blues band. It wasn’t until 1974 that Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham joined – and it’s no coincidence that my favorite songs from this group begin to appear in 1975.
As much as I listen to the bluesy stuff from the early days, I just can’t get into it. Sure, if I’m at a blues-fest or in a blues bar and in that sort of mood, it’s good to listen to. But I like the band with their combined melodies and catchy sounds. And of course their Rumours album (1977) is the source of no fewer than 12 songs on the list (if you count Silver Springs, which never actually made the original album – it was actually cut!). So you won’t find tunes such as Rattlesnake Shake on here.
I have 28 Fleetwood Mac songs ranked in my year-by-year reviews, with five songs garnering the ‘Awesome’ moniker (four of them from Rumours, or rather three of them plus Silver Springs), and another 10 getting labelled ‘Great’ (three from Rumours). Here, I put them in a hard and fast order.
28. Oh Daddy (1977)
27. Over My Head (1975)
26. Songbird (1977)
25. As Long As You Follow (1988)
24. World Turning (1975)
23. Sara (1979)
22. You Make Loving Fun (1977)
21. Big Love (1987)
20. Dreams (1977)
19. Say You Love Me (1975)
18. Gypsy (1982)
17. Little Lies (1987)
16. Second Hand News (1977)
15. Gold Dust Woman (1977)
14. Rhiannon (1975)
13. Beautiful Child (1979)
12. Monday Morning (1975)
11. Everywhere (1987)
10. Hold Me (1982)
9. I Don’t Want To Know (1977)
8. Seven Wonders (1987)
7. Go Your Own Way (1977)
6. Tusk (1979)
5. Landslide (1975)
4. The Chain (1977)
The top four songs from Fleetwood Mac are from the albums (in order): Rumours, Rumours, Rumours and Rumours. You can see why this is the top selling album of all time…
3. Don’t Stop (1977)
2. Never Going Back Again (1977)
1. Silver Springs (1977)
My favorite song by this band wasn’t released when they made it. They made this song for Rumours, but they had to cut a song and chose this one. Can’t criticize the decision since it was an awesome album… but this would have been the best song on that album. The buildup of this song is spine-tingling, and the live version is even better. Here is that live version. Haunting how Stevie looks at Lindsay while belting out the chorus down the stretch.
This playlist is on YouTube here.
Below is the full list of top Fleetwood Mac songs…
| 1 | Silver Springs | – | 1977 |
| 2 | Never Going Back Again | – | 1977 |
| 3 | Don’t Stop | – | 1977 |
| 4 | The Chain | – | 1977 |
| 5 | Landslide | – | 1975 |
| 6 | Tusk | – | 1979 |
| 7 | Go Your Own Way | – | 1977 |
| 8 | Seven Wonders | – | 1987 |
| 9 | I Don’t Want To Know | – | 1977 |
| 10 | Hold Me | – | 1982 |
| 11 | Everywhere | – | 1987 |
| 12 | Monday Morning | – | 1975 |
| 13 | Beautiful Child | – | 1979 |
| 14 | Rhiannon | – | 1975 |
| 15 | Gold Dust Woman | – | 1977 |
| 16 | Second Hand News | – | 1977 |
| 17 | Little Lies | – | 1987 |
| 18 | Gypsy | – | 1982 |
| 19 | Say You Love Me | – | 1975 |
| 20 | Dreams | – | 1977 |
| 21 | Big Love | – | 1987 |
| 22 | You Make Loving Fun | – | 1977 |
| 23 | Sara | – | 1979 |
| 24 | World Turning | – | 1975 |
| 25 | As Long As You Follow | – | 1988 |
| 26 | Songbird | – | 1977 |
| 27 | Over My Head | – | 1975 |
| 28 | Oh Daddy | – | 1977 |
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