Various Artists - Rumours: String Quartet Tribute To Fleetwood Mac

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

027297852129

Description:

Personnel include: Paul Tobias (violin, viola); David Davidson, Wesley Hradek (violin); Todd Rubenstein (cello, bass); Dominic Hradek (cello); Johnny Castle (bass); Jeramie Brown (percussion). Tributee: Fleetwood Mac. Personnel: Paul Tobias (violin, viola); David Davidson (violin); Todd Rubenstein (cello); Jeramie Brown (percussion). Fleetwood Mac`s 1977 album Rumours is a true masterpiece. An almost flawless mixture of undeniable hooks, `70s pop songwriting, and the band`s own inner turmoil and personal demons, four of the album`s songs were hit singles, and it went gold in its first week of release. Given all of this, how successful would the album be if the instruments, voices, and personalities of its creators were removed? That experiment comes to life on Vitamin`s Rumours: The String Quartet Tribute to Fleetwood Mac. The album is an instrumental, track-by-track retelling of the original, performed by David Davidson (violin), Paul Tobias (viola, second violin), and Todd Rubenstein (cello, bass). Supporting players include Jeramie Brown (percussion) and Dominic Hradik with lead cello on "You Make Loving Fun." While the tribute is not, as the inlay card suggests, "one of the ultimate listening treasures of our time," it roundly succeeds where other string renditions of pop hits in this series fail. The original Rumours was alive with melody, and melody is what drives each of the pieces here. In fact, with the emotional baggage of the Mac removed (not to mention lite rock radio`s 25-year love affair with the album), the melodies driving "Secondhand News," "Dreams," "Go Your Own Way," and especially "I Don`t Want to Know are washed clean, and come out smelling as fresh as a summer day. Rumours: The String Quartet Tribute to Fleetwood Mac may not sell 19 million copies, but it definitely makes listening to the real Rumours fun again. ~ Johnny Loftus

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Second Hand News
2. Dreams
3. Never Going Back Again
4. Don`t Stop
5. Go Your Own Way
6. Songbird
7. Chain, The
8. You Make Loving Fun
9. I Don`t Want to Know
10. Oh Daddy
11. Gold Dust Woman

Album Information

Release Date:

03/07/2000

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Tribute Albums

Label:

Vitamin Records (USA)

Producer:

Todd Mark Rubenstein

Catalog Number:

8521

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

38 : 16

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