Tusk

Really disconnected and uneven - really long as well

Fleetwood Mac nimenä herätti kiinnostusta. Hittibiisit ovat kovia mutta en ole varmaan mitään bändin albumia kuunnellut kokonaisuudessaan. Tämä oli aika hajanainen levy, kun kolmen eri vokalistin biisit olivat niin eri tyylisiä. Varsinkin mieslaulajan biisit ovat aika raskasta kuunneltavaa. Eipä kappaleetkaan toisaalta ole erityisen mieleen jääviä.

It's seems funny that back when I was a lad, this album had a terrible reputation. But even with the huge sale numbers for 'Rumours', and as with a lot of those late 70s soft rock/AOR/MOR band, I can recall Fleetwood Mac being regarded as very uncool and naff, a relic of the outdated music from the previous decade. 'Tango In The Night' reestablished them but even after 1987, they didn't have the reputation they have now. The full reappraisal of the Mac is a relatively recent event. Over the 20 songs it's good, bad, ugly, totally incoherent and generally all over the place. It unsurprisingly sounds an album that was heavily influenced by a very large mountain of cocaine. Having said that Lindsay Buckingham never gets the credit her deserves - for both his songwriting and his guitar playing. The Twilight Singers version of his "What Makes You Think You're the One" is far superior though.

"Sara" is the best song on the album, sung by Stevie Nicks. The rest of the album is pretty meh - nothing really stands out. 5/10.

abbastanza pesante come disco, ho avuto difficoltà a finirlo

Not a favourite of mine, nothing spectacular after the spectacular "Rumours"

Meh

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac (1979) By 1979, bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood had engineered the evolution of Fleetwood Mac from pioneering British blues in 1967 to global pop dominance, chiefly and ingeniously through the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in 1975. This yielded two of the greatest albums of all time, Fleetwood Mac (1975) and Rumours (1977). In the production of Tusk in 1979, however, Lindsey Buckingham steered the group in a new direction—or rather his ego jumped into the driver’s seat. With tracks written as love poems (Stevie Nicks), guitar songs (Buckingham), and piano tunes (Christine McVie), it seems on this album that John McVie and Mick Fleetwood are just along for the ride (exception: “Tusk”). And that’s a shame. John McVie should have shortened Buckingham’s leash. A number of failed experiments (“The Ledge”, “Save Me a Place”, and, well, most all the nine songs by Buckingham except “Tusk”) and several sonic rehashes (“Over & Over”, “Think About Me”, “Sisters of the Moon”) leave the first-time listener disappointed, and likely to become a last-time listener. “Sara” and “Sisters of the Moon” are not songs for people who like music. They are songs for people who like Stevie Nicks. She’s likable enough, but the earth doesn’t shake. “Not That Funny” is not that good, but it is funny, in that tries to be pop and punk at the same time. It attempts to synthesize the un-synthesizable. And “That’s Enough for Me” is enough for anyone. Christine McVie seems to be the only member of the band who retained artistic integrity and creative flair (“Brown Eyes”, “Never Make Me Cry”, and “Honey Hi” are really good). On this album, Fleetwood Mac became fragmented. All five of the band members finalized splits from their significant others during the making of this record. It shows. But they still had to pay the bills. 2/5

Fleetwood Mac at their pop-rock blandest. None of the soul of the early years and not even any of the catchy tunes of Rumours. Occasionally feels like it might go somewhere experimental and interesting but always backs of and heads to safety. Basically forgettable start to finish.

This album was really well produced, but also intolerable. The two songs that I enjoyed would not keep me from burning it in the rocks

-Quite the surprised but I actively wanted to turn this off, most of it was boring -"Tusk" was great -"The Ledge" and "Sara" were good -Thay's pathetic for a double album

For starters…I’m a huge Lindsay Buckingham fan. I would not want to be him and have to produce the follow-up to “Rumours”, one of the biggest rock records of all time. All that being said…this album falls way short. A lot of the songs would have been interesting if they’d been on a Lindsay solo record. On the follow-up to Rumours? Not so much. I appreciate the attempt to not repeat themselves, but that ambition wasn’t supported with many strong songs. That combined with the lofty expectations for this record contributed to this record sinking like a stone. A misfire for sure.

Don't like ALL Fleetwood Mac apparently. Sara's great, and maybe another

Seems like it is only good when Stevie Nicks sings. Lots of fluff and way too long.

IN ITS ENTIRETY?? i did not, in fact, listen to this in its entirety... the first three songs were pretty irritating. maybe i'll give it the benefit of the doubt? Sorry, Tony!

Its a fine album, the ledge and think about me are good, title track's also fun, the rest is sorta just filler to me though

not their best.

Probably the most telling aspect was I forgot it was on. An argument against double albums.

Not keen. Maybe they made as a reaction to 'Rumours'? Trying to be wilfully obtuse..? Meh

Tusk... more like Sukt... bland af.

After the one-two punch of Fleetwood Mac and Rumors, there were ridiculously high expectations for Tusk. Lindsey Buckingham was widely credited for being the main architect of the sound and vibe for those albums, so he was freely indulged on Tusk (half of the songs are his compositions). The eponymously titled lead-off single, a ditsy earworm backed (really!) by a high school marching band, was released to great fanfare. The rock press pretended to like it, but the Tusk single was an embarrassment (albeit used brilliantly in the soundtrack of Boogie Nights 20 years later). On the strength of Fleetwood Mac's previous two albums and the attendant hype, the single was a minor hit. Now, I realize that the song is meant to be humorous, but it also makes the band look foolish. I remember being embarrassed for them when it came out on the radio. The stink was bad enough that I didn't bother to listen to Tusk for another 50 years. As an album, Tusk was a huge commercial disappointment given the outsized expectations. Fortunately for us, Tusk the double album is far better than Tusk the single would lead you to believe. Inspired by the latest developments in punk and new wave, Lindsey Buckingham's songs are rife with sonic experimentation. Sometimes the stringed instruments sound homemade (from tuning the instruments way lower than normal, say), and the percussion often consists of random household items like frozen lamb chops and a Kleenex box being struck. Some instruments were miked in a studio replica of Lindsey Buckingham's bathroom or right next to a tile floor. The overall effect is scrappy and harsh, at least for Fleetwood Mac. Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. That's All For Everyone is haunting and vibrant, like a weirder version of Brian Wilson. Not That Funny is amusingly scabrous in a gutbucket kind of way. That's Enough For Me and I Know I'm Not Wrong have a nervous, coked up energy that's kind of thrilling. Walk A Thin Line memorably exudes paranoia and tension. Save Me A Place is a lesser effort, which isn't helped by cardboard percussion, simple mandolin strumming, and unaccountably ugly background vocals, inexcusable in a group with this much vocal talent. And of course, the title cut is wretched. The other two songwriters, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie, provide a balance for Buckingham's eccentricity. Their contributions are either mellow ballads or gentle rockers. McVie comes off best. Her Never Make Me Cry is an especially lovely ballad. Honey Hi is as sweet as its title. Never Forget is upbeat and romantic, anchored by McVie's tasteful comping on electric piano and Buckingham's biting slide guitar. On the other hand, Stevie Nick's Sisters of the Moon is uninspired, by the numbers mopery in spite of Lindsey Buckingham's passionate guitar solo. Angel is similarly lackluster. Nicks is in full Glenda the Good Witch mode here, and it's boring. Her songs slow Tusk a crawl, a big problem in a double album. Equally as damaging, the hooks just don't sink very deep on Tusk, the way they did on Fleetwood Mac and Rumors. This is deadly for a mainstream pop band. If Fleetwood Mac had jettisoned most of the Stevie Nicks tunes, kept the strongest McVie compositions, and gotten rid of the title track, they would have had a pretty strong album. As it is, Tusk is a decidedly mixed bag

Enjoy the single Tusk, the rest of the album was hit and miss for me.

Half the album was skipped

Average

I admittedly skipped through this. I know its iconic but FM has always been a little dull to me.

best track: Angel

I know the song, Tusk, and I kind of like it, so I figured I knew this album. Aside from that song, I didn't know any of it, and the album as a whole is mostly a bore.

I can see why people enjoy this but I found it kind of boring honestly

A bit disappointed I thought I'd enjoy this more. Songs aren't strong enough to justify the length of the album. There are a few tracks I enjoyed outside of Tusk but that for me is the standout song. By the time you get to it though I could see why people might not be bothered at that point. 2*

While not a Fleetwood Mac fan, I understand why people love Rumours. I have no idea why this album would make the list.

Decent tunes, I think this album veers too far into folksy territory for me to appreciate as a cohesive product. The tracks using electric are enjoyable, but the acoustic material just didn't grab me

Mediokert, stör mig ordentligt på trumspelandet herregud, dem blev bättre på 80-talet

Tusk is Fleetwood Mac's White Album (a disparate collection of individually created songs) and their Smiley Smile (in which they overthink the runaway success of their band-defining album and go too far in the opposite direction). Joyless and disappointing at times. Best track: Storms

Juste pas un fan de ce qui est proposé dans l’album

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Post Peter Green Fleetwood Mac take the most middle of the road elements of country and rock and combine them to make something blander than either genre achieves separately. Beautifully produced music for people who don't really like music. I almost gave this 2 stars for being better than Rumors.

As a response to psychedelic rock this brilliant group invented anesthetic rock

Well that was pretty terrible … it would have got 2 stars but I deducted 1 star due to the fact that it was not only a dull album but it was also a dull DOUBLE album.

Meandering and unworthy of a second listen.

hell naaah im good with the other 1000 tho

I can't stand Fleetwood Mac so I listened to one song just to confirm it.

I actually really like Fleetwood Mac, but if this album was my first impression of them then I probably wouldn't. I see a lot of commentary online that this is their masterpiece album, their "White" album. Sounds like a load of garbage to me.

Apart from a couple of good songs, the rest go from mediocre at best to weird and not in a good way. Buckingham just sounds like a man trying too hard and screams of desperation

My bored to tears rating system comes into play here. Made it to Never Make Me Cry.

Incoherent and lacking any central idea that makes it worth a listen. Never really been a Fleetwood Mac person so that’s definitely a contributing factor.

no me gusta esto ni la banda

I like EARLY Fleetwood Mac

a poor followup to 'Rumours. Most of it is unlistenable

where are the bangers?

Nope

sloooop

This album is just boring. I don't dislike it, but I honestly wish I did, because then at least I would have some emotion towards it. Favorite song: Tusk, the only good song in the album.

What a borefest. Self indulgent and overlong with hardly any real song ideas. I'm not a big fan of Rumours, but this is just way worse. I can see why the band kind of needed this record, of course. Why the public and especially us should have to endure it, I have no idea.

Did we have to open with an outro? The impending 80's were not kind to Fleetwood Mac, the one man band. Mr. Mac is a household name in music and is known as the godfather of songs. Before Fleetwood, nobody dared to separate their music into 2-6 minute segments. "Rumor" is (Red Hot Chilly Peppers album reference) that Fleetwood was ensnared in his one-man band costume by an evil Walrus, set on destroying music forever by recording the flailings of Fleetwood against the percussive shackles of his musical prison. The apparatus consisted of cymbals on his feet, a bevvy of strings across his aching fingers, and a facial apparatus consisting of keys, a harmonica, and crude set of drums stapled to a bar keeping him upright. Against all odds, Mr. Mac produced an album so dull, so pacifying, that even his tyrannical, blubbery captor entered an unwakeable slumber. It is during his foe's eternal rest that Mr. Mac escaped his musical shackles and went on to produce albums like "You're nothin' but a hound dog" and "Suspicious Mines (Vietnam clean-up)," cementing himself as an icon in musical her-story. Thank you, Fleet. For it is this aural sleeping pill that gave us the mighty song and pushed music into the 13th milennium, where we can finally drive our cars with the windows up. Where they are meant to be. In his name we pray. Well, not me, I'm a devout Walrussian, and hearing this was like reading a demonic incantation. I await my barrels of mackerel and my ice floe with the lord. You blasphemers can burn in hell. Walmen 0.5 HIGHLIGHTS: They have ice cream at the hopsital now!

Såg fram emot att få såga FM, men jag trodde vi skulle få den andra jävla skivan. Kanske behöver man vara insatt i alla skillsmässor, otroheter, droger och dispyter för att få ut nåt av det här. Men det är jag inte och tänker inte bli heller. För mig blir det bara 1 timme och en kvarts meningslöst och ganska hemskt middle of the road skvall. Lindseys hurtfriska version av detta är värst. De få ljusglimtar som finns är föga överraskande signerade McVie, när hon hittar en lite lätt countryanstruken vibe vid ett par tillfällen ("Over&over", "Never forget" och "Brown eyes") går det att lyssna på. Men mest är det bara ett långt, meningslöst och stendött album.

Could not finish- just an odd collection that did not seem to flow from one song into another.

Middle of the road garbage that just doesn’t stop. The song Tusk is great and that’s it

308/1089 - This was boring. Sounded like bad EDM but with acoustic instruments.

Bei der Mitte des Albums aufgehört. Irgendwann ging's mir auf den Keks. "Not that funny" war zu viel für mich 1/5

Did not like one song. I’m not a Fleetwood Mac fan but do appreciate them and some of their music is stunning especially with Stevie Nicks unbelievable beautiful voice. Terrible title, terrible album cover and nothing for me to enjoy in the album.

BORING! I was so excited when I saw it was a Fleetwood Mac album but I couldn't even finish it. 20 songs with no flow or structure. This album felt like a cocaine fever dream. Would not give it another listen. Very disappointed.

What a horrible sounding record. Feels like a collection of songs just jumbled together with the odd gem (Storms and most of the Stevie fronted songs) in amongst the garbage.

I am not a fan of Fleetwod Mac, and this seems off piste even for them. Not in a good way. Lots of faffing about to little effect, and I can't remember one song from this set.

So bland.

Förvånande undermåligt faktiskt

Pish

1. over -1 2. ledge - 0 3. think - 1 4. Save - 0 5. Sara -1.5 6. Think -1 7. Storm- 1.5 8. Everyone - 0 9. Funny - 0 10. Moon -1.5 11. Angel - 1.5 12. Enough - 0 13. Brown -1 14. Cry - 1 15. Wrong -0 16. Honey - 0 17. Child - 1.5 18. Thin - 0 19. Tusk - 0 20. Forget - 1.5

I cannot stand the baby-voiced-gothic-fairy. I'm not fond of this soft rock for US audiences and this is a double album of mainly fillers with two standout tracks, which means it's a dud. Abandoned listening to the whole thing and just revisted Sarah (which I dislike - see "baby-voiced-gothic-fairy") and Tusk.

I've always disliked and will always continue to dislike Fleetwood Mac. They were cooler with Peter Green for obvious reasons, but this incarnation of the band is what the cast of Friends would sound like if they were a band. Hard pass.

This is the first time i've listened to Fleetwood Mac to my knowledge, and going based off this album, their music REALLY isn't for me. I enjoyed like 1-2 songs on the album and most songs were like D-Tier for me (yes im ranking all songs on every album based on a tierlist aswell)

Sem sal dms

Nope. There is no context in which I will ever voluntarily listen to any record by Fleetwood Mac. Any familiarity with this band or their music I may have has been accidentally added to my consciousess against my will. Negative 3 stars on everything this band and their subsequent offshoots ever wrote forever. Fuck Fleetwood Mac.

The world's most boring rhythm section. Boo chicka boo chicka boo chicka boo. Stevie sounds like a goat. Some bands think the music is just background for the lyrics. I do not agree. Fuck this band.

This record sucks so hard I had to go back and listen to Rumours to make sure I remembered correctly that it was the masterpiece I remember it being. Don't worry. It is. I get that it would be really hard to follow up with Rumors. But why make a double album of total shit? And all that money spent? Just wasted on this thing.

Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.

Boring

L'écoute de "Tusk" est une épreuve. Une véritable traversée du désert auditif car "Tusk" s'étire paresseusement sur près de 75 minutes, réparties sur vingt pistes inégales et souvent incompatibles. Et on sent à chaque instant que le groupe, ou plus précisément son guitariste Lindsey Buckingham, a eu les yeux plus gros que le ventre. Il n'y a pas assez de matière, pas assez de chansons réellement mémorables pour justifier une telle durée. Le résultat est un fourre-tout indigeste, où quelques rares pépites se retrouvent noyées dans un océan de remplissage et d'expérimentations sonores ratées. J'avoue avoir consulté la barre de progression de mon lecteur à de multiples reprises, priant pour que le calvaire s'achève, mais m'étant forcé à aller au bout pour la forme. Ce fut pénible. Le principal coupable de ce naufrage artistique est sans conteste Lindsey Buckingham. Galvanisé par l'émergence du post-punk et de la new wave, le guitariste a voulu saborder la formule gagnante de Fleetwood Mac pour la réinventer à sa sauce : plus brute, plus étrange, plus "lo-fi". Sur le papier, l'intention est louable. Dans les faits, elle se traduit par une série de morceaux déconstruits, à la limite de la démo, qui sonnent comme les caprices d'un savant fou enfermé dans son laboratoire. Des titres comme "The Ledge", "Not That Funny" ou "I Know I'm Not Wrong" sont d'une pauvreté mélodique affligeante. Leurs rythmiques saccadées, leurs guitares stridentes et leurs productions volontairement dépouillées (on parle d'enregistrements faits dans une salle de bain) ne sont pas "audacieuses", elles sont tout simplement irritantes. Elles brisent toute la cohésion de l'album et créent une distance infranchissable avec l'auditeur. Même la chanson-titre, "Tusk", avec sa célèbre fanfare de l'USC, sonne plus comme une farce grandiloquente qu'un hymne tribal et puissant. C'est l'ego de Buckingham qui parle, pas le coeur du groupe. Face à cette OPA artistique de leur guitariste, que reste-t-il des deux autres forces créatrices du groupe ? Stevie Nicks et Christine McVie semblent perdues, comme des invitées à une fête dont elles ne comprennent pas le thème. Certes, Stevie Nicks nous offre "Sara", probablement le seul chef-d'œuvre incontestable de l'album. Mais sa beauté même la fait paraître incongrue au milieu de ce chaos expérimental. C'est une oasis de grâce dans un marécage de bizarreries. Son autre grande contribution, "Sisters of the Moon", est un rock mystique plutôt réussi mais qui s'étire en longueur. Quant à Christine McVie, la reine de la pop-song parfaite, elle livre des titres comme "Over & Over" ou "Think About Me". Ce sont de jolies chansons, bien sûr, mais elles manquent cruellement de l'éclat et de l'impact de ses tubes passés. Elles sont agréables mais anecdotiques, comme si elles-mêmes n'osaient pas s'imposer, intimidées par l'ambiance générale. Le problème fondamental de "Tusk", au-delà de sa longueur et de son manque de cohésion, est son absence d'âme. "Tusk" est un exercice de style, froid et cérébral. On assiste à une démonstration technique et à une prise de pouvoir stylistique. L'album est long et chiant car il ne parvient jamais à nous toucher. Il nous tient à distance, nous observe de haut, trop occupé à s'admirer lui-même pour daigner nous inviter dans son univers. En conclusion, "Tusk" est un album de la démesure, du caprice et de la dissolution. En voulant à tout prix éviter de se répéter, Fleetwood Mac a produit une œuvre prétentieuse et éparpillée qui a aliéné une grande partie de son public et qui reste, des décennies plus tard, une curiosité pour les uns et une purge pour les autres. Pour celui qui n'a jamais vraiment accroché à l'univers du groupe, "Tusk" représente tout ce qui peut agacer : une autosatisfaction démesurée, une absence de direction claire et, au final, un ennui profond. La note de 1 sur 5 n'est pas une provocation, c'est la sanction méritée pour un mauvais album.

This album felt like the band was just going through the motions. Every song is slow, boring and uneventful.

Skip anything without Stevie nicks

Even though I'm not a fan of FM, I can appreciate that an album like Rumours has to be on this list. Huge selling, filled with classic hits - a perfect example of an album in a style I'm not too bothered with. But this? This was trash. I'd heard so much about how weird and unusual this was that I was looking forward to it, but it's just deathly dull. Songs go on for far too long, and there's no need for 20 of the. The title track is a little bizarre, but nowhere near enough to be interesting. Other than some nice melodic choices in 'Sara' every other song bored me to tears.in particular "Not that funny" was the most arrogant, petulant piece of nonsense. For the cost of it, it's also really poorly recorded - I've heard demos with better guitar choices. It's presumably supposed to sound rough and 'real', but it just sounds lazy. I get angrier the more I think about it. Thank God for punk.

I am so far from the target audience. 0% of this is meant to resonate with me. I wonder if the drummer gets bored, because it doesn't seem to me there's a lot of variation in what they do. I wouldn't be surprised either if the guitarists are bored. There's so much this instruments can do that they aren't. I'm listening to "storms" right now, and I think it is trying to be sad, but this is more sleepy than anything. The guitar tone of "Not that funny" and some of the vocal inflections remind me of punk but this is without any bite. I think this encapsulates a fundamental issue with this whole experiment because in 79 this may have been groundbreaking and gone onto influence others but then I've been listening to those people who have already taken the sound and ran with it. This packs no punch. Sisters of the moon was a banger tho. Beautiful child was a good song. That one made me feel something.

This iteration of Fleetwood Mac was horrible. Christine McVie was its only saving grace. She could sing and wrote decent tunes. Otherwise, they were rubbish. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac was a brilliant and memorable band. I never understood this band's attraction.

Ive never really liked Fleetwood Mack. BUT, I LOVE the last 30-seconds of The Chains. Friends of mine over the years who know this about me, and love FM themselves, have suggested that I listen to Tusk. I never have because that's how much I don't like the band. So today I listened to Tusk. And what learn? While in some breif moments my friends might have a valid point. All the other stuff I don't like is still there and prominent.maybe they just meant the song Tusk? That's like the end of The Chanis Hard Pass Side Note: I've waited on Lindsey Buckingham and he is a good tipper.

Jesus why is this so bad? I usually like them but nah this ain’t it

Blah. Not for me. Double album of suck.

OK. Finally something to listen to...

Once again, this album highlights a key reason for this project: to explore albums I wouldn’t normally listen to. Still, not my thing.

Wavey. Didn't grab me at any stage

This album just goes on and on with no reward.

Just not a fan

I haven't been this disappointed since Santa Claus. Be me, poking the album, going "dooooo somethinggggg". That's rough bud.

After your greatest commercial success you can do a lot of things. Arctic Monkeys released a retro-futuristic Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, selling you an experience, feelings, ideas, rather than something real. Fleetwood Mac decided that releasing an underproduced, uninteresting, safe for minor changes in tone album, is the way to go. I'm not sold on it at all. It does have a few bits which sound like Tame Impala. It is experimental. But majority of it fails. Can't believe it's the same band that released Rumours

Really Boring

It was okay, I’d probably have to be in the right mood for it.

Geht so

This was night and day from Rumors. No cohesion, no chemistry in the members. The songs were universally uninteresting. And to top it off it is >70min. Christine McVie put on as bad/sleepy a performance as ever and was far more prevalent. Bad listen and shouldn't be on this list. 1/5

Boring. Very plain

Holy crap, what a dud after Rumours. Tusk is the only song semi-worthwhile and outside of it reminding me of The Americans it never did much for me either. The rest of the songs are completely forgettable.

Meh. I'm clearly not a big fan of Fleetwood Mac. I was looking forward to learning about a different album by them, but was left with little to say about it.

Couldn't even listen to this whole thing. How can they have Rumors and have this also?

I didn't like this album at all. I'm not really a fan of the 70s-far-away-from-the-microphone singing style anyway. The only song(s) I thought were passable were the ones where Stevie was singing.

Boring album. I can feel some of the "Rumours" sound slowly coming together, but still didn't click with this one. Also, the length of the record lowers my score.

Ugh. Sooooo boring. Soooo long.

Trash!!!

Kinda boring

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

No.

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

boring

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

DNF 💀 sorry Stevie

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

so boring

70’s don’t care

Soft rock diarrhea.

💤🤮💤🤮💤

Tusk = on the 1001 long album list. Over & Over - OK (slow starter) The Ledge - bit twangy Think About Me - OK Save Me a Place - Filler Sara - good What Makes You Think - OK Storms - boring Filler That’s All for Everyone - Filler Not That Funny - Filler Sisters of the Moon - OK Angel - Filler That’s Enough for Me - Truly (bit twangy, but album is running too long) Brown Eyes - boring Filler Never Make Me Cry - ditto I Know I’m Not Wrong - Truly (not wrong about this album) Honey Hi - Filler Beautiful Child - Filler Walk a Thin Line - twangy Filler Tusk - must be the reason this too long album made the 1001 list. (Is it that weird, disconnected drum solo or the farting tuba?) Never Forget - Truly don’t think we’ll forget how they mailed this one in; too long, not that good. These guys have way better (1.5*s)

Christ Almighty you can't be serious. This album should only be considered important because it's a lesson in why you don't want to make art without limits. One star for the one good song ("Tusks").

Album meio blah, não curti

Trash.

1* 2 decent track. The rest not so much

God, I hate Buckingham/Nicks Fleetwood Mac. No soul, nothing interesting, just bland and boring. How is this the Fleetwood Mac everyone knows? Why not albatross? Kiln house? Bare trees? Those are what people should listen to.

I don't like it

I only listened to half of this. It’s no Rumours.

Blech. A slog.

Not for me

I’ll take a skip on this one . Does not appeal to me

not great

Beside the excellent titel track, the music is boring. I can't say, if the lyrics are more exciting, because my english isn't that good.

This was bad. Lindsay Buckingham sounding like a yuppie pretending to be a hillbilly alternates with depressed Stevie and & Christine McVie tracks - which aren't bad, but don't sound like they're even in the same room as Lindsay's hoedowns. I get they were trying to distance themselves from Rumors, but this got so distant it ended up on Uranus.

really sorry to the fans, but to my ears this is the most boring album so far. could not listen to it, had to skip most of the songs I cannot imagine having more boring sound, more flaccid energy and overall being more insipid than this I understand if you grew up with this music, it probably means something. but for an outsider as me, it sounds bleh

Ei pysty kuuntelemaan levyä loppuun. Aivan todella tylsää rallattelua.

Pretty weak for Fleetwood Mac

Audible sigh… Hard to give a constructive review. This is just not my jam. Maybe what yuppies listened to at the time?

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.

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.

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.”

Can't be doing with this mob

Can't bring myself to listen to Fleetwood Mac voluntarily. Nauseating bunch.

Not for me

Wasn't a big fan of this one. Fleetwood Mac isn't really my speed

im sorry, but i don’t get it. i think that’s on me though.

This was no Rumors.

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.

So much for being called "tusk". Thought it would be something cool but it just fluctuates between boring and irritating

Ei erityisen hyvää musiikkia, vaan monen ihmisen intuitiivinen käsitys siitä, millaista hyvän musiikin "pitäisi" olla. Ei toki kamalaa. Ei myöskään ansainnut kokonaista kuuntelua.

the famous white elephant. it lives up to it's reputation. it's so underwhelming. i mean it must be hard to follow rumours, but the title track aside this is so beige.

Un album complet de fillers, wow. C’est tellement ennuyant cet album.

Stevie Nicks is cool as hell, but even the few songs where she sings can't save this album from being a boring slog. It's honestly kind of impressive how many songs on this thing are completely forgettable and uninteresting, and that's a huge issue when it's 20 songs (74 minutes) long. If you told me this was a collection of Fleetwood Mac demos I would believe you because some of the songs here are about as interesting as a house brick.

Wow! Nothing like Rumors

Yup, they suck. I tried but man this was horrible.

Not great

Class!!