Fleetwood Mac ’s Rumours was an enormous hit when it hit record-store shelves on February 4, 1977 , and so in many ways, it still is. Barry Manilow Live , Linda Ronstadt’s Simple Dreams , and the soundtrack to Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson’s A Star Is Born were also Number One albums that same year, but while they’ve largely faded from our collective memory, Rumours is bigger than ever.

It’s the single most streamed record from the 1970s, a perpetual presence in the Billboard 200, and vinyl pressing plants continue to churn out new copies to keep up with the relentless demand. Classic rock radio, meanwhile, plays Rumours songs like “The Chain,” “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams,” “Don’t Stop,” and “You Make Loving Run” on a seemingly never-ending loop.

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