Tusk

Was unfamiliar with much of this. Some amazing tunes, like Sara and a few others. And some really mediocre stuff that sounds like it’s trying to copy the Beatles or Billy Joel in places.

I suppose this answers a question that if a band is incredibly talented, can they really produce a bad album? of course they can, this isnt bad, per se, just really mediocre for long stretches. I get that its my unfamiliarity with this entry, but there is definitely a good album among the chaff in here.

I dislike almost all double albums. There’s usually a 5 star album buried in there but there’s so many bland songs that they all end up as 3 star albums (with a few exceptions). This album is no different. There’s some great songs on here (That’s All for Everyone, Tusk) and just as many uninteresting ones. Oh well!

It was alright. Wasnt too in the mood but it was good.

Some great songs, some bad songs, mostly average songs

We bought this as a CD, mainly for the song Tusk. I didn't remember most of the rest, and after listening today, I can see why. Of the 20 songs, there may be three that I would listen to again. Sarah, Sisters of the moon and Tusk. The rest ... IDK ... but the last song is Never Forget. But I will.

Two stand out tracks Sara and Tusk.

Great album. Easy listening. Although none of my favorite tunes from them were on this album, I nevertheless enjoyed those tunes.

There's some good songs on this album. Unfortunately they're buried among the chaff. This would have been much better pruned down to a single album, getting rid of the weak songs and working on some of the others a little more.

6/10

Some great tracks on this album, but overall it is too long and disjointed 3/5

I'm just not a fleetwood mac kind of gal.

Stevie's songs are good, Christine's are ok and Lindsay's are terrible, except "Tusk"

it’s a mess, quantity over quality, with some gleaming gems among the clumsy and the clichéd.

I really don't wanna point out what 'tusk' might mean as it could be inappropriate, but I could be wrong. Anyways, I like the creative album and the lyrics, as they are simple and relatable to some people

I don't like it her voice is bad, and I just plain don't like the songs.

The songs are okay, the lead singer is good, the guitar player is good. But there are better songs out there than those songs.

I like all the songs but the beat is bad. So I give this a 5/10

After the perfection of Rumours it’s hard to judge Tusk. It’s a good record, it’s just not special.

There's a lot on this album. Some of it was good and some of it was skip able. I don't see me listening to this whole album again.

Fleetwood Mac has several albums that I enjoy a lot, 4 and 5 star albums. Tusk isn't one of them. It seems like it's a double album of unfinished songs, and it's just off putting. There's obviously good things here, but it's not an album I'll listen to in full anytime soon.

Not bad, kind of enjoyed it, but no tracks really stood out to me.

Good album.

Almost done with it. Unfortunately not quite rumours level stuff here. Perhaps a bit too polished?

it's fleetwood mac i don't think they're capable of making bad music, but i like other albums of them more

Eh it's expansive. Which is its weakness.

Fleetwood Mac's weakest album, in my opinion. Still an enjoyable listen. The title track is a standout for me.

Pretty solid album. I'm not a huge FM fan so I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed this album more than I thought I would.

Faded a bit into the background but I liked the sound overall

Disappointing, honestly. Having to follow up your absolutely amazing previous album is difficult for sure, but I still expected more. Many of the sings felt hollow and passion-less, like they didn’t even want to try. Still Fleetwood, so the music is still good, but the lack of heart really showed itself to me.

It was a lot of Fleetwood with none of the great songs. Not sure I will be coming back to this one anytime soon.

When Fleetwood Mac released the follow-up to Rumours, I was underwhelmed by the double-album, Tusk. At the time, I felt the record was stretched out too far and was more quantity than quality. I admit, I wasn't exactly a fan of Mac to begin with, as I identified the group as another example of corporate-radio-friendly-rock, music to fill the pockets of the execs from Warner-Bros. Tusk re-enforced all my doubts, with production costs running 1.4 million (5.88 mil in 2023 money), it was the most expensive rock album ever made and the result was an overindulgent, way too-long mess, that honestly turned me off the band forever. A lot of reviews claim, it was a difficult listen, but if you re-listen to it multiple times, you will be rewarded with one of their best records, though Rumours was a tough act to follow. I finally listened to the whole thing and it was a bit better than I remember, peoples tasted change and aging gives you a different perspective, but it's still not the classic many make it out to be. There are a couple of great songs (thanks Stevie Nicks), but overall it could have been dwindled down to a single album, though Lindsey would surely disagree.

I wanted to love this one but it felt like some real homework to listen to it. I can now see why people were so disappointed after Rumours. Tusk, the song, is an all-time banger featuring the sounds of the USC Marching Band. Props to all the band geeks out there. The other interesting tidbit from this one is that it was the most expensive album to be created at the the time with an estimated value of $3.4m in today's money. WOW! The record lable did not get a great return on investment. Anyway, I'm sure there are some gems in here if you put in the time with this. Someday, maybe.

Pretty long but also some pretty good songs in it

I always find double albums interesting. When a band challenges themselves to pour their material across two discs for a studio release it usually goes one of two ways. It's either going to be a magnum opus, or it's going to be a slog to get through. Some of my favourites happen to be double LP's (the absolutely crazy Beatles' 'White Album', and the masterful Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'). While others I find to be a struggle and musically stretched very thin (The Who's 'Tommy' or the Chilli Peppers' 'Stadium Arcadium'). Where does Fleetwood Mac's huge follow up to 'Rumours' stand? Somewhere in the middle. It is a good record overall, However it also struggles to keep its own momentum going. I keep seeing 'Tusk' compared to other punk albums around the time. But Fleetwood Mac's sound and lyricism is far too polished and light to compare, in my opinion. It works in their favour when it's a tight record like 'Rumours', where the tracklist can somewhat flow nicely. Not so much here on 'Tusk', where they're throwing different ideas at the wall and everything feels much more loose. It feels like they took more inspiration from the Beach Boys' 'Smiley Smile' moreso than punk albums at the time, where it's more a collage of ideas rather than a whole piece of work. Putting all of that aside, though, there is some gems in the 20 songs on offer, particularly the ballads. Over & Over, Sara, Storms, Never Make Me Cry, Beautiful Child are phenomenal tracks and well worth listening to on their own - vocals, melodies, and lyrics are absolutely on point. While on the other end most of the faster rock/pop songs are good, even if a lot of them are largely forgettable; although some of the experimentation should be appreciated. I know this album has some acclaim to it. To me, though, had they condensed the tracklist down and focused on tidying some things up production-wise, this probably would have been (personally) ranked among the band's best work. As it is, 'Tusk' is simply a 'good' album, lacking some focus, with some percentage of it having standouts.

Very disjointed album. Some songs work and others not so much. Love the title track, always have.

Relaxing album with solid songs. Nothing too catchy like Dreams had.

guys hear me out, what if we do a LOT of coke and then split off into corners of the studio so we don't have to talk to each other and then we'll regroup and BOOM album! SURELY...that would produce a cohesive and listenable album! 2.5-3/5

Tusk is the best track on here; it's just unhinged enough to bring some interest to an otherwise fairly subtle album.

This is fine 3/5

Probably could benefit from repeated listening, but hard not to compare it to Rumours.

I enjoy Fleetwood Mac but this one doesn't feel like their best work. There were a handful of songs on this album that just didn't really resonate with me

Great Fleetwood Mac album; contains some very strong songs.

An ok album. I've now gotten over my childhood hatred of Fleetwood and seen the light, but this album just wasn't for me. You can definitely hear that there's a lack of cohesion with where the band wanted to go. 3/5, because it's definitely not bad, but I won't listen again.

Not a big fan,know their hits but this is what I imagined a Fleetwood album to sound like predictable pip

There’s a couple of decent tracks on here but overall it’s pretty weak. Why is it even on this list?

As a Fleetwood Mac album it was decent. As a follow-up to Rumours, it was disappointing.

Not my jam, but I didn't find myself constantly looking to see when it would be over. Just a few times.

Not my favourite work by them - the title track is a favourite but the rest of the album blurred into one for me.

While I prefer most Fleetwood Mac albums to many other comparable bands, TUSK, is one of my least favorite Fleetwood Mac albums. The Flawed masterpiece from Fleetwood Mac that deserves to be on this list is TANGO IN THE NIGHT. Far more interesting sonically and definitely far better produced than TUSK which honestly does not deserve a place on this list. Favorite tracks from TUSK: "Think About Me" and "Brown Eyes".

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

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

Pretty good!

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

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.

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.

Expected maybe slightly 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:

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

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

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.

i liked this but it was different than what i expected

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

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.

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

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

Sara. El disco bonito pero rollo.

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

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. (⌐■_■)

Aight

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

3.5

Its ok...

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.

That was satisfying, probably more of a 3.5

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Good songs, not my favourite Fleetwood Mac album but ok

Chill enought, nothing amazing

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.

3.5/5

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.

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

anderi albe gfalled mer meh

Good album, not in the same league as rumors

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

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.

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

Some mid-tier Fleetwood Mac

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...

Good songs

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Way too long

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.

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

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

Upon catching lighting in a bottle, the bottle inevitably shatters

Not as good as rumours, was ok

It's okay. Nice background music for working

Tough follow up album. Enjoyable, but not as memorable

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…

Certainly doesn't reach the pop peaks of Rumors. Nothing incredible here but overall a listenable album

It’s just not rumours, it’s great but I’d nearly always have rumours on instead

Mistæk plata finnst mér. Auðvitað erfitt að fylgja eftir Rumours en ég átta mig ekki tilraunamennskunni sem á að vera á þessari plötu. Flest Lindsay lögin finnst mér leiðinleg, stelpurnar halda þessari plötu uppi. Mikið af fallegum lögum eins og Storm og Sara. Ekki góð hugmynd að skella í dobbel albúm.

An uneven mix. I enjoyed the songs The Ledge and That’s All for Everyone and That’s Enough for Me and Tusk, but not much more than that. The song Tusk sounded pretty good cranked up in a car. Maybe some bands should have a best-of compilation on this list instead of specific albums.

I’ve never really liked Fleetwood Mac, especially Stevie Nicks. However, because I am not the only one curating my growing vinyl collection, there are several of their albums included. I recently listened to Rumors on vinyl and begrudgingly loved it. So, I had mixed hopes about this one. I liked it and admit that they ar ever talented. Good musicianship and well produced/made. Some of the songs didn’t hit for me, though, and it was overly long. All in all, I’m coming around on them, but I think this just isn’t one of my favorites of theirs.

This album certainly ebbed and flowed for me, sometimes just when you thought things were getting a bit boring a song that really catches your attention comes along. Unfortunately, its this inconsistency that means I can't give it higher than 3 stars, but I'd probably return to it again to give it another chance.

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Gear: LETSHUOER S12 Pro Mix: schon gut, aber nicht "Rumours gut" Musik; schon gut, aber nicht "Rumours gut" Wertung: 🦣🦣🦣(🦣)/5

Sara is by far the stand out track.

A bit corny at parts A little messy Stevie went crazy

Well this was weird. The Buckingham pieces stood out and in reading I get what they were trying to do but it doesn't mean it's a great listen.

This album *sounds* like classic Fleetwood Mac, but none of the songs are memorable and it meanders forever with weird, incoherent Buckingham songs. Why is this on the top album list? It's like they have just made an album of unfinished parts of songs. So strange.

Pleasant but never got there.

We had a cd of Rumors in the house growing up but I didn't listen to this one closely until later. I always think I want to listen to it but really I just want to rock out to The Ledge and then move on with my day

I remember being a child listening to the song "Tusk" and having my mind blown by the marching band and how huge the song felt. The song still rocks, but the rest of the album isn't as fun.

Nothing compared to rumors, good instrumentals and a decent amount of variability and replayability

Pretty boring and nothing stands out. Nowhere near their best works.

I didn't hate it but it really doesn't re-capture the magic of Rumours.

It's definitely an interesting listen , but it is stretched out. The good tracks are sprinkled on between mellow,slow and honestly boring tracks . Loved Sara, Honey Hi , sisters of the moon, that's all for everyone and even the title track . But the others just weren't that interesting. The album falls short of rumours, and is definitely a cocaine album . Can't really say much about it other than its decent

For the sake of this review let's forget that Rumours happened because anything else is going to pale in comparison. I walk away from this one impressed, it's better than I thought it would be but I still get the feeling that it would have been better to make a very strong single album by cutting out all the padding that made this into a double album. (I'm looking mainly at you Lindsey Buckingham, I think the women fared much better in the song writing.) It was an enjoyable listen.

This album really fell flat for me, didn’t like it nearly as much as Rumours. Nothing I disliked, it just didn’t keep my attention.

Overlong, and it took 5 songs before Stevie Nicks shows up. I was willing to give this the benefit of a doubt but this is the album after Rumours. It's a major step down imo. 3/5

3.5

Look, not every album can be Rumours

Loses a star for being a double album, per my usual. The Stevie Nick's songs sound like Stevie Nick's, but the rest is pretty great!

Fleetwood Mac’s follow-up to Rumours was never going to hit that pulse again, but it is pretty good. Fleetwood Mac came a long way from their blues rock roots in the 60s into pop rock perfection on their 1975 self-titled album and 1977’s Rumours, and then waned a little with Tusk and afterwards. Tusk feels like they were experimenting a bit and toned down the arrangements and mixing compared to Rumours. It’s not bad, and it’s a neat direction for the group, but it’s not great. It also feels way too long, like they were trying out too many things and decided to just include everything on this double album. But it ends up being quantity over quality and gets boring by the end, to the point that I’m barely interested by the time “Tusk” (the second-to-last track) comes on. That song is hella good though.

A comedown to an amazing preceding album

На фоне послушать ничего так, сойдёт, но до 4х звёзд всётаки не дотянули.

Chill late 70s music. Was okay.

Not sure

Hate Fleetwood Mac sadly, still not too bad overall

Very enjoyable album on the whole. Goes on a bit too long and there were a few songs I didn't particularly enjoy, but glad I copped this. Fav Track: Save me a place 3.5/5

There’s a lot of parts to this album - a lot of them good, but only a couple great. Its length maybe serves as a detractor rather than a device for artistic brevity. Nicks and McVie’s vocals are a standout for the album, and honestly I thought pretty much every track was alright. But you just know they’ve done better. Hope there’s some Peter Green eta Fleetwood Mac somewhere on this list. Three and a half. Fave track: The Ledge

i like storms a lot

This seems like the band took an opportunity to wander in the enormous shadow of the monster. Overall it is solid but uneven where the step away from the formula did not work. The trademarks are there but not in abundance.

Classic pitfall of the double album: filler. Cut Lindsey's shitty, unfinished experiments and some of Christine's more boring tracks and this album is an easy 4 stars.

This did not need to be a 2 record album. Some of these songs could have been shaved down too. There are some real gems included here, but you have to wade through some flotsam to get to them. If you put those together and jettison the trash, you'd have an album paralleling Rumors. Maybe push Sara on to Sides 3 & 4 and there's your record.

I’m not the biggest Fleetwood Mac fan around. This album is lame. Only highlights are Stevie Nicks songs and they are all pretty lackluster - only song that caught my attention was Angel. The “upbeat” Buckkngham songs are so dumb. Like me the morning after the Super Bowl, this album is bloated. All that said I get the importance of FM, just don’t understand the dynamic of the band and not sure I care enough to find out.

Definitely feels like a midpoint for the band. Given the early sonic signature of the band as a blues outfit, this transformative release tries to go a lot of different places. However, it is certainly shy of the goal they land on in later releases. "Sara", "Tusk" and a few others stand out, but it demonstrates their ability to make great songs, not necessarily cohesive albums.

A defeeinte let down from their previous release 'Rumors". "Sara" and 'Tusk" are whaat you know and will enjoy.; the rest just gets muddled. Also - producer has some odd choices of play list - lead with your strengths; a tepid intro to the album.

As others havne e said, it is a bit of a mish-mash.... Some great songs (Tusk), some not so much.... Worth a listen, but not really that memorable.

Sara and Tusk - two of my favorite songs. Otherwise, not much else.

This is my least favorite FM album 😬. And I’m a hardcore fan. Albert that story doesn’t surprise me. Lindsey feels unhinged, the whole band feels like they’re trying so hard to be something they’re not.

Better than expected. Clearly thoughtful and layered. Very easy-breezy in many ways despite this being their punk-influenced record. Still not a F-M fan, but major props for good tunes.

Not a great follow up to Rumours but not bad and a few good songs

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Some decent tracks, some meh ones. Definitely can hear the influences of early punk.

Storms and I know I'm Not Wrong are both good songs. This is my least favorite album with the GOAT lineup.

It's okay. All I could think about was listening to other Fleetwood Mac

Relaxed music, good songs

Sara. El disco bonito pero rollo.

Legal, nota 4. Muito parado. A mulher cantando é muito melhor!

So great!

Started slow got better during end. Buckingham songs were highlight

A more "modern" Fleetwood Mac at the time, but still sounds like Fleetwood Mac. Some songs had a lot of radio play.

There’s nothing catchy, nothing stands out. I don’t like this one as much as other Fleetwood Mac’s albums. [0120/1001]

Nice album, Fleetwood Mac aren't as big in Brazil as here, so I don't know a lot (except for Dreams playing at my dentist's office) so nice to listen to some more stuff, but not their best I'd say :)

Pre-Listening: 1. I love Lindsey Buckingham and think he’s a wildly underrated songwriter, producer, and guitarist. 2.) I think Christine McVie is a fantastic songwriter and most of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs are McVie tunes. 3.) I think Stevie Nicks is crazy overrated and I think Stevie Nicks’ Fleetwood Mac songs are overexposed, and maybe I once liked them but not anymore because I can never escape them. 4.) This album, with Nicks-Buckingham’s relationship over, curiously has few Nicks songs and many Buckingham and Christine McVie songs. That means I have hope that I’m going to like this one. From what I’ve read it’s like a Buckingham fever dream. 5.) For anyone who is unfamiliar with Fleetwood Mac and the interpersonal turmoil that fed their songwriting, you should read about it. It’s crazy. In short, there are two couples in the band that broke up during the writing and recording of the previous album to this one, Rumours, and that album ended up being one of the most successful — both critically and by album sales — of all time. Many of the songs are bitterly directed at other members of the band, and I don’t think there’s been anything similar to it in the history of modern music. Listening: Calm McVie song, then The Ledge which is pretty manic. Another calm McVie song. Then, what seems like a Buckingham spiritual. Nicks’ Sara, an overplayed radio song. There’s more soap opera drama behind this song too if you look it up. That’s Enough for Me - much needed energy from Buckingham with a fuzzy bass underneath. Buckingham’s guitar works elevates Nicks’ Sisters of the Moon. Three good Buckingham tunes carry the back half of the album: I Know I’m Not Wrong - Sounds like all the Buckingham songs are still about Nicks. Can’t blame him, she did a number on him, including having an affair with the drummer, Mick Fleetwood. Two more songs which may be the best on the album: Walk A Thin Line and Tusk. Is this a great album? Nah. I do feel confirmation that all Buckingham songs kind of sound the same, all McVie songs kind of sound the same, and all Nicks songs sound the same. I just like the Buckingham songs better.

I don't know if a half hungover 2-hour drive home after a bachelor party is the best way to review an album, but this might have been the best album for this environment. No major standout songs. No real highs or lows. A steady enjoyable sound. That being said, when I want to listen to Fleetwood Mac I won't be coming here.

Some bangers, some misses.

It’s not my favorite for them but I still enjoyed it.

I like the Ledge, That’s Enough for Me, and I also kind of like Tusk

Listened first to Tusk, and I enjoyed it, but I think from the reviews I’m reading it seems like the way to truly understand and possibly appreciate this album is to listen to the whole thing because it’s said to be so chaotic and disparate. So I will try to do that at some point.

Melódico- Trankilator

Fascinating mix of R&B and bluegrass influences. It lacks the catchiness of other albums by Fleetwood Mac. Enjoyable, a bit offbeat.

Mid, tbh. Good, but

It’s okay

Everything by buckingham-5 stars. Everything by the other 2-2 stars. This averages to a 3.

Some good songs - some weird songs. Better than I thought it would be.

I mean rumours is a very difficult album to follow and some of these songs are very good but each one doesn't feel unique and different. They all kind of meld into one. It's definitely not a bad album and there are some good songs on here. But it's just not got that kind of replayability. It's just quite samey

Another good album by Fleetwood Mac, easy listening but not an album I'll regularly return to on my own accord. A few good songs, several that are forgettable or sound too similar for my tastes.

Why is it more famous as Rumors? Because of Tusk? Ok, but the rest is nothing special, all la-la-la songs. The Ledge and Sara are a bit better, but that's all.

Although it took me by surprise, I really like the change in main vocals on this album. I previously thought no one can top Stevie's voice but then a Buckingham song comes on and I had myself a great debate. I think the draw of this album is that manic, disorganized feel that it does really well. It goes from lo-fi and mellow to banging on a shed and I love it for that. No other band could do this better so caps off. 3.5 stars because I love Fleetwood Mac.

Pretty solid album. I can't say there are any bad songs on it. At the same time I can't say there are any great songs on it. I appreciate the mixed vocals but Stevie Nicks vocals tend to elevate a song up a notch compared to the others. Some of the quick hit songs are fun, but I can't say I'll come back to this album with better Fleetwood options out there. 2.84 stars.

Not their best

Sara. El disco bonito pero rollo.

I totally enjoyed when the marching band entered into the performance.

Prima, maar ook weer niet dat ik denk, ik ga nummers hiervan opslaan of vaker luisteren.. 2,7

Didn’t love it. Some songs were really good but most didn’t click with me. Didn’t love the recording either. Favourites: - Storms - Sisters of the Moon - Brown Eyes - Never Make Me Cry - Tusk

Good album

Okay….didn‘t catch me

I expected better honestly. The album wasn't bad. Wasn't great either.

IT'S OK-EASY LISTENING. SHAME LINDSAY BUCKINGHAM IS OVERSHADOWED. i LIKE FLEETWOOD MAC IN ITS EARLY DAYS

Good music but not a favorite from the band.

Good album. Classic rock greats

Over and Over not exactly a ripper of an opener. The Ledge picks things up but not exactly something I’d want to listen to again. It’s at least musically interesting. Think About Me is kind of just there. Not offensive, not great. Save Me A Place tries to be ambitious. Kind of see this sound later with REM. More interesting than actually good to listen to. Sara sounds like a more traditional Fleetwood Mac song, very pretty. What Makes You Think You’re The One is a rowdy Buckingham number. Not bad. Storms is pretty, another song that actually sounds like a FM track. That’s All for Everyone is fun, kind of wacky. Sounds like it was more fun to make than listen to. Not That Funny is not that good either. Abrasive. Sisters of the Moon is atmospheric, good beat. Angel has me convinced I’m Team Stevie not Team Lindsey That’s Enough For Me is a rollicking Lindsey song. A little frantic and fun. Brown Eyes is a pretty Christine song. Bit meandering. Never Make Me Cry is another pretty Christine song. Not really memorable. I Know I’m Not Wrong is another LB jam, a little more reserved and the better for it. Honey Hi is another Christine song, pretty but slight Beautiful Child is a longer Stevie song, not bad Walk A Thin Line is pretty good, layered and solid. Maybe my favorite song on this weird album. Tusk follows almost like a blend and it’s boisterous and fun Album closer Never Forget has some nice playing on it. Pleasant enough way to end the sprawling album. Was this a double LP when it was released? It has 20 songs on it. 6/10

How do you follow up on the greatest album of all time? Throw a whole lot of shit at the wall and see what sticks. Luckily this is Fleetwood Mac so most of it does. Still too long though. 7/1001

Subdued album - not bad but I think they have had better albums

Liked it okay but will have to re-listen when not hungover

Tusk

The first Fleetwood Mac album I listened to was "Then Play On" and I was fascinated. In my opinion it should have been on the list instead of "Tusk". Still some nice songs on "Tusk", but not quite the style I like.

It’s alright. About the same level as their rumors album.

2.7

I love the title track so much but I find the other ones a little bit repetitive, and that's a pity

The album is boring, but the band itself is top

Still can’t get into Fleetwood Mac but really don’t dislike it either

Bit of a drag Very samey

Nice easy happy-to-have-on-without-listening music.

Easy listening and varied.

Have never listened to the Tusk album before! Knew a few of the songs. I enjoyed a more toned down, atmospheric Fleetwood album

I like it a lot. Jag lyssnar allt för lite på musik från 70 och 80-talet och det känns som att det är en guldgruva, om jag bara vågar öppna upp mig själv för det. Det här var ingenting jag normalt sätt hade lyssnat på, men jag gillade det verkligen. 5.5/10

This album could be about eight tracks shorter to address some of the songs that suck. That said, between Sara, Tusk, and Sisters of the Moon, the album is still anchored into importance. A very fine start with the first track and then we hit... 'The Ledger'. What the hell is that?! Sort of one of the most terrible yet most bouncy songs I've ever heard. Is this supposed to be fun? 'Think About Me' is a more traditional FM song, though somewhat uninspired guitar that sort of spills out in measures. 'Save Me a Place' enters and exits like badly wilted lettuce, never reaching its intention. Then boom, 'Sara'. Arguably one of the greatest example of FM's fine vocals. Spare musical accompaniment is pitch perfect and the scant brushes on the high hat. It makes you wish you knew a Sara-- or wish you knew THIS Sara. when you build your house, call me has to be one of the most romantic lines ever. How they ever talked themselves into 'What Makes You Think You're the One' on the heels of Sara is just beyond me. Why anyone else besides Stevie Nicks is allowed to sing on a FM is like ludicrous. WTF thought that was a good idea even?! A few lackluster tracks follow until we hit 'It's Not That Funny' which actually is not funny at all and is a real travesty for the ears. I was unable to determine which was less funny: the vocals or the keyboard. What an inconsistent album 'Sisters of the Moon' brings us back to life. Damn that slow steady intro with Stevie Nicks howling at the moon is launching me into the stratosphere. This is a jam and I've never even heard it before. Drums are fire. Guitar is fire. Stevie is hot as the sun. Damn I could not like this more. There are a number of tracks that follow that aren't standouts to me until we hit the title track. There are so few lyrics here, it's just so hard to believe how powerful it is. Always loved this track. Witchcraft.

Amazing that while I have never actively sought out listening to a Fleetwood Mac album, I knew almost every song on Rumors. Interesting that only one song on the follow-up, Tusk, even sounded vaguely familiar. More Stevie Nicks would have bumped this up, love her voice.

I didn’t actually finish this. It started with a bunch of Christine McVie songs and then I skipped to Sara and then to Tusk and then I went and listened to rumors bc that’s a five and 👌

the similarities in the openings of some of these songs is surprising, but i love that beat. not my favorite of their albums, not melody focused enough for me and listening to the album in order doesn’t really add to my experience of the songs. love fleetwood mac tho

ok, but its no Rumours

I mean.. how do you follow up Rumours? Even still.. seems just “mailed in” except for Sara. Fine. Just.. fine.

3.5 - 3.0 overall but .5 for Tusk

Cool

Nice album, not their strongest but some decent tunes

It's good, it's relaxed, it's easy listening. There's not a lot of of undeniable hooks, sisters of the moon is an absolute hit though. It seems like a good album for drives, as background music while not paying too much attention to it. Especially the second half really overstays its welcome, it just gets boring – personal taste, but still. 5-6/10

Bof

Really uneven. I just don't get this lists obsession with the sprawling, double album sets that lean into bands worst tendencies.

Man. I guess there's a reason why FMs greatest hits is basically Rumors with a few other songs.

nice one, couple of classics

A couple good songs, but certainly not the best album by the group. Lindsey got a little experimental in quite a few tracks.

Fleetwood Mac's next attempt after two great albums. It's ok.

I've never been a huge Fleetwood Mac fan, but I do enjoy "Rumors". This album is nothing like "Rumors". I have to appreciate their willingness to just throw everything at the wall. Not all of it sticks, obviously, but it is a fun listen.

Tusk, interesting. Not much thought on the rest.

Very Fleetwood Mac

I've owned this album over 30 years. I never liked it much. There are barely enough good songs to make one just ok album. I get they were following up Rumors and wanted to do something different, but they're a pop music band without the catchy tunes. This is a record and a half of crappy music. I'd take anything off the Peter Greene albums or the 1st two Nicks/Buckingham albums over any of this. 3 stars is being hugely generous. This album doesn't belong on this list.

If you cut the 8 tracks written by Lindsey Buckingham you'd be left with a much stronger 12 track album. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Sara Date listened: 31/10/23

Like everything with this band, this album has a lot of history, and that history is pretty rocky. The band wasn’t looking to make a copy of their wildly famous *Rumours*, and Buckingham had very different ideas for this recording, even going to far as to be a bit on the experimental side. The title track, by the way, is unassailable. Pretty much the best thing the band ever did.

# 98 : I LOVE TUSK. My favourite FM song by far. In saying that though, this album is quite average, It’s got a couple of good songs, but also some drawn out fillers. Favourite Track : Tusk Listened : 30/10/2023

stevie nicks is a queen & the other singers suck. only really vibing when she comes on. there's some real stinkers on this album.

Surullinen Rumourssin seuraaja! Liian paisunut kokonaisuus. Periaatteessa levyllä on hyviä biisejä mutta ne kyllä hukkuu kaiken muun joukkoon. 3/5

Ok

Obwohl das Album monoton klingt, kann ich keinen richtigen „Albumfluss“ raushören. Hört sich überwiegend an wie Tankstellenmusik, aber gute Tankstellenmusik. Lindsey Buckingham hat eine geile Stimme. Songs, die es in meine Mediathek geschafft haben: - That‘s All For Everyone (hätte ein gutes Outro sein können) - Sisters of the Moon (sehr gut) Sind zwar 3 Sterne, für mich aber eig eher was zwischen 2 und 3 Sternen.

Not bad. Bonne trame de fond 6.5/10

Really good background jazz

I think the impact of the experimental nature of many of the songs is lost to the years. Album is a bit disjointed, and not as good a Rumours from this band

Not sure I like the sparse sound of this album. Doesn't really sound like Fleetwood Mac to me. Sara is a great song. And I have no idea how Tusk became a hit. What a weird song/arrangement/instrumentation/style etc. So strange.

We just released the BEST pop album of all-time. Let’s follow it up with… 1) Lofi ballads sung by the ladies 2) Buckingham’s obsession with making Fleetwood play weirdly militaristic drums? 3) other minimalistic little diddies. Don’t get me wrong, tracks like Over & Over, Sara, Angel blew me away. But this is one of the most infamous left turns in pop music history, they get credit for the bravery it took to halt the Rumours momentum. RIP Christine McVie, the far superior female talent in the band.

The production is really late 70s/early 80s but it still sounds good on the 2015 Remaster. (btw... curse Spotify and/or the labels for replacing the original mixes with endless remasters) As usual, I like the Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks numbers and loathe anything by Buckingham. All in all, for a Fleetwood Mac album I find this one more tolerable than the others. I might even say I liked it.

Pretty fun album, appreciated that energy while driving home from the airport at 2am 3.5/5

a good "buffalo grill" soundtrack x)

The album coming after Rumours... does it live up to the hype? Nah but it's alright.

This one is a high 3. Why isn’t the scale out of ten you may ask? Good fucking question. It’s not inherently my cup of tea, however, it grew on me. It was clear that cocaine was an inspiration on half of these tracks. I appreciate the variety, which i did not at first. Overall solid album. Will keep some tracks around.

I liked it, but not as much as rumors. I did like the energy it has

Good but slow. Rainy day album #43.

Listened at low volume while having a steak on the deck the night before Stoic's surgery. Not paying particular attention to the music but the weather was a perfect fall day, a nice counterpoint to our anxiety about the procedure.

Bom, mas Fleetwood Mac. tem álbuns melhores. Nenhum grande diferencial desse.