A rumor (British English: rumour) is a piece of purportedly true information that is circulated without substantiating evidence. Rumors can range from simple gossip to advanced propaganda techniques.
The classic mode of rumor transmission is person-to-person, as in gossip. With the advent of the Internet many rumors have been transmitted via email and more recently blogging, as is the case with various hoaxes and urban legends.
Most of the songs on the album deal with personal relationships within and tangential to the group (e.g., the marriage of John McVie and Christine McVie, the relationship of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and the marriage of Mick Fleetwood and his wife, Jenny).
Rumours won a Grammy award in 1978 for Album of the Year for 1977, and spent 31 weeks at the top of the Billboard Music Charts, in spite of critical panning for perceived pandering to mainstream tastes.
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