Tusk

Alright album. Not one of Fleetwood macs best.

Not my fave from Mac but still good

Ehhh....

Had some cool tunes, Lindsay Buckingham really is an underrated guitarist, but you can hear the cocaine and excess.

This is a very long album. But there is a decent variety and the tracks are by and large good. Standouts: Tusk What makes you think you're the one Sister of the moon was looking at 4, but i think ends up as a 5

Fácil de escuchar. Por momentos se vuelve largo y las canciones empiezan a sonar iguales. NO es un 3, es un 3,5

With any other band this would be a 5 star album but I know Fleetwood Mac can do better

Not my thing

perfect recommendation timing! january has been the month of my fleetwood mac obsession (and daisy jones and the six!) and i wasn’t very familiar with this album

Not as good as “Rumours” but still very significant. Fav might be “Angel”

YAY Great album imo Over & Over - just floating and nodding, loving this Sara and Storms - I really love Stevie Nicks' voice alwaysss Sisters of the Moon - my sister and i are sisters of the moon actually !! Brown Eyes - after Gaga just performed her iconic song of the same eyes in Japan after forever !? feels spiritual.... Beautiful Child - beautiful song actually <33 Walk a Thin Line - oh wha oh wha ph whaaaa Tusk - such a unique song, like this The Ledge - another fun sound

i felt like the songs were pretty varied, they sounded cohesive but distinct, very easy to listen to i think ive been sleeping on fleetwood mac, i know the classics, but this album reminded me i shld rly dive in more standouts: the ledge tusk beautiful child i have a sister of the moon

Nope

Really loved the ledge. Sara and Storms are also great songs. Really good overall listen.

didn’t hate it also didn’t like it

I don't play golf, never have. When I was in high school my dad gave me a ticket to a golf tournament in our town. It was a nice day and I didn't have anything else to do, so I went. I thought I might see some pretty girls. When I got there, I fell in with a group of spectators, and followed them to a green (for other non-golfers, that is where the "hole" is - the target the golfers golf at). Not 30 seconds after I arrived at the spectator boundary, I see a ball rolling across the green and plop directly into the hole. Oohs and aahs all around, I look back to the gentleman who made the shot understandably excited, dancing and high fives &tc. It was a "hole in one" which is one of the best things you can do in golf and apparently pretty rare. I knew enough about golf to know this. At that point, I clapped and then turned and walked back to the parking lot and left the course. I don't remember what I did next, but I knew that it was all downhill from there - I could spend all day following those guys around and would definitely not see anything like that again. Tusk is sort of like if I would have stayed for the rest of the tournament. Not unpleasant, a good walk perhaps, but nothing like what came before it.

I never really understood what made Fleetwood Mac so incredibly popular, and even got or why they got the highest rating on this list for their album "Rumours". I've always found them bland, middle-of-the-road, radio-friendly pop, but nothing that stood out in particular. Maybe that 's why. This album doesn't change my opinion much, and apart from the Stevie Nicks songs (in particular "Sara" and "Sisters of the Moon") or "That's All for Everyone" (which should be the last track on a single album instead of a double), there is nothing that really stands out. And the ones that do ("The Ledge", "Save Me a Place", "Not That Funny" (sic), and "Tusk") are just horrible. The production is terrible too - where are the drums on "Sara"? - especially considering regarding the fact that they had the equivalent of today's $3 million+ to spend. The album could have been much more consistent if they didn't give Buckingham so much room to experiment, instead allowing him to make a solo record, and shortened this tedious listen to 10 songs. I'm not entirely sure what to give this record, but I guess, due to Stevie Nicks' contributions, 3 stars instead of 2. 3/5

Obviously not their finest album but still very listenable

I was more familiar with Rumors so it was cool to hear other stuff from FM. Tusk has been covered or sampled somewhere and I cannot figure it out…

so fun to hear, i will listen them more now

Amazing

Just seems like it was phoned in. Not nearly as good as previous albums

This was really fine!

Not bad, just general rock music, better than Bowie’s station to station album. Reminds me of the mamas and the papas

i meannnnnn it's Fleetwood how and I supposed to rate this?

Great Album.

I’ve always enjoyed Fleetwood Mac, and Stevie Nicks’ voice is undeniably iconic and instantly recognizable. While this isn’t my favorite Fleetwood Mac album overall, it does contain some real gems — “Sara” being a standout. From what I understand, Stevie wrote, co-produced, and sang lead vocals on that track, so it’s no surprise that it’s one of my favorites. That said, I personally found this album somewhat unhinged and scattered, largely due to Lindsey Buckingham’s heavy imprint on it. In my opinion, Fleetwood Mac might have benefited from parting ways with him much earlier than they did. Replicating the monumental success of Rumours was always going to be an impossible task, but I was still pleasantly surprised by Tusk, especially since this was my first time listening to it in its entirety. Ultimately, I’d give the album a 3.5, rounding up to a 4. I appreciated the creativity and ambition behind it, and I listened to it front to back — even if I didn’t always love Lindsey’s influence on the sound.

It’s ok…some decent tracks. Too long. Not nearly as good as their pre-pop phase.

This one didn’t inspire me at all and I love Rumours. This just felt bland.

An album that does not sound like Rumours. By that date it was the most expensive album.

7/10, favorite song: Think about me

I love Fleetwood Mac!!! One of my favorite songs of all time is on this album, Sara. I literally feel like levitating when I listen to that song it’s actually so amazing. I really love this album, and so many of the songs ended up on my playlist. It’s pretty long and has a lot of songs, but they’re all different and beautiful and didn’t feel like over an hour of listening time. Amazing!

Not my favourite Fleetwood Mac album but it's up there. Can't listen to Tusk without thinking of the god damn walrus film though.

Messy, paranoid, brilliant, and way too honest for a stadium band. Rating: 4.7/5 Short Review: This is a band exploding in public and somehow turning it into art. It is fractured, obsessive, weirdly tender, and full of left turns. A double album that sounds like a nervous breakdown with perfect production. Favorite Track: Sara. Soft, haunted, and quietly devastating.

A really pleasant album for a Sunday afternoon. Plenty of talent and variety in the songs that I barely noticed it is a double album.

un des meilleurs albums ever et un poulet gargantuesque

I expected to enjoy this more than I did. I really like a lot of Fleetwood mac hits, and I like rumours, and I hadn't really listened to much else by them. Overall this hit me as pretty boring on first listen I think if I spent more time with it I'd gain some affinity for it over multiple listens but on just one listen this was a bit of a miss for me.

I absolutely loved it, nothing funny or clever to say about it. Just fantastic music imo

Не лучший их альбом

Cocaine, divorce and excess

beetje wisselvallig... de 'ruigere' nummers zijn steengoed... popballades zijn ook mooi, maar er zijn er gewoon te veel.

I usually like Fleetwood Mac. I just couldn’t get into this album. Kinda bland.

Ze hebben zeker betere albums dan deze, ik vond het met momenten beetje saai

Fever dream

mehh niet de beste van fleetwood mac

kheb hier niet echt veel over te zeggen eigenlijk, dees is gewoon een leuk album. Oké na het lezen van enkele reviews moet ik er wel mee instemmen dat er niet bepaald een nummer is dat er uit springt ofzo. tis idd een beetje vergeetachtig.

One of my all time faves - an album where I know every song inside out and every time I listen to it its still so good.

Stevie carries this album. Pretty consistent for a double album. Sure it drags on a bit, but overall this is more peak-era Fleetwood Mac. The title track is one of my personal favorite Fleetwood songs. Sounds like it should be in a western movie. There are plenty of other bangers here too. This isn't an album that I would revisit often due to its length, but I'll definitely be returning to individual songs. Favorite track: Tusk

7 albums to go - let’s go!

I came really close to giving Tusk a 3, but I just couldn't. The main thing that turned me off was some of its more "out-there" songs, such as "The Ledge", but its high points made up for its shortcomings in my mind. That being said, though, I still believe that it pales in comparison to Rumors. I still mainly enjoy Fleetwood Mac for their more mainstream soft rock songs, but Tusk is by no means a bad album in my opinion. "Angel" was the main song that stood out for me, I really enjoyed the lines "And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog, Like a charmed hour and a haunted song". Favorite Song: "Angel"

All of the boring parts of Fleetwood Mac personified Best Song: Storms Rating: 5/10 Stars: 3

Really enjoyed this one. Haven’t listened through rumours yet and apparently it’s a lot better than this so I have high expectations. Could hear a bit of beach boys on certain songs here which was cool.

Not offensive but boring x

i don’t think it’s their best!!! but still a lot of fun songs on there, very quintessential fleetwood mac. and i wanna give them their flowers for sarah as it is one of my all time favourites

Preferred the Nicks songs over the Buckingham songs. Still a good listen overall. Sara was the standout for me, really caught my ear and was an earworm for a bit. Liked hearing Fleetwood Mac do something different as well.

sloooop

This wasn't half-bad. After reading about its production and recording I could recognise the creative powders involved in its birth. It's alright.

This felt so much longer than it needed to be. Maybe I would've benefitted from multiple listens. There were some good songs on here but the tracklist order made them all feel disconnected from each other

As if the absolute hell of recording Rumours wasn't enough, they decided they were gonna go back to do it all again but DOUBLE the length. The coke must have been well nice. This album is just way way way too long. Some of the tracks are very nice, but half of them are so forgettable that their inclusion makes no sense. It's a solid album with a bunch of B-Sides. Also they were trying not to do a Rumours 2 but something more experimental?? This sounds like Rumours 2 lol. But I gotta mention Tusk. That is one of the sickest horn arragements I have ever laid my ears upon 6.5 / 10 Best track/s: Sara, Tusk, Sisters of the Moon

Tusk and Sara save this from being a 2. Definite drop off from the prior two albums.

It was fine, I'm sure there's another album that was left off the list that was more deserving, Rumors is a no brainer best album for Fleetwood Mac

Not bad, but nothing great

While The White Album is the obvious comparison for a fragmenting band’s bloated response to their career highlight, I’m reminded more of the four KISS solo albums that were released in one day. You could put them altogether if you wanted, but it would just sound - as Tusk does - like a demo reel sent to the producer to select a record from. But, then, no one makes the selection: partly because of the success of the previous record, partly because the band is falling apart and no one wants to be upset by the fact that there is a good Stevie Nicks EP within. Despite the length of rope granted them by success, despite the coke flying around, Tusk doesn’t sound indulgent or extravagant. The production choices sound oddly lo-fi - maybe even shit. The songwriting from Buckingham especially feels slap-dash, whereas the other continue on, deserving of solo careers. Camper Van Beethoven re-recorded the whole album in 2003, as a reunion experiement. Listening to what could be done with a band that wanted to be together and work together doesn’t help much. No one in Camper Van Beethoven is Stevie Nicks or Christine McVie. But, neither do they have to put up with Lyndsey Buckingham, who seems like a piece of work. It is a more coherent, better sounding record, but it is still a victim of the circumstances by which it was allowed out into the world. Camper Van Beethoven didn’t even like Tusk. They likened it to The Magnificent Ambersons, which is praised, while being deeply flawed. However, The Magnificent Ambersons - which, they’re right is awful - is, on the surface, awful because of studio interference, where they tried to cut it into something marketable. With Tusk, there’s no sense that anything has been cut together or assembled at all, no sense that anything should be presented to the listener, let along the market. 3 It is a commonplace to compare Tusk with the White Album. I can understand the temptation of that comparison - a contrarian, relatively uncommercial double-album to vent the pressure following a mega-seller - but it simply doesn’t fit beyond that superficial observation. Lindsey Buckingham’s supposed ‘experiments’ and daring in the studio don’t come close to the strangeness of Wild Honey Pie or Helter Skelter or even Why Don’t We Do it in the Road?, never mind Revolution 9. Much is made of ‘The Ledge’. Aye, the guitar is a wee bit out of tune - watch out Stockhausen. In my opinion there is more of Let it Be about Tusk. Subdued, languorous, still very pretty but essentially unfocused. I put the vinyl record on the hifi last night just to confirm again that the recording itself sounds absolutely terrible. Apparently Fleetwood Mac looked at the state of rock music in 1979 and calculated that self-sabotage in the studio was their best shot at being relevant. I am always impressed that it cost over a million dollars to sound this poor. That said, I am always impressed; Stevie Nicks steals the show, as usual, with the magical, meandering gloom of Sara, Storms, and Beautiful Child. Some of her best work. Christine McVie simply picks up where she left off on Rumours, seemingly oblivious to the others’ need to go deeper or weirder. Over and Over, Brown Eyes, Never Make Me Cry… nice. Very nice. Buckingham is irritating, but even he manages to contribute album highlights - the title track and Walk a Thin Line. On Tusk Fleetwood Mac are, in the end, try as they might, just unable to escape being good songwriters. Even the terrible artwork can’t scupper them. 3.5/5

Love the sound of the guitars. Less fussed about the slower tracks. Standout Track: The Ledge

I LOVE FLEETWOOD MAC

A solid album, but I don't think it deserves a slot in the Top 1001 unless we're comparing it to all the deeply Only-Popular-In-England crap I've been forced to listen to in recent weeks. A ton of songs but not a bad song on it... a bit overproduced/polished, and there's nothing ground breaking on it but it's all solid. The song "Tusk" is quite the departure from their 70's radio friendly rock but that one song doesn't get this album elevated to T1001 status in my book. "Sara" is a stand out. McVie's vocals on "Over & Over" and "Think About Me" are great, she could literally sing the phonebook and make it sound good. "That's All For Everyone" is a nice Buckingham track. I was digging "Sisters Of The Moon", "Angel" & "Beautiful Child" by Stevie are all good grooves. No wonder she went solo shortly afterwards. Again, really not a bad song on the whole album, I enjoyed it. Didn't break any ground I don't think, offered up a few big hits in the title track (126M listens) and "Sara" (116M), and a few well listened to tracks ("Storms", "Sisters...", "Think About Me", "Over & Over" & I Know I'm Not Wrong" which each have 20M-40M listens. I'd say the album was a touch on the mellow/slow side, but the songs were beautiful and well crafted. 4 stars for such a collection of solid songs, varied voices, great songwriting, and superior musicianship.

That's good, but if we compare, we know "Rumours" is better. But still deserves a 4star

Very long instrumentals but a classic with it being Fleetwood Mac

Meh. Feels like demos that got them to their hits rather than hits themselves.

charming

Bien

3.5 - Good

Tusk feels sort of monotone, and compared to other Fleetwood Mac albums doesn't quite do it for me.

tusk olmasa 3

And the way it is, I could leave it all And I ask myself, would you care at all?

Album was a wonderful listen, never really listened to Fleetwood Mac as much so Tusk was really cool! I really liked the varying song selection, a very nice balance of slower ballad type songs along with fast/riff heavy rock. I’d listen to it again!

very recognisable sound

Boring, some catchy hooks, too long, liked the opener, "that's all for everyone" sucks, a lot of 80's sounds, novelty of Nicks' lyrics has worn off. Sisters of the Moon is still pretty cool, though (I like the ending), I'm surprised I haven't heard any of these songs before, Angel is pretty good too (sounds like Rumours), Tusk sounds like a Talking Heads song (so inaccessible - I can't see why it has so many plays but I like it), "Come on baby now don't you be cold just remember that love is gold" is one of the worst things I've ever heard

While I like Lindsey buckinghams voice, in this album, the majority of songs I liked were Stevie songs. Still a beautiful album!

Very excited to listen to this one, I love Fleetwood Mac. I prefer their older stuff, I have to say. Fav song is ‘Think About Me’.

Not their best, but fantastic nonetheless!

Another banger. Have already listened to Tusk previously, stellar album (nearly as good as Rumours imo).

Not for me personally

eu salvei algumas músicas mas não me vejo escutando esse álbum de novo, não me despertou o interesse

8.3/10. Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk is a bold, beautiful , weird, experimental record and there’s much to say about it, I ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would, it’s been on my listening list for a while considering rumors is one of my favorite albums of all time, I love the Peter green era stuff as well & I’ve heard that people kinda love or hate this one so I put it on the backburner. To start most of Lindsey’s songs on here I am not a huge fan of, not to say that they are bad, but I feel like they are forgettable or lean towards being too experimental, but the title track kicks ass & I thought “that’s all for everyone” “walk a thin line” & “save me a place” were great too. Stevie’s vocals on several songs are some of her best yet especially on “Angel” (accompanied by a killer bass line) & “Sara” and I generally found her cuts to be the best on here. Overall, it’s a fascinating listen that rewards multiple re-listens, showcasing the band’s willingness to take risks while still delivering the melodic and typical Fleetwood Mac soft rock that we love. Looking forward to hearing many of these tracks again!

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.

після дрєво це ніби рай ех занадто повільно😔 блін мені шось не дуже занадто не той тип музики який мені нрав, хоча текста зароші ще й 20 пісень йомайо ну я думаю це залежить ще від того хто співає...нізна ну мабуть мелодії не дуже мені не зашло...

Loved it.

Probably sacrilege to many that this is my first Mac album. Title track is one of the weaker cuts off here honestly, which is surprising given how iconic it is, but to me it kinda feels a bit like a novelty, kinda aimless. Pretty great introduction to this band altogether though. Sisters of the Moon!

Cool!

A pop band goes a bit off the commercial path and it works! Nice album.

If the White Album is five stars, so is this. What makes you think you're the one is my favorite Mac deep track.

My first listen left me feeling like this must have been an overblown exercise in excess by Fleetwood Mac when they were at the height of their seventies popularity. All of the opening songs felt like over-the-top parodies of their hit songs. Then I read about the making of the album and realized that the excess was the message of this double album recorded after the success of Rumours. They were sending a message to their label and their fanbase -- and trying to keep in touch with what gave them their music in the first place. I read the fun article in The Independent: “Lindsey Buckingham on the wild story of Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk: ‘Everything got somewhat decadent’”. If you were wondering if they trucked in champagne and lobster to the studio while recording Tusk, then the answer is yes. My listening took a turn at the song “Sisters of the Moon.” This felt like an extension of Nicks’ and Buckingham’s earlier hits – but also different. Then I listened to “Too Funny” to see if there was really a White Stripes vibe and the college marching band-fueled title track. “Sometimes, the most beautiful things The most innocent things And many of those dreams, pass us by Keep passing me by.” – opening lyrics to “Angel” I’m grateful that I gave this album a second listen. I understand the timeline of Fleetwood Mac much more.

I like Fleetwood Mac but I don't like this album

I find this album interesting, it was released two years after Rumors but is forgettable as a whole. Every song is alright but nothing that feels up to the standard of their previous album.

I don't know why I had it in my head that this was a good album. It's not the worst but so many uninteresting songs, feels like there was no one there to tell them to trim it down. Very bloated album, and yet I can't remember any one song.

Classic "album after the historic smash album" album...good, fine, sounds a little different. I really like "Save Me a Place", sounds like a late 70s Beach Boys tune that I can hear Carl Wilson cooking....n fact, there are a few tracks that remind me of the late 70s Beach Boys. Not as overproduced as "Rumours", has its moments but overall feels more like a solidly good album that takes the pressure off of "how do you follow THAT up?" than it does an album I would seek out. Double album maybe a little indulgent too but I guess indulgence was kinda just their get down. Another 3.5 for me, but I'll round down because something about Lindsay Buckingham is intermittently annoying.

Just OK

Vorrei dare 2.5/5. L’album è effettivamente un po’ troppo lungo e le canzoni che mi sono salvata sono giusto alcune. Tra i loro album non il mio preferito ma sono sempre e comunque un’ottima compagnia di ascolto.

Fairly steady throughout, no true standouts. Not their best work, but enjoyed. Favorite song: Sisters of the Moon Ideal listening situation: slow day at work getting busy work done Would I Relisten: not something I’d seek out

Some good songs. I like Rumors better.

Zuhause, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Ganz okay.

Nicks and McVie really add so much value to this record. Buckingham is a good artist but his contributions take more time to settle. Still, there’s a lot to love on this record despite its shortcomings. I can recognize how ambitious this record is. I also thoroughly enjoy the lofi and indie nature of this, especially as a 70s record. I’d love to listen on vinyl.

not a bad album but nothing really special… rumors clears

you can feel the energy in every track. loved the more rock tracks as well as the more relaxed track.

A really cool album to just sit and vibe to. I enjoyed a lot of tracks, more than I normally do on a random album. The tracks I found memorable include: Think About Me, Sara, What Makes You Think You're The One?, Sisters of the Moon, Angel, That's Enough For Me, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Beautiful Child, Tusk, Never Forget

No Rumors, but very good listen

Rumours is the most popular albums in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list, so I had high expectations for Tusk. Unfortunately, it never really clicked with me. I can tell it’s probably a good and important album, but to my ears it still feels very much like an oldies record. That might be because I don’t really grasp the social and cultural context of the time in the US and Europe when it was made.

Tusk is great. Rumors is greater.

Fleetwood Mac is a fantastic band that makes consistently solid music, it’s no Rumors but it’s still full of quality tunes

Gave Rumours a 4 bc this is my 5 I love you Tusk

this did not resonate with me

Listened Before: No White Album, Sandinista, Tusk...gotta love a long album of random music after a massive success. Found it mostly enjoyable, didn't think any songs were skips. I imagine it's pretty hard to follow up Rumors. 4/5

Really long. The stand out songs for me are "Tusk" and "What Makes You Think You're The One". But really, the silly/energetic songs are what shines for me on this album. There are long stretches in between that are dreadfully boring, particularly the 3 songs before Tusk, good lord. I think as a double album it doesn't work. I'll probably never come back and listen to it start to finish. But somewhere in here there are 2 different albums by 2 different bands and one of them is way more fun than the other.

Perfect mix of yearning yet still upbeat

Unfortunately, I think I only think of “Rumors” when I listen to Fleetwood Mac. That’s not fair to them or this album, but this one falls short of that perfection of “Rumors.” It’s enjoyable, but nothing special to my ear.

Beyond the AOR

Best LP of 1979 - and it’s up against some competition in that year…

Was ok.

Double album. Double boredom. I assume a lot of the money spent on this album went to booze and coke.

I really enjoyed this. I’m surprised it’s considered their flop post-Rumours. It’s great and includes hits like Sara. It’s not banger after banger like Rumours of course, and the Stevie songs are clear standouts. But still, this is a great record.

Ehhhhhhh. I'm honestly close to giving this a 2, but there are just enough decent ones to carry it over to a 3... But god is this too long. And a lot very uninteresting

Fleetwood Mac's obligatory double album. This one doesn't quite hit as hard as Rumours or the (second) self-titled for me, being more of a White Album-esque grab bag of sounds than a unified whole. That said, it has enough highlights (Sara, Sisters of the Moon, Beautiful Child, and Tusk chiefest among them) for me to still rate it an easy 8/10.

A lot of very pleasant, enjoyable songs. And the title track was an interesting surprise! I was thinking about giving this a 4 but the album was way too long and also every song with Lindsey Buckingham on vocals was dogshit

I've never seen a band so carried by one member. I noticed a pattern about 5 tracks into the album: it seems to alternate between great and not good with every song. It led to me checking every song credits to ultimately witness a phenomenon where, anytime Stevie Nicks is on the mic, the band pulls together to sound like heaven; by contrast, any Lindsey Buckingham writing credit is just some bs (title track excluded). In essence I loved.... half of this album! Though the length is pretty intimidating for any future revisits. Standouts: Over&Over • Think About Me • Sara • Storms • Sisters of the Moon • Angel • Brown Eyes • Honey Hi • Tusk

Pretty ok album but god damn this does not change my opinion that most double albums need a hatchet taken to them. The entire second half of this album has completely passed by me without making an impact on two separate listens. Just let Stevie Nicks do her thing and give us 12 good songs.

Not my favorite Fleetwood Mac album, still incredible

Tusk is one of my favorite Fleetwood Mac songs. The rest of the album was chill, more subdued than their other work and didn't appeal to me as much

I love Fleetwood Mac and the whole vibe of this album. Easily a five

Favorite Track: Tusk

alright now

they don't really have bad albums :D

A bit meh, thank god for Stevie Knicks and the song Tusk

Feels a bit like FM’s White Album. Coming from all directions at once. Some good tracks. Particularly like Tusk itself. Generally though, not enough to push it up another notch. 3.5

Some great, but mostly meh

I love rumors so much; this album is entirely new to me. Some nice tracks, but not top to bottom bangers. I want to give it a 3 based on comparing it to Rumors, but I'm giving it a 4 in comparison to other albums on here. Highlights: storms, that's enough for me

8/10 Favorites: Sara Storms Never Make Me Cry Beautiful Child

Quite forgettable.

I liked every second song, which is to say I liked the songs that Lindsey Buckingham didn’t write

I enjoy the female vocals on this album rather than the male vocals. And there are some mad drum solos on this album. Overall not bad, but not my favorite.

Didn't get to listen to it a 2nd time like I would've liked. My notes vanished. Will reassess but as of right now, it's a 3.

Is it better than Rumors? Probably not. Do I like this more than Rumors? Maybe, I'll have to get back to you on that. There's something so charming though about Nicks and McVie's beautiful ballads alongside Buckingham's deranged songs where he's clearing losing his fucking mind. 5 Stars.

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.

6.3

Thought everyone hated this album

It’s admirable that they didn’t want to just make Rumours 2, but maybe they should have decided what to make instead before they spent over a million in 1970s money recording it. There are too many good songs for it to be a failure but it does sound a bit like a band with an identity crisis.

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

Would’ve been 5 stars but then that song jail bait came on. Pretty dusty lyrics from a 35 year old. Eww.

It’s hard for me to judge this one based on its own merits. I mean, come on… their last album was “Rumours”. So while I tried to put myself in a vacuum and be as objective as possible, it’s hard to imagine someone handing me this record and saying, “here you go, this is Fleetwood Mac”. That ALL being said, I have very mixed feelings on this album. While I think I get what they were trying to do… follow up strong with a huge double album and capitalize on the success of one of the greatest albums ever recorded, I think it falls short. There are some really good tracks, but the only real “hit” that reminds me of (and I’m losing my objectivity here) their previous work would be “Sara”. The rest is a mix of good to very good, with a little weird and even some WTF sprinkled in there. Some of the songs are just quirky, or have strange guitar and drum tones that left me wondering “why did they do that?”. I think this would have been a lot stronger as a single album, but still not in the “great” territory, and I do say that objectively.

Interessante Klänge und Stereo Effekte, im ganzen jedoch relativ unspektakulär.

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!

Classic

I mean it's Fleetwood Mac so it's good but it's not their best. 1. Over and over- I love this song, no notes 2. The ledge- a fun one 3. Think about me- ye ok 4. Save me a place- boring 5. Sara- hell ye 6. What makes you think you're the one- meh 7. Storms- hell ye x2 8. That's all for everyone- I could take or leave 9. Not that funny- as above 10. Sisters of the moon- hell ye x3 11. Angel- hell ye on vocals but otherwise meh 12. That's enough for me- meh 13. Brown eyes- ok 14. Never make me cry- ok 15. I know I'm not wrong- ok 16. Honey Hi- meh 17. Beautiful child- hell ye ish 18. Walk a thin line- naw 19. Tusk- yaw 20. Never forget- yaw

There are a few songs here that I’ll keep with me - including Sara and the Ledge.

Its certainly no Rumours.

I happen to like several Fleetwood Mac songs, but none of them are from this album, and unfortunately, nothing from this album really grabbed me like those songs did. I expected more honestly.

Loved this album, listened to it twice in a row, and would be happy to again. I hate to say it, but the Rumors radio songs are overplayed in my opinion, so this was a nice fresh alternative. A few funny notes from other reviews - it's the "Live, Laugh, Love" of music, kind of spot on. Also, "the drumming sounds like someone building a shed" - cannot unhear! Funny visual. Anyway, good stuff.

L.O.V.E.

Really an interesting listen. It’s fascinating how different (more lo-fi, scrappier) the production is on this one relative to Rumours considering it came after. It feels very loose, like there was creative lightning bouncing around the room and they were running around with a bottle. There’s a lot to love here, but it also feels strange and disjointed. Maybe a reflection of the bands inner workings at the time, I’m not sure. Heading for Wikipedia after this. Love the big pop energy of ‘What Makes You Think You’re the One’, ‘Sara’ is gorgeous, ‘Never Make Me Cry’ lives in a brilliant space. Guitar tones (direct to desk?) are wild, drums are insanely dead yet everything feels very alive. It’s natural to compare this with Rumours, which is unfair on any band’s best day, and it doesn’t live up to that, but it does occupy this really cool space and I’ve already listened to the record twice with more sure to come.

This album was just okay to me - therefore 3/5. I love Fleetwood Mac, but this is one of their less popular albums.

I keep not liking it. Way too long. Some great songs washed down in the general mediocrity of the album. Boring and repetitive. Not my cup of tea.

🙂

01) Over & Over - 8,5 02) The Ledge - 8,5 03) Think About Me - 9,0 04) Save Me a Place - 9,0 05) Sara - 10,0 06) What Makes You Think You're the One - 8,5 07) Storms - 9,0 08) That's All for Everyone - 8,0 09) Not That Funny - 8,5 10) Sisters of the Moon - 8,5 11) Angel - 8,5 12) That's Enough for Me - 8,0 13) Brown Eyes - 9,0 14) Never Make Me Cry - 9,0 15) I Know I'm Not Wrong - 8,5 16) Honey Hi - 8,0 17) Beautiful Child - 8,0 18) Walk a Thin Line - 8,0 19) Tusk - 10,0 20) Never Forget - 8,5 TOTAL: 8,65 (87/100) Current ranking: 107/763

Every song on here that I like was because it sounds like Rumors, and everything else is pointless. 2*

8/10 any Fleetwood Mac is good

Good band but not my cup of tea. I got pretty bored listening to it.

No where near as good as rumours

Album was a bit all over the place, and a bit long. Loved the one-two punch of Sara/ What Makes You Think You're The One

Can’t say I was super into it, a few nice moments but not really my vibe overall. Also was a bit of a slog at well over an hour long. Stevie Nicks is cool, didn’t realize how little she actually features on the album though.

theres some great songs but its long and sometimes repetitive

Classic

8/10… yacht rock / 70s pop / *1979

So boring...

Not as gripping as the two albums that preceded this one.

It's got that typical fleetwood mac feeling, but I feel like they have made better albums. While it's not bad, I don't feel like there are many exceptional songs on this one.

Loved a couple of songs

Fleetwood Mac has an undeniable style. Thats half of what makes a band great, just being able to hear a bit of their music and have no doubt its them.

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.

Jag är svag för det välproducerade, lite murriga, 70-talet. Väldigt välljudande rakt igenom. Bäst i midtempo-låtarna med McVie och Nicks, till exempel inledande Over and over, Angel, Sara, Storms och Sisters of the moon. Buckingham hade kunnat låta bli att sjunga över huvud taget faktiskt. Det blir en klass sämre när han står vid mikrofonen. Det är en lång skiva och håller många olika nivåer, vilket gör det svårt med betyget. Jag väljer en snäll fyra.

Ännu ett album som lider av oförmågan att kunna begränsa sig. Ändock, här hade det varit så enkelt. 20 låter varav 11 som inte Buckingham skrivit. Behåll dessa och du har ett ganska bra album. Allra bäst blir det nog när Stevie Nicks står för skapandet (och sången).

Jag fattar inte varför Fleetwood Mac är så kritikerrosade. Deras musik är överlag trist, ibland tramsig, men aldrig engagerande.

Interesting variety of sounds and styles but still somewhat bland in my taste.

I couldn’t find this album in Spotify

Guys, Rumours has done well, we’d better knock out another album. Yeah, we’ve got some songs left over, they’ll do. There’s a couple that are half decent. Mick: I can’t be arsed to drum though. Don’t worry Mick, a basic effort is all that’s needed, punters will buy anything…

forgettable

I didn't like most of Buckingham's songs and it felt like nicks was doing a lot of the heavy lifting on this album. Would have probably been better if Buckingham hadn't contributed at all.

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

Couple of great songs, pleasant vibe overall

Favourite FM album. Trumps Rumours in my books. Love it all.

I'm not the biggest FM fan but this was pretty good. Not sure how often I would personally spin it but I get it.

Not aboard the Fleetwood Mac train. Not bad. But not something I’d spend more time on.

i love fleetwood mac

This album is like a gut punch (complimentary).

I've heard this album before, but not a lot. I've been in a Fleetwood Mac kinda mood lately though. Spent an evening last week just watching old performances on Youtube. This is at least a 4, maybe even a 5. Plus, if I give this a good score, maybe Stevie Nicks will tell me she loves me.

Such an amazing piece. Great songwriting, beautiful compositions, good singing and fun! One of the best Also, Beautiful Child is an absolute gem of a ballad, amazing melodies

Good enough, but it's hard to be Fleetwood Mac and have to improve on Rumours.

Primal.

If it wasn't for the manic pixies and weird vampire girls, this band would slide into obscurity.

I have mixed feelings about this album. On one hand, It's Fleetwood Mac. On the other, some songs themselves lack a quality that would make me look forward to listening to them. It's a 75% chance the song isn’t memorable and a 25% chance it's phenomenal.

Some good some not great

Great album, very chilled rock

I liked some of the tracks a lot. I think it’s somewhere between 4 and 5

This is the first album in a while that I not only know pre-emptively but actively love. I won't talk about this album too much, Fleetwood Mac are absolutely a band that have and will continue to be talked about constantly until the Earth explodes. While I consider that totally valid, as a band they not only had a phenomenal sound, a really interesting story and a great catalogue, it's certainly possible for a band to be overexplained. That being said, I like Tusk a lot within the catalogue for being a weird album. This is the record that followed Rumours and Lindsey said he wanted to create the "anti Rumours", so his recording and song writing process was pretty strange for this album to the point where some of his vocals were recorded in his bathroom while he did push ups. Hell, Tusk itself has a marching band as the main focus of the soundscape and it absolutely thrives on it. As time went on the band found Lindsey harder and harder to work with but for this album his aversion to playing the same as the rest of the band is absolutely for the benefit of the album. Considering that, and the legacy this album had to live up to... Absolutely love it, while two thirds of the songs on this album are totally standard for Fleetwood Mac (that is to say, phenomenal and catchy masterworks of song writing. Standard for Fleetwood Mac is well above the average band at this point in their careers.) Lindsey's part of this record is great, fun and absolutely goofy in the best of ways. Despite the band falling apart at the seams and swimming backwards on a river of cocaine at this point while absolutely burning money I am glad this album is so well crafted. It doesn't quite benefit from the toxic relationship breakdown emotions like Rumours does but it's also not totally absent of it. So with all this high praise, you might be looking below and thinking "well why isn't it higher in your list?" which is a valid question. But it's Fleetwood Mac which means not only are there better albums out there but there's a better album in this exact discography (god knows if it'll be in here but I actually like Tango in the Night more too). This album, despite being a double album, is absolutely justified in its length and place on this list but it just doesn't do QUITE as much for me as other albums and styles not only from this band but from this era. Still totally a 5 star album and if I were being ultra specific the LOWEST I'd give this like an 88/100. Best songs: Tusk & Storms Worst song: N/A Rank compared to everything else so far: 4/15 (above Tracy Chapman below Superfly)

4 out of 5. I daresay this is better than Rumors. Also found out I could shoot my fingernails like bullets as I listened. How bizarre.

A long, pointed tooth which has the purpose of attacking prey.

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

It’s cute

"I see the appeal, I would never take it away from anyone, but I would also never stand in line for it." It's a good album, nothing wrong with it and was great as background listening, but I honestly just don't find Fleetwood Mac particularly interesting, barring a couple of songs that aren't on this album.

Would have given it 4.5 if that was an option. Lindsey and Christine sings the first several then Stevie comes in like an angel with Sara. Great

++: Over & Over, The Ledge, Think About Me, Not That Funny, Sisters of The Moon, That's Enough for Me, Brown Eyes, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Tusk, Never Forget +: Save Me A Place, Sara, Storms, Walk a Thin Line +-: What Makes You Think You're the One, That's All for Everyone, Angel, Never Make Me Cry, Honey Hi, Beautiful Child 7,3/10

Nice surprise, a change of pace after Rumours, still sounding beautiful and rich

never seen this one i think.

I LOVEEEE FLEETWOOD MAC but I don’t love this album lol

2.2

good album

Nothing special... følte ikkje eg fant någe som fenga Beste sang: Beautifull Child

You can tell they were at the end of their chain here. Chain chain chain

Not my favorite of theirs, but still some great songs.

Not bad, pretty groovy.

Great album

Interesting how many of the reviews compare this to rumors... But also, I get it. I loved rumors and gave it a 5. Tusk is its own beast, interesting in different ways... And I can see why it wasn't as successful. It's definitely the weirder album, and I absolutely can believe what I've read about them basically being given free reign and a blank cheque, and deciding to get as far away from a follow up to rumors as they could. A broken and crashing out Fleetwood Mac deliver this weird album that doesn't have as much pop appeal, and doesn't feel anywhere near as cohesive... And it's a double to boot! It's a strange choice, but at the same time I understand it in a way... I wish I could give this more, but for me it earns a 3.

Listened to a lot of Fleetwood Mac, but noticed I don't recognise a single track on this album! Clearly not listened to a lot of Fleetwood Mac. Really somber opening with "Over & Over", straight into a lively lead bass track that has a fun energy to the delivery of the lyrics in The Ledge. Already, this feels like a departure from the typical Fleetwood Mac album of prominent lyrics back by light - but still serious - instrumental ensemble. "What makes you think I'm the One" sounds like it could have been a Queen song, with Lindsey Buckingham really sounding like Freddie in his delivery of the line that is the same as the song's title; that same punchy attitude that Freddie would have used to match the question being asked. "It's not that Funny" reminds me more of David Bowie, with the fuzzy guitar songs and the subtly angry lyrics. It's clear that, around this time, Fleetwood Mac were doing a lot to experiment with their sound, which is always encouraged. The tone of the album as a whole seems to flip backwards and forwards from being quite melodramatic to playfully aggressive; "That's all for Everyone" before this track dreamily delivered by Buckingham. "Sisters of the Moon" at the albums halfway line has near-Pink Floyd epicness with it's closing guitar solo; easily one of my favourite tracks so far. "Brown Eyes" brings everything down again with a steady bassline, dreamy lyrics and soft drums; another favourite. Appreciated how different this was to Rumors (1977) before it. Despite this, at 20 tracks long, this felt like a drag towards the end, which is a shame, considering it's most 'iconic track', "Tusk", is second from the end.

I too expected a little more from this. Fleetwood Mac can definitely not make bad music, but this was not a focused record. Lots of way different ideas without any cohesion in sound or lyrics. Sounds amazing, some easy 10/10 songs, but altogether a mid to low 4 star

7/10. Stevie Nicks's songs are luminous, but otherwise, I'm not hearing much that's interesting. It's hard to go wrong with Fleetwood Mac, but why this album instead of the self-titled album?

I get why people felt this was a disappointment on the whole (comparatively to Rumours).

Well this is definitely an interesting mess of an album. I definitely can see the comparisons to The Beatles' White Album. Basically a tale of two albums honestly. Buckingham's terrible experimentation (such as on The Ledge) vs Nicks and McVie hard carrying this album on their backs (mostly Nicks, who wrote the best songs on this album, particularly Sisters of the Moon, but McVie has some solid cuts). It's funny reading Christgau's comments saying the opposite, but he couldn't be more wrong. Basically, the closer this album gets to sounding like Rumours is when its at its best.

Bra denne. Ikke deres beste, men fin. Som de andre FM, så blir de bedre med tida. Sikkert en femmer i min fremdtid, denne.

Always a pleasure to listen to her voice. 4.5

It's pleasant and her voice is very smooth but it was too long and doesn't hold up to Rumours

ok

Great music to talk over at a campfire setting. Can't really see another situation for this album.

Really was hoping to give this a better rating, 3 for me. Nothing really jumps out at me other than maybe one or two tracks

wtf this is so much better than rumours, feels so much more spontaneous and fun and genuinely creative Fav song: Think About Me maybe

Worse than Rumours and I guess I'll never listen to it again.

Absolutely bananas follow-up to Rumours. Split halfway between the gorgeous pop of its predecessor and "let's try this out" experiments. Long and indulgent, like all the best double albums are.

Certainly not my favorite by this band, but fine nonetheless. Good background music.

Like most double album, this would have been a single LP on par with the previous two if they trimmed out some of the coked out Lindsey Buckingham tunes. That being said, I Walk a Thin Line is the album highlight for me.

very chill, distinct sound on this album compared to some of their biggest hits. feels very influential of modern folky pop

Messy, all over the place stylistically, but still really damn good. There's something really charming about this project, I'll have to give it another listen in the future to form a real solid opinion on it, simply because there's a lot to unpack with this one, but still really damn good. Not the direction you would've thought they'd go in after their hit album 'Rumours'

naislaulaja on raikas tuulahdus mitä nyt on tätä tonniykköstä kuunnellut. On myös muitakin vokalisteja. Mukavaa poljentoa.

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

Ganske bra.

Great album. I like the one where they turn into a marching band.

Ça peut paraître bizarre mais mon premier contact avec l'album Tusk a été par le remake fait par Camper Van Beethoven. Difficile d'égaler la version d'origine.

J'ai toujours trouvé que c'était un album difficile à apprécier. Le fait que c'est un album double ne rejd pas la tâche facile. J'adore les compos de Buckingham (The Ledge surtout wow ça a été un hit de mon été 2024). Du même coup, les chansons avec une facture moins cleans, probablement celles qui ont été enregistrées "dans sa salle de bains" comme la légende le veut, c'est des succès.

Un album « en silo » comme dit Félix. des bons hits, des occasions plus manquées. Par contre personnellement, j’ai plus aimé les compositions de Stevie Nicks (Sara, Storms, Sisters of the Moon). Par contre j’ai adoré That’s All for Everyone, qui faisait fortement penser à Deerhunter. Mais bon, encore un album double qui ne mérite pas de l’être! Difficile de couper quand on a des gros egos!

I've never given this album a proper listen, until now. I know my past listens were tainted with the expectation of another Rumors. There are some very good songs on here. Most of the ones performed by Stevie and Christine are exceptional. Tusk is always a favorite - I love it's primal beat.

Very pretty!

decent album a bit slow but overall decent songs. love their vibe always

Good but Rumours exists

Pretty good vibe.

Not my favorite Fleetwood Mac recorb but still really good

Great stuff, I hadn't listened to this album before, but it's definitely got the signature Fleetwood Mac sound. One thing I really like about their music is how crystal clear and well-produced it is.

Ah, the long awaited followup to Rumours. I've listened to this album on multiple occasions and I've tried to like it, but i'm still struggling. There's good songs there for sure, I enjoy the title track a lot, but it's just too long and has too much excess that should be shaved down. There's a good album in there somewhere. I suppose I find it interesting enough to keep coming back to it, maybe one day I'll truly enjoy it. It's not Rumours though.

I listened to this one twice thinking I was missing something. It’s all the album filler songs with the singles stripped out. Bang average.

I’ve never listened to this album fully but it was a really enjoyable listen

Didn’t touch me as Rumors but still good, maybe A little bit too long. Stevie Nicks is absolutely fabulous. I love her.

Veel beter dan ik had gedacht. Mooie liedjes en goede teksten. Merk echter wel dat mijn aandacht snel wegdrijft omdat het rustige en harmonieuze muziek is...

First time I’ve ever listened to a full FM album. It was pretty good! I don’t love the male vocals but the female ones are great.

There's more to listen to than this

“Cocaine Blizzard”

No sabía que ya había escuchado alguna canción de este álbum. Sisters of the moon llevaba un año en mi playlist de le pido a la luna jeje. Ha sido un disco agradable, fácil de digerir. No he sentido que me haya cambiado la vida para siempre, pero ha sido una escucha dulce

sisters of the moon storms

Scho lang ufs Fleetwood MacBook Pro 2 gfreud und überrascht wie country das es doch amigs isch. einzelni lieder dezwüsche defür sehr sehr toll. anderi wiederum biz weniger. Klassische fall vo 3 Software Updates

This is zchön. Gid sicher na besseri fleetwood burger albums. Darum gömmer mal mit 4 sterblis driii

hälfti glost, isch mer bizli zu viel yippie ya yay country style potatoes gsi da wartemer lieber uf s'nächste fleetwood macintosh album

3.5

If Fleetwood Mac’s self titled album was the honeymoon project and Rumors was the break up project, Tusk would definitely have to be the emotional rollercoaster that is the post-break up project detailing all the emotions of regret, anger, and of course loads of sadness. Out of all the musicians working on this project I'd argue this is mostly Lindsey Buckingham's magnum opus as a majority of the songwriting and vocal moments are her own and she really gets to shine in her own spotlight here unalike on some of Fleetwood Mac's other projects. Much like how most people act after a break up, this album is quite all over the place and never manages to really settle on a sound or mood for the entire project and really comes off as nothing short of sporadic. My favorite songs from this project have to be Think About Me, Sara, and Sisters of the Moon. While I appreciate how vulnerable all of Fleetwood Mac is being here, to say this was a bit of a chore to get through would be a bit of an understatement. It feels like a bunch of tracks thrown together and the only reason people see it as passable is because of the context in which this album lies in, and that works on me as well. There is no rhyme or reason to anything here in this tracklist, just a mix of good, great, and 2 decent songs that all are from the same band. I feel I would enjoy this more as a broken up selection of singles rather than a 1 hour and 13 minute album, but that is just me I guess. I don't get why people are so crazy about this album as it feels just as messy as all the band feuds just put into audio form. Oh well, glad I got it out of the way I guess...

Very slow and rather cheesy of Fleetwood Mac. It's an hour and fifteen minutes, and I think only about twenty of those minutes were Stevie Nicks. Definitely needs more Stevie Nicks.

Well they made their Sgt. Peppers so it’s only fair they can make their White Album. While this is definitely not as good as Rumours it does a good job of showing the range of the band. I think the Stevie led songs are a lot of my favorites here. Favorites were Over And Over, The Ledge, Sara, Sisters Of The Moon, Angel, That’s Enough For Me, Beautiful Child, and Tusk.

I've mentioned before that I watched a lot of VH1 Behind the Music in the late 90s and early 00s, and the Fleetwood Mac episode was on frequently. I'm well aware of the soaps-opera lore of Fleetwood Mac, but I've never made myself delve all the way into this double album before. My first impression is that it's... a lot. Twenty tracks split between three different lead vocalists makes this feel more like a playlist than an album. FM was hardly a unified band by 1979 and this album lays that bare. I'm interested by all the talk of 'incorporating post-punk' to their sound here because I struggle to hear much of that in my first listen. Mostly, I hear a lot of lethargic/ethereal motifs that don’t make a huge impression. It’s an hour and fifteen minutes long, but after it’s over it doesn’t feel like it took that long. I guess that’s good? But it also means my brain immediately omitted a large portion of the album from memory. I appreciate them putting the title track, “Tusk”, second to last though, at least that track will stay fresh on my mind.

Eclectic and a little too folksy for me. I like their other stuff better

For being a double album, something entirely unnecessary, this is pretty good.

Not my favorite FM album but undeniably something I could put on anytime and not be unhappy with the decision.

Beautiful album. Really highlights everything great about Fleetwood Mac. Great album, excellent production, distinct quality and performance from the 3 singers and songwriters.

Fleetwood Mac – Tusk (1979) It’s hard not to judge Tusk through the lens of Rumours. That record is so tight, so perfectly sculpted, that anything following it was bound to feel a little unmoored. Tusk isn’t trying to recreate that magic—it’s what happens when a band at the top of the world decides to dismantle the machine just to see what makes it tick. There’s brilliance in the chaos. The title track is wild and unhinged in the best way—marching drums, manic vocals, the feeling that the whole thing could fall apart at any second but somehow doesn’t. It’s a reminder that Lindsey Buckingham was chasing something raw and alive, even if it wasn’t always pretty. Sara, on the other hand, is Stevie Nicks at her most hypnotic—hazy, poetic, and wistful. You don’t understand the song so much as drift through it. It’s the emotional heartbeat of the album. The rest of Tusk meanders between the inspired and the indulgent. There are great moments scattered throughout, but the record doesn’t hit the same emotional through-line as Rumours. It’s a fascinating, ambitious work, just not a cohesive one. Still, you can’t help but admire the audacity—it’s Fleetwood Mac refusing to become a museum piece, choosing restlessness over repetition. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Really good. I can tell they're trying hard to sound different, and they do sound a lot different, but it's definitely the same band. Songs are a bit more focused at times. Great album.

Bueno, catchy pero se me hizo largo. Muchos temas filler

Have only heard a few songs on this one. Did not have any opinions on this going into listening and I enjoy the experimental nature of it. I expect to grow a greater liking to this with additional listenings.

Album 14. Tusk — Fleetwood Mac (1979) I fucking love Fleetwood Mac so much. And I almost don’t know their songs except the hits. Happy to get this album to listen. So many great songs, sooo many. It's not "Rumours" and it's not a failed album. It's Tusk, It's Fleetwood Mac. 4/5 —————————————— Liked: — Sara — Storms — Sisters of the Moon — Task — Never forget

Definitely interesting, memorable, but it does feel like a collection of ideas and not an album. There's a reason that there's not a track on this album that comes to mind when you think off Fleetwood Mac's collection. It's good, but definitely not great.

fine

Liked this

Ledges was my favorite overall a nice listen

The most expensive album ever made (well over 6 million dollars in 2025 money) over a million dollars - that's A LOT of cocaine! Nope. It's not as good as Rumours. It's not even half as good but it's still a 5/5 album perfectly imperfect. During its best moments it's as good (and frankly better) than just about anything that came out in 1979 and during its stumbles it's the sound of a band doing it all for the art. Rumours Pt 2 this is not. Tusk marks the end of Fleetwood Mac as a creative force to be reckoned with -after one of the greatest three album runs in history Fleetwood Mac was racing towards total artistic irrelevance that they would reach with Behind the Mask after a decade of album after album of serviceable shit with a few gems thrown in out of Buckingham's need to let you know that HIS (Fleetwood Mac, my ass) band could still deliver the gold when he wanted them to as easily as he could have them deliver the rusted half-assed, half-finished songs found on stuff like Tango in the Night By the time they returned in 1982 with 'Mirage' they would be in a creative slump that would last for the rest of their recording career but in 1979 they would blow all their post punk influences out of the water with only a handful of their contemporaries (Pink Floyd, AD DC, etc.) providing any real creative competition and with only The Wall by Pink Floyd bettering it by a bit- just a little bit. It must fuck with your head to realize that just a decade later you would be releasing utter dreck like Behind the Mask that would be devoid of even a single song worthy of being played more than once. Poor Stevie! How tusked up!

An album that somehow feels less than the some of its parts Has its moments but they’re stretched out over far too long a run time Never bad but never great either

Ganz okay, mir passiert aber zu wenig

Hab das Album hier tatsächlich zum ersten Mal gehört (kannte bisher fast nur Rumours und Tango..) - sehr schön entspannt und nah durch Begrenzung auf Wesentliches. Dazu wirklich viele schöne Momente - vor allem melodisch. Gänsehaut durch Storms; lächelnde Zufriedenheit durch Sara, That’s all for everyone, Sisters of the moon, that’s enough for me, brown eyes, I know I’m not wrong, honey hi, walk a thin line, tusk. Der Rest ist solide, aber hat mich weniger berührt. Finds witzig, dass ich das titelgebende Tusk als aus dem Rahmen des Albums fallend wahrnehme, während das Album ja damals genremäßig aus dem bisherigen Rahmen der Band fiel. Der Song (Tusk) ist aber auch einfach zu stark, als dass er auf der Strecke hätte bleiben können. Insgesamt ist das Album bissi zu lang, aber ich freue mich total, dass ich es nun kennengelernt habe :)

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

Mein Grundproblem mit denen: Ich finde nahezu alles, was Stevie Nicks singt, grandios. Songs, die er singt, sind für mich "hit or miss", teils finde ich seine Songs sogar cheesy. Ich habe hier erst befürchtet, dass auf Länge eines Doppelalbums nicht zieht. Aber gefällt mir über weite Strecken sehr gut! Mehr Album-Gefühl als "Rumours", das hat wiederum diese absolut herausragenden Songs. 7/10 mit Tendenz nach oben, etwas zu lang.

Standouts Storms Sisters of the Moon Tusk

The best songs were Sara and Storms.

Really did not expect the follow-up to Rumours to be this lo-fi honestly, even after reading about how it was like the Smiley Smile to Rumours' Pet Sounds. When I saw that this was here and their self-titled wasn't, I was a bit disappointed, but I think getting to see a version of Fleetwood Mac I didn't really know existed more than makes up for that.

We like

Good, but i prever metal music

Bit dated, didn’t enjoy 2/10

Very good, but a bit long. Many of the filler songs are just too.. silly? But the great songs are truly that

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.

I can see why people don't listen put it that way

Brown Eyes feels like the real standout in an album I'm not really connecting with so far. Further down, I like Tusk, but this doesn't really elevate my opinion of Fleetwood Mac