Reviews (page 12 of 14)
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 like Fleetwood Mac a lot and this is a very good album. I remember when it was released and hearing some of their fans grumble a bit about the title track, which I liked a lot back then and really love now, and looking back I realize how much those fans were probably bummed this album was very different from "Rumours". I get it, but I'm really glad Fleetwood Mac kept evolving and experimenting.
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.
There were some songs I liked on this album. It was a little slow moving to listen all the way through. The songs were slow tempo with basic beats. I think that as I continue to listen, the songs may grow on me.
Pretty weak for Fleetwood Mac
Fucking perfection
Boring tbh
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
Not their best effort.... and they made it into a double album??? Obviously the songwriting was influenced by powder... I really struggle with this album, with 20 tracks and only 1 I liked, Sara. Least liked, The Ledge.
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.
Længere og væsentligt mere rodet version af RUMOURS, og det lyder måske som kritik men RUMOURS er en 10/10 kæmpebanger så det er faktisk også en god ting at være en være en værre version af den
Yndlings Fleetwood Mac plade tror jeg! Kæmpe stort. Titelnummeret bliver brugt MEGET godt i The Americans piloten.
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Fleetwood Mac is great! Not as great as Rumors, but still great
# 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
I'm a big Fleetwood Mac fan and this is definitely one of their great albums. It has so many incredible songs on it and it's one I listen to fairly often. It doesn't seem that wild to me, so it's funny to read some of the dialogue around when it came out. It would have been great to hear it when it was released because I can see how it would be a bigger shock at the time compared to Rumours. I really love this one, it's a 5/5 for me. Standout Tracks: Over & Over, The Ledge, Think About Me, Sara, What Makes You Think You're the One, Storms, That's All for Everyone, That's Enough for Me, Never Make Me Cry, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Honey Hi, Beautiful Child, Walk a Thin Line, Tusk, Never Forget
stevie nicks is a queen & the other singers suck. only really vibing when she comes on. there's some real stinkers on this album.
Great album!
Surullinen Rumourssin seuraaja! Liian paisunut kokonaisuus. Periaatteessa levyllä on hyviä biisejä mutta ne kyllä hukkuu kaiken muun joukkoon. 3/5
Tykkäsin! Ei Rumours, mutta paljon hyvää.
Hyvä levy, mut ei ihan Rumoursin viiden tähden kermaa.
Still prefer Rumours
meh
A really good listen, although probably 3 or 4 songs too long. There's some of the classic Fleetwood Mac intertwined with the more experimental pieces, and it does work together as a whole package. I'd definitely put this on again. A low to mid 4 for me.
I really enjoyed this record. Fantastic production and some great songs. Favourite tracks: The Ledge, That's All for Everyone, Not That Funny, Tusk.
could tell that it wasn't all recorded together. three different people could have put out three albums. no real flow between them. still some good songs i'd never heard before. lots about love and its beginnings.
This album feels like a claustrophobic, experimental fever dream. I thought I loved Fleetwood Mac but maybe I just love Rumours. Some songs on this album are okay, but I ended up skipping the ends of a lot of them because they felt boring and same-y. I think this album still had a lot of elements that make Fleetwood Mac great, but it felt half-formed and needed a lot of songs edited out completely.
Good music, some good folk songs. Enjoyed the tempo and the free spirit of the songs with some meaningful ones in there
Not sure if this was an album i "needed to hear" before i die. Probably would have been better listening to a FM greatest hits compilation.
Chill and shaggy to listen to. A few catchy songs, but not amazing like Rumours.
Ok
Weird but good
I never care for McVie's lead vocals, every song she leads on I can't get into. Lindsey Buckingham continues his power lyrics and I enjoy them. This is by far my favorite album early on. I have always loved Rumours, so it's time I finally listened to Tusk. It doesn't hold that same high standard, but it is an enjoyable album. High 3/Low 4
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.
Wat een onboeiend album. Te lang, te saai, te weinig goede nummers. Af en toe wel goed.
Sadly a very forgettable record. The considerably better second half comes too late to save what it is an inoffensive but bland and overly long album. There are some nice tracks in amongst it all but moments of real interest are few and far between.
Not bad. Bonne trame de fond 6.5/10
While not Fleetwood Mac's best (that of course goes to Rumours), there's a lot to love on Tusk. I couldn't get quite as in to this album as I have with others, but it's certainly worth repeat listens.
Really good background jazz
It was always going to be tough to follow up Rumours Tusk does a pretty great job, with some absolutely gorgeous intimate tracks like Storms as well as some noisier and more experimental cuts. The lowest points are songs like Think About Me where it just sounds like Rumours Lite as well as the overall inconsistency that always comes with double albums like this, while the clear high point is the pounding title track (that I wish was a couple of minutes longer tbh)
the Stevie songs are good… that’s all I have to say
Oh my god, this album is boring. 19 boring songs, and Tusk. Wtf. Boring, boring, less boring, boring, MARCHING BAND. Before today, if you asked me if I liked Fleetwood Mac, I would have said a resounding yes. Now I'd have to say "Mostly"
Tusk is a great album, but it suffered from being the follow up to Rumors, and I think gets overlooked. Does have one of my favorite Stevie songs on here, Sara.
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
Really enjoyed this one. “That’s all for everyone” and “tusk” stood out as my favorites in an overall great album. A couple of clunkers in the middle of this pretty long album keep it from scoring a 5.
Audible sigh… Hard to give a constructive review. This is just not my jam. Maybe what yuppies listened to at the time?
Quiet and nice. Not a best of
What a mediocre album, I'm surprised it even made this list! I've heard Tusk before, but never in a critical capacity and I was hopeful there was something I had missed the first time around, but no. The album is just so bland and boring to me, beyond the standout song "Tusk" and maybe "Sara" and "Storms." Otherwise, it's just a long, lame, snore. Maybe I have a higher standard for Fleetwood Mac because of Rumours, but regardless this album just ain't worth another listen.
Standouts: Sara, Storms, Sisters of the Moon, Tusk
a good "buffalo grill" soundtrack x)
Can’t go wrong with Fleetwood Mac. This is my third consecutive 4 star rating, I’m gonna start being a little more critical.
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.
fajne
When I first heard Tusk (the song) a few years ago I had to stop what I was doing and just listen. Perhaps unsurprisingly there was nothing else on the album even close to that, but I was still a little disappointed. Ignoring my expectations though the album still qualifies for a 5 with the standards I’ve been using so far. Favourite song besides Tusk was That’s All For Everyone.
4.25
I liked it, but not as much as rumors. I did like the energy it has
Enjoyed this a lot!
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.
My fave of the big lineup. Lindsey's album tracks are great. Sister Moon is the best Nicks tune IMO. Christine has some good ones as well. There are a few clunkers for sure. It's not the White Album or Exile but all four sides are worth listening
Pretty good. La segunda mitad es mejor, creo. 3 1/2
Not as good as Rumours. Didn’t really enjoy this one at all.
Bom, mas Fleetwood Mac. tem álbuns melhores. Nenhum grande diferencial desse.
4
I don't think I'd listen to this on purpose. Lacks the drama of rumors.
I've found it a bland and uninteresting record, and overly long. A single album with max. 40 minutes would've been more than enough. I usually like pop-rock, and experimental rock from the 1970s but I can't hear the appeal of this album by Fleetwood Mac.
They make it look easy.
This album puts the zZzZz in easy listening.
Fleetwood Mac, where do I start. Two of my all time favourite musicians, and a good band. So what happened here? The critics panned this album when it was released and quite frankly I can see why. The only thing is it does contain one of my favourite Mac tracks, that being the title track Tusk, which drags it up to a mediocre 2.
Thank you to 1,001 albums for making me play me this again after a very long time. Whenever I feel in a Fleetwood Mac mood I do the obvious and put Rumours on. I was put off this album before as it lacked the unique edge of Rumours. I also hated so many of the Lindsey Buckingham lead songs on Tusk. Listening with fresh ears today, there is so many beautiful moments on this album. Stevie Nicks is just sublime. Beautiful Child and Sisters of the Moon in particular are just stunning and dreamy. But Buckingham’s songs are mainly so deliberately quirky and self-indulgent. They spoil the whole mood of the album. He is a brilliant guitarist. Mesmerising to watch. He has written and sung some great songs, but on Tusk it seems like he was too hell bent on trying to be different. In these modern times of listening to music streamed from my iPhone the problem is easily solved. By adding 14 of the 20 tracks (a few of Buckingham’s survived the cull), I now have a stunning (shorter) version of this album ready to play when I’m feeling in a Radio 2 Sunday Morning kind of mood. Which is increasingly often these days. My personal short version of the album is worthy of 5 stars, but I’d best rate your full version so it has to lose a star for Lindsey’s attempts to swim against the tide.
As a band responsible for a couple of the my most hated albums of all time, I thought I'd give it a go. Daunted by it being a double album too. On the plus side according to the write up it was influenced by post punk. If you like post punk sounding like Fleetwood Mac then this is your bag. Unfortunately it isn't either. Certainly reined in some of the elements that make me want to vomit. So due to the fact it is far superior to Rumours because of the above. Edit, still sitting here after what feels like 32 hours and the tedium of this record is really starting to piss me off, so scratch my previous attempt at praise or appreciation of their collective talents blah blah blah. It's getting a low 1 just because it isn't Rumours.
Great album - difficult follow up to Rumours
novi biser
first time listening
That was difficult to get through. Never been a massive Mac fan but could appreciate Rumours. This felt like their White Album, immediately following up a great album with a maraudering stumble through different sounds that just goes on too long. 2.5*
It's nice enough, but I'm 5 songs in and it's not really popped yet, it's just kind of floated along. Ok I'm now 8 songs in and it still hasn't - it's so stripped back and barely there. Surely this can't keep up for the whole album...? Ok I've finished it, and it kind of did. I'm not mad Fleetwood Mac, I'm just disappointed. You have some banging tunes, did you forget to put any on here? The album cover is rubbish as well. 2.5 rounded down.
kinda crap, didn't hear a single song I'd recommend and thought more of the songs seemed to edge toward the folk angle than their bigger hits which are much more listenable
Album 175 of 1001 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Rating : 4 / 5 Favorite Track : Sara This was a better album than I had remembered. Was ready to pan it a bit, but found that it was a pretty fine listen. The hits didn't come pouring out like on Rumours, of course, but still a fine album.
Didn't like this one as much as I did Rumours. Some really odd tracks here, really distinctive drumming on many tracks. My first time hearing "The Ledge" and I just didn't get it...
This album alternates between the stupidest song I've ever heard and the greatest song I've ever heard. Despite some songs' success in exploring interesting guitar sounds and song structures, Tusk feels like an exercise in keeping up with musical trends rather than the band putting their best foot forward. Notable Tracks: Think About Me Sisters of the Moon Beautiful Child
Kinda nice but feels entirely like a "soundtrack to an 80s throwaway 6/10 romcom set in Ohio". Every track lacks any emotion in the instrumentation. Most tracks lack emotion in the voice, too, except 'Storms'. Just feels too capitalistic and shallow, constructed from beginning to end to be a summer "feel-good" hit. Production is sort of pathetic, too. If they were trying for radio music to play in the car, then The Doors did a better job before them. Maybe if I wasn't American I'd like it more for the novelty. Can't help but feel like if I was listening to this in the car, I'd be thinking of 101 artists I'd rather listen to than this [speaking of which, Beach Boys' Pet Sounds is this album but better in literally every way except voice variety]. It's not bad, just not human. Okay, this album goes on for an atrociously long time. I'm *still* listening to it an hour later. It was for the first few songs a 6/10, then a 5, then a 4, now it might actually be 3. The production on the song 'Tusk' is actually irritating. I'm bored and now irritated. I can think of 100 albums that deserve to be on this list more than this album. Definitely think there's some bias going on here because it's Fleetwood Mac. 'Never Forget' is the perfect ending for this album in that it perfectly encapsulates the complete void of humanity in this album. An alien or ChatGPT could mimic feel-good emotional music better than this.
Classic Fleetwood Mac
This album is WEIRD and I dig it! If Rumours is about breaking up, this album is like the awkward stage after the breakup where you still have to live together because you’re both on the lease and everything is uncomfortable and tense and sad; you can practically taste the coke on some of these songs.
Hacky, plunky, meandering ideas without much substance. Most songs are drum heavy with buried vocal tracks and not much else going for them. Feels very self indulgent - very Lindsay Buckingham self indulgent (impossible to ignore his fingerprints are all over this). Best unlauded song on this entirely too long collection is Honey Hi (I’ve always preferred McVie to Nicks). Song with the most unrealized potential is Angel which is missing a proper, memorable chorus. Best commercial single is Sara, not the eponymous Tusk. If this is truly on the list of 1,001 albums before I die, it’s “Not That Funny.” Listening to this album “Over & Over” would send me off “The Ledge” and “I Know I’m Not Wrong.”
Pretty solid
Not as good as Rumours, but still fine
Maggot Brain: awesome epic loved it, added it CYGTT: fine just fine Hit it quit it: getting better but just not a fav And your folks…: not memorable at all Super Stupid : fun, added Back in our minds : ugh Wars of Armageddon : crying babies?? Overall: 3 Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Honestly really good. Less stand out tracks than “Rumours” but more consistent in quality. Towards the end it veered off a bit - kind of to be expected in such a long album. But I liked it.
4.5
How could a band ever follow up Rumours? Tusk doesn't quite exceed expectations but it's still quite good. Standouts include Over And Over, The Ledge, Sara, Sisters Of The Moon, Angel, Tusk, and Never Forget.
While the predecessing album, Rumours, may have been one of the easiest 5-star ratings on this list, I'm not quite as sold on Tusk. With a massive selection of 20 titles, less might have been more, cutting down on some of the less effective tracks or possibly splitting the double album into two distinct albums, a more experimental one and a more straightforward one. In that case, the more straightforward one would be my preference. The more conventional rock structure of the Stevie Nicks songs (Sara, Sisters Of The Moon, Angel) were definitely my favorites on Tusk. On the other hand, the more sparse yet jagged Buckingham arrangements just don't do as much for me. Maybe I'll just re-listen Rumours or Stevie Nicks' solo material after this.
Pop. Al principio le iba a poner un 4, pero luego ha habido tantas canciones lentas, que un 3.
Sara. El disco bonito pero rollo.
On sent la volonté de faire un album «total», avec différents styles et plusieurs instruments. Certaines chansons m’ont beaucoup plu, dans une symbiose tout à fait naturelle, la musique coulait. D’autres m'ont fait décrocher, dans une sensation de fouillis à force de vouloir tout inclure.
A great album, if not quite as incredible as Rumours.
Can't be doing with this mob
OK not great.
Never listened to this full album before and I enjoyed it overall.
Bit mild for a great band
Some okay songs, but it was too long and faded into the background.
If you remove all the Lindsey Buckingham songs (maybe excepting the title song and "That's All for Everyone") it's a decent album. His songs are unlistenable though and they are almost half the album.
i like fleetwood mac, but there were only a few songs on here that i would return to
Uneventful
You can make a great album without needing to follow it up with an even better album. Sara and Think About Me carry a lot of the classic sounds from Rumours. This is a good album.
What an interesting band. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are the namesakes of the band, have the only continuity across the various incarnations of the band... but essentially bring in 3 songwriters to write and (mostly) individually sing 20 songs for an album. It's a really cool departure from Rumors, a lot more experimental, and definitely not uniform... each of the 3 song writers really has their own vibe. This variety helps over the course of the long album and all the songs are approachable, with quite a few standing out (Sisters of the Moon, Angel, Sara, Storms, Tusk). Very cool.
Classic full of good.
I liked the dog on the album cover and the production seemed pretty good. That's about it I'm afraid. This was airy-fairy-later-70s pap with no real substance to it. I didn't like Rumours much at all and if that was Fleetwood Mac's high point, then there's no way I'm going to like this mess. It feels like Rumours again, but just the filler songs and none of the hits. It all breezes along in a jangly, bright manner, with people singing nicely and lots of instruments playing pleasantly in the background. God it's boring - almost like a parody of indulgent 70s pop/ rock. I also found it quite amazing that a band could put out 100 minutes of tedium with not a single stand out track from start to finish. In itself that is some accomplishment. I half recognised the title track, second from the end, but then it faded into the background noise again. Pretty easy to rate - it's not dire enough for a 1-star rating and I could even imagine having this on in the background of a long car journey, or when trying to get to sleep. 2-stars for elevator music seems fair enough.
Me gustó
One of the most underrated Fleetwood Mac albums. Lindsey deserves a huge apology from WB.
Nicely melodic and well sung.
Classic.. really nice
So after the success of Rumours, Fleetwood Mac resolved to make their next album sound nothing like it.
Better than Rumors. One of my favorite albums OF ALL TIME!
The best songs on here are dreamy and chill with Christie McVie & (obvs) Stevie Nicks vocals and her distinctive melodic phrasing.supported by spacey textures, and the bass carrying a lot of the music forward (Over & Over, Sara, Storms, Brown Eyes) or other SN-led songs with a more full chugging along on a groove rock-sound (Angel, Sisters of the Moon). They're experimenting with a lot of other stuff (sounds, tones, genres, instrumentation): there's a Stevie Wonder-style clavinet sound (The Ledge), generic 80s arena rock sound (Thing about me, walk a thin line), 70s country-rock sound (save me a place, that's all for everyone and the synthy I know I'm not wrong, honey hi), some devo-sounding synthy stuff (not that funny). There's some interesting guitar work (messing with reverse tape effects, volume swells and stuff) like on What makes you think you're the one? but the song is too Elton-John mashing a piano in 4/4 staccato to be interesting. Again, best stuff is when the guitar is drenched in reverb nicely compressed, sitting alongside SN vocals. Lots of songs on here - nothing as stand out as their greatest hits and a fair bit of filler - but the best songs highlight the best aspects of the band.
really good album, except for the length. songs that had the potential to stand out became blurred with the rest, there are some top, top tracks on here though that are basically the best i've heard from fleetwood mac, j wish it was a little shorter. Rating - 7.1 Favs - Think About Me - The Ledge - Sara
Admittedly Rumours was a hard act to follow, but this was a real disappointment. Mediocre at best - absolutely no sign of the past promise. I hated it at the time and hate it more now. The title song is the best effort. It makes me cross just listening to this. I can't bear it.
Not as good or catchy as Rumours, but similar.
It’s not rumours but it’s still fleetwood Max so still great
I tend to like the Lindsay Buckingham songs best. My favorite is Not That Funny, I Know I’m Not Wrong and of course, Tusk. The Christine McVie stuff is mostly too mellow for me. Lovely songs - just too mellow. Exception: Brown Eyes. Of course, John McVie’s bass lines are impeccable. Having Peter Green on guitar doesn’t hurt. Stevie Nicks seems to be less of a presence on this album. They played the crap out of Sara on the radio but Angel is her standout track on this album. Buckingham and McVie dominate this album. In retrospect, I can see why they got together and toured later. It’s a departure from Rumours but in the end it can’t recapture the magic. If Rumours is a “5”, this has to be a “4”
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Enjoyable but doesn’t evoke the same emotion as their other albums 7/10
One good song
8/10
beautiful and I love fleetwood mac. despite its length it does not drag much at all. features beautiful songwriting and performances from every member. truly part of the holy trinity of fleetwood mac albums. best tracks: tusk, sara, storms
What a band could do after its magnus opus? Some of them try to (unsuccessfully) copy themselves to release a second part, others try to rebel against their previous success. Fleetwood Mac had another plans. This album, for some reason (besides its length) reminded me of London Calling. I think of it as a journey. Some songs are great, others not so much, but all of them share an unique DNA. Good stuff
Liked most, already liked Sara and Sisters of the Moon, recognised Tusk, liked Beautiful Child. Some songs didn’t flow well together in the album. Between 4 and 5.
The White album for Fleetwood Mac but not as good
its no rumors, but its got some moments
Coming on the heels of Fleetwood Mac and Rumors, one would have hoped that Fleetwood Mac would put out another masterpiece. Perhaps that was too much to ask. Whether it was because of the fractures in the band that had created the incredible Rumors had abated and there was a loss of creative tension, or they simply didn't care, Tusk was not the follow up we would have hoped for. Angel and Sara are quintessential Stevie Nicks songs but come across as outtakes from Rumors. Her solo album Bella Donna, released two years later, showed more growth musically. The song Tusk is so silly, especially the marching band accompaniment, that it borders on inaccessible. Everything else is dull and uninspired. Tusk is also a 2 LP record. This is an example of where more is less. It's bloated with mostly second rate (by Fleetwood Mac standards) songs. I can still remember the collective yawn that accompanied this release. 1979 was the year punk and new wave broke out, disco was everywhere, and rap and hip hop emerging. Fleetwood Mac's response was to phone it in.
A grower that’s substantial enough to give you time to grow. The second half in particular is sublime. Loved revisiting this record of my childhood.
It's not exactly Rumours level of an album. I would be fine if this wasn't on the 1001 album list. It's alright, a little bit too long.
Si está bueno, me gusta, pero demasiado lento de repente. Me costó trabajo terminar de escucharlo o saber que ya estaba en otra canción.
Good album.not as good as rumours obvs.
Amazing, love it, always going to love it
A rather alienating follow up to “Rumours”, heavily influenced by the post-punk popularity surrounding the period of recording. It’s experimental and almost disjointed nature IS however what makes this album stand out as a whole.
I’ve always loved this album, that’s all for everyone is probably one of my favorite songs of theirs.
I wonder how many people say "rumors is better" Cause it's true. This had some fun to it and I prefer the Stevie songs. What am I supposed to do with tusk itself though? Listen to only that song at burning man?
Good in parts
beautiful looking forward to rumors more now. Every song felt like a dream and its own world just to fall through into
Woof. With how good Rumors is, i was excited to get this, but man this was not good. Dragged on forever without ever landing. Half the songs sounds half finished, others sounds like cheesy. Only enjoyed like 2 songs out of 20
Meh, skuffande
3.5/5
4++/5
Honestly really fantastic. I've always written them off a bit as too boomer-y, mostly because of their fanbase I think but there's a ton of cool stuff on here. Really varied while still feeling cohesive.
I know this is an unpopular opinion but I absolutely love this record The other folks in my listening group didn't love it as much and noted they esp didn't like "Not That Funny" When I finally made it through to Not That Funny, even with their criticisms in my head I still love it - I love the way Lindsay is just SMASHING the guitar strings and you can hear them banging around all over the place, I love the pre-chorus, I love the melodic instrumental chorus part, I love the crazy noisey ‘breakdown’/fall-apart section at the end… love this tune, though I will admit the weird vocal delivery of the “…not that funny is it?” line is a bit ridiculous I was dreading the day this one came up - this is actually my favourite FM record. The tremendous accomplishment of Rumours is impossible to ignore, and it is “better” in almost every way, but this one feels more experimental and raw to me. I feel a lot when I put this in haha. I know though that this is a VERY minority opinion and I will try not to take offence when you guys shit all over it haha I understand its many faults. Christine Mcvie’s writing is top tier on this one though. Honey Hi as a great example I think what a lot of people hate about this record is that Lindsay Buckingham was kind of off the deep end and his songs are just weird. Everyone was expecting another The Chain but they got The Ledge haha which I personally love but is way off track from where he was on rumours. Stevie has some great tracks here also - Sisters Of The Moon is one of her best ever. I actually kind of took it hard when Christine McVie died recently. I went on a huge binge and hardly listened to anything else for a while. When I first got into FM I thought Stevie Nicks was the greatest thing in the world, and then I was in love with Lindsay’s incredible guitar work and strange but brilliant songwriting. But eventually I came around to realize actually all my favourite FM tracks were Christine’s. Her songwriting is so incredible and her songs smack me in the face every time I hear them. As celebrated as she is I think she is vastly underrated in the pop music pantheon I forgot this was the record that has Think About Me -> I’ve worked up an acoustic version of this one. For reals I FUCKING LOVE this song. I know the bass line is bordering on disco but they pull it off. The pairing of Lindsay and Christine is a theme in Rumours/Tusk/Mirage era and they tried to duplicate it with a pair-up record post-FM-breakup but it didn’t work out as well - prob they were just too old
I think reviews are exhausted on this album. Not Rumours, hard to follow up that one
How does a band follow up an album such as Rumours? Well, not with this flatulence. As someone who bought Tusk when it was released and forced myself to play the whole thing more than once before getting rid of it, I am unsurprised to find that it has not improved with age. Stevie Nicks voice is a pastiche of Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie appears to have forgotten how talented she was, and the less said about Mick Fleetwood's by the numbers drumming the better. There is an excellent EP trying to escape from the turgid mediocrity: Sisters of the Moon; Sara; Tusk and (maybe) Beautiful Child, those tracks alone merit the two stars. The less said about the rest the better.
There are some fantastic songs on here, especially the ones where Christine McVie leads. The title song is excellent. Not as consistently hit-filled as Rumors, but still a five star album
Can't bring myself to listen to Fleetwood Mac voluntarily. Nauseating bunch.
I'm sure it's been said a million times here - there's a 5 star single album in here, that was swamped out by the self-indulgence of going for a double album. When it's good, it's right there with Rumours. But wow so many of the Lindsay tracks are just epic trash. Horrible, horrible. Everyone was yakked out AF here but apparently he just totally cracked. What the fuck man. Well, at least it's a much better streaming album than it is vinyl. Much easier to skip the garbage here. Still, just can't bring myself to put it at 4.
oh my god, this album was awesome. it was so gentle and nostalgic, it felt like relaxing in nature by the campfire during a warm, humid evening - reminds me of west virginia, but nice. fireflies out. and stevie nicks' voice is seriously heavenly...
Cocaine.
Hadn’t listened to this Fleetwood Mac album before
Uninspired follow-up to 'Rumors'. 20 tracks is too much, especially with so many underdeveloped tracks. They sound like a garage band at times!
It’s easy to see why Fleetwood Mac has had a resurgence and become popular with younger people. I had never heard this whole album before, but it’s so good.
More interesting in some ways than Rumours; a greater variety in songwriting and composition, but uneven in parts.
It was okay. Not something I'd replay probably. Stevie Nicks sure does have a pretty voice though. Thought it was cool that it was my birthyear. There were some songs that were decent. 2 stars
Pretty good
I was wondering when we'd get a Fleetwood Mac album. I've never been a fan, but I want to give them a fair shake, so here we go... Right off the bat, I see I'm going to be fighting an uphill battle. Not stoked that this is a double album, and starting it with "Over & Over" is nuts. This track's got "buried in the middle of the album when your audience feels too invested to turn it off" written all over it. One would think they'd want to pull in the audience with a track with a quicker tempo and more personality. It appears the entire first side of the first album was similarly lethargic. "Sara" is the closest thing to interesting, and unsurprisingly, it's the first Stevie Nicks song. Still not great, though. Moving on to side two... ...Which wasn't really any better. But hey, things at least picked up a bit on side three and side four. Well, it looks like if there's a Fleetwood album that's going to change my opinion of them, this isn't it. I was pleasantly surprised by "Tusk," which was very familiar to me, at least in part. My high school marching band played it quite a bit; I had no idea it was a Fleetwood Mac song, but the inclusion of the USC marching band on the track was inspired. Other than that, the only thing I truly enjoyed was lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Sadly, there weren't a ton of uptempo tracks on this album, so he didn't get much time in the spotlight, which seems like a waste of his talent. I'll give this a 2.5.
Although none of their mega hits appear on this album, it's still Fleetwood Mac. Beautifully written & performed, this was an enjoyable listen. Sara & Tusk are my favorites with new tracks added to my liked songs. What a band. 4 stars.
3.8 I mean they were never gonna top Rumours but this is a pretty decent stab at just experimenting and seeing what they can come up with Fave songs: Sara, Sister of the moon, That's enough for me,
Tusk - the song - is great. Innovative, catchy, musically simple but fascinating. The rest of the album is just sort of nicely bland . It's 1979, there's lots going on in punk, funk, disco and garage rock, but Fleetwood Mac aim squarely at middle of the road adult rock.
Fleetwood Mac's White Album. People get it wrong when they refer to Rumours as a break-up album. Rumours is a BREAKING up album. Tusk is the true break-up album. While Rumours infamously details couples within the band breaking apart, Tusk showcases the aftermath. If you're Lindsey Buckingham, you drive yourself to the point of giving yourself a haircut with freaking nail scissors. Christine McVie chose to rebound with Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, while Stevie Nicks sought comfort in the arms of Eagles drummer & lead singer Don Henley. Mick Fleetwood apparently played most of his drums on a box of Kleenex. Poor John McVie thought the album sounded like it was done by three solo artists. He's not wrong. Most of Lindsey's songs sound like he's the only one in the room, which apparently is true. The one thing everyone could agree on is that there could never be too much cocaine, enough that compels one of the band's founding members to use a Kleenex box for drums. Stevie writes a song about an aborted child fathered by Henley, and it becomes one of the most majestic and beautiful songs she's ever written. There's actually a version of this album called the Alternate Tusk with different takes of every song that I actually prefer to the original version (especially the aforementioned Stevie, which actually sounds better longer, the version where she starts out by saying, "I want to be a STAR! I don't want to be a cleaning lady"). If you really want to get inside Lindsey's head, there are something like ten different versions of the title track on the Deluxe version of this album, which also includes all of those alternate versions available on the Alternate Tusk. I'm glad this is the direction Lindsey pushed the band to go in after Rumours made them the second biggest band in the world behind Henley's Eagles. They were never going to duplicate the success or sound of Rumours anyway. After all, the couples had already broken up. The only thing left to do was put the actual break-up down on vinyl. Personally, I barely remember my life before this album. I was nine-years old when it was released, and I'd spend countless hours listening to it (usually sides 3 and 4). So in many ways, I prefer this to Rumours. For whatever reason, the was always magic in the chemistry of the five members in the "classic" lineup of Fleetwood Mac. It didn't matter if they were breaking up or broken up.
Never listened to Fleetwood Mac but I am pleasantly surprised. Really have no complaints about this album, it beautiful folky sound is right up my alley and the songs are perfectly concise for a double album, not to mention the gorgeous vocals. The only thing I would wish for is some more songs that experiment a little like the title track, but nevertheless a delightful listen.
How to follow Rumours, one of the greatest albums of all time? Well, put together a double album with a load of random songs and sounds including a marching band and produce something so different it's still a fantastic piece of work. An eminent music journalist in the UK said there is never a time when listening to Tusk is wrong. He's absolutely right. Some incredible songs. It's just not Rumours. But nothing is Rumours. Listen to Tusk. Take it all in.
Gave this one two listens, as the first was while driving and I couldn’t hear everything as closely as I would have liked. I was thinking three stars at the time, but a few songs grabbed my attention and made me want to give it a closer listen. So, got home and spun the vinyl (inherited from Anita’s mom) and I’m glad I did. This is a solid record with some lovely songs beyond the great “Tusk.” I anticipate more listens in the future.
This could be another band’s best album, but against Fleetwood Mac’s best, this is just a very good album.
This album is more a vibe than anything else. It's like it doesn't have any individual songs. It's certainly no Rumours.
Nothing special in my opinion. Guess it's a guarantee we're going to run into 'Rumours' at some point if this is on the list.
Well it's no rumors. I'm going to sound like a broken record but this album is again too long. I think there is a very good album here but it's bogged down by it's long running time. Tusk and Storm are great tracks to name a few. I just can't recommend listening to the whole album instead of just cherry picking your favourites.
Good stuff, but I didn't know any of the songs.
I 100% didn't give this the attentive listen that I should have. I saw Fleetwood Mac and got super excited to listen to Rumors and tuned out when it wasn't that.
Honestly a bit underwhelming, I've tried to get through this album a few times in the past. There's some really amazing songs, but overall think it's a bit too long without the substance. Clearly an unpopular opinion though considering this albums lore. Not sure I'll enjoy anything more than Rumours.
Sprawling but great.
Lots of what I don't like about Fleetwood Mac. Simple pretty breezy tunes that don't go anywhere. All the elements of the songs are top notch, they just come together into something that feels nearly soulless. The songs with some interest, like the eponymous Tusk, aren't enough to support the whole album. All of that said, kudos to them for making the exact album they wanted to just because they could. That's cool. 2.5 rounding up for the 0 f*!#s given.
Not for me
This album was so unexpected for me in a good way! I don’t recognize any of their songs on this album even though Fleetwood Mac dominated the radios for so long, and I really like that. Such range on this album. Definitely will be listening to this multiple times.
Alright I guess, certainly isn't their Rumours album though.
Genres: Rock, pop rock, avant-pop, experimental rock Formed: London, England in 1967 Run time: 20 songs, 1 hour, 14 min It’s a very easy album to listen to. You know it’s Fleetwood Mac within a couple of seconds of starting a track. Track 5, “Sara” has over 65M plays on Spotify, whilst the least played tracks have less than 2M plays, which is still high. Eight singles were released from this double album. “That’s Enough for Me” has a twangy guitar backing that makes it feel like a Country song. “Brown Eyes” is sung by the ladies of the group and gives the song an ethereal sound. I didn’t enjoy this album as much as “Tango In The Night” but I will listen again to see if it grows on me. My Rating: ***
Decent, but I feel like I was wanting something more.
Some sweet and mostly short tracks on this eh. My highlights: The Ledge! Think About Me, and more.
Screw you Fleetwood Mac, made me listen to this ten hour nap of an album instead of getting to listen to the new Sparks album.
I guess there was bound to be some token adult contemporary on the list. For what it's worth, the musicianship is good, but man was I bored to tears. Two tears. 😢😢
A couple of decent songs early on. Just an overall boring and forgettable album
Nothing on this stood out as a great song, I only recognized the title track, and everything else was mediocre at best. Rumors is a far superior album, this as a follow-up is meh
some are very good, many not so much
Too long, but not too bad
soft
Decent offering by Fleetwood Mac, some well known greats such as Sara and Tusk and a new one to me; the absolute banger which is Sisters of the Moon. 3.5 stars.
Þessi er voða stór en að sama skapi ekki mjög eftirminnileg, og hef ég þó hlustað þrisvar. Sum Buckingham lögin eru mjög skringilega hljóðblönduð. Dansa helst við That's all for everyone, en heilt yfir er þetta fínt. - Hlusta kannski aftur síðar.
Pretty good album. Two really good songs: Sara and Tusk. It is not as good or consistent as Rumors.
Felt like a 3 different artist making their own collection of Rumours B-sides, and then those were cobbled together. Not offensive but not great either.
not ma hing, not bad, just not ma hing.
Great
well... album is not bad, but generally does not match with my taste. songs are quiet and good for relaxation but not for regular listening. tracks added: 3 fav track(s): the ledge, tusk 6.5/10
Wasn't a big fan of this one. Fleetwood Mac isn't really my speed
Not their best album, but it’s still Fleetwood Mac
This album reportedly cost well over a million dollars to make. At least a third of that probably went up Lindsey Buckingham's nose and it shows. Double albums are always the product of ego being mixed with a blank cheque and rarely does it actually produce two albums worth of songs. This is coked out excess about 6 years before it was popular.
Beautiful album
I realize that it's extremely difficult to follow up a great album with another great album. With that said, this is an hour plus of a double album that is not Rumors.
Some good songs, and plenty of songs I didn’t care about
Pretty fine southern rock
im sorry, but i don’t get it. i think that’s on me though.
A lot of weird stuff going on here. Too weird imo
I feel there are a number of songs on here that could use a lot more work or could have just been dropped, songs like "Honey Hi" and "Brown Eyes." If you're going to do a double album, make sure you have the material to stretch throughout. The Beatles did it for the White Album. But Fleetwood Mac aren't the Beatles. Even their noodling still can be crafted into songs. Honestly I thought "That's All For Everyone" was the end of the album. What a strange place to put the song, it has such a finality to it. I definitely would have cut out some tracks out of this, pared it down to at less than an hour. "Sisters of the Moon," for example is a DAMN good song and should have been touted more. This may be the "anti-Rumours" but that doesn't make it a good thing, necessarily.
This is a hard album to rate. It is so uneven and disjointed. Christine McVie's composed songs are boring and forgettable (except for Think About Me, and maybe Never Make Me Cry). Stevie Nicks' composed songs are far better - Sara, Sisters of the Moon, and Beautiful Child are particularly powerful, admirable songs and Angels is funky and cool. Nicks really shows she can bring it. Lindsay Buckingham's composed songs are so eclectic - he really went for some different sounds (maybe trying to capture what all the post-punks were doing) - but I enjoyed them quite a bit. Particularly The Ledge, What Makes You Think You're the One, Not That Funny (maybe my favorite), That's Enough for Me, I Know I'm Not Wrong (although at this point I realized he's sort of repeating the same sound across tracks), Walk a Thin Line (refreshingly different than his others). Others were just strange (That's all for Everyone, really going for something Brian Wilson experimental with the xylophone) and honestly I never understood what the big deal was behind the title track (not a big fan). At the end of it all, I wonder why they didn't just release 3 solo albums. There's barely any synergy, especially of vocals, on this album yet that's part of what made Rumours so good. Sure, they don't have to do the same thing over and over, but why not different sounds but with more collaboration and vocal harmonies? Those subtleties on Beautiful Child and Walk a Thin Line are awesome. It's just an up and down ride going through the album. Honestly, the first time through I didn't think it was that good - average. But on subsequent listens I found a lot of great songs - it's just that the album is so all over the place it's hard to get a feel for it at first. I really want to ding it for the lack of cohesion, but Nicks and Buckingham still do a lot of great things; Mick Fleetwood too in the background though it was hard for me to pick up on what John McVie was doing. So I guess a 4 (or just above 3.5) but not a 5 is about right.
Fleetwood Mac 👍
A very interesting album with some great songs. Probably overly long. It's not Rumours. 🤷
Admittedly I had high expectations for this album, and that is likely why I gave it such a low score. This album is all over the fucking place, smooth and sweet sometimes, manic and loud other times. I pretty sure there is a marching band on the song Tusk. Overall I didn't hate this, but I was confused and disappointed, especially after reading that this many people's favorite Fleetwood Mac Album. Maybe this deserves a few more listens to really appreciate it.
It is incredible that this is the same band that made Rumours.
This was no Rumors.
Not quite as good as Rumours, but still filled with some great tracks. Love the harmonies and consistent sound of the record. I also wish there were some more upbeat tracks.
I remember this being a bit of a let down after Rumours, but it's still strong
Pretty good, but it just reminds me of how incredible Rumours is. Makes me want to listen to that album over this one.
I like Rumours a lot, but Tusk is a big, dull dud. And to make matters worse, it's a double album. Why is it on this list? Some of the songs sounded like they might be going somewhere, but never did, and then some songs like "The Ledge" could have been good but the production was terrible. How could they release it sounding like that?
This was a good album, but for better or worse this came up only 3 days after Rumours came up on my list. Tusk is nearly twice as long, but not as good in my opinion. There were some very good tracks in here, but a few tracks that seemed a little filler-ish and just got tuned out. However the good tracks were dotted throughout the album, so they ended up drawing my attention back to it. Definitely a very good record, but Rumours still takes the cake, and I'm eager to see how the other albums shape up in comparison, cause I'm sure there are still a few more Fleetwood Mac albums yet to come before my list is done. Favourite: Sisters of the Moon
noice
I'm not getting the hype. It's the most expensive rock album made at the time, and i can't hear where that is. The critics have said it's not so much an album but a collection of songs, but for me that's an issue as I don't hear much cohesion while listening. The song writing is mixed between the members and to me that means the album doesn't flow. As for the tunes they are OK, but nothing wowed me.
To follow up Rumours was already a daunting task with a lot of pressure to release a strong record. They didn't want a Rumours 2, so they tried and went the other way a bit. The result holds some very strong songs, though also some unmemorable ones, mostly the Buckingham, cocaine induced ones. Still the record was enjoyable, albeit a bit long. 7 out of 10
Great album with lots of variety between the members of Fleetwood Mac. The double album structure can be overbearing as one sitting, but it gives Lindsey, Stevie, and Christine each ample time in the spotlight. Personally, I prefer Christine's cuts on this album the most, particularly the absolutely beautiful opener Over and Over. Stevie's highlight moment is Sisters of the Moon, and while Lindsey's more upbeat songs borderline between classy and kitschy, the title track that he wrote is one of my favorites. Definitely some fat I would like to trim from this album, but I agree with the general consensus that you can get a satisfying experience from listening to this as 3 almost solo records.
billiards playing music
Good listening. Not as engrossing as other albums from them
A bit too long. 3.5/5
Classic FLeetwood Mac...but a bit of a let down from Rumors
Fleetwood Mac as always with some quality songs and overall very good album. The titular song was straight away one of my favourite, original composition, I have never heard anything like this before. Definitely an album that I would like to come back to in the future.
Good, may grow on me.
It was fine
over and over is a jam
Really enjoyed this. Incredible as always
After Rumours, the Mystery to Me I wasn't terribly impressed with the direction of Tusk.
I thought this album was a bit too long and unfocused, but the overall sound was really nice as background music. I was going to give it a 3 or 4, but Elliott accidentally hit 5 when he meant to give it a 2 so I’m balancing it out lmao.
There are just enough good songs on here for a solid EP, but this album is an overlong mess, and it commits the cardinal sin of art by being boring.
I read the wiki on this one and read, "You got that sweetness [from Nicks and McVie] and me as the complete nutcase," Buckingham observed. "That's what makes us Fleetwood Mac." .. so I was expecting some wild tunes, but this was the most docile album I've heard in a while. I really like Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks' voice is amazing. I could listen to this album at just about anytime.
Very average indeed
One of my favourite Fleetwood Mac albums Saved tracks: Sara, Storms, Sisters of the Moon, Beautiful Child, Tusk
Musica ritmata e tranquilla. Ascoltabe ma niente di memorabile
Apart from a few tracks such as "Sara" and the quirky "Tusk", I thought that this was a pretty lacklustre album, certainly not as good as "Rumours".
I'm not such a huge fan, but it's ok
Pretty good but not their best.
Harsh conditions gave Fleetwood Mac Rumours, Rumours begat Tusk, some forty years ago that album reaches my ears in less-than-ideal environs. The opening one-two is as surprising - and good - as I've ever heard from the band. Everything else is too inconsistent to do anything but expect to grow. The organs stick out now, guiding my ear to expected pop territory. At length, neither challenging nor dragging: Nice.
Tusk is Fleetwood Mac's 12th studio album, and the one that came directly after the phenomenal record "Rumours". Bearing that in mind, the same kind of thing happened to Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd (it directly followed a stellar album, and paled in comparison, because it was held to the same lofty standards as its predecessor). Going into the recording of Tusk, the band decided that they wanted this record to sound in no way like its predecessor. They didn't want to get stick in a rut of just regurgitating similar ideas for easy sales. They also decided they wanted Tusk to be a double album. Lindsey Buckingham, the bands lead guitarist and co-singer was in love with the post punk movement that was taking place at the time, especially with bands like Talking Heads. He wanted Fleetwood Mac to stay current in the music world, so pushed the band to experiment more with these types of sounds and styles. What this all led to was a VERY different sounding Fleetwood Mac. I think that caught a lot of people off guard, and led to the album flopping, but if you can listen to this album, and forget all your preconceived notions of what Fleetwood Mac should sound like, you can certainly see a few "diamonds in the rough" so to speak on this record. I think the song Tusk is the weirdest of the bunch, with the inclusion of a marching band as background music. Overall, a great record today. Don't get me wrong, Rumours is Fleetwood Mac's golden album, but this is still an excellent record all the same. Will definately listen again. Favourite songs: Sisters of the Moon, Angel, Think About Me, That's Enough For Me, Storms, What Makes You Think You're the One, Sara, The Ledge, Over & Over, Tusk Least favourite songs: Brown Eyes, Walk a Thin Line, Not That Funny 4/5
Not enough quality for a single album put into a double album. Not my favourite you may guess.
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Love it! The Ledge and Tusk are bangers and I enjoyed the entire sound of the whole album.
I expected to like this one a lot more than I did.
Good album but a bit long and slow in parts
Not my favorite Fleetwood album, but still good
The massive variety of songs and musical styles makes the tension in the band at the time crystal clear.
A few decent tracks in a weird alternative sounding Fleetwood Mac album.
On the decline from their meteoric "Rumors" album, Tusk finds the band pushing out mostly forgettable and unremarkable songs.
Not their best work.
Over And Over is an extremely pleasant track that I fully enjoyed. The Ledge is an entirely different feel, while an engaging and interesting listen I did not really enjoy it that much. Think About Me is a return to the pleasant sound and had me very relaxed. Save Me a Place is a wonderful vocal duet that is very simple yet very effective. Sara showcases Stevie Nicks and per usual her vocals do not disappoint. You're The One was solid but not quite playlist worthy. Storms was an incredibly comforting yet melo listen. That's All For Everyone was relaxing and enjoyable. Not That Funny was an annoying listen. Sisters of the Moon was refreshing and catchy. Angel was a great coming together of the band. That's Enough For Me was a forgettable song. Brown Eyes was quite a good song that was emotionally impactful. Never Make Me Cry was kind of boring. I know I'm Not Wrong was solid but I don't need to listen to it again. Honey Hi was also kind of boring. Beautiful Child is an uplifting and extremely vocally well done song. Walk a Thin Line was a decent song. Tusk was very outlandish and weird. Never Forget was pleasant.
Nowhere near as good as Rumours, kinda surprised how much I disliked this one except a handful of songs.
Almost equal amounts of songs I liked and songs I didn't. Not FM's finest work.
I love the Mac and Rumours is just an absolute classic. Tusk, not so much, but I think there's enough moments of pop beauty to outweigh the occasional lazy or silly addition. Full American marching band, anyone?
Pretty good.Most of the album is acoustic songs which I usually don’t love but I liked these songs.The main title track is completely different and I really like it.Very solid album that I didn’t find tiring even if it is really long.
Did not age well. Boring
I mean, how do you follow up one of the most commercially and critically successful albums of all time, especially one predicated on the internal dysfunction of your own band? I guess you throw literally every idea you have at the wall (both stuff that sounds way out there and stuff that sounds exactly like what you've already done) and hope something sticks. As a kid, Tusk was a massively underwhelming follow up for me, and far too long, compared to Rumours. Revisiting now with a greater appreciation for the context, I think there's a lot of meat on the bone here. While the opening track is a bit of a sleeper, what follows is engaging music. It blows my mind that the only two members of the band to be consistent members of the lineup have the least influence over the sound. I wonder what Christine, Stevie and Lindsay would have gone on to do had the original front men not lost their minds to drugs (and one joined a literal cult!). Tracks I enjoyed besides the major hits like Tusk and Sara: Think About Me, What Makes You Think I'm the One, Sisters of the Moon, Never Make Me Cry
It was pretty good some catchy songs
Fleetwood Mac at their messy, shambolic, argumentative, bed-hopping, coked-up Fleetwood Mackiest. Brilliant.
Enjoyable album, quite long but great to sit and listen to.
we will never forget tonight
Not my favorite album of there’s but still good
Overrated Tb h
This is worth a relisten.
This was a bit of an odd bunch of songs. Interesting though. I didn't think much of a lot of the album, to be honest. I assume I'll like Rumours more. My favourite song was Save Me a Place.
From a Fleetwood Mac fan, Tusk doesn't quite hit the mark for me. I understand the vision of it not being a 'Rumours 2' and think the variedness is there. There a number of cracking tracks within the album. However, reviewing the album as a whole it appears non-cohesive. As such, It's a 3.5 for me.
Not my thing. I was like, “will this ever end?” The sonic landscape is fine. The vocals are fine. Everything is fine, but I think I had higher hopes for a Fleetwood Mac album. In looking at the reviews of others, they put the album in the context of everything happening around the band. I don’t have that historical reference. So, for me, it is just sort of a hodgepodge of sounds, vocals, and styles. Not something I’d come back to… ‘Sara’ is a good song though.
I've never given Tusk a close listen until now and... ya know what... I like this. It doesn't have the sort of hit-after-hit feel of Rumors, but for all the talk of experimental music, this was surprisingly grabby. I'm grabbed.
Whatever. On an album as lengthy as this, by such accomplished musicians, you'd expect some good stuff. The top tier material comes courtesy of the late Christine McVie, by way of 'Brown Eyes' and 'Never Forget'. I also found the song 'Tusk' to be a pleasant oddity. Of the remainder, too much felt half-baked, half-realised or half-arsed. There's plenty to like, if plodding mid-tempo soft rock is your bag. 'Not That Funny' is a bit like a Sparks song, if Sparks were crap. I was in a band called Tusk once upon a time, and on one occasion we were booked due to the assumption that we were a Fleetwood Mac tribute act. That we were assuredly not.
Not as immediate as "Rumours," but I found a lot to like here. "That's All for Everyone," really stood out to me and I'm fairly certain I'd never heard that before. It feels like an album of moods; there'd be a lot of usage of the word "vibe" if this were being reviewed in 2023. Does it need more tracks with Stevie Nicks taking the lead? Probably. Definitely. But I can see me listening to this again and finding even more to appreciate on repeated listens.
10/10 fuck, I need to hear Rumors but this album was so beautiful and endlessly creative nothing’s better
2015 Remaster'ını dinlememe rağmen gitar bateri falan aşırı BLAND erimişler gibi ama çok sorgulamayacağım. Hatta aynı şey vokaller için de geçerli, ama kayıt kalitesi yüzünden değil. Çok fazla kendine bağlamadı bu albüm. Son zamanlarda lyricslerde derin anlam arıyorum, tatmin etmedi o açıdan. Overall mid altı benim için (4/10) ki bu puan da birkaç şarkının hatrına. Bari dinlenebilir kılan tek bir kalitesi olsaydı.
Mit my style at all…
A bit more experimental than other Fleetwood Mac albums. It is very long though and I think there is a good amount of filler in here.
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pretty good sound, reminded me of Rumours
Much like the Beatles, after releasing one of the most successful albums of all time, Fleetwood Mac elect to release a double album. This record is wonderfully non-cohesive and even includes some proto-punk jams. Fun record.
Lots going on here, much of it great. Contains my favorite FM song "Sara" and many weird and wonderful others. Works hard for that 5*
Some of their most beautiful songs, like fantastic title track, Sara, Not that Funny. But also some mediocre ones. Bit of a mess this album. Four stars for daring to make this experimental album and the good songs
There isn't much of the hits from Fleetwood Mac here
не запомнила, но ничего, в процессе были песни которые показались интересными
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, it’s very dreamy and fulfilling. I’ll have to come back to this again as I couldn’t finish it fully without gaps but it was very good on initial thought Favourite song: Track 4 - Save Me A Place
Un bon album de Fleetwood Mac, feel plus concept que FM ou Rumours, des très bonne chansons, mais prendrait une écoute supplémentaire pour mieux l'apprécier.
belli, ma gli altri album sono belli
very hit and miss but .... Sara is one of the best songs ever!
Very good
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I enjoyed this one, this was my first album since signing up. Rumours was the only Fleetwood Mac I'd heard and I probably still prefer it but this was a solid album. Easy to listen to with enough variety throughout, I'll likely come back to it again. Favourite song was Tusk. Also I was surprised that this was already Fleetwood Mac's 12th album, hadn't realised they were that old and made that much music. 4/5
very basic, couple good songs
you just cant go wrong with fleetwood mac!! 5/5
Really beautiful obviously personal music. just short of being a 5