Musically successful, but interpersonally challenged
Obviously, it was the right thing to do. The band’s 1975 album of the same name reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and included hits such as “Landslide,” “Rhiannon,” “Over My Head,” and “Say You Love Me.”
The group then began work on their 1977 album Rumors, which later won Album of the Year.
But as their stars rose, the relationships between Knicks, Buckingham, the McVies, and Fleetwood and his wife Jenny Boyd all fell apart.
“When I joined Fleetwood Mac, everything was really rocky between me and Lindsey,” Nicks said in the documentary Don’t Stop. “I feel like we all made a little quiet vow: Let’s fix this relationship now because we can’t break up. We can’t break up. If we break up, there will be no Fleetwood Mac.”
However, the relationship ended. In 1976, the McVies divorced, and Nicks and Buckingham separated (Fleetwood and Boyd later separated).
And when fans hear songs like Christine’s “Don’t Stop,” Nicks’ “Dreams,” and Buckingham’s “Go Your Own Way,” they can understand what they were going through.
“All my songs were about Lindsay, and all of Lindsay’s songs were about me,” Nicks added. “And you just had to blow it up and play that song.”
