Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" [1977]

That this album is one of the biggest sellers in history only proves how starved for entertainment the American public was back in 1977 (even though punk rock was happening then, which may have gotten you fired from that three-martini-lunch job, so screw that). Basically, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie ditched their old ladies, then pressed "record," and we're supposed to believe the resulting dysfunctional cries are some master-work? If anything, "Rumours" sounds exactly like one of Paul Simon's divorce hearings, made worse by fake-witch Stevie Nicks' pop objections and Christine McVie's bar-floozy vamps. America was in the midst of a huge pity-party with a bummer ending at the time, and "Rumours" was its wince-inducing soundtrack. Disregard the insistence of classic-rock DJs -- no one really wants to return there.