Editing Fleetwood Mac (1975 album) (section)

==Release and reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |author-link= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac |website= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 11 December 2011 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/fleetwood-mac-mw0000049075}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Clark |last= Collis |title= Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac |magazine= [[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue= 7 |date= April–May 2002 |access-date= 28 January 2018 |url= http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2333 |archive-date= 19 October 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061019163205/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2333 |url-status= dead}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|first= Colin |last= Larkin |author-link= Colin Larkin |year= 2011 |title= The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title-link= Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter= Fleetwood Mac |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA1168 |publisher= [[Music Sales Group|Omnibus Press]] |edition= 5th concise |isbn= 978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = A<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Rob |last= Brunner |title= Then Play On; Bare Trees; Fleetwood Mac; Rumours; Tusk; Time |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] |date= 18 April 2003 |access-date= 19 September 2020 |url= https://ew.com/article/2003/04/18/then-play-bare-trees-fleetwood-mac-rumours-tusk-time/}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Mojo">{{cite magazine|title= Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac |magazine= [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue= 125 |date= April 2004 |page= 122}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 9.0/10<ref>{{cite web|first= Stephen Thomas |last= Erlewine |author-link= Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title= Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac |website= [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date= 27 January 2018 |access-date= 28 January 2018 |url= https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fleetwood-mac-fleetwood-mac/}}</ref>
| rev7      = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Tom |last= Doyle |title= California Dreaming |magazine= [[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue= 381 |date= February 2018 |pages= 118–19}}</ref>
| rev8      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|first1= Mark |last1= Coleman |first2= Mark |last2= Kemp |author-link2= Mark Kemp |editor1-first= Nathan |editor1-last= Brackett |editor1-link= Nathan Brackett |editor2-first= Christian |editor2-last= Hoard |editor2-link= Christian Hoard |year= 2004 |title= The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link= The Rolling Stone Album Guide |chapter= Fleetwood Mac |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA303 |publisher= [[Simon & Schuster]] |edition= 4th |isbn= 0-7432-0169-8 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/303 303–304]}}</ref>
| rev9      = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev9score = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Nigel |last= Williamson |title= Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac |magazine= [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue= 250 |date= March 2018 |page= 42}}</ref>
| rev10      = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = A−<ref>{{cite news|first= Robert |last= Christgau |author-link= Robert Christgau |title= Consumer Guide |newspaper= [[The Village Voice]] |date= 1 December 1975 |access-date= 3 February 2017 |url= https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv12-75.php}}</ref>
}}

''Fleetwood Mac'' was released on 11 July 1975.<ref name="Williamson"/><ref>{{cite web|first= Jeff |last= Giles |title= Revisiting Fleetwood Mac's 1975 Breakthrough Album |website= Ultimate Classic Rock |date= 11 July 2015 |access-date= 28 January 2019 |url= http://ultimateclassicrock.com/fleetwood-mac-fleetwood-mac-album/}}</ref> Though the band experienced only modest success immediately after the release, they were determined to promote their new album, and after touring for several months, they started to see the results of their hard work.<ref name="Williamson"/> In an interview with ''Uncut'', Stevie Nicks said of the album: "We just played everywhere and we sold that record. We kicked that album in the ass." 15 months after its release, ''Fleetwood Mac'' reached the top of the US charts.<ref name="Williamson"/> Following the release of the album, Olsen sued the band over alleged unpaid producer's [[royalty payment|royalties]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=20 August 1977 |title=Dead Stationmaster |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/70s/77/Melody-Maker-1977-08-20.pdf |access-date=4 May 2025 |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |page=35 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>

In 2003, the album was ranked number 183 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' Magazine's list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]",<ref>{{cite magazine|title= 500 Greatest Albums of All Time > 183: Fleetwood Mac, 'Fleetwood Mac' |magazine= Rolling Stone |access-date= 5 May 2025 |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110902064930/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/fleetwood-mac-fleetwood-mac-19691231
}}</ref> and was re-ranked at 182 in a 2012 revised list.<ref>{{cite magazine|title= 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= 31 May 2012 |access-date= 18 September 2019 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/fleetwood-mac-fleetwood-mac-35434/}}</ref>

===Singles===
All of the singles that derived from ''Fleetwood Mac'' used mixes of the songs different from those used on the album (and occasionally different takes, as in the case of "Over My Head"). A "single mix" was also created for "Blue Letter", and this mix was only available as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of the "Warm Ways" single from 1975{{sfn|Strong|2003}} until it was included as a bonus track on the 2004 re-issue of the album (along with an instrumental called "Jam #2" and the single versions of "Say You Love Me", "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)", and "Over My Head").

In the US, the album spawned three top twenty singles: "[[Over My Head (Fleetwood Mac song)|Over My Head]]", "[[Rhiannon (song)|Rhiannon]]", and "[[Say You Love Me (Fleetwood Mac song)|Say You Love Me]]", the last two falling just short of the top ten, both at number 11. A version of "[[Landslide (Fleetwood Mac song)|Landslide]]" taken from the live reunion album ''[[The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album)|The Dance]]'' was released as a single in the US in 1998 and reached number 51 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].{{sfn|Strong|2003}}

In the UK, the album's first single was "[[Warm Ways]]",{{sfn|Strong|2003}} which was not released as a single in the US. Initially, the album generated limited interest in the UK, and the first three singles released by the new lineup failed to enter the [[UK Singles Chart]], while "[[Say You Love Me (Fleetwood Mac song)|Say You Love Me]]" reached number 40.{{sfn|Roberts|2006|p=205}} Following the massive success of ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'' two years later, however, interest in the band reignited, ''Fleetwood Mac'' was re-released in 1978, and a reissue of "[[Rhiannon (song)|Rhiannon]]" peaked at number 46.{{sfn|Strong|2003}}