Editing Rumours (album) (section)

==Legacy==
Mick Fleetwood has called ''Rumours'' "the most important album we ever made", because its success allowed the group to continue recording for years to come.<ref>{{harvnb|''Classic Albums''|2004|loc=56:05–56:25}}</ref> [[popular culture|Pop culture]] journalist [[Chuck Klosterman]] links the record's sales figures to its "really likable songs" but suggests that "no justification for greatness" is intrinsically provided by them.<ref name=pop>{{cite book |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |title=This Is Pop: In Search of the Elusive at Experience Music Project |trans-title=The Carly Simon Principle: Sincerity and Pop Greatness |year=2004 |editor=Weisbard, Eric |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=0-674-01321-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/thisispopinsearc00weis/page/261 261–262] |url=https://archive.org/details/thisispopinsearc00weis/page/261}}</ref> In 1997, ''[[The Guardian]]'' surveyed renowned critics, artists, and radio DJs, who placed the record at number 78 in the list of the 100 Best Albums Ever.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 Best Albums Ever |work=[[The Guardian]] |at=''Features'' insert |date=19 September 1997}}</ref> In 1998, Fleetwood produced and released ''Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours'', an album that consisted of one cover of each song off ''Rumours'' by an act influenced by it, including [[alternative rock]] bands [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]], [[Matchbox 20]], and [[Goo Goo Dolls]]; Celtic rock groups [[The Corrs]] and [[The Cranberries]]; and singer-songwriters [[Elton John]], [[Duncan Sheik]], and [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5918517/rumours_tribute_available_now |title=''Rumours'' Tribute Available Now |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=28 March 1998 |access-date=28 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Other acts influenced by ''Rumours'' include [[baroque pop]] artist [[Tori Amos]],<ref>{{cite news |title=America at Her Gait |last=Brown |first=Mark |work=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |page=7E |date=4 December 2002}}</ref> [[hard rock]] group [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]],<ref>{{cite news |title=To Drool For |last=Keyes |first=Bob |work=[[Portland Press Herald]] |page=3D |date=30 January 2003}}</ref> [[indie rock]] band [[Death Cab for Cutie]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Death Cab Hails Wide Range of Musical Fare As Influences |last=Brown |first=Mark |work=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |page=9E |date=7 October 2005}}</ref> and [[art pop]] singer [[Lorde]], who called it a "perfect record".<ref>{{cite interview |subject=Lorde |interviewer=[[VEVO]] |title=Influences (VEVO LIFT): Brought to You by McDonald's |date=2 October 2013 |publisher=[[VEVO]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_dU8Gnj13I| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002214253/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_dU8Gnj13I| archive-date=2013-10-02 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{quote box |quote="There was a time when Fleetwood Mac's ''Rumours'' was just seen as an album that sold incredibly well; over the past five years, though, it's become more acceptable to classify ''Rumours'' as great in and of itself."<ref name=pop/> |source=—[[Chuck Klosterman]] in 2004, on recognition for the record |width=25% |align=right |style=padding:10px;}}

''Rumours'' has frequently been considered one of the greatest albums of all time. It was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2003,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-19 |title=Fleetwood Mac |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/fleetwood-mac |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621081726/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/fleetwood-mac |archive-date=21 June 2020 |access-date=2020-01-15 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}</ref> In 1998, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' placed it at number three—behind [[The Clash]]'s ''[[London Calling]]'' and [[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]''—in its list of 50 Best Albums of the 70s.<ref>{{cite news |title=50 Best Albums of the '70s |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |at=pull-out section |date=April 1998}}</ref> In 1999, [[Vibe (magazine)|''Vibe'']] featured it as one of 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century.<ref>{{cite news |title=100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century |work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |page=162 |date=December 1999}}</ref> In 2001, [[VH1]] ranked the record at number 16 during its 100 Greatest Albums countdown,<ref name="pop" /> while ''Slant'' included it as one of 50 Essential Pop Albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/features/vitalpop.asp |title=Vitalpop! |work=Slant Magazine |year=2003 |access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-date=15 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115230117/http://slantmagazine.com/music/features/vitalpop.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> The same year, ''[[USA Today]]'' placed ''Rumours'' at number 23 in its Top 40 Albums list,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-12-04-album-list_x.htm |last=Gundersen |first=Edna |title=Top 40 albums—the ''USA Today'' way |work=USA Today |date=5 December 2003 |access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-date=6 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806054506/http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-12-04-album-list_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> while ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it at number 25 in its special issue of "[[The 500&nbsp;Greatest Albums of All Time]]", in 2003, the highest Fleetwood Mac placement,<ref name="RSLIST">{{cite magazine |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |page=104 |date=12 November 2003}}</ref> number 26 in a 2012 revised list,<ref>{{cite magazine |year=2012 |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/fleetwood-mac-rumours-2-169387/ |access-date=September 23, 2019 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501134823/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/fleetwood-mac-rumours-2-169387/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and number 7 in the 2020 and 2023 lists.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ | title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=31 December 2023 | access-date=9 November 2020 | archive-date=22 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163403/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2000, it was voted number 31 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=49}}</ref> In 2006, ''Time'' named it in its All-TIME 100 Albums shortlist,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,Rumours,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070117142518/http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/0,27693,Rumours,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 January 2007 |last=Tyrangiel |first=Josh |title=The All-TIME 100 Albums |magazine=Time |date=13 November 2006 |access-date=15 December 2009}}</ref> while ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' featured it in its unnumbered list of 70 from the 1970s: Decade's Greatest Albums.<ref>{{cite news |title=70 from the 1970s: Decade's Greatest Albums |work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |at=pull-out section |date=June 2006}}</ref> The record is included in both ''The Guardian''{{'}}s "1000&nbsp;Albums to Hear Before You Die" and the book ''[[1001&nbsp;Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref name=g1000>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/19/1000tohearbeforeyoudie3 |title=Artists beginning with F (1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die) |work=The Guardian |date=19 November 2007 |access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930220531/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/nov/19/1000tohearbeforeyoudie3 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor=Dimery, Richard |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |year=2008 |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group|Cassell Illustrated]] |isbn=978-1-84403-624-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/1001albumsyoumus0000unse }}</ref> For the 2013 reissue of the album, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s [[Jessica Hopper]] gave the album a rare 10 out of 10, earning it a "best new reissue" designation.<ref name="Hopper"/>

The 2023 Tony-award-winning play [[Stereophonic (play)|''Stereophonic'']] is a fictionalized depiction of the recording sessions for the album. In 2024, sound engineer Ken Caillat sued the creators of the play, alleging that they adapted his memoir ''Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album'' without permission.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2024-10-02 |title=Fleetwood Mac Sound Engineer Sues ‘Stereophonic’, Says Hit Broadway Drama “Copies The Heart And Soul” Of His ‘Rumours’ Memoir |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/stereophonic-lawsuit-1236105652/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>