Musical success but relationship challenges
It was clearly the right move. The band’s eponymous 1975 album reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart and featured hits such as “Landslide”, “Rhiannon”, “Over My Head” and “Say You Love Me”.
Afterward, the group began work on their 1977 album The rumourswhich would go on to win Album of the Year.
But as their star rose, the relationships between Nicks and Buckingham, McVies and Fleetwood and his wife Jenny Boyd were all crumbling.
“When we joined Fleetwood Mac, everything was really rocky between me and Lindsey,” Nicks said in the magazine Don’t stop documentary. “I think we’ve all made a little silent promise: Let’s fix these relationships right now, because we can’t break up. We just can’t. If we do, there will be no Fleetwood Mac.”
However, the relationships did end. In 1976, the McVies divorced while Nicks and Buckingham split (Fleetwood and Boyd would also later break up).
And if fans really listen to the track’s — including Christine’s “Don’t Stop,” Nick’s “Dreams” and Buckingham’s “Go Your Own Way” — they can get a sense of what they went through.
“My songs were about Lindsey, and Lindsey’s songs were about me,” Nicks added, “and you just had to blow it off and play the song.”
