Tusk

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

Boring.

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

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

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

some bangers some repetitive fav= the ledge

expected to like it, didnt. 2 stars

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

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

Eh

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

Boring

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

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

Not their best effort

Boff pas le meilleur album

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not much to say. Big let down after rumours

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

Not my sound

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Soso

Gulp… I don’t like rock. Is this even rock? Or is it country… it’s rock 2.5/5 - I liked it more than most rock, I like that it has chill songs. Prob would not listen to it again though

Tusk!

Title track is fun and playful, but the rest is an insipid, disjointed slog. This is music for divorced aunts who live for drama and have no self-awareness to clutch their shawls and sway too.

Not my thing. Nice to have in the background

It was a real drag.

Didn't finish, not super invested?

A long, boring slog to get to the only good song (Tusk)

This may be one of the worst Fleetwood Mac albums. Why this one was chosen I have no idea. The songs are just boring. 2

OK album, but I would not listen again.

I'm usually very sympathetic to the little sibling of the really popular guy/girl (I'm talking Tusk vs Rumours of course). But Tusk really falls short for me I'm afraid.

Musste leider die ganze Zeit daran denken, dass rumours geiler ist ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dull

2.5 Tiene sus momentos pero meh

prometia mas pero se quedo a mitad de camino

2/5 banco, pero no es totalmente de mi gusto

Thought I was a fan... always heard great things about this album but after listening to this album, I've come to realize... I'm a greatest hits of Fleetwood Mac...

A little more experimental than their normal stuff. Not bad, but not what I like Fleetwood Mac for.

Tusk's Apple Music description describes the record as Lindsey Buckingham's desire to make another good album and "would die on his cross to make a point." So... yeah... I'd like to say that I like this record, but I realized each song I enjoyed was lead by Stevie and Christie; the songs in between are some of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life. Did Buckingham make a point? If any, it's that he'd be nothing without Stevie Nicks and Christie McVie, and there will never be another Rumours album. Favorites: Sara, Beautiful Child, Sisters of the Moon Hate list: What Makes You Think You're The One, Not That Funny Honorable Mentions: Over & Over, Storms, The Ledge, Angel

Mid album added due to artist popularity rather than merit. If you want a good Fleetwood Mac album, listen to Rumors, which is also on this list.

After Rumours, this was just not as good. Sara did come out right after Sarah was born (about 8 weeks later), so people might get those confused in their timelines. 314 N Webster has now been torn down in Norman

interesting to say the least

Likable. There were a few songs that were especially enjoyable, but nothing jumped out at me. I bet if I listened to it a few more times I would like it more, but this is 1001 albums and competition is fierce. Interesting that this was the album directly after the album with Dreams/Everywhere/etc. it didn’t have any comparable hits.

I feel like it works really well from beginning to end. But I don’t think the songs standout so much as they work really well in the flow of the album. Not sure that I will return to re-listen to it more than once but I am going to give it another chance.

This album is very front loaded. I loved the first half, banger after banger, timeless classic after timeless classic. However, this album fails to keep my attention for much longer than half of it, with the second half being very bloated and full of songs that are either boring, or even a few that I found annoying to hear. There were a handful of standout tracks in the second half, most notably beautiful child, and the titles track. But on the whole this album burns itself out very quickly

Sappy!

Title song and Sara...maybe a couple others on there but barely. Surprised this makes the list from Fleetwood. If this album made it, I know at least 2 of their others are showing up.

Ya bore me

I dunno I guess it’s fine

long album. starts with a slow song. don't think I could get through this album without skipping as soon as I'm bored. it's not a bad album, but it's not the kind of thing I listen to when I look for something new. What Makes You Think You're the One is the only song to catch me attention so far. to review or listen to this properly, I'd need to know the context around it. it doesn't sound like anything I haven't heard Walk a Thin Line is interesting, my favourite so far. it's pretty diverse when it comes to sounds and their arrangement, and I'm a big fan of that. the highlights in the album are inspired and have an identity Never Forget does that weird change to the musical boring place that I see. just vamp and lead it back into the other part, that'll work... I'm not a fan of the slower songs, I just get bored too quickly, but the parts I liked, I liked a lot.

Different from Rumors, but still not really my thing. I can appreciate they are talented.

Eh 2

Was not a fan of this one. Sounded more "noisy" than musical in my opinion.

Geht okay los und wird im zweiten Song („The Ledge“) schon nervig. Dritter Song ging dann wieder, insgesamt ist es aber auch leider sher uninteressant und ein bisschen langweilig. Lied 5 („Sara“) bisher eigentlich am besten. Inzwischen bin ich bei Lied 8 und es ist irgendwie immer noch nicht geil. Natürlich ist das nicht schlecht, aber ist nicht das Richtige für mich, zumindest nicht jetzt.

I know I'm not wrong is decent Never forget also not bad. But realistically the headline here is how did a band make this album straight after making rumours?? It's REALLY BAD in comparison. Even independently it's not a very good album

Sara and Tusk the rest of the album kind of sucks though

The sophomore slump is a real thing. Athletes after a breakout rookie season. Sequels to hit movies. A second album after a groundbreaking debut. Following up on brilliance and genius is nearly impossible. Now, “Rumors” wasn’t Fleetwood Mac’s debut. In fact it was their 11th album. But it was a groundbreaking breakout like few others. After that kind of success, and the most unenviable tasking of following it, it’s no wonder Lindsey Buckingham wanted to go in other directions. But he didn’t choose the right directions. Kind of stunning to go from such a hit filled album to such a complete dud. There are a few good songs on “Tusk,” but because it was such a commercial dud they wound up having no lasting impact. Oh, and those good songs? They’re mostly Stevie Nicks. “Rumors” felt like more of a group effort. “Tusk” feels disjointed, with Buckingham, McVie, and Nicks each doing their own thing and not bothering trying to make it fit together. There was lots of band drama during the recording of “Rumors” right? Maybe it’s better that they not work too closely together. Though that strife did give us one of the greatest albums of all time.

This is a disappointing follow up to Rumours. The band didn’t want to do Rumours 2, which I get. But there’s a reason it would have been a good idea to develop some of the left over ideas…because Rumours was amazing. Hit after smashing hit. What’s wrong with trying to recreate some of that while evolving their sound a bit? There were a couple moments here that muster up the magic. But by and large, I am bored by Tusk. And while wanting to reinvent themselves is understandable, embracing boring is not the way to do it. As with many, many double albums if the band had pared this down to a single album, the result would have been much stronger.

Mostly "eh"; a couple good ones. 2/5

Way too long and uninteresting. Shame as Rumours is so good

Stevie made some of the songs tolerable, and there was the occasional interesting music experiment going on, but overall a really hard listen.

I don't know Fleetwood Mac too well, just some of the well known hits. So this album was unfamiliar to me. On the whole it was "meh". None of the songs grabbed me immediately, and it's not a sound I'm especially drawn to.

So much filler, and no real killer

not a fleetwood mac guy and the only songs i find remotely interesting are the ones with stevie nicks on vocals. there’s just something about lindsey buckingham’s voice that i just can’t stand. and this one is WAY too long, clocking in at over 74 minutes.

This was actually pretty boring, to be honest.

It's Fleetwood Mac, there has to be some good stuff, right? Nah nothing really hit home here

Not for me.

Boring tbh

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.

🤷

meh

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.

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.

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.

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"

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.

Not as good as Rumours. Didn’t really enjoy this one at all.

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.

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.

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

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.

Uneventful

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.

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.

а ты не морж?????

One good song

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

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.

Cocaine.

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 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

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.

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.

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 good songs, and plenty of songs I didn’t care about

Pretty fine southern rock

A lot of weird stuff going on here. Too weird imo

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.

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?

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".

On the decline from their meteoric "Rumors" album, Tusk finds the band pushing out mostly forgettable and unremarkable songs.

Not their best work.

Nowhere near as good as Rumours, kinda surprised how much I disliked this one except a handful of songs.

Did not age well. Boring

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.

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.

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.

very basic, couple good songs

I didn’t get much out of this album. Seems like a swing and miss to me.

meh

Sara on hyvä kappale, kiinnitin huomiota kitaraan ja koskettimiin, jotka soittivat dramaattista/voimakasta melodiaa mutta hiljaa, se toimi. Muuten aivan liian pitkä levy. Tavaraa olisi voinut karsia, vaikka sinänsä eheää

I hate to say this about Fleetwood Mac today, but meh. Rumours is one of the all-time greatest BEST albums ever, a must have for vinyl collectors, and I look forward to having it come up some day during this project. Tusk, unfortunately, is not even a pale shadow of its greatness. This is just sleepy. It's too slow, too meandering, it doesn't give me life. There are beautiful compositions and vocals, no doubt. But this album lacks the vibrancy and enthusiasm of Rumours. You know what it is? Too much McVie and Buckingham, not enough Stevie. There, I said it! Stevie is the best thing about Fleetwood Mac, the songs she's lead vocals on slap harder than any others and we don't get enough of it on Tusk. I can listen, but I find no joy.

I can only assume that Rumours provided thm with access to a mountain of cocaine that Scarface would have raised an eyebrow at. The songs tend to fit into one of two moulds - songs that sound like less good versions of Rumours songs, and songs that show off that they can afford lots of synths, but don't necessarily know how to play them. The best track, Not That Funny works better because it doesn't have that expensive studio sheen. Maybe if they'd spent more time quickly writing and recording songs like this, you'd have an album of rough diamonds, rather than gleamingly polished dog doo. In it's defense... there are almost enough decent songs to make a passable single album here, and I think it's forgivable that success had gone to their heads.

Tusk isn't among Fleetwood Mac's best work, although their bar is really high. Sara is lovely, the rest is pretty bland for a 2/5.

Mielenkiinto loppu kesken kun levyllä 74min mittaa, mutta oli siellä seassa ihan lepposia ralleja. 2,49*

Aika laimee

I can hear pre-punk on the album, but the cacophonic nature of most songs (minus Sara) make it a less than appealing entry in an otherwise excellent discography.

The last Fleetwood album was way better

Soft rock, miellekäs

The song Tusk is a masterpiece. Instruments are good.

Meh. It's fine, just not really my thing

An uneven album, in my humble opinion, containing some jewels!

Good album to hear appreciating a great sunset alone or around a campfire with friends. Relaxing and moody. Otherwise utterly boring.

Not a big fan of their sound

I gather it was experimental and there were probably a lot of drugs involved, and there are a couple of great tracks on the album. But on the whole it's crap.

It’s okay, but I like some of her other stuff better.

Not great, pretty repetitive, no Rumors

Dit vond ik ten opzichte van Rumours erg slap.

It sounds ok but overall not very interesting especially given its length.

Tusk - Fleetwood Mac ------- Initial Thoughts: I've heard this one, I love it gonna slap an 8/10 before listening ----- Over & Over - Still not a fan of the ballad tracks, gorgeous but boring. This one added a bit of country twang. 6/10 The Ledge - Fun, high energy. The left only bass is driving me nuts and causing me to rate this song a bit lower than I initially remembered. 8/10 Think About Me - Solid, fun. Love the chorus with the harmonies. 7/10 Save Me A Place - Eh - too country for me. A bit slow. I like Fleetwood Mac when they're high energy. 4/10 Sara - I've heard this one lots. One of my favorite Stevie Nicks led songs. Unlike other tracks on the album I don't feel like pushing repeat. 6.5/10 What Makes You Think You're the One - Big sound. Great vocals, fun instrumentals 7.5/10 Storms - How does this have 21m plays? zzz. Maybe I'm not in a Fleetwood Mac mood today. 3/10 That's All For Everyone - Another ballad type song. Chord progression reminds me of about a girl by Nirvana. Anyway, skipped. 4/10 Not That Funny - Boom tap boom tap. Energy is coming back a bit and I like the squealy guitar. But this isn't quintessential Fleetwood Mac. 5/10 Sisters of The Moon - Kinda funky right out the gate. This is a track I apparently haven't given the time of day in the past. I'm loving this. This may be my new favorite Stevie Nicks track 8/10 Angel - Kinda funky again. Keyboard sounding like 3 dog night lol. Pretty decent. 5.5/10 That's Enough for Me - This sounds like the ledge with banjo and spastic vocals. Not doing it for me 6/10 ... Look I can't do another hour of this skipping to Tusk Tusk - 10/10 track. 10/10 ---- Final Thoughts: This album is too long and feels like mostly filler. Not a big fan - I must have been drunk last time I listened to it, or skipped the filler. 5/10

I don't know what to make of this album. On one hand, I quite like the idea of having a patchy album from Fleetwood Mac. It gives us the chance to hear them stretch out a bit. But on the other hand there are a lot of filler in there, and not the funny filler kind. Maybe I'd enjoy it more with subsequent listens, but I doubt I'll ever return to it.

Stevie Nicks songs are on point, the rest of the album is quite dull. How did this get so popular? The album is so full of fillers, 40 minutes MAX of the good stuff would be enough and much more enjoyable.

Not bad

You can tell LB took a back seat on this album. It's still good in the sense that the talent and musicianship is there, but I still find this album mostly boring. It feels lazy (especially after Rumors).

I find Fleetwood Mac to be a story of two bands (Fleetwood and Mac?). The hit song one, represented best with Rumours, may not align with my tastes, but I totally get its success. The other, which we see more of in this album, can be outright boring some of the time and ordinary at best.

It seemed okay, but I probably need time to get into it.

I guess Rumours was a tough act to follow because this is a pretty mediocre effort. The only bright spot were Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie who both have really lovely voices. It's almost unfair for one band to have two solid lead vocalists such as these two. A surfeit of riches really. Apparently the band was going through some turmoil during this time and it shows, this album is pretty uneven and damned long. Even the album cover is quite underwhelming.

Seemed just kind of generic in this day and age

So inconsistent. I’d compare it to Cerberus, but it’s more like Scrappy-Doo. Subtracting a star for the great expectations that Rumours generated.

The follow up to Rumours. Some great moments, and a couple of great songs. Did NOT need to be a double album though!

This projects is making me hate the 70s even more.

Everything up to Tusk is middle-of-the-road soft rock at best, absolute brain-melting garbage at worst. Tusk is great. Never forget is back to middle-of-the-road soft rock. Would I listen to this album again? Oh good lord no. Not in a million years. Would I listen to Tusk again? Yes.

A double album that is described as "experimental", Rolling Stone Magazine compared it to the Beatles's "White Album". Not only that, this album is very messy, mostly due to the band's own internal conflicts. The result? A long, boring double album that is definitely not Rumours 2. Congrats Buckingham, you did it. Among the sparse mess of this overall unimpressive album, I find Stevie Nicks's songs great. Kudos for carrying this 70 minute whopper of an album, Nicks. Love your voice.

a princípio me trouxe um ar de estranhamento, com instrumentos um tanto mal mixados, mas depois li ser o propósito, por se tratar de algo experimental

It didn't catch me

Rumours I find too overplayed to enjoy so I thought I might like a FM album I hadn't heard before. Really boring unimaginative songs unfortunately

I just don’t get the hype around this. I know Fleetwood Mac are iconic, but this album is disjointed and lacking in strong ideas. A lot of tracks feel like a test that needed more work. Others should have been culled.

It has some ok songs but jsut confirms my belief about double albums. Probably wouldn't listen again.

Pretty boring.. Some of the songs sounds like unfinished demos.. Not my cup of the…

The first 1/3 of this album I was somewhat enjoying, but then it just kept becoming more derivative and boring. Some decent guitar work, but nothing that stood out to me as amazing. Some pretty vocals, I mean come on Stevie can sing, but again nothing that stood out to me too much. I'm a fan of a lot of the Fleetwood Mac songs off of Rumours, but this record just didn't really do it for me. By the last few tracks I was just waiting for it to be over.

After listening to this album, it's clear that I'm a Fleetwood Mac normie. It wasn't bad and I get that they're going in a new, experimental direction but I just found it mostly boring more than anything else. Title track wasn't bad though

mehh

I struggled to enjoy anything on this album. Was all just a bit to MOR, and quite frankly, boring. Dull lyrics, dull music. It's not terrible but it neither makes me want to dance or sit and listen. One to skip.

For an album like this you need time. It may he a grower but was underwhelmed on first listen.

Bit dull, far from their finest work

Note the best album by not my favourite band.

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

I knew this was coming. I have disliked this band as long as I have known about them, and their resurgence as one of the most popular classic rock bands in the last 5 years is mystifying. This is yet another album I was pretty sure I didnt like, but I gave it a chance. Had i not given it a chance, I probably would have given it at least 2 stars out of respect. But I cant now, after listening its a clear 1

Maybe the most clear example of a band being on this list several times based on the reputation of other albums

First of all, I don’t like Fleetwood Mac. Second of all, the quality of each song is much better than Rumours with a couple of actually good songs like Tusk in there too. However, this album really suffers from bloat making the overall quality about the same.

This was a hodge podge of (at best) okay songs. There were a few good ones sprinkled in, but there was an utter lack of continuity. Barely made it through the TWENTY TRACKS

Poundshop Abba. Lacks any real continuity and this seems like an exercise in naval gazing for the sake of it. There are some pretty decent guitar parts and in places I quite enjoyed the drumming. But beyond that, it's just middle of the road boring. Fleetwood Mac seem to me to be the epitome of anything that's wrong with this list (and it's not a bad thing as such, just that you get too much stuff on it "because it's xxx"). Bloated, boring and beige. Was thinking of 2 stars, but they wasted a tonne of money on this, so it's 1 And I don't even like Abba that much.

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