Tusk

First listen. Why is this album on this list? This is a snooze fest of pop rock. I can understand that they were expanding their horizons sonically and it comes off as disingenuous.

This is so incredibly chaotic. I don't really understand what the thread is that's tying it together? Sara and Rhiannon are such amazing tracks and there's also a lot of musical and lyrical prowess on this incredibly long album. But I can't find the central theme that makes it cohesive. As a big FM, I want to love this. Especially since I listened to it so much in my early 20s. Sad I can't rate it higher!

Starts off very strong, loved The Ledge and Think About Me, however the middle section of the record is very bloated to me. Lots of forgettable tunes in there. Overall solid though. The title track is a masterpiece and cant believe i hadn't come across it before.

You cannot really go wrong with Fleetwood Mac and this album was a pretty good representation of their music.

I remember : )

29/10/2026 Coming in hot with 4 stars. Just a little less good than some of the others... Spotify listeners: 51.1 million

she fleet on my wood til i mac

i have waited many months for fleetwood mac. thank goodness! just what i needed on this day

Apparently deliberately "weirder" than Rumours, it's definitely not as immediately accessible. I'm trying not to keep overusing the word, "infectious" in my reviews but this isn't that. It's cohesive (always remarkable about Fleetwood Mac), it's competent, it's inventive and well-executed. Apparently Buckingham was really into the Beach Boys and the Talking Heads before the recording -- you can definitely hear some of that, between the synth-y bits and the attempts at incorporating world rhythms and some of the more Wilsonian harmonies. It's still very Fleetwood Mac. It almost sounds like it's an Americana album, but only if you look at it out of the corner of your eye. As soon as you look at it directly, it turns back into Fleetwood Mac: somehow both distinctive and also generically late-70's rock. Some people think this is better than Rumours. I can't say I agree with them but I'm willing to buy it on vinyl and keep trying to get it. It's still really good to listen to, though. 4/5. Fleetwood Mac are a band I always forget about, am always impressed by and then, when I'm done with an album, I think they're a little overrated. (Excepting Rumours.) It's a terrible magic trick but it's uniquely their own. Also: borderline on my rule about double albums -- never fully drags but I can't help but think there's a better, single album in here (or maybe two that they spent more time and less cocaine working on).

Fin den. Blir litt i lengste laget.

Not the best of the Mac but some gems for sure.

The red-headed step child of the classic Fleetwood Mac run, Tusk is initially harder to get into but maybe more rewarding when it finally opens itself up to you. Firstly, whatever Buckingham is doing on this album is incredible. It’s so weird; it’s so sparse and droning and prickly. I love it. It’s super predictive of where music was headed and I genuinely think you could release all his songs today and it’d make perfect sense as a modern album. McVie has a couple good songs, nothing comparable to Buckingham’s contributions, and Nicks is barely on the album. She’s already looking towards a solo career. They’re definitely more sequestered than the other albums, where they were forced to work together, even if they hated each other. This is a band who was extremely successful, and now can do whatever they want - which means ignoring the other people in the band and just making whatever music you want. Still, the highs are so incredible high, and the title track is one of the best earworms ever.

Better than Rumors for me, but maybe it’s just age. I found a few areas I enjoyed, but it was so-so.

I had never heard any of these before! Before I listened to this album I think I thought I was a Fleetwood Mac fan but really I was just a fan of Rumours. I definitely liked this but I wouldn't say any particular song jumped out at me.

The one word that kept popping into my mind for this album was "unfinished". I get its experimental, but it feels like just the bones of a really great idea that they never fully worked out. Favorite song: Tusk

Not sure I particularly rate it. Quite long. Will definitely listen again.

Probably an album's worth of good material in this double album. It's ok. Must've been tough trying to back up after Rumours.

I can't believe it but this may be a 5. I don't think I would listen to it over and over like other 5s but damn this is an infectious album with lots of great music.

A very enjoyable album. Different songs, from slow ballads to uphigh rhythms and some really unconventional stuff. Nice bass lines, drums and vocal harmonies throughout. Some songs are pretty forgettable, especially the slower ones, but others have really interesting ideas. Think About Me is a nice catchy song, What Makes You Think You're the One is great with its simple rhythm, and Tusk is definitely a highlight. Maybe a bit too long, but overall a good listen.

S'alright, not as good as Rumors though.

A radical departure from their peak which still shows the talent

It was ok.

This is a good album. Who in the world could follow an album like Rumours? The answer is no one. It has some good pop rock songs. However as with most double albums it suffers a little from quantity over quality. I actually wish Tango In The Night was on the list as I think that is a better album then Tusk.

1. Over & Over: this is a bit boring one in my opinion. 2. The Ledge: I like this more. Very punchy cool sounding low guitar, I read that they tuned it an octave lower to achieve the sound. I like how it and the vocals get more and more intense towards the end. Great song. 3. Think About Me: the vocals in this almost remind me of Queen. 4. Save Me a Place: alright - enjoy the energy more than the overall product. 5. Sara: perfect. I had never heard this before. "He was singing / and undoing / and undoing / the laces / undoing the laces" as the instrumental intensity grows. Or the way Nicks delivers "they say it doesn't matter anymore"... chills. 6. What Makes You Think I'm the One: really good song but I read Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood wrote this together and I don't know how Stevie Nicks survived this. Hearing Sara and this right after is a whole story on its own, one couldn't make it up. 7. Storms: this is fine 8. That's All For Everyone: I love this song & whatever xylophone sounding instrument they incorporate. 9. Not That Funny: I like the song, but at this point I'd like to highlight how hilarious some Wikipedia quotes from the production of this album are – "He also insisted on recording the vocals in a replica of his own personal bathroom." Whatever they do to the guitars really works, like in the second track of the album. 10. Sisters of the Moon: the most Fleetwood Mac song so far in this record in my opinion. Sounds fucking amazing – lyrics and instrumental, how can guitars sounds this good? 11. Angel: another great song – we're due a bad one soon! I love the bass and I love the intensity and eerie feel to the lyrics and Nicks' vocals. 12. That's Enough For Me: what is it with Lindsey Buckingham and bathrooms? I also liked this. 13. Brown Eyes: this one felt a bit boring to me. 14. Never Make Me Cry: lovely and heartbreaking. We've all been there. 15. I Know I'm Not Wrong: this is alright, I liked the faster pace and the abrupt ending. 16. Honey Hi: nothing to highlight - nice enough song. 17. Beautiful Child: this song has a simple chord progression and piano melody that lets Nicks vocals shine, all throughout but specially towards the end with those vibrattos. One of my favourites if not my favourite in the album. 18. Walk a Thin Line: didn't care much for this but might have still been entranced by the previous track. 19. Tusk: this is weird and hysterical and kind of wonderful, and I will always highlight good bass lines. 20. Never Forget: hopecore – nothing to highlight except I thought it was a good album closer. Overall: I didn't really know Fleetwood Mac well beyond the very famous songs (I didn't even know any from this album), but this has been a great introduction to their production capacity and inventiveness, especially Lindsey Buckingham's whose guitars really shine in some of the tracks. The clash of egos fascinates me – the album is full of ideas, which at times I couldn't help but think are great ideas that could have been implemented into a shorter album, combine two or three of them into a song, if they had really wanted to sit down together and collaborate, especially given that lyrically the tracks aren't too dissonant from one another. The album's length and amalgamation of styles are testament to the fractured relationships within. That all being said... some of these songs are insanely good. Songs #8 to #11 are a crazy run, and The Ledge, Sara, Beautiful Child and Tusk are other highlights. 4.25/5.

Let us generously say: "it's not rumours"

part is boring, part is cool, so kinda average

Jag ❤️ Fleetwood Mac Det känns som att det inte finns nåt band som dom. Jag tycker att man borde få lyssnat på rumours innan detta album om jag skulle säga nåt negativt men aja. Min favoritlåt är Storms, det är en låt som jag verkligen känner starkt till även fast jag inte kan relatera riktigt. Lite konstigt kanske. Men klart 5 stjärnor, kan inte ranka Fleetwood Mac nåt annat. En grej med dem är dock att låtarna på albumen är väldigt olika (i rumours och tusk iaf) och det kan jag tycka är lite tråkigt för det är inga album jag kommer lyssna på när jag vill ha en specifik vibe liksom. Exempel på det är Illmatic, Deadbeat, Is This It och Charm. Dom har en tydlig vibe genom hela albumet och det gillar jag verkligen.

Incredible melodies and harmonies, just scoops you up and weaves a beautiful story

The bass in Over & Over is gorgeous. I love how high the bass is in this mix! The harmonies are great. I don't know any of the songs on this album, but I enjoyed listening to it!

I really wanted to love this one, but Tusk was really the only standout. There were others I liked okay but they sounded fairly similar. Rumors this is not. Tusk is the twelfth studio album by the British and American rock band Fleetwood Mac. It is considered more experimental than their previous albums, partly as a consequence of Lindsey Buckingham's sparser songwriting arrangements and the influence of post-punk. Christine McVie reflected that the band was apprehensive about clashing with Buckingham over the creative direction of Tusk and expressed mixed feelings about the final product. In his review for Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden emphasised the experimental nature of the album, comparing it to the Beatles' "White Album" in that "Tusk is less a collection of finished songs than a mosaic of pop-rock fragments by individual performers." Tusk was one of the first albums to be digitally mixed.

Consistent quality. Sounds like a Fleetwood Mac album.

Fleetwood Mac solidifying why they're the band for witches and cheaters

Tusk!

I good album, but maybe a bit on the long side. I liked the variety of songs and style, but I felt some of them could have been left off the album and it would have been fine without them.

I know this banger.

I'm a big Fleetwood Mac fan but this all feels like a lot of effort to not make one great song.

I didn't mind this at all. I even added it to my library. I thought by default I just didn't like Fleetwood Mac, but I obviously haven't spent much time with them outside of the hits. Will be returning to this.

My second time through Tusk for the project built on my generally positive feelings toward the album. Previously, I remarked how some of the songs felt incomplete, and while I can see that, I think they work in general. My favorite sequence comes around the middle: "Not That Funny," "Sisters of the Moon," "Angel," and "That's Enough for Me," but "Sara" is also solid, and "Walk a Thin Line" saves the home stretch from being a total slog. (It's still a bit of a slog though.) Pretty sure you could've released this as a single album and made it great front-to-back.

Tusk is an odd album. It’s as though equally talented people did their own thing. This happens somewhat on Rumors also, but it really stands out on this album. It lacks cohesion. This is a band where the singers had to take a break and work on solo projects. “Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks led songs alone would have worked together better. I think that Lindsey comes closest to their sound on “Walk a Thin Line.” But “Tusk” the song is great and my favorite song on the album. “Over & Over” is lovely but it’s an odd opening number for the album, leading into “the Ledge.” I liked “Angel,” “That’s Enough for Me” and “Brown Eyes” a lot on this listen to the album. So, songs individually a thumbs up, as an album it’s off.

7 - GOOD

Correcto

You know how there are stories of artists being so sucessful after one piece that they have trouble trying to recreate that same feeling. I feel like this is one where they made Rumours and didn't know where to go after that. There are some good songs on here but the problem with their style is that I feel like this is the type of music for any cover band where they are in their 60s.

Good few tunes, some annoying ones with lindsay but everything Stevie does is great. Crazy this was the follow up to rumours and you never really hear any of these.

This album feels very uneven. You’ll have a Stevie song, which is so good and then a Lindsey song which sounds so different and is not great. I couldn’t settle into the album, despite its length, because it doesn’t feel cohesive.

A few sweet songs but mostly felt like i was listening to a compilation of demos that never quite got rounded out. Theres a lot of experimental variety but none of it felt extremely gripping- the songs i enjoyed the most were the ones that stuck more to sounds from prior fleetwood mac albums. There's definitely some good work it just doesnt feel cohesive or fully done to me.

Understated composition and imprecise production that feels very similar to '90s indie. Very cool album! Highlights: "The Ledge", "Save Me a Place", "That's Enough for Me", "Beautiful Child"

Nah. I'm not buying that I needed to listen to this one before I die. I'll say 1.5, and I guess I'll round up.

Slightly boring, Tusk was a cool song.

There are much better Fleetwood albums

Pretty cool

Pretty chill and nice album, enjoyed listening to it while working.

Couple of decent tracks here but overall it felt kind of unremarkable. Faded into the background while I worked and didn't do anything to grab my attention. I noticed I was tapping my foot occasionally, but that was about it. Decent but not groundbreaking.

Toujours super la voix de Lindsey, les sons sont bien groovy comme il faut

A little long maybe, but pretty enjoyable

It's like Rumours but without the bangers 3.5/5

Not as acquainted with these songs. Still a solid album, but not my favorite.

Super mid

It was pretty good nothing that stuck out to me I probably won’t revisit but I have no complaints

Meh.

Tråkig att alltid hålla på och kritisera längd men dubbelalbum är tufft. Inte alls lika tajt som rumours eller debuten men det blir väl en trea för highlights finns

Brasklapp för att jag bara hann en vända, men inget fångade mig riktigt. Klassisk 3a for now

Typ ingen dålig låt, men typ ingen riktigt bra heller. Total mellanmjölk och totalt storhetsvansinne.

Hade de inte haft sån feeling efter Rumours had de kanske strukit sisådär fem låtar. Då hade kanske det blivit en femma. I stunder underbart, häftigt avskalat men samtidigt maxat. Vissa känns inte alls producerade med samma fingertoppskänsla som andra. Lindsey Buckinghams dryga självförtroende blir väl påtagligt ibland, i synnerhet i What makes you think you're the one som följer den otroliga Sara.

Fleetwod Mac är kanske bra ändå

boring by their standards

I was really into the more post-punky Lindsey Buckingham songs and not so much the more classic Stevie Nicks/Christine McVie songs. Sara is really good though. I love Fleetwood Mac for what they represent in terms of 70s quality and excess but when they're not making pop bangers they don't do so much for me.

This one's not for me.

Ikke i nærheden af Rumours, men heller ikke dårligt. Bare knap så bemærkelsesværdigt i sin helhed, men der gemmer sig nogle fine numre imellem. Jeg ville ønske, de havde strammet pladen op i stedet for at losse på med 20 numre.

This may be even better than Rumours. This may even be my favourite listening experience on this 1001 journey so far. Made against the backdrop of cocaine fueled chaos yet filled with such great songs. Some of these are a really hard listen at times and hit so hard emotionally. A really beautiful and highly emotive album

everyone knows this isn't the fleetwood mac project you have to listen to before you die, and i'm not sure fleetwood mac deserves two spots on a list like this. it's an ok album.

LOVED this

Drags on, and has plenty of filler in it, but some gems to match. Nothing on Rumours though

a primeira música com a christine mcvie soa simplesmente ANGELICAL! o álbum todo é maravilhoso, não é à toa que fleetwood mac é uma das minhas bandas favoritas

It was okay other than a couple of good songs that stood out. kinda some weird stuff here.

☔️🌙👼🐘🌬️

On Tusk, Fleetwood Mac show they weren't interested in making another Rumours by continuing to push themselves forward creatively. The result is an album with a ton of variety, even if there's nothing here that sounds too surprising coming from the band. "The Ledge" and "Not That Funny" are some of the weirdest tracks, and while there are things to like in them the more traditional country and folk rock songs are stronger. "Sara," "What Makes You Think You're the One," "Sisters of the Moon," and "Beautiful Child" are highlights. The thing most of those have in common is Stevie Nicks, as her ballads are the strongest songs here; this again shows that despite the variety the album is at its best when it's playing to the band's strengths. Despite the length this never gets tiring and ends on a strong note, though the lack of any truly great songs brings it down a bit.

Fleetwood maj lepsi ale dobry

Great album. Not quite Rumors, but lots of good songs. Enough boring songs to knock it down a star from perfect, tho.

Owned this album when it first came out. Felt bloated at the time, but has some great tracks. Brown Eyes, Sister of the Moon are two of my all time faves!

Fleetwood Mac had a good reputation among my peers when I was a teenager. *Rumors*, which I will listening to as this project will come to an end, was a must-have in my friends’ music collections—it was played over and over again. So now, *Tusk*. I found it boring. It reminded me too much of hippie music, which was also pretty unimaginative for the most part. I won’t be listening to that again. 2/5

This is definitely an interesting album. I enjoyed the different represented singers each has a point of view. It makes for a very different album but still works in this version of Fleetwood Mac

Vaya coñazo de disco. Voy por la mitad. Por algo el famoso de esta gente es Rumours.

It has some incredible tunes and Rumors is impossible to follow. Fleetwood Mac is one of the best bands in history I think.

Very diverse album - feels ahead of its time. Really interesting all the way through.

It's not Rumours, so if you go into it thinking it's going to more of the same, you're probably going to be disappointed. (Of course, I see a lot of reviewers on this site criticize albums for being "too samey" all the time, so maybe this will excite that lot?) Anyway, it's different, sometimes strange, and mostly awesome. UCLA sucks. Fight on!

It’s all my fave Fleetwood Mac songs + some I really don’t care about at all. If all it was the 12/20 that I really love, this would be a 6/5

This album is fantastic. It has some of the best Fleetwood Mac songs. It also has a bit more of a post punk edge over the last 2 records. Is this a flawless record? No but it’s a solid 4 for me and the songs that aren’t as amazing are still decent.

“A concept is formulating. Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” in its entirety.” Top bops: Over & over Save me a place Sara Storms Beautiful Child Tusk

God I love this crazy-ass album. It’s not technically the *best* Fleetwood Mac album (Rumours is obviously more consistently great), but it’s my favorite. I love how bonkers it is, especially Lindsey Buckingham’s jittery, coked-out contributions. It feels like being violently jolted between the smoothest 70s AM rock and the most paranoid post-punk. It’s maybe the blankest check in classic rock history?

Probably won't revisit

Not sure I gave this the full attention it deserved.

This is not their best work. Nothing can top Rumours. It's not bad, but they've gotten full of themselves, using marching bands to fill the space and Stevie floating all over the place and Lindsay practicing in the closet and Christie saving the day. Even the title track didn't feel like top Fleetwood material. Sorry guys, this didn't do it like Rumours did. My Rating: 4/5

I always forget how much I love Fleetwood Mac until I listen to one of their albums again, this had a fun feel, I think it might be the only by them I haven’t yet heard from start to finish I think tusk is an amazing title tracks and the drums in it are awesome, I also really appreciate the loud bass. Not quite a 5/5 maybe a 4.25

Not Rumours but still quality Fleetwood Mac. All the songs are reliably good.

4/5

An uneven production and music that is all over the place makes this album a tough listen. Not the biggest "Mac" fan and this record is a miss.

4.7. Loved it. It’s nice hearing stuff I’m not familiar with. As I’m so familiar with rumors and all their hits.

Ahh, Tusk, we knew you well. There's a reason I don't remember this record even though I own it. That reason is that it's just not very good. Occasional highlights don't make up for the disjointed and uninspired songs. Trying to NOT be Rumours is also a bad idea because Rumours is great. Fleetwood Mac is till really great in this incarnation, but they sadly failed on this one.

While not my favorite Fleetwood Mac album Tusk encourages me to respect them and their game more for its indulgences and divergent paths. It's somehow still the band but more all over the place in mood. It's an uneven record that pushes my understanding of them and what they set out to do with their music. Bad in a good way? Good in a bad way? Tusk is a broken mirror to ourselves as much as it is a prismatic view of the band.

6.1/10