Tusk

Not bad but definitely not my favorite of their albums. It was nice to hear the songs that I am not familiar with though even if they don't have the same impact as their earlier albums. I'm sure I will listen to the hit songs on this album but probably wouldn't listen to the whole thing again.

A good double album that would have made it a great single album, so basically Fleetwood Mac’s White Album (complete with its own “Revolution 9”). “Sara” is as good as anything on Rumours, and should have been a hit.

Buckingham said he didn't want to sound like Rumors... so they made a bad version of Rumors.

Très good

Fleetwood Mac doesn’t dissappoint

Don't say dat chu luv me!

Great. Not as immediate as its predecessor Rumours but perhaps has more longevity

This is a great band that just kinda missed the mark here. A lot of the songs felt very jarring and while the harmonies were nice, there was something a little off about them. And so whiny at times. Not a strong outing by an otherwise pretty great group.

Guuuuuys, the 5 star system!!! It just doesn't work for me. The album before this was a low 3, but this is a high 3. DEFINITELY not a 4 though, let's not be crazy. Maybe I'll give it another listen and change my mind. I don't like the permanence of these reviews vs. the subjective nature of listening to music. That being said, my ex used to tear into Fleetwood Mac HARD for being trash and I definitely don't agree with that.

I was expecting to like it, but found myself wanting to skip songs. 3/5

I can see why this album didn’t perform commercially, it’s kind of all over the place. There were a few good songs but nothing too memorable. I knew this would be on here though and I’m glad I got to listen through.

As much as I love Fleetwood Mac and welcome any inclusion on this list, I can't lie: I thought I'd enjoy this album more. Some great songs, don't get me wrong, but a few chunks that just weren't memorable at all. You really can't say that about Rumours, and I personally think the self-titled and Tango in the Night may both be more enjoyable overall. Still, a really good album overall (feels weird to be this critical of an album from which I'm saving 8 songs, but that's 8 of 20), and I'm always grateful for a dose of Fleetwood. Maybe this album needed more Nicks/McVie vocals? Felt like a lot of the guys being dudes, which is a lot less interesting to me. Can't deny that title track though. Favorite tracks: Tusk, Sara, Think About Me, What Makes You Think, Not That Funny, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Beautiful Child, Walk a Thin Line. Album art: Never was a huge fan of this one, it's a speckled, sand looking canvas with a photo of an angry dog. I don't know, it just does nothing for me. Considering this is called Tusk, you could've done more. Petition to swap this cover with that Elvis Costello cover of the Elephants? That album sucked, this'll be a perfect swap. 3.5/5

Should probably listen to Fleetwood Mac more cause listening to this album in full made me realise that they’re actually pretty good

I know I wasn’t exactly Rumours biggest fan, but this was…. well, I listened to Rumours again after this and I guess this made me appreciate Rumours more? I can tell my preference against country/folk is in play when it comes to Fleetwood Mac. I am not saying Tusk is bad per se, but it was definitely a step down for this band. Rating: 2 Rating: 2

Pretty good!

I liked the Stevie Nicks-led songs the most. Her voice is both ethereal and soulful.

Fleetwood Mac has a classic sound, but this album feels like a step down from the highs of Rumors.

I could see a 4 on a different day in a different time. But today it's 3.

Wow, I'd never listened to this completely and in one sitting. What a beautiful and lovely album. Lots of soft feelings and story telling and harmonizing.

Great album

I kind of want to describe this as Fleetwood Mac's White Album, but that analogy doesn't quite fit. The two albums are similar in their sprawl and their individual songs that sound like bunch of solo songs played by a group. Lindsey Buckingham's hand is pretty heavy on this, but that's a good thing. His immaculate production ear really helps the sluggish and boring tracks ("Beautiful Child" is one such song). Overall, this album would have been better if it'd been shorter.

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How *do* you follow up one the the greatest albums of all time? Apparently ask the record company for somewhere between $1m to $1.4m, spend most of it on blow, hire a university marching band, and record enough stuff to make a double album... Though it's a bit telling that when they eventually made a Greatest Hits album, only "Tusk" and "Sara" made the cut from here.

never liked fleetwood mac much but this was great. im not sure what exactly was so different about this album that i liked more than rumours but this is the kind of stuff i use this site for. 8/10

Always a going to be a hard task to follow Rumours. This is a great attempt at such a different album, one that deserves to be listened to, it’s just little all over the place for my liking, on top of the fact I’m not a fan of double albums.

Expected maybe slightly more

Not the Fleetwood Mac album I wanted. Rumours is one of my favorite albums of all time, and I had high expectations for this. I was pretty disappointed. Everything about this album just felt flat. There wasn’t any of the genius that the other album had. It didn’t hurt my ears or anything, but I wanted more.

over and over: mid the ledge: great think about me: good save me a place: good sara: mid what makes you think your the one: good storms: mid that’s all for everyone: good not that funny: great sisters of the moon: good angel: mid that’s enough for me: good brown eyes: great never make me cry: good i know im not wrong: mid Honey hi: Beautiful child: Walk a thin line: Tusk: Never forget:

10/10. Title track and Sara two of my favorite songs of all time - and the rest of the album stayed consistently great. Thought this might come out to a 9 - but it was a 10 and I added more Fleetwood Mac to the playlist.

I mean... I tihnk I love the idea that critics panned this album when it came out. Makes one wonder what the heck kind of music was otherwise being produced at the time? Cause as far as I can tell thiis is ... What? Are you kidding me? Those critics must be those idiots who bitch on line all the time about how they don't make music like they used to, forgetting that they bitched about it back then too! Seriously? This is ... it doesn't get much better than this!

It was fine ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Fleetwood Mac vibes. I think I feel asleep LOL. I mean yeah they are great, just very chill music. Ofc I’d love to listen to it again obviously

welllll I like the famous Fleetwood Mac songs. Alas, I will remain a basic bitch it's super sunny and it's ok as a backdrop for seeing my hometown in its full glory but it feels like not much more than the backdrop to me unfortunately. I got into the vibes of What Makes You Think You're The One at some point, as well as Sisters of the Moon, but I doubt I'll be coming back

I confess my sin of only ever having listened to Rumours (and I'll gladly add to the 5 star ratings when I get to it). I've been excited to listen to more FM, and already listened to Tusk twice. I love that they went in a different direction, though I understand not everyone did. Sure, maybe a few tracks could have been cut. But there's a variety of great songs to choose from, and none that would have me aggressively reaching for the skip button. My favorites right now are Sara, Storms, Sisters of the Moon, & Think About Me.

Ugh. Sooooo boring. Soooo long.

6/20 songs added to playlist Best song: Never Forget

Personally really enjoy this one. I love how raw, emotional, and experimental it is. Yeah, as you would expect, the track listing is a little strange but that's also part of the fun.

It was okay. Twangy and folksy, and altogether forgettable.

Not fleetwood mac's best album, but still not a "bad" album. I guess you might include it on a list of 1001 albums that everyone should hear so that you could talk about how it was a cocaine-fueled fall from critical acclaim, but wouldnt it be more worthwhile to just pick a better album? 3/5

Not my favorite by them

Odd, sprawling album that does a bit of everything. The quality of the song writing and performances elevates this to a quality that many other bands couldn't achieve.

This list must be compiled by a very pretentious person, bent on avoiding fantastic records that might be seen as cliche, in favor of albums like this. FM have two top tier albums, this is not one. Not even close. It is a boring album with way way too many tracks.

An incredible, sprawling double album with nothing but excellent songs. The Stevie Nicks-led songs are stunningly beautiful. I love the slow simmer of "Sara." Gorgeous song. And "Sisters of the Moon" has some epic drama. The Christine McVie songs are gorgeous too. She has a gentle, vulnerable style on the ballads but she has a powerful voice too. I think that's what draws me to a lot of Fleetwood Mac in general. Their songs feel like they're coming from the depths of heartbreak but still feel strong and empowering. I'm always drawn to the Lindsey Buckingham tracks on this album. He gives the album a nervous rock edginess, like on "It's Not That Funny." (I love imitating his vocals on that one.) And my favorite here is "What Makes You Think You're the One." The lyrics are such a perfect takedown of a selfish, arrogant person: "What makes you think you're the one Who can laugh without cryin'? What makes you think you're the one Who can live without dyin'?" "That's All For Everyone" is another highlight. The production is stunning. The backing vocals have this heavenly glow to them. And because there's 20 songs on this album, there's always another one that stands out when I put it on. It's a really rich experience.

This is probably a hot or lukewarm take but I always thought this album was overrated. I know the intent was to make a record that was fundamentally different than Rumours, and I think they succeeded in doing that, but when I want Fleetwood Mac I really want that Rumours sound. Tusk does however have a lot of the staples of what make up their sound in a "piece by piece" manner; it has the super dry drums, the apparition-like Stevie vocals that are contrasted by the in-your-face Lindsey vocals, the incredibly clean compositions that take twists and turns and yet always seem grounded. All of these elements are done well and you can tell this album had a ton of effort put into it. It just feels like a follow-up that falls short in comparison. It's a high 3 for me, like a 3.8, enough to come up to a 4.

good

I like lots, love bits (esp. the title track), and will happily listen to it again. I'm less sure how often I'll seek it out though. Not enough memorable songs to want to return to. High 3.

Classic

Fleetwood Mac perhaps the best pop band ever. Walk a Thin Line my fave

It's a classic, lots of hits.

i liked this but it was different than what i expected

It is hard to fit my love for Tusk in this small piece. Tusk is always the 'after-Rumours', but it is so much more. It is ons of the most bold, experimental rockalbums at the time (and also the most expensive ever made). There are absolute beautiful and haunting Stevie songs on this album (Sara, Storms, Angel), little pop-pearls from Christine (Over&Over, Think About Me, Brown Eyes) and you even have the anger from Lindsey (Not That Funny, Tusk...). This all makes it a strong Fleetwood Mac album, each strength underlined in many songs. It is for me also one of (or maybe the) best double album all-time. It is a shame there are only 2 Fleetwood Mac albums on the list of 1001, because there are other important albums from the band.

The downside of having made a legendary album like Rumours is that it makes all the other albums 'worse'. Listening to this album makes me go "Hmhm, mkay, cool, but Rumours was better" Nevertheless, great album. Tusk is an absolute banger. I can't explain why, but it slaps so fucking hard. 3.7*

Lots of songs I never heard. Pretty good

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background First listen, a bit of a mess. Second listen, hmmm...kind of like some of the songs. Third listen, this is starting to work for me.

Not my favorite sound from FM. Hard to place it, but I kinda felt like skipping every other song.

Trash!!!

Classic!

Rumors is much better but this one is still good. Album doesn't really hold together track to track.

So I am famously not a fan of Fleetwood Mac. Oh I don't hate them and I totally respect Rumors for the classic that it is. But I think they're largely overrated. So I was prepared when faced with listening to Tusk to be proved wrong. I would have to admit that the album was good and FM were a great band. Not so fast. I can honestly say Tusk is everything I do not like about FM. The songs seem half baked and meandering. While I like Christie McVie's voice I find Stevie Nicks annoying in all but certain of her songs. It feels like one of those albums where each of the major players in the band was allowed their few songs so it comes across as disjointed and fragmented. A few moments are a 3 but overall its a 2 at best.

Kinda boring

I think I liked this better than rumours? It's a bit too long and cumbersome, but the songs are generally more interesting to me. I'm generally one that likes the music more than the lyrics though, so I think that has something to do with it.

Found it incredibly boring and I don't like the production/mixing.

An amazing slice of avant pop.

Not memorable.

great album

Fleetwood Mac had a long and crazy history from the excellent blues band with Peter Green to the later AOR band that produced the massive Rumours (and losing several guitarists along the way). It's hard to disagree that Rumours was a massively important and well-crafted album. But Tusk must have been designed to follow Rumours with something a bit different. For this, I think the band deserves credit. But I think the end result is a double album of AOR pop/rock that is surprisingly bland. I didn't find much of this album notable.

This album gambles hard on you being willing to listen to a double album of Fleetwood Mac. For the right person, this seems like the dream. I liked it well enough to get through it twice, but I really would have preferred a standard length album here. It does some interesting things here and there that stray from Rumours, but the experimental billing this album gets doesn't really come across in most songs. I overall enjoy general style of Fleetwood Mac, they have a uncommonly good tenderness in their music, and a unique micro level sound to back it up. Seriously, I don't know how they make their guitar and drums sound so iconic. I'd be hard pressed to really differentiate between some of the songs, and I didn't really get wrapped up in the journey of the album either, because there isn't really one there. This seems intentional, but for me, very few bands can get away with no journey in their album. I see myself reaching for this sometimes, but listening to the whole thing? Probably not.

really good album! Love some of the harmonies and great rhythms.

Not as bad as I had heard, but nothing that really stood out.

I've long thought Fleetwood Mac was not to my liking. But I'd never gone below their known hits on the radio, which I never liked. So this was a good test. By 3 songs in, my opinion was strengthening. A few more songs and it's just about confirmed. I finished, and it is not at all to my liking. In my opinion, this is a very overrated album.

I’m kicking myself for not listening to this on vinyl when I still lived with my parents.

this is an odd-sounding record. much more dissonant than you would expect from Fleetwood Mac, unusual harmonies, and drums that sound dropped on to the songs rather than built in as the foundations. the overall mix is also unusual - guitars louder and more insistent, vocals lower in the mix on several songs, such as Sara an interesting listen, but not an integrated album, at all- fragmented, with several different sets of ideas challenging for supremacy

like dreams, it’s a very well recorded album. i read that despite the production costs exceeding dreams and being the most expensive at the time, they still had very jank setups for some songs (using a kleenex box for snare). i just found that interesting and nothing more. while the songs sounded nice, most of them didnt really invoke an emotion out of me. besides the singles or standouts, im indifferent to the rest. i think tusk being a double album didnt help either; got boring after side b imo. i think side a was the best, followed by side b. side c was pretty weak and side d was ok. 3 personal favs: over & over, sara

Good

Still great album

Absolutely gorgeous album by one of the most talented bands of all time.

Sara. El disco bonito pero rollo.

Very surprised this is post Rumours, it feels earlier.

X1000 Love the percussion especially, but Stevie Nicks voice can't be beat!

Wikipedia says this album was experimental and influenced by post-punk. I sure didn’t hear that. There are several nice songs, but overall it’s unremarkable. Unremarkable enough that I think they could have trimmed it down by about 20 minutes. 2.9

It must be hard to follow up a monster like "Rumors", but this doesn't do it. The songs are okay but they fall flat and the production doesn't sound that great to me. I love Lindsey's guitar but I think Christine shines more on this. It didn't need to be a double album or so expensive to produce. There are a couple keepers, and if I listened to it a lot would probably say there are more, but I'm not going to return. 3.3

Can definitely hear that modest mouse got some influence from this album. Good one

No.

"Tusk" is too long but I completed it. Most of the songs are good. I would've given it a 5 if it was just 10 of the best songs. I believe that "Rumours" is better, judging by "Go Your Own Way". This is the longest album I've reviewed. (I think) 4 stars for "Tusk"

Great album.

Holy actual ish. I can't believe I've never heard this album. You could remove the artistic creative breakdown songs by Lindsey and still have a brilliant piece of work, but it's those tracks that make it a 5. Christine and Stevie are at their absolute peak here.

3.5. a fine album, but way underwhelming compared to rumors.

I think that I like Fleetwood Mac, and then I'll have to listen to a whole Fleetwood Mac album at once and start to doubt. I think this album suffered from listening to it at streaming quality in a way others don't so much. It also suffered from too much radio pop. Nothing anywhere near Dreams or the Chain but nothing as annoying as Don't Stop either. I might find some songs I quite like listening individually later. There's lots of nice melody/countermelody bits even in the songs that aren't much. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Went through a bit of a roller coaster listening to this. Settled on this: Rumours is the better album, it’s a concise and perfect 70s pop rock record. But this one is surely more cool and interesting. Too long, not all good, but it covers a lot of ground that a guy might not expect if he was expecting another Rumours. The White Album isn’t the best Beatles album, but it is my favourite. This may also be true of Tusk.

Aight

It's a fucking miracle this album even exists. That it is as beautiful and emotional and strange and timeless is a testament to their collective genius, and perhaps to Mick Fleetwood being the ultimate glue guy and bandleader. What an impossible record.

title track gets em an extra star but this was pretty boring for the most part

3.5

I was waiting for the album to take off. The tracks are a bit slow; good as backdrop music. It's just not my cup of tea.

Not as good as Rumors, but still really good.

Its ok...

I kept wanting it to be better. It’s boring

Casual listen. Some standouts but not too many, and no bad songs at all

Solid album.

This is a fun and varied album, and while I don’t think every one of the 20 songs fully pay off, it’s a great listen through.

Really good casual listening but nothing really stood out to me. 3.5/5

Pretty solid, not a lot of standout songs but no real bad songs either.

Already own it on vinyl, it's great. Not Rumours 2.0, way more unfocused, sprawling and eclectic but totally worth the time. Scungy proto-punk, wistful folk tunes, glam boogie rockers and the odd, epic marching band fanfare of the title track all collide together into a really interesting and underrated classic.

Steel Ball Run

boring

That was satisfying, probably more of a 3.5

this album is... weird. coming off the back of a WILDLY successful and popular Rumours, its a very interesting turn that they take. its almost like if Rumours had the wheels starting to fall off for the band, this album is them pulling the cart without three wheels and all taking separate turns. there seems to be little cohesion between the songs, and its much more rough than the previous album. i knwo i shouldnt be comparing it to Rumours so much... but to have that album and then follow it with this... its quite the juxtaposition

It is fine, not their best work. Storms is nice, from this album i mostly liked the ballads if you can call it that. Now that i think about it i guess it must be Nicks i like

Sara. El disco bonito pero rollo.

✅✅ you can tell why rumors is the famous album. Sisters of the Moon is a hell of an end to disk one though. It's hard to earn a double album and im not sure Fleetwood Mac do here, but it's worth revisiting.

Fleetwood Mac is better with the hits

Dull and lacking substance

Not the easiest listen for a Fleetwood Mac album, but there are some great moments. You can sense the tension in some of the songs- must have been quite the ride.

Ah, the curse of the difficult 12th studio album strikes again! I'm afraid I could wait for it to end, which as I understand it, was the same sentiment for several band members

Agradável mas pouco arrojado. Coloquei o álbum para tocar e ele ficou meio de plano de fundo, quando eu parava para prestar atenção percebia que era bem produzido e tinha algumas composições bem interessantes, mas no geral ele passou batido.

Beautiful Child is one of the best songs ever made. Its a very very good album however its got too many songs, while all good songs if it was cut down to like the top 10 songs it would have 9/10 and 10/10 potential

If Rumours is the sound of a couple breaking up while on a cocaine high, Tusk is… well what is Tusk? It’s kinda long, and kinda boring, and most of the songs are kind too long, and kinda boring. It’s more like being the only sober person listening to a conversation between a drunk group in a pub, but everyone’s like sad drunk and not funny. I feel as if the album’s a grower, and that you have to be in the right mood for it, to be in the mood to like settle down and appreciate it’s melancholy beauty or some shit like that. I’m just surprised that they seem to have forgotten how to write hooks

You can keep Rumors - this is the one! Lindsay in particular in his most creative period ever. This album continues to astound all these years later.

Solid 3. Enjoyed the slower songs, but there's a reason there are not many hits on this one. At least. None that I could divine.

i didnt like it not for me

Mid

"Tusk" is the 12th studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac and a double album at that. It was purposely a more experimental album than their previous album "Rumours" with more sparse songwriting arrangements and influenced by the post-punk movement. It cost $1.4 million making it the most expensive rock album recorded to date. Based on the success of "Rumours," it was a disappointment to their record label although it did hit #1 in the UK and #4 in the US. It was well received critically. The album begins with Christine McVie's "Over & Over." Piano, drums and a slide guitar giving this a country vibe. It's a nice soft song describing a relationship where the woman loves her man but he does not love her. Acoustic guitar, piano, the drums and bass kick in and we're off with the lovely "Sara." Stevie Nicks wrote this song on the piano with the original version clocking in at 16 minutes. She gives one of her best and haunting vocal deliveries as she describes her relationship with her friend who was having a relationship with her ex, Mick Fleetwood. "Not That Funny" was the third single in which Lindsey Buckingham supposedly sang while in a push-up position. It's a bouncey song with the piano and percussion. A nice Buckingham guitar solo. Nick's "Sisters of the Moon" is a great hidden track. A harder-edged guitar layered with an acoustic guitar. Nicks and Buckingham are great on the vocals. A searing guitar solo. It's about Nicks' deteriorating health on the "Rumours'" tour. "That's Enough for Me" goes hard and fast with Buckingham playing all the instruments. He described it as rockabilly on acid. A song about his relationship with Nicks and one of the more unique Fleetwood Mac's songs I've heard. "Tusk" was the first single released and brings in the University of Southern California marching band. The song starts with a percussion thump and outdoor noises. Nice building as the whispering vocals comes in with the bass, electric guitar and the brass section of the USC band. Chaotic drums end a very different Fleetwood Mac song. Well, the band was successful in creating a record different than "Rumours." I like the variety of of weird and harder-edge songs. The songs span the spectrum being subdued, distant, haunting, bouncey, slow, fast and hard. One criticism of this album is that sounds like three separate solo albums. I agree with that to some extent. Buckingham especially created unique songs relative to "Rumours" and I find these to be the best of the album. I like this album quite a bit with a lot of very good songs that didn't get overplayed on the radio. An album worth going back to and/or checking out.

Over & Over Sara Sisters Of The Moon Tusk

Favourite tracks: tusk; I know I'm not wrong; storms; never make me cry; beautiful child

Some good songs on here but it's just way too long

I’ve known about Fleetwood Mac my entire life, and to be honest, “Rumours” is an album I don’t ever need to hear again because it was always played when I was a kid. Moving forward to “Tusk,” I really enjoyed this album because it marks a significant shift in direction from “Rumours.” “Tusk” goes all over the place. It has some chill songs, tracks that are more upbeat, and some that are experimental and avant-garde compared to the more traditional sounds of rock from that era. It’s really cool to see Fleetwood Mac take this direction, especially after the massive success of “Rumours.” This is definitely an album I plan on revisiting in the future to absorb it much deeper.

Tusk doesn't do it for me. I can indeed hear that it is all a bit more experimental, but it's Fleetwood Mac Experimental. It creates a few songs that I can hardly sit through. Amazingly, almost all of them are Buckingham songs. The title track jumps out a little for me. For the rest, there is a lot of mediocre stuff that goes in one ear and out the other. Tusk doesn't feel like an album made on autopilot, but neither does it feel like an album that has a clear vision. Three captains on a ship, so to speak. I understand that a second 'Rumors' was not desirable from Buckingham's perspective, for me it just doesn't make for an album that I really enjoyed. Not something that annoyed me, but I really don't understand the high scores.

слишком "зализанное" звучание послушать на колонках

einmal im hintergrund gehôrt, und nichts hat beraus gestochen.

Langes vielseitiges Album mit gefälligem Sound.

Pretty nice. Didn’t hook me in as much as I hoped.

I’ve always thought I would like Fleetwood Mac more as I got older and sure enough I gave Rumours a spin about a year ago and enjoyed it. This record, however, isn’t for me. Though there are a few cool moments, particularly towards the end.

It's not as close to the magnitude of Rumors, but it's still a rather good album, with Sara being the obvious highlight for me.

Strange to include this one in the book. I thought that we all agreed that Rumours is the classic Fleetwood Mac album. I suppose you could need to listen to this one to understand how ponderous much of their other music is. Sara is the standout song w

Surprisingly well produced even though the sounds are muted and the whole thing was a bit restrained.

No tiene la popularidad y solidez de rumours, pero me sigue pareciendo bastante bueno aunque un tanto caótico. me encanta la voz de Stevie

Como todo el mundo dice, qué podrías hacer dsps de Rumors, pero tbh algo un poco mejor que esto diría. No puedo aceptar que el factor experimental que manejan acá es realmente así cuando mas parece una colección de canciones que juntaron dsps de haber derrochado la plata en excesos, como FM ha hecho antes 😭 Está igual bien pero meh

Boring.

The quintessential double album. If you only kept the Side openers and closers, and kept one more song from each songwriter (“Storms,” “”Never Make Me Cry,” and “Tusk,” imo), I think you’d have an album on par with Rumours. But while this is no Rumours, it’s still Fleetwood Mac. The highs are so high, higher than the highs on Rumours, songs that would be career-defining songs for lesser artists. I think Tusk gets a bad rep for being bloated with Buckingham tracks, as he wrote 9/20 songs, and while I do think they’re often the album’s lowest points (“The Ledge”), he also has his own high points (“I Know I’m Not Wrong”). He’s no Nicks or McVie, but maybe I’m just biased. It is an exhausting full listen — my wife and I both were like, “there’s still a Side D?!” in unison — but in a modern context, there’s a lot here that work as songs, and I think that gives Tusk its value. A step down from the peak doesn’t mean you fell, just that you walked down a few hundred feet. All this said, it’s still no Tango in the Night…

Title song is probably my favorite Fleetwood Mac song. I’m a fan of Lindsey Buckingham which is probably why I like this album a tad more than their others. Band’s music has been in the soundtrack of my life since the 70s. RIP Christine.

Incredible album. Quirky and heartfelt. I love how everyone is singing. Masterclass in songwriting

No wonder Stevie Nicks hated that guy. Literally every time he took lead on a song I wanted to turn off the playlist. Album opener was my favorite song because of how much raw emotion came across.

It’s not rumors. But that’s ok.

The audacity of Lindsey Buckingham on What Makes you Think You’re the One! “Caillat posited that the song was directed at Stevie Nicks and that Buckingham ‘imitate[d] Stevie's distinctive vibrato, giving it a bleating, goat like quality, and her rudimentary piano quality, which he knew made her self conscious.’” Justice for Stevie. Groovy album though!

over & over - totally fine but a little boring the ledge - what a jaunty little tune it physically pains me that this isn't a nick cave song think about me - is this yacht rock ( i cant wait to retire ) save me a place - best opening line of a song ever. this is a song that plays when someone's soul passes over sara - i cannot be convinced that there is a single soul on this earth who doesn't enjoy this sound what makes you think you're the one - i was not previously aware how much this album sounds like pirates very fun find storms- inarguably good but a little underwhelming that's all for everyone - this sounds like a cult hymn and should be like half of the length it is not that funny - another jaunty lil tune but this one is extra annoying sisters of the moon - the way the bass like, creeps in in the beginning of the song is fuckin CHEFS KISS like you know this song about to tell you a whole epic tale angel - this is a driving with the windows down kinda song that's enough for me - this sounds like a ho down being hosted by a complete raving madman brown eyes- ugh their moodier songs are so vastly superior to the fun ones. also this song sounds like a noir film never make me cry - it's fine but too ballady for me so an instant skip lol i know im not wrong - here we go again with fleetwood mac trying to have fun. this one works better than the other ones so far hi honey - very cute but i have no desire to actually hear it beautiful child - it's gorgeous but also too ballady for me to seek out often walk a thin line- this song just kinda sounds like nothing, like air tusk - this song is creepy as fuck and goes so hard. i bet danny elfman loves this song never forget - this song is so cute and feels like a warm hug after the rollercoaster ride of emotions that is this album overall several tracks just feel like any old run of the mill folk song, and the good tracks are SO good that it made them hard to sit through cause like...we know they make amazing songs so why did they make this boring one ya know? It's very solid overall though and has some great examples of their work that shows why the group is so legendary. Favorites: sisters of the moon, brown eyes, tusk

I liked it but it was simply too long. Some nostalgia for listening to Fleetwood Mac as a teenager from my dad’s cd collection

Tusk was kinda the best song on the album, which was kind of a let down

DNF 💀 sorry Stevie

*disclaimer: I was very grumpy yesterday* *also, didn’t listen to each song to completion, but waited at least 60 seconds before skipping* Kinda my first introduction to Fleetwood Mac, so many not the best album for me with the experimental genre stuff they were doing? I’m certainly not a particular-about-lyrics type of guy, (usually listening to music with few, if any, lyrics) but the repetitive and predictable rhyming annoyed me.

This is another album I haven't listened to before despite hearing about it for years. I was immediately struck by how stripped down this album is compared to Rumours and Fleetwood Mac (and other misc Fleetwood Mac songs I'm familiar with). While Tusk isn't lush in the same way that those albums are, it is meticulous. There are a lot of cool details in the instrumentation. I wonder if they felt they were taking a risk by stripping everything down or if it felt natural for the time? I think I liked this album? I’m not sure. I listened to the first half about 5 times but could never get all of the way through in one sitting, which makes me think I didn’t like it as much as I wanted to. Standout tracks: What Makes You Think You’re the One, Tusk

An interesting album, with a lot of different ideas. Some of them work, others not so much. The intense tracks are almost manic, and the chilled tracks are bordering on boring. It's going to be a small 4 for me.

Great album. Tusk was my favorite song.

Great album, it was very different from the only other album of theirs that I know, Rumours. Standout tracks for me were Think About Me and Angel.

Sara is a special song, interesting chord progressions and a steady rhythm. What Makes You Think You're the One is more upbeat with driving bass and pianos. Vocals alternate between more agressive and then calm on Storm, completing a trio of very good tracks. The last song on the first half, Sisters of the Moon, is another driving slow builder, guitars and vocals coming together beautifully. Brown Eyes on the second half is strong again, low key with bass and vocals taking center stage. I actually can't keep listing every good song because there's a lot. Is it a five star album, 74 minutes long with its offbeat moments and all? I think so.

Another entry from one of the 20th century’s most overrated bands. Better than Rumours by some margin, but still fairly middling.

Fleetwood Mac är ett av mina favoritband. Rumours var en av de första skivorna som fick mig att börja lyssna på album. Jag har nyligen haft en kort Fleetwood period där jag verkligen började lyssna på fler av deras låtar och det var mycket som var riktigt bra med det bandet. Trummisen har långt nere i fickan fast han vågar verkligen experimentera, gitarristen är sjukt underskattad, basen och keyboard funkar perfekt för alla deras olika sound för att inte tala om sångarna som är sjukt bra med unika röster allihop. Nicks är nog min favorit kvinnoröst. Jag tycker att de har gjort bättre plattor än denna men den är fortfarande suverän. Många bra, unika och experimentella låtar. Men jag har gett denna platta flera försök innan och jag tycker fortfarande att de har bättre. Därför får denna en 4. Blev dock väldigt glad när jag fick denna för det är alltid kul när man får något som man har hört, och tycker är bra, och gärna vill lyssna på igen.

Good songs, not my favourite Fleetwood Mac album but ok

Stevie nix

How do you follow something like rumours? Unbelievable! Gets better as it goes on. Second half of the album is genius! 4.7

Soft

A classic. Not as full of bangers as Rumours but still hauntingly beautiful.

so boring

that was hard work to listen to, way too disjointed for my liking, some decent tracks (Sara being the standout)

Not played this one in a while and loving it. Nice to listen to some fleetwood Mac without it being from Rumours or Fleetwood Mac. There’s so much more to discover about this band

Ist nicht so gut wie Rumours aber trotzdem

Definitely not as good as Rumors, but still an amazing album nonetheless.

Sara takes this 3 star to 4. It’s absolutely magical.

Chill enought, nothing amazing

Good easy rock music but dragged on too much. It could do with fewer Stevie ballads I think. Stand-out: Think About Me

very nice quite calm and liked the contrast between the songs

I hadn't heard this album before, and while I did enjoy it, I don't think it reaches the same heights as Rumours. Made for pretty solid music to work to, as well.

I love "Rumours," but "Tusk" didn't make me feel much.

So disappointed. If this album were by anyone else. Easily a 3. But from the people that created Rumors?!?! Really. So disappointed. Absolutely too long. The brilliance gets lost in the blandness of it all.

3.5/5

It’s alright, Fleetwood Mac is very hit or miss for me

it's pretty nice but it goes on for entirely too long

Never been a big Fleetwood Mac fan, but this album - while a bit lengthy - is pretty enjoyable.

Solid album when Lindsey's songs don't come up. He was definitely try too hard to break away from the success of Rumours and it didn't go that well.

What happens when Lindsay gets a little too into his cocaine. "Tusk" (the track) is an absolutely filthy monster of a song though. *Give me MORE marching band"

I’ve only ever listened to their greatest hits. I actually liked this better. Great album.

This is nice listening. I don't know if this was a compilation or they really made this in '79, but I liked it a lot.

70’s don’t care

Favourite: The Ledge

some bangers some repetitive fav= the ledge

Actually quite enjoyable, even from someone who has an absolute and unequivocal adversion to Fleetwood Cack. Many more intriguing musical motifs than on their steaming mound of a predecessor 'Rumours'. I still hate Fleetwood Mac for being a bloated cocaine fuelled orgy machine (which is odd because I am all those things).

Sort of a double album post punk demo. Pretty raw but interesting

anderi albe gfalled mer meh

Impressive that they followed up Rumours with this, which really sounds so different, even experimental. At 20 songs it does feel pretty long, but there are a lot of gems here. Think About You is solid good, Sara is a magical build up. That’s All for Everyone reminds me of Animal Collective for some reason, it’s slow, melodic psychedelia. It’s hard not to compare this to Rumours, which is probably one of the top 10 best albums ever. There was never a chance this could match that greatness, but it is still a really strong and interesting album from a band at their peak.

This band is aging like fine wine! Love this and Storms is a special song for me.

Good album, not in the same league as rumors

This album is overshadowed by Rumours, but it is solid all the way through

expected to like it, didnt. 2 stars

Sara, then the album offers nothing worth listening to. Furthermore, the individual tracks do not form a coherent picture to form an album.

Liked it, but hard for me to listen to in one sitting. Need to come back to it

Kind of the Majora’s Mask to the Ocarina of Time of "Rumours," culturally. Came after a really tough act to follow, resulting in something weird that seems to be regarded better in hindsight than it was at the time, etc. For my own personal taste, though, I wasn't too into this one except for the muppet voices they used to sing the title song

not bad, pretty groovy

No one was ever going to top “Rumours,” least of all the band that made the actual record. But “Tusk” is such an interesting record that maybe the point is moot. The title track is almost a novelty song: I remember all anyone could talk about when it was released was that it featured a college marching band. “Sara” is the best song on the record, and an all-time Stevie Nicks performance—catchy and yearning, it really casts a spell. The band wasn’t trying to follow up one of the best and most successful Pop albums of all time, they were just following their muse and probably exhausted from all the hype, touring, expectations, drugs, and emotional baggage. They did the best they could and there are some flashes of brilliance even if the whole listening experience is underwhelming but fine. Plus, the album cover is a real kiss-off and kind of iconic in its own right for being an almost anti-cover.

Very nice little chill album, enjoyed having it in the background while I was doing stuff early in the morning.

My experience before this album with Fleetwood Mac was the usual suspects. I only ended up really liking four or five songs on the double album. It was a little bit to moody for my tastes.

The first two songs are pretty much country music. Not quite, but not far away. Lots of twang, lots of slide guitar, very whiny. Third song is more rock-y, but it's whatever. The fourth song sounds like -- you know those cheapo plastic pianos you can buy for a toddler? where all the keys sound similar and it's just a clinking cacophony of chaos as the happily bang away, oblivious to the migraine they're giving the parent? I'm pretty sure they used one of those pianos as the background for this song. Fifth song...Why don't they let this chick sing more? She's got a great, unique voice. The dude is just annoyingly bog standard. It's like when Alice In Chains started letting Jerry Cantrell sing more. Read the room, Alice, we're here for the vocal god, not the dude that sounds like my dad singing tunelessly while changing the oil in our 1967 Nova. Anyway, fifth song is pretty OK, actually. Bit long, but best so far by a mile. Song six, back to Jerry Cantrell Guy. Sounds like an overwrought marching band. I just checked and there are 20 songs. Fuck me, that's a lot of songs. I'm not doing this for 13 more songs, so I'll sum up at the end. It's just not great. There are crap songs, and there are inoffensive songs. It definitely picked up after the first few songs, but nothing I ever need to hear again. One star is extremely unkind, so I think 2 stars is the play here.

Soft rock diarrhea.

I’m torn on this one. I would say it genuinely took me by surprise on some tracks with sweeping but understated arrangements like Sara, unbelievably gorgeous. The very next track is Lindsey Buckingham yelping like a Pomeranian over a bad power pop riff. When it’s good, it’s some of the best music of 79. When it’s not, it’s not.

Not near as good as Rumours. Some good songs some not so good.

Итс окэй. Во всём этом слышится вот этот прото-инди-рок, из которого выйдут такие замечательные группы, как Arcade Fire или Broken Social Scene. Песни неплохие, голоса, вот это всё. Лучшая песня - Sara.

It’s ok, goes down smooth

I like the weirdo twist in the music. Also great voice. Best of their albums have ever heard. Not totally my music

Qu'il est doux, qu'il est propice au voyage le rock de Fleetwood Mac. L'effet est le même à chaque fois : mon esprit part en roadtrip, route 66, vitres grandes ouvertes, lunettes de soleil, musique à fond, liberté infinie... Je ne suis probablement pas très objective, j'admets volontiers que certaines chansons ont une structure pop-rock très classique, mais l'efficacité est redoutable sur moi. Jusqu'alors je n'avais jamais prêté d'attention particulière à Tusk, j'étais donc ravie d'y découvrir pas moins de 20 chansons (!), qui sonnent différemment selon qui les a composées. Comme une sorte d'étonnante disparité harmonieuse ... Et puis la voix envoûtante de Stevie Nicks ... Toujours.

A very inconsistent album, but really enjoyable and unique.

Some mid-tier Fleetwood Mac

Amazing! The variety here was something I didn’t expect. It’s very consistent as well. The vocals are amazing as well! It’s all great, honestly. Excellent!

Way too long. I dig FM, but this felt repetitive. There were multiple songs on here that I felt I had just heard. Decent album but there are much better in their collection. Needed a good trimming to cut some of the time

A few songs I really liked, but overall, not that enjoyable.

the power of Christine McVie's songs probably the most overlooked songwriter by people who didn't know and thought Mac was all Nicks and Buckingham...

Mais um esplendor em forma de disco. E nem conhecia ainda. A força de Rumours chegou a limitar minhas audições.

Eh

Good songs

boring rich people hippie music for people that I imagine are too afraid to order something different than what they always order at the restaurant they go every friday. All the songs there had the potential to be good but it feels like they gave up halfway. Should have focused on quality over quantity instead of making a pretty long double album.

Boring

Goddamn. How was Fleetwood Mac this fucking good all the time. I prefer Christine McVie’s singing and loved that she kicked off and ended the album. Happy I listened today.

Een Fleetwood Mac album zonder de Fleetwood Mac hits. Een prima album met een paar saaie nummers die gezien de lengte best weggelaten hadden kunnen worden. Verder merk ik dat ik hier niet zo heel veel over te zeggen heb. Drie-en-een-halve ster schoon aan de haak. Ik maak er een 3 van omdat het beter was als het wat compacter was.

Fleetwood Mac, we hadden al Rumours, nu de opvolger Tusk. Het geluid is heel erg hetzelfde, da's op zich goed, maar de hoogtepunten zitten wat verder van elkaar op deze dubbelaar. Na beluistering blijf je een beetje zitten met: wat heb ik nou eigenlijk ook alweer gehoord? Ja, Sara, en Tusk. Maar verder? Dus nog maar een keer luisteren, wat geen straf is, maar wellicht hadden ze gewoon de wat saaiere nummers weg moeten laten.

Wij kregen eerder het voorafgaande album Rumours, waar ik met plezier naar geluisterd heb. Ik heb voor dit album dus speciaal even gewacht op een rustig moment. Hier had ik wel zin in! Stom natuurlijk, zo duidelijk een verwachting scheppen voor jezelf. Dan kan het alleen maar tegenvallen. En dat gebeurt dan ook. Het verschil tussen de twee albums voelt levensgroot. Was het kruid verschoten? Toch maar eens even wiki opduiken. Het eerste wat ik lees is dat dit album heel experimenteel moest zijn. Opvallend, want ik ervaar het vooral als heel leeg. Nummers als Think about Me zijn toch op geen enkele manier experimenteel. Als ik doorlees gaat het experimentele vooral over de manier van opnemen. Er wordt bijvoorbeeld gezongen vanuit een pushup-positie. Tja, dat soort grollen verklaren het zeer matige The Ledge, maar meestal hoor je er niet veel van terug. De titeltrack is nog enigszins experimenteel en een beetje te pruimen. Maar als je het daar nu van moet hebben… Ik zal dit album geen tweede keer opzetten. Tenzij ik gedwongen moet kiezen tussen dit of Frans Bauer natuurlijk.

Na het immense succes van Rumours moest er natuurlijk een vervolgplaat komen. Meneer Buckingham had blijkbaar in zijn hoofd dat het een dubbelaar moest zijn en dat hij meer wilde experimenteren. En toen dat eenmaal in zijn hoofd zat, kreeg niemand dat er meer uit. Dus worden we opgezadeld met iets teveel experimenteerdrang van zijner hand. Gelukkig mocht zijn ex Stevie Nicks ook nog een handvol nummers bijdragen aan deze plaat en laten dat nu net de mooiste liedjes zijn. Verder vind ik er eigenlijk maar weinig aan, het is veelal gewoon te saai. Leeg en zielloos, met name die nummers van Buckingham dus. Ik twijfel tussen een 2 en een 3, dus ik zet hem de volgende ochtend nog een keer op. Mja, dezelfde twijfel speelt op, ik zet het zelfs halverwege weer af. Ik ga een keer negatief doen en het op een 2 zetten. Van Fleetwood Mac verwacht je gewoon meer dan een veel te grote verzameling lege omhulsels.

Better than I expected. I’m glad I gave it more of a chance.

This was the follow-up album to the smash hit that was Rumours, and as such there was more room to experiment. Thus, we got a double album where it starts getting weird on track two "The Ledge", where the guitar is tuned down an octave to sound like a fuzzy bass alongside Lindsey Buckingham's repeated utterance of the phrase "Someone oughta." In fact, the tracks written and sung by Lindsey tend to be the standouts on this album, including "Think About Me", "What Makes You Think You're the One", and the spoof on punk songs that is "Not That Funny." That's not to say I didn't appreciate contributions from everyone else. In particular, I consider "Sara" and "Storms" as well-penned songs from Stevie Nicks, and opener "Over & Over" from Christine McVie helped set the tone. But, I'll admit the album slows down on the back half, with songs sounding similar and it makes the album feels it's length before picking back up again at the end with the title track and "Never Forget". It's overall a solid album, and I can understand the creative freedom Fleetwood Mac had from their immediate success. Just could've been a little tighter.

genre: soft rock pretty consistent double album although it starts to blend in towards the end. Interestingly enough the good tracks are spread throughout the album rather than packed in the first vinyl (although Sisters of the Moon is indeed amazing). There's also something so satisfying about Mick Fleetwood's soft drum pulses, especially in songs like Beautiful Child. Obviously Rumours is still the superior album but no soft rock fan should skip this! liked on spotify: mentioned + Storms nice tracks: Over & Over, Think About Me, Sara (the storyline here is so good), What Makes You Think You're the One, Not That Funny, Angel, Brown Eyes, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Walk a Thin Line, Tusk rating: 3.5/5

Not the best Fleetwood Mac album but still pretty good. Would probably have been better as a single album not a double.

The album was pretty long, with a good number of mediocre songs. I liked some of them, especially the ones with Stevie Nicks. Each track had different writers and vocals, which meant different vibes, making it less cohesive overall. Album cover is cool.

feel like its hard not to compare this to Fleetwood Mac's other stuff (mostly rumours ig), its def good but not as compelling as the stuff ik better imo. Also I listened to this very early on the morning in the bus so not sure how much I was processing so I dont think my review has the best perspective, 7.5/10

Pretty good background music for gaming with RJ! 7.5/10

7/10 - Great album to listen to. There were a bunch of songs that I had heard before and quite liked. I know I'm not wrong and walk a thin line were new songs that I quite liked. Tusk is a fantastic song but there was a version that I had heard so many times of it that the one on the album just does not work for me. I looked it up and found the version that I liked. It was a random live version that I liked more because the voice is slightly more prominent.

Not rumors but still good

Not as good as rumors (duh) but still has some bangers. Sara and tusk are classics. Good album 8/10

Not their best effort

The first couple of songs didn't sound very special, but it got better later on. I thought maybe I just had to get into this record, so I played it again. Those songs were just not that good. It has some very good moments, but I don't think this album needs to be on the list if Rumours is. Favorite song: Beautiful Child

Weird name. Good album.

85/100

Boff pas le meilleur album

I really enjoyed this the first time through and enjoyed it even more the second. The Stevie Nicks songs are especially memorable.

Kinda too old for me, but still good. Will I listen to again: 25%

Don’t think I was familiar with any of these songs. In the words of Jackson, this was good but not my favorite. 3.5 rounded down to 3.

So much good stuff here and more intriguing than the mega hits “Fleetwood Mac” and ‘Rumors” that preceded it. A solid 5 if it had been condensed to a one-disc LP. The McVie songs are lovely, Nicks are mixed (Angel and Sara great, Sisters of the Moon and Storms less so), and Buckingham’s songs are mostly fine, but some are really solo efforts, suffering from not having the great rhythm section of McVie-Fleetwood behind him. Side note — I bough this for my brother JB for Christmas in 1979 on a Christmas Eve whim, paying full retail at a local store near his house in CT. In an earlier year I bought him “The Koln Concerts” by Keith Jarrett. What a great brother I was…

The rockers on this, which I perceive to be Lindsey’s, aren’t doing it for me, but I’m enjoying the Stevie/Christine slow jams. Favorites: think about me, storms, honey hi, beautiful child, tusk (the exception to my rule), never forget

Pop bien tocado y bien cantado con pasajes musicales muy interesantes pero que me deja una sensación algo tibia.

Couldn't get into this album, and didn't find it as enjoyable as Rumors

There are a few Fleetwood Mac songs that I love, but I don't have the history or knowledge that many others have with them. Learning about the context of this record makes me appreciate its length and disjointed nature a little bit more. From an outsider's perspective, of course it's interesting when artists' lives seep into their music, when their songs become so authentic as a reflection of their realities. Strictly speaking of Tusk as a piece of music though? This IS too long and too disjointed. There are about ten or so great songs, and the other ten I could chop off to create a standard-length album that's tighter and more coherent. But I guess there's a certain charm to the mess that this record is. And the standout songs really are standouts, regardless of who sings them. Favorites here are Think About Me, Sara, Sisters of the Moon, I Know I'm Not Wrong.

i enjoyed this as a sort of album you put on the background. did have some really good moments but i fear if you write rumours you can never quite follow it.

Really solid album. Enjoyable on the first listen. Could maybe reach a 5 one day for me, but for now it’s a solid 4.

It deserves a 4, but this feel bloated to me. I might relisten and give it more attention. Just good to find Fleetwood Mac songs then Tusk goes CRAZY

This is a record you could spend a lot of time in: riches sequenced into a lopsided, mesmerising flow that has me thinking of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - the out-and-out bangers are surrounded by slow burners and curiosities. Sisters of the Moon

Lots going on here, much of it great. Contains my favorite Stevie song "Sara" and many weird and wonderful others. Works hard for that 5*

Soft words soft music. One and only time I’ll hear this.

Folk, Rock and Roll, Country, Blues all in one album.

What a quirky album, mostly in the best ways. A little all over the place, like the White Album. Definitely not as good as its predecessor, begging the question of great art is best created in the storm of chaos as opposed to its settled aftermath…🤷🏽🤷🏽🤷🏽

Was hoping for a bit more. A little too long, sleepy, and forgettable for me. Overall nothing terribly offensive or annoying so I'll give it an average score. I'm not sure how many other Fleetwood Mac albums I need after being familiar with Rumours. Maybe this list will change my mind but so far I think I'll just stick to revisiting Rumours when I need my FM itch scratched.

50% iconic and timeless songs, 50% random nonsense

Is there another group that lived their lives through their music as intensely as Fleetwood Mac? I don't think so. A legendary album, another transition for a group always pushing the boundaries.

Just OK. Not a single outstanding song and overall too long to be good :(

Great album

This album has three distinct moods: 1. Manic and unsettlingly energetic 2. Boring and bland 3. Lovely and mellow Not sure what to make of it, other than three stars.

Notable tracks: Sisters of the Moon, Angel, Over & Over, The Ledge, Think About Me, Sara, Tusk

Surprised how many songs were familiar. I really enjoyed this one but it was a bit long.

I believe that Lindsay Buckingham thought this would be his magnum opus. I think most of this album was over ambitious. Over reaching for sure.

This was okay musically, but I didn't really enjoy it that much. I thought the title track was pretty inventive, and though I had heard the song before and enjoyed it, this time through it didn't really stand out that much.

I mean maybe if you are really into their sound its good. I think rumors is just a better ablum.

Unremarkable. The only song that made me sit up and listen is Sisters of the Moon, which got bogged down in ridiculous electric guitar solos at the end.

Lindsey was off the henny for this one.

Not the expected pick for Fleetwood Mac, so I'm guessing there are multiple albums on the list. Tusk wasn't a bad album but when a popular band has an album with this many songs I haven't heard of, I kind of rely on history for being the judge on these tracks and are relatively unknown for some reason. At any rate, it was fine to have on while doing chores. Normally I'd be reading up about what the circumstances are that lead to this album being forgotten by radio and that could give some extra helpful context. Favorite track "Not That Funny" 3/5

The only knock against this album is that it isn’t Rumours, which is also true of every other album.

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Entertaining double album. The highlight of the whole albums is "Sisters of the Moon" 3,5/5 rounded up to 4

Gooood

A bit indulgent, like many double albums. It could be a four if five songs removed...

What do you do after you put out THE quintessential boomer record? Release an overstuffed double album where you’re searching for a new sound. Tusk is a glorious mess. Lindsay Buckingham is just throwing things at the wall to see what will stick - meanwhile Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie are just doing Rumours. It’s all kinda crazy listenable. 3.5/5 rounded up to a 4.

Way too long

Yet another followup to a massively successful album that ventured into more experimental territory, with diminishing returns.

As opposed to Rumours who is a cohesive masterclass in popmusic, this record sounds a bit all over the place. Some of the songs sounds like not quite finished demoes, whilst others are really great, Sisters of the Moon is a great example. I really dont feel this record, even though most of the music is well crafted.

I’m a huge fan of Fleetwood Mac but this album is fragmented just like the band was at the time. Very different vibe from previous album which was so successful.

Glad they gave us the weekend for this album as it’s a long one. Tough to follow up Rumours and suffers from what you’d expect, bloated album that sounds disjointed. Sounds more like each band member is taking turns writing songs than a band, which I guess is the interesting part of the album as the band breaks apart. I like Tusk the song a lot better than Tusk the album.

2.6 Maybe 2-3 songs that I ended up liking. Didnt have enough depth to fill out a double album

Not much to say. Big let down after rumours

Not to everyone's taste but for my money the most interesting album from this era of FM.

Not as good as Rumors, but still good. There are several filler songs between the gems.

This is such a a weird app, it played songs from the album, but didn't play Tusk, then it plays other stuff by different artists, too. Tusk is my favorite Fleetwood Mac song

not particularly exciting tbh. struggling to even find anything to say about this album. fleetwood mac never really caught my attention and this has failed to remedy that

Album grew on me. Muddy recording that requires volume to be turned up. Double album problems would usually give this 3 stars but it has some hidden gems on it..

Really diverse collection of songs. 5/5

Upon catching lighting in a bottle, the bottle inevitably shatters

Not as good as rumours, was ok

Not my sound

It's okay. Nice background music for working

Swipe Left

Tough follow up album. Enjoyable, but not as memorable

Chilled

I prefer rumors

I love Fleetwood Mac, but of the Buckingham/Nicks era this one is slightly weaker - doesn't have the sheer hit power of Rumours, S/T or Tango In The Night. I appreciate the sprawl of it, but it's lows are a bit lower too. Could do with an edit.

Beautiful album. I've listened to Rumors so many times, but really hadn't heard this one. It's so mellow and heartfelt with much more slower songs on the edge of country and soul. Really beautiful.

Probably a bit long overall and I preferred the women's contributions (unlike the critics at the time, it would seem) - none of the Lindsey Buckingham-led stuff had the impact of, say, Never Going Back Again or Go Your Own Way. I will always be here for Stevie Nicks's voice and lyrics. Didn't really get the title track but I'm told it can be appreciated on a baser level, lol.

Always got time for Fleetwood Mac, even if it’s a LOT of time all in one go. Some gems (TUSK!) and some filler; following Rumours was always going to be nigh on impossible…

It’s not perfect but I love this album

There is a weird juxtaposition of moody McVie ballads and Nicks bits right beside trippy upbeat Buckingham hoedowns all throughout the album, but it’s really a miraculous record. Favorite Tracks: ‘Over and Over’ and ‘That’s All For Everyone’