#7 Fleetwood Mac, 'Rumours' (1977)

The greatest break up album ever. In the lead up to this record, Fleetwood Mac had seen multiple lineup changes. First finding success as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, Green left the band after 3 albums. Bob Welch would then join the band for 5 albums, leaving in 1975. Having relocated to LA, and needing a new guitarist, Mick Fleetwood randomly bumped into an old friend while out shopping with his kids. The chance meeting lead him to Sound City Studios where producer, Keith Olsen, played him snippets of a new album he’d been working on, something called Buckingham Nicks. Fleetwood was in awe of the guitar playing and immediately invited him to join the group.