The Rewind Button is a group blogging project that I’m participating in. We’re taking on Rolling Stone‘s Top 40 albums of all time and writing our own reviews of them.

I took a peek at the beginning of this project at the list of albums we would be reviewing, and Rumours was one that I was most excited about reviewing. It’s not that I listen to the album every day (or even own it). But I’ve heard it enough via friends and the radio that I feel like it’s been a part of my whole life.

It’s the production that draws me to this album. The warm sound of the bass in “Dreams” takes me back to riding in the car with my dad, the windows down, the moon above, and nothing but music between us. After “Dreams” comes “Never Going Back Again,” with its folky composition. I love the stark contract between the two songs.

When you read about this album, you’ll learn that there was a lot of strife among the members due to their relationships falling apart. All great bands have an element of strife. Out of that chaos, beauty is born.

I know I said that this is one of the albums I most looked forward to reviewing, and here I am not really writing much. That’s because I’d rather be listening to it than writing about it. If you haven’t heard this album, do yourself a favor and go listen to it now. I’ll be listening, too. Just you, me, and the music between us.

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