Musical Success But Relationship Challenges
Clearly, it was the right move. The band’s 1975 eponymous album landed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart and featured hits like “Landslide,” “Rhiannon,” “Over My Head,” and “Say You Love Me.”
Afterwards, the group began work on their 1977 album Rumours, which would go on to win Album of the Year.
But as their star was rising, the relationships between Nicks and Buckingham, the McVies, and Fleetwood and his wife Jenny Boyd were all crumbling.
“When we joined Fleetwood Mac, everything was really rocky between me and Lindsey,” Nicks said in the Don’t Stop documentary. “I think we kind of all made a little silent vow: Let’s fix these relationships for right now, because we cannot breakup. We just can’t. If we do, there will be no Fleetwood Mac.”
However, the relationships did end. In 1976, the McVies divorced while Nicks and Buckingham split (Fleetwood and Boyd would also later breakup).
And if fans really listen to the track’s—including Christine’s “Don’t Stop,” Nicks’ “Dreams” and Buckingham’s “Go Your Own Way”—they can get a sense of what they were going through.
“My songs were all about Lindsey, and Lindsey’s songs were all about me,” Nicks added, “and you just had to blow it off and play the song.”
