Tusk

Sara, You're The Poet In My Heart 1001 Albums Generator 88 (08/04/2025) I didn't realize Fleetwood Mac had their White Album: a messy, eclectic double album with songs written by individuals as opposed to being written by the whole band. It is well documented that guitarist Lindsay Buckingham was into post-punk at this time and didn't want to make an album that sounded like their previous album, the highly successful Rumours. However, it is obvious from Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks' contributions that they wanted to continue down the soft pop rock route, with Nicks taking the ballads and McVie taking the higher energy songs. The strong swings in style are evident from the beginning, when McVie's soft rock masterpiece Over & Over is followed by Buckingham's cowpunk The Ledge. Both songs are really quite wonderful, but could hardly be more different from one another. Similar to The Beatles' White Album, the A side is absolutely perfect. Think About Me is a relatively basic, but very catchy, rocker also penned by McVie and Save Me A Place is a more stripped back, folksy piece with wonderful vocal harmonies from Buckingham. Stevie Nicks' only contribution on the A Side is considered one of the best Mac songs ever: the ethereal Sara. From the opening verse, accompanied only by piano before Mick Fleetwood's drums begin to build along with John McVie's bass, the sound is really reminiscent of dream pop honestly (seriously listen to this album through the lens of Beach House and you'll see what I mean). Instruments continue coming in, almost unnoticed, while the structure of the song remains pretty simple. This is a vibes song all the way. Songs like What Makes You Think You're The One, Not That Funny, and I Know I'm Not Wrong are so glammy and punky. It is a sound that I don't associate with Fleetwood Mac at all, but it works great and I'm glad that Buckingham brought it to the table. There are just so many songs here; I can't talk about all of them. Sisters Of The Moon sounds like it could have been on Rumours, and I'm actually surprised this one isn't more popular. I think that the album starts to drag in its second half. That's Enough For Me is autological. Never Make Me Cry is pretty boring and forgettable. The last side is the worst one (as with The White Album). Beautiful Child and Walk A Thin Line do absolutely nothing for me, but Honey Hi is kind of cute. The title track is a really interesting piece of experimental rock and is Buckingham's best contribution to the album by far. Reading about the recording of this song is nuts. Tusk is a mess, but it's Fleetwood Mac's unique mess. It has very high highs and kind of low lows, but I would say it's a solid 4/5. Favs: Sara Sisters Of The Moon Tusk Least Fav: That's Enough for Me

Long. Slightly more varied than i imagined but unfortunately still sounds like Fleetwood Mac.

Didn't think I liked Fleetwood Mac so was't looking forward to this..but enjoyed it. Despite them apparantly wanting it to sound more like post-punk, to me it had more of the weirdness of Beatles White Album, or Beach Boys/early McCartney solo lo-fi - enough variety and surprises that it never felt like it was running out of ideas despite its length

I’d never heard Tusk before. I now understand why. Let’s be honest, it’s no Rumours. I can hear the nuggets of not fully formed creative ideas throughout, but there’s very little that resonates with me on this album, and despite its length, its self-indulgent tone doesn’t help solve this for me. It’s bloated and a touch incoherent in a White Album way, but unlike the Beatles’ release which for me can be edited down to a much more palatable, shorter, 5 star album, this doesn’t offer anything like enough high points to get an edited version high score. The best I can say is that it’s inoffensive, the worst that it’s not memorable and I’ll likely never listen to it again.

Lots of hits and misses on this record. It was mostly enjoyable. Favourite Track(s): Least Favourite Track(s):

it was incredible. took me back a little too

Not for me, have liked all the other fleetwood mac I have listened to but this was mostly just too slow

That's more like it! Glorious madness, this. How do you follow up Rumours, probably the best and most accessible record of the decade? If you're Buck, Nicks, Mick and Christine, then you do...this. An absolutely mental mess that is, nevertheless, completely brilliant.

Not their best album, but so much talent.

I don’t really get this band. I like Nicks’ voice but otherwise this seems like boomer nostalgia.

Tusk is Fleetwood Mac’s double album follow-up to their biggest album ever, Dreams, one of the best-selling albums of all time. When the Mac wrote & recorded Tusk, Lindsey Buckingham wanted something totally different from Dreams, & Lord, was it. Tusk showcases 3 songwriters across 20 songs, Christine McVie wrote 6, Stevie Nicks wrote 5 & Buckingham wrote 9 songs. McVie, who is extremely under-rated, wrote songs that could’ve worked on Dreams & Nicks too wrote songs that for the most part could have been on Dreams, but Buckingham was inspired by punk & new wave & his songs are so different from what Dreams was, it’s almost like he wasn’t even in the same band anymore. Buckingham’s songs were almost punk rockabilly mixed with the Beach Boys. You need a couple of listens to see what he was going for, while McVie’s songs brought you back down to earth, & Nicks was going to Nicks. The song Tusk is one of the weirdest songs ever. It’s nonsensical, it has a marching band playing in it, but it’s got that riff that keeps it locked into your brainpan for days. Standout tracks are Over & Over, That’s All for Everyone, That’s Enough for Me, Beautiful Child, Tusk, & my favorite track, Sara, Sara is about Nicks’s doomed relationships with Mick Fleetwood, Don Henley & a terminated pregnancy. Not a fun song lyrically, but it’s beautiful. While I can see why this album only sold like 4 million compared to Dreams' 10 million & it could have some of the fat trimmed down to an incredible 10-12 track album, Tusk is definitely a great album on its own merit.

Stevie Nicks is one of the most expressive vocalists of her generation. I gravitate immediately to every song she’s the lead on, the other songs not so much. A lot of the songs have a Fleetwood Mac sound, there’s some that feel almost like a song the Band would produce. Notable songs include Over And Over, Sara, What Makes You Think You’re The One, Storms, Sisters of the Moon, Angel, Brown Eyes, I Know I’m Not Wrong, Hi Honey, Beautiful Child, Walk A Thin Line, Never Forget.

Classic album.

Not quite Rumours but still good, even the Buckingham songs

First time I’ve ever listened to an album that’s over an hour long and immediately wanted to listen to it again. It actually got better and better as it went along. Bit weirder than their more popular stuff, but just as engrossing, maybe even more so

Thank god these lads couldn’t stop shagging each other, they made some great tunes. Perhaps nothing standout like Rumours, but enjoyed the longer more experimental stuff. Simpsons: Yes

Good, but not as good as Rumours

A lot going on here, didn't feel that cohesive which is a shame. Stevie Nicks has a cracking voice.

OK

I enhoyed it, it somehow felt a bit less memorable than rumors but a great record overall. The sounds, songwriting felt less folky compared to some tracks on rumors. Another good one for a long car ride.

Me ha gustado y lo conocia menos que el otro de The Chain

Great album

I haven't listened to a full Fleetwood Mac album in its entirety before, just the odd song here and there on the radio, so this was a nice chance to do that. Having read notes about how this album was made, I was intrigued to see how it played out, and I liked the chopping and changing of styles between tracks. The switch from the chilled out Sara to the Sgt. Pepper-esque (in my opinion) What Makes You Think You're the One was interesting. I wouldn't say I'm a die-hard Fleetwood Mac fan, but I'm never adverse to hearing their music. I think four stars is probably just about right for this. When Rumours comes round, I'm sure I will revisit Tusk afterwards. Standout track - Tusk

What a great easy listen!

3.3 1x

This is the classic reaction album, zagging where Rumours zigged. I like the subdued mood, but some songs sound incomplete or unfinished. (Double albums are dangerous.) The ones that feel fully fleshed out—like "Sisters of the Moon"—are pretty great, though.

I love Fleetwood Mac but this feels coke-bloated. It's mostly solid, but can't say there's one song on here that really feels like a classic to me. It's like a Use Your Illusion without a November Rain.

A few moments that are nice but overall it collapsed under its own (light)weight

A couple of gems but not enough.

Some real bangers on here, but also some filler. Quite a different sound to the early years but not quite where they got to with Rumours.

OK

honestly couldn’t get through the whole thing just not the biggest fan of fleetwood mac. lowkey insists upon itself favorite track: sara least favorite: the ledge

4/5

There's a lot of good music here, but I also felt it had a lot of filler. Again, as it happens often with double albums, it feels overlong and like it would've benefited from cutting some material and making it flow better. This, because it also feels disjointed at times, it feels like the songwriters weren't really sharing a vision. I think this mostly comes down to Buckingham trying to do something different than the rest of the band, and it ends up sounding a bit disconnected. McVie, Nicks and Buckingham are still very talented, great singers and ambitious songwriters. My favourite one here is Stevie Nicks, I really like her voice and her songwriting is superb, her songs are by far my favourites from the album. The tracks that I liked were "The Ledge", "Save Me a Place", "Sara", "Sisters Of The Moon", "Tusk" and "Never Forget". "Tusk" was the best for me, I loved the brass, the drums and their voices sound superb together. From the rest, I felt there were a lot of just average songs, and I disliked "Not That Funny".

4 stars!

Not my fave but didn’t give it my full attention (post Ibiza)

Not as good as Rumours.

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.

Doesn't compare to Rumours

Not as strong as the last FM album but a decent listen

forgotten about this one, big rollout when it released, good to hear Christine McVie

it's ok, a bit generic 70s/80s slow rock, typical fleetwood mac 6/10

Not great.

Fine but not my jam

Disappointingly monotonous

Franchement excellent. 4/5 voir 4,5/5

I love this album so much, to be fair trying to come up with something after rumours was an insane ask. First time I listened to it I had to keep replaying songs as I couldn't get enough of it.

This album has always puzzled me. I am a bigger fan of this band before Buckingham/ Nicks came along, and it has some good songs, but only 8, but I gave it another listen, it’s been a while, but my opinion is the same as the 1979 one.

Rumours is infinitely better. Forgettable

4/10

What a find! Have always stuck to the hits and rumours with FW. This had a darker tone but still very enjoyable with some great songs.

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.

it’s not a bad album. very tight album where everyone does their part. it’s just so boring in my opinion.

no good songs

Their twelfth album. What do you do after making Rumours, one of the best albums in history, you make a twenty song double album whilst on cocaine and rambling, musically, all over the place. FM had a free pass after Rumours and they experimented whilst being fucked up. The production is also very tinny. It's tough to follow up an all time great album but the drop off from Rumours to Tusk is a huge one.

Goed, maar wat minder een geheel als andere albums

Man. Why didnt we listen to Rumors? Way better album

I did not expect this.

"Cocaine is a helluva drug" Listened to B4? No Tracks Already Saved on Spotify: 1: Sara Standout Tracks: Sara, Sisters of the Moon, Brown Eyes (62/100)

Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.

Great

Medium Fleetwood

I've tried getting into Fleetwood Mac in the past and I just can't. Back in my teens I explored a lot of highly rated music and even purchased a couple Fleetwood Mac albums (not this one). I listened to them multiple times and just couldn't get into it and later gave them away. And I felt the same way about this album. The only song I enjoyed was I Know I'm Not Wrong.

pretty chill and more experimental album primarily driven by Lindsey Buckingham wanting to avoid falling into a pattern after the commercial success of Rumors. Far more sparse songwriting arrangements intended to compete with the world of post-punk, Tusk sounds far more clattery, half-formed, somewhat weird, and desperately separated from the sound of Rumors.

Okay do it's not Rumours. Other than that great.

Better than Rumours in my opinion. Loved it

Boring

Suffers in comparison from Rumors being the album immediately preceeding it. They went into it making sure not to just make a repeat and succeeded in that. Best song is the title track the rest is a mix.

I would love to learn the story of Fleetwood Mac. They don’t seem to have had the cultural impact they should have. This website’s other highly rated bands are all very influential in one way or the other, so I wonder why these guys didn’t have the same legs. Amazing musicians.

A complex and experimental double album which followed their absolute smash _Rumours_, and was fuelled by Lyndsey Buckingham's desire not to create _Rumours 2_. The tension that existed within the band and that brilliantly underpinned _Rumours_ starts to move the members apart here, resulting in a lack of musical cohesion that they achieved on the previous album ,despite the personal tensions. That's not to say that this is a bad album! It's certainly too long, as many double albums are but there are a lot of great songs from _Sara_, Storms, Sisters of the Moon, and the brilliant title track and my personal .....

When it comes to classic albums Rumours is an album that you would be afraid to release a follow up but Fleetwood Mac attempted it. Tusk finds the band taking a few risks and for the most part they work. Tusk is a sprawling set that has classics like the title track and The Ledge. Is it better than Rumours? Almost and it shows a band moving forward and Tusk is a great album that stands proudly on its own merits.

Every song is great. Love the goofy Lindsey shit and the stevie ballads. Better than rumours

Decent? No white album but then again fleetwood mac are no Beatles so

good - a few real classics and some experimentation.

AWESOME

Chaotic collection of tracks seemingly without narrative or thematic thread. Impressive range of sounds and emotions.

I def have listened to a decent number of Fleetwood Mac songs, but not an album other than Rumours (so many hits that it's gotta be on this list?). None really catch my eye on first glance. This is a lot to digest but this is just really good music. Storms might be my favorite song on here though I will certainly find others on more re-listens. Feels like an album to put on during a somber day and I mean that in a good way. I saw a comment comparing this to the Beatles' White Album and I agree with that quite a bit. That was a good album, but there were so many songs that it's hard to not look back at it like a "greatest hits" collection more than just an album. Tusk feels like that especially because there's almost an even split between Nicks, Buckingham, and McVie. It's like they all needed a quota for 6 songs a piece. I like it better when albums have a central story or theme to build off of. This isn't that. Tusk is a bit bloated but with very little down points. You can turn this one on, kick back, and relax for an hour just pleasantly listening along. For that, I'd give it a solid 4.

IDK man, something about Fleetwood Mac just doesn't connect for me the same way it seems to for others. Not to say this was a bad album, but I don't see what is so appealing about it. Sara is solid, but otherwise, I didn't find a lot worth reporting on here. Not a big fan of Stevie Nicks to begin with and 74 minutes felt like a chore. I'm a high 2 on this endeavor.

Nice relaxing album. Pretty long, but I had no complaints once it got rolling. Listened to this one on speakers which I don't normally do, but I'd like to come back to this one on headphones one day.

I don't think I knew a single song on this album which I was surprised about. But this was just some classic Fleetwood Mac with great singing and instruments. The title track Tusk was a cool one with some of the different instruments. They made so many albums holy hell.

Never have gone down the rabbit hole that is Fleetwood Mac, but always enjoyed their music. Just never really sought it out. Pretty classic Fleetwood Mac album. Nothing bad but most of the album was above average to me. They just sound solid. The Buckingham songs are kinda crazy.

This is an absurd, drugged out, arrogant, self-indulgent, sometimes discordant, fractured double album made by the greatest band in the world at the time. Oh, sorry, that’s my review of the White Album. This is better than that. I will not be taking any questions.

Pretty medicore, long album that could have just been a single album. Also not a fan of the song "Tusk" However the 70s Beach Boys inspired tune "That's all for Everyone" is really good 2.5/5

Not my fav Fleetwood Mac but it’s all still pretty goid

Crazy that they spent an almost gilded age level of money on this. Where did the cash go? I’ve heard more cohesive, better sounding albums recorded at people’s homes. Not the greatest or many people’s go-to FM record, but still of its era, and a nice background listen.

Magical

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.

Strange mix of songs. Not that memorable really...

Love rumors but I couldn't make it through this one. Just kinda boring.

Після феноменального успіху Rumours, Fleetwood Mac опинилися в ситуації, коли мали 3 шляхи: розпастися через внутрішні почвари, продовжувати експлуатувати тему розставання та ліричний любовний вайб, або зробити розворот на 180 градусів та зробити щось божевільне, чого від них ніхто не очікував. Вони зрештою обрали 3-й шлях, найбільш дивний, експериментальний та до біса дорогий. Альбом Tusk став результатом десяти місяців «студійної вседозволеності» з бюджетом у мільйон доларів, що було нечуваною сумою на той час. Ну й оренда Dodger Stadium та залучення маршового оркестру для одного заголовного треку, є напевно вершиною цього абсурдного марнотратства, коли ціллю був радикальний пошук нового звуку. Ліндсі Бакінгем фактично захопив контроль над процесом, відсунувши очікування публіки на другий план. Він змішав мінімалізм Браяна Іно з багатошаровістю The Beach Boys, створивши складний музичний колаж, де використано кожен доступний на той момент студійний трюк. Це була його особиста спроба переосмислити Pet Sounds у контексті популярного у той час post-punk та new wave. Цікаво також те, що на зміну емоційній напрузі, та пісням про зруйновані стосунки, що були основою Rumours, прийшов холодний професіоналізм. Це музика людей, які вже пройшли через «пекло»особистих конфліктів та тепер дивляться на них ніби осторонь. Найкраще це відчуття «спокійного прийняття» відчувається у композиціях Angel та Save Me A Place. Та й окрім цього, якщо ви звернете увагу на те як глибоко звучить голос Стіві Нікс у Sara, та як Крістін Макві у Over & Over створює примарну фолкову/кантрі атмосферу, то зрозумієте що гурт не тільки «бавився з бюджетом», а й намагався продемонструвати максимально гарний перформанс, доводячи нам те, що необовʼязково мати такі «джерела живлення» як любов до когось поряд, аби створювати гарну музику та займатися мистецтвом. Адже часом «любові» до цього самого мистецтва цілком достатньо. Tusk не зміг, та й вочевидь не мав на меті, наздогнати попередника за продажами, хоча й став платиновим за чотири місяці. Це був свідомий вихід за межі зони комфорту, коли гурт буквально втілив власну пораду та «пішов своїм шляхом».

Very good album. Yes its not Rumours but it was nice to hear something a little out there from them.

banger idc

not my fave, but not a miserable listen lol. Got some new chill jammy songs from it

Not as good as rumours, still a decent album

coulda listened to more, wasnt the vibe of the day, will come back. 3/5

basically fell asleep listening to this. bit more complex than dreams, also felt a bit slower. maybe between a 5 and 6.

Guitars played like balalaikas make me sad

what an odd album. individual songs were nice and I wonder why they didn’t get more long-term commercial popularity (possibly overshadowed by rumours which came out right before this album?), but the album as a whole was very disjoint, with everyone seemingly on a totally different wavelength. if this were another band i’d probably be harsher on them, but this is an album I can see myself listening to more in the future

Long but full of enjoyable and heartfelt songs. I was a little worried when I didn’t recognize any of the songs on the album but every Stevie song (especially Storms and Sara) stood out to me

Not bad, but nothing special. I've heard Rumors of a better album from this band though

The history around the album is neat

She fleet on my wood till I mac

heroic album, beautiful stuff

OH MY GOD OKAY! This album is MY BABY and I will do anything to defend it 🫡! Rumours is undeniably their most well rounded work in terms of each members’ contributions together and just how varied yet cohesive the whole album sounds. But my god. Tusk. This to me is where each member (specifically the three vocalists and songwriters) shines so brightly but so separately. Stevie Nicks’s songwriting is genuinely insane on this album. Storms, Sisters of the Moon, and Sara are NUTS!!!!! So so so good. Christine has some of her best ballads on here with Never Make Me Cry and Brown Eyes, and Honey Hi is also very sweet. And don’t even get me started on Lindsay’s stuff. There is something about his songs in particular on here that scratches something deep in the grooves of my brain. This album is a grower for sure. I just need everyone who listened to this to go listen to their other work, come back to this one, and really let it sink in. Sure, it’s long, sure, it’s all over the place, but Jesus Christ it’s actually perfect to me. I love Fleetwood Mac and I’m also devastated that this is the only other album they get on this list yet Aerosmith gets 3, and Def Leppard and Slipknot both get the same amount as this amazing, super talented band. It’s bogus. Anyways 10/10 don’t even think I needed to specify that.

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

I have 5 Fleetwood Mac albums in my library but not this one. Will order it now :-)

I want to rate them higher because I love Fleetwood Mac, but this album as a whole was underwhelming.

It’s…fine. Not enough Stevie Nicks. Unsure why this is more influential than the much more iconic Rumours.

Not bad, good chill album.

This isn't the Fleetwood Mac that I know and love. On most songs they don't sound into it at all. Some decent tunes but I'm rating it low because of what their previous albums were and what this is not.

Rumors is a perfect album. This was not, but it’s was still really great. How is anyone supposed to follow up Rumors anyway??

Thoroughly unenjoyable. The album has no identity. Stevie isn't even featured until the fifth song. I wouldn't recommend this album to even fans of Fleetwood Mac.

It's ok, NOTHING LIKE RUMOURS!

Pretty good.

Best Song: Tusk. Finally, a song that feels lively and energetic and unique. Worst Song: That's Enough For Me. A weirdly spastic little song that stands out egregiously in an otherwise fairly smooth album. Overall: It is a very long album, and one which lacks many of their biggest hits. I also got the feeling that the instrumentals often felt like they were fighting for attention with Stevie Nicks' vocals, whereas I feel like her vocals ought to be the focus of any Fleetwood Mac album.

Fleetwood Mac is one of those bands where I haven’t owned much of their music, but when they are on the radio, I generally don’t turn away. So when this album popped up, I was genuinely excited, as I’d only heard a couple of these tracks before. This proved to be an excellent album with tons to like. I already knew Sara was an excellent song, but for the first time I really paid attention to the drums, and I just loved what Mick Fleetwood did throughout this track. Their voices blend amazingly well on many of these songs, but the harmonies on Beautiful Child and Think About Me really stood out. Other songs like the title track or What Makes You Think You’re the One were straight angry, making them interesting to hear for other reasons. Sisters of the Moon was one of the highlight for me in the tracks I hadn’t heard before. For some reason, this reminded me of Isn’t It Midnight, which might be my favorite Fleetwood song, but that could just be because it’s not one of those songs you hear on the radio from them. Even a tune like Storms, which I didn’t love, is inherently interesting because of the dichotomy between what Stevie Nicks is singing about and how amazing her voice sounds while singing it. The point is not everything on this is perfect by any means, but even when it isn’t, it’s always an interesting listen and well worth your time. A great selection.

Tusk is such a weird album because half of it sounds like a normal follow-up to their previous record Rumors, but then the other half is their attempt at sounding like The Clash. The parts individually I enjoy, but its like listening to a playlist on shuffle with the genre whiplash and I don't know if I like that in an album as its 2 different vibes. -mitona This is my first time listening through and yeah whiplash is exactly how it feels. There are some solid tracks on it though like Angel and The Ledge … but yeah it just doesn’t feel cohesive to me. -spacecrabs

Tynn 3’er. Liker godt måten gitaren krydrer enkelte sanger. Bass og kvinnelig vokal er også pluss. Misliker sterkt trommelyd og -spillingen.

Some duds for sure but a decent amount of fun, funky songs in here. Reading that the band had influence from the Talking Heads definitely makes sense as well. 6/10

Even though Tusk is kind of a mess, it's the perfect bridge album between Rumors and Tango in the Night (my personal favourite FM album by a mile). Buckingham goes wild in the studio because he could, high off the success of Rumors (and a lot of cocaine). There are some massive highlights here, mostly Stevie's songs (Sara, Angel...they've got that signature FM bounce to them) and obviously Think About Me slaps. But the bad/unfocused definitely outweighs the good, here. 3/5

haven't even finished the album but already a vibe. First like in this whole albums generator. nice.

Great all-around album with plenty of unique and diverse songs that does a great job of justifying it's longer run-time. I wasn't head-over-heels for every song on the album, but there's more than enough for anyone to enjoy and connect with. Top tracks: Over & Over, Storms, Angel, Brown Eyes

It's a five hour album. Yeah right.

second ever fleetwood mac album i've listened to, to my great shame and embarrassment. 4 songs in and i don't think it's as good as rumors, which is maybe not fair to even bring up. god i love fleetwood mac. great album. lots of songs i liked on it

chill, I like it. some fun songs in there. 3/5

It's not quite Rumours but it fucks pretty consistently. Still seem to be a few good songs about how much everybody in the band hates everybody else. Loses one star because USC destroyed the Pac-12.

The better songs just kind of feel like lesser Rumours and I just don’t like some of Lindsey Buckingham’s songs

he vuelto y me ha gustado.

Bueno, está bien. Es un disco correcto pero se hace algo largo. Fleetwood Mac mola pero no 20 canciones seguidas. Las temitas son bastante coherentes y suenan con su estilo sureño. No hay ninguna canción mala ni ninguna que destaque. Album correcto 6.9/10 -> 3/5

Classic fleetwood mac, un album que recoje mucho su esencia a mi Sarecer. supongo que es de sus más famosos, después de rumours (el cual prefiero la verdad). Sabiendo tambien un poco el transfondo de la banda, sus dramas amorosos y todo eso, es como que lo disfruto aún más. En fin, le daría un 3.75 exactamente, entonces le daré un cuatro, aún que no estoy convencidisima del todo, porque siento que el 4 se lo merecerá Rumours. Pero bueno ya soy de normal muuuy mala rating así que voy a ponerle algo de felicidad a la vida.

not for me

So-so. Some decent tunes, but some head scratchers

Hadn't heard any of these before, so it was interesting to get introduced to an entire set of new-to-me music from Fleetwood Mac. I can also see why, from my "I only hear them on greatest hits compilations" perspective, these don't usually make the cut. The sound on here is not surprisingly pretty damn good. As a twelfth album I gotta give them credit, that's a lot of creativity to continue to mine from an obviously deep well. Some pretty catchy tunes grew out after a couple listens for me. Solid work.

A great 'old standard' by Fleetwood Mac, never get tired of listening to it.

I used to think this was superior to Rumours. Ultimately, it is not, but it is brimming with ideas and Buckingham!

got it. Much better than many critics say.

Dat können die besser

Ovo će biti dugo. Prije svega, svi koji vole fleetwood mac mora da su na teškim drogama. Ovo je, generalno, grozno. Postigli su da svaka pjesma zvuči isto a da je album opet nepovezani haos. Trenutak kad sam se ponadala da je album prikrajčio, na kraju prvog od dva diska (!!!), je ujedno i najbolji dio ovog albuma. Ima nešto u Stevie Nicks, njene pjesme su neuporedivo manje grozne. Opet ne znam je li ona sama dovoljno dobra za dvije zvjezdice ali danas se nešto osjećam velikodušno. Drago mi je što sam njihov prvi album dobila nakon što sam gledala onu seriju, i dok ne odslušam Rumours čvrsto vjerujem da je cijeli hype oko njih samo vezan za lične drame.

Not the best Mac

I like it - it's relaxing background; musical; there's interest and not too much chaos. the balance of voice to instrumentation is interesting; i feel like the instruments are more forward (or at least in this song) and i think that helps contribute to the "peaceful" feeling. the voices aren't as inspiring/to my taste as some, but at a high level, I'm a fan. I think 4 - I like it (not neutral), and not blown away. here's what I think my rankings are: 1 - actively strongly dislike 2 - actively dislike 3 - neutral 4 - actively like 5 - love among all these things there are different elements that I may like or dislike, so the number rating will be an overall impression. as i keep listening, i may be able to distill categories of what i start paying attention to. some categories i may consider: - vocal quality (do I like or dislike the voices? and what do i like or dislike about them)? - instrumental quality (some things i've liked so far are interesting/tight harmonies, intricacy of patterns, unexpected or harmonious movement of instruments together, either in melody/harmony or in rhythm) - tone or subject matter (major, minor) - degree of chaos vs. harmoniousness

That was certainly an album, less chaotic and obscure than smile, but still just a collection of scatterbrained thoughts and rhythms. At least could have it on in the background however

Tusk is one of those albums where ambition sort of outpaces enjoyment. It’s certainly bold there’s a lot of experimentation, a big budget, and a band clearly trying not to make Rumours again. But for me, that ends up being more interesting on paper than it is through the speakers. A lot of it just feels... flat. Not bad, but not gripping either. Lindsey Buckingham’s attempts to push the band into weirder territory are admirable in theory, but a few too many of the tracks wander into clunky, jagged spaces without a big payoff. Christine McVie’s songs are often the warmest, and Stevie Nicks adds her usual magic here and there, but even they seem like they’re holding back compared to past glories. I wouldn’t say it’s a bad album just a frustrating one. It’s like being promised a wild party and turning up to find people rearranging furniture in silence. Some moments shine, but too often, it plods.

Like the folksiness of this album!! Some bangers I’ve never heard!

Great listen. Love my some Fleetwood Mac and enjoyed the creativity of this album

Ok. I, like everyone else in my generation, own a copy of “Rumours”. I obviously heard “Tusk” before ,so I thought I knew what I was in for with this album. This isn’t “Rumours”. It’s messier, “thunkier” (if that’s a word) more jarring and dare I saw more “honest”. Not the polished Fleetwood Mac offering I was expecting. I liked it, and if I have repeated listens I think I’d grow to love it. I’m going to buy a copy.

You know you're not wrong... that was you failed to make a great album ;-) It's not bad... and it's not good either. Sometimes some good vibes... but too rarely on this album to deserve 3 stars

I’ve only listened to Rumours, so I don’t know any of the 20 tracks on this album. Nothing really stands out or explains why it’s considered special. From Rumours, I only find a few rock elements in Sisters of the Moon. The rest bores me deeply. It feels like plain American pop music.

The Rattitude of Fleetwood Mac.

I have never really given Tusk a chance. I have listened to it a few times but really only know the singles and a couple of tracks which were on the Live album. It starts with "Over and Over" which is a nice Christine McVie number, sweet, if a little plodding and not the equal of her best stuff. Then we have "The Ledge" the first of Lindsay Buckingham's attempts to inject a bit of the punk energy he seems to have felt threatened by. It is not the most successful - there are reports that Buckingham recorded vocals in a press-up position to increase the venom in his vocals. To be fair, he manages that to some extent later on with "Not That Funny" which is a decent New Wave-style song. But another, "That's Enough for Me" tries too hard. Tusk is a decent listen. It's biggest problem is that it is, purposely, not Rumours Pt 2. The production is not as expansive, the soundstage narrower, even muddy in places. Mick Fleetwood's drums sound particularly flabby, detuned, in many songs but not all so it must have been a conscious decision. Stevie Nicks's songs too are not her best, her voice at times being close to a parody of itself. I don't hate the album, it is very listenable and was a deliberate move away from the perfection of Rumours but there is too much of it. It appears to be searching for a direction. "Tusk" itself, I love, the marching band, hiring dodger Stadium for the video, but the album as a whole is not one I will listen to much.

Not as many hits as Rumors, but I can see why this belongs on this list. Lots of good compositions that are enjoyable to listen to, even if the album is a hair long. I'd listen to this more. 4/5

I have to trust my gut. It's not an immediate 5, but I do love this album and revisit it.

By no measure in any way, as good as rumors

Has heard a few songs before but the whole thing. I know mostly the hits. Interesting, moody.

In the words of a song from this album, that's enough for me.

Ærligt så gør det ikke ret meget for mig, men så alligevel hen over weekenden fik jeg lyst til at høre det igen før de 4 albums som jeg ellers er bagud. Det må jo kunne et eller andet så?

Langt, rodet og for det meste kedeligt

Don’t know if I’m being “hard” on them because I expect great tunes from Fleetwood Mac. The first 1/3 of this album was strong but fell off sharply into average ballads the rest of the way.

Great album, just like everyone says. Not my favorite of theirs, but Rumors is tough to beat.

Fleetwood Mac is for me the gift that keeps on giving - when I think I've got the figured out some album comes out of nowhere and really surprises me. Beautiful arrangements, interesting sound and lyrics and just beautiful through and through

Hate the drums, everything else is good enough

As I'm listening this album in June, most of the songs feel like the soundtrack to a movie where I'm off on a thrilling road trip adventure. And seriously - how have I never heard Beautiful Child before? It serves a spot on my personal heartbreak playlist.

Can definitely feel the dip after their first groundbreaking albums. The title track is a banger though. 2.5/5

3,5

Fantastic album brought back so many memories.

Perfection!

Não gostei

As of yet, I'm undecided on Tusk. It's got some great tracks, for sure ("Storms" and "Sisters of the Moon" immediately come to mind), but much of its runtime feels a bit meandering. Most likely an album I'm going to have to come back to a few times to get a real feel for it.

Every song sounded so unenthusiastic and low effort until "Tusk", which kinda sucks because theres like 18 other tracks to go through before hitting gold. Its such a standout track that feels like it shouldn't be on the album at all. Album overall gets a 2, loved the song Tusk though.

Not as good as Rumours. This is a great album but I don't think there is a real hit, which is kinda what I listen to Fleetwood Mac for

3.5

Fleetwood Mac! I know these guys are popular, though I have next to no familiarity with their music. It's surprising to me that the band only has two top-thousand albums on the list - they appear to have been on a bit of a hot streak throughout the mid-70s and late 80s if Wikipedia is to be trusted. Anyways, the album. I'm not sure what the exact image of Fleetwood Mac is in my mind, though they've always struck me as more of a mellow, easy-listening band. I'm surprised by just how firmly rooted this album is in a "sharp" sound with the lively guitars and the importance of percussion throughout the album. These songs are more than competent on their own, but smash 'em together into a 20 song slogfest and we have a problem. There's a very high signal-to-noise ratio. A lot of the songs sound very similar to one another with minimal variety to break the pace. All that being said, there are some pleasing songs on this album. "The Ledge" is a good tune. The buzzing guitar works quite well with the melody of the song. "Sisters of the Moon" is another good cut. The singer's vocals are quite pleasing, the guitar performances are among the more ambitious on the album and the percussion does a good job of moving the song along. "Honey Hi" is up there as another favourite. I like the percussion on the song - whatever instrument it may be. The vocal performances at the end of the song are also very nice. The follow-up track, "Beautiful Child" is also a good song with the delicate guitar and nice piano. I've heard fans of Fleetwood Mac describe the band as a reminder of family, which is a connection that I can definitely see being made. Gonna look at the book as my uninformed ass needs some educating. The most expensive album to produce at the time of release. That's surprising, especially with how often the album delves into a lo-fi sound. An older, wiser record following "Rumours". Didn't match the commercial success or critical acclaim of Rumours, but succeeded by going in it's own direction. I'm inclined to believe that Fleetwood Mac deserve more albums on the list with how enduring their popularity has been, so I definitely can't knock this inclusion.

good

This may be a controversial opinion, but I prefer this over rumours. Rumours was just a bit too poppy of a rock album for me. Then again the Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham era isn’t my favourite Fleetwood Mac era either. This album was definitely more experimental but I think I just preferred or enjoyed this album more because it felt like I was listening to a rock album. Didn’t change my opinion about how Fleetwood Mac’s best music was with Peter Green.

Classic album. Not my favorite by them but you can't go wrong with FM

Beautiful. I love this album. Just a bit too long.

Det är nog objektivt ett bra album men Fleetwood Mac är nog inte helt för mig, iaf inte hela album. Lyssnade på det mesta men inte helt klart

Too long. Not a classic in my opinion. But I can forgive them since it's a nearly impossible task to follow up an album like "Rumours".

Skip anything without Stevie nicks

Not my thing really, plus I’ve heard better Fleetwood Mac. Kinda forgettable, plus only the songs with Stevie Nicks singing are decent.

This was dull. I can see why Saboo the Shaman vetoed it.

como es doble no es perfecto, pero muy bueno. se nota la diversidad de compositores

Storm & Beautiful Child.

You know a band have hit the big time when an album that sells 4 million and is certified double platinum is regarded as a commercial failure. The legend is that they went off the rails after Rumours and just couldn’t reproduce another super hit album. They didn’t fall off the rails; they - by which I mean Lindsay Buckingham - drove off the rails in a headlong assault on glossy mainstream normality, partly because the rise of punk had got under his skin. However Buckingham, Nicks and McVie, the three songwriters, are chalk, cheese and whatever the third one is. Stevie Nicks song and the big single from the album, Sara, is Rumours redux, mainstream 70s Mac, and Christine McVie’s two songs sound like Christine McVie. Ultimately Buckingham was right not to just record Rumours 2. He was never going to make the band relevant to punk fans, that was always a fantasy, and what you end up with is something like three solo albums moulded together. Buckingham should probably have got this out of his system with a solo project. All that said, he’s the only one of the three who demonstrates real breadth and variety and his songs, whilst not so easy to listen today, have purpose and integrity. Fun fact: band founder Peter Green guests on Brown Eyes. Eye Watering Fact: this album took 10 months to make and cost more than a million dollars, equivalent to about 3½ million now and far more than Rumours.

Light to DECENT 7. As accessible as a "difficult" follow-up album can get. Usual issue of so many double albums not having as high a hit to miss ratio.

Country music, slides abound in first track. Not keen if all is like this! Sara is more like their later stuff, more shimmery and layered That's all for everyone has a nice feel Gets better throughout Best track - Sara/ That's all for Everyone/Sisters of the Moon/Not That Funny 3 stars

A truly remarkable album. If it’s not as perfect as Rumours, it’s a messier, more interesting and unpredictable album. It’s maybe a little too long and a few tracks could be removed, but the sprawl and chaos is also what I love about it. I could see myself loving this more than Rumours after a few listens.

Very mid.

Was a weird album from a band I know. Didn’t enjoy the tone of feel

3.5/5 - Nice change from Rumours, but nothing jumps out. Still the same sound though!

I like Fleetwood Mac. This didn't change my opinion one way or another

Generally likeable album. I love the titular track, and was a little sad that nothing else held a candle to it, but I did like the whole thing

listened to again some good some just alright

idk fleetwood mac is nice! but also i never really care all that much! They've just never really resonated with me and this listening experience was similar to all the others i've had.. didn't hate it! also didn't care.

I own one Fleetwood Mac album. This is not it. Sometimes bands get criticized for always sounding the same. Sometimes they get criticized for sounding too different. This would be the latter. Outside of Sara, nothing feels like Rumors. That's too bad. 2.5 rounded to 3.

Its pretty good, exactly what you would expect from them in this era, it feels quite a lot more bloated than rumours a bit of the 50 cent syndrome, where you could cut a lot of the songs and it wouldn't be much worse. I think in general the female singers are much better than the male. The guitar solos and stuff are great as well. Just quite a lot of it really even feels generic for 70s pop/rock and not too interesting, I'm not sure I like them as much as some people, because rumours also didn't exactly blow me away. There are quite a lot of redeeming songs on here, and the storytelling (from all singers) is great, and quite surreal lyrics. Favourite songs: Over & over, Sara, storms, sisters of the moon, angel, brown eyes, never forget (This one is probably my overall favourite) Overall around 6/10

it's not terrible but it was pretty boring and dragged a LOT

I really liked this album. I remember my dad bringing it home with such anticipation, after declaring “Rumours” the best album of all time. I still recall the look of disappointment on his face as the album unspooled, very non-Rumours like. Despite that, I’ve always thought’ Tusk’ to be one of their best songs and I liked it more this listen than ever before.

Hard to believe that I’ve never heard this album before now, even though I’ve heard about it for years. Have to say on first listen I wasn’t blown away, though interesting hearing them exploring new sounds on this though. I’ll have to revisit at some point but for now it’s a 2.5 but the sun is shining so a 3.

I don't really understand the hype around Fleetwood Mac. As a "Greatest Hits" band they rock, but listening to a whole album... meh. The fact that they have the second-highest rated album in this challenge is probably just a testimony to them appealing to a broad audience AKA Easy listening. Obviously, this doesn't apply to Pink Floyd, David Bowie or the Beatles, who also dominate the top 10 !!!!!!

I found this surprisingly boring

This was nice, recognisable from the more famous works of the mac but nothing in here is as well known. I think for good reason.

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.

J - 3/5 Best Track - "Tusk" F - DNL

Classic Fleetwood Mac - good dreamy shit.

I think it's around a 4.5 from me.

I'll admit, for a good chunk of the day I was having trouble tryna think of exactly what my feelings were about this album. Now, it could've been because I kinda zonked out while I was tryna listen to this thing, so I ended up spending a lot of time chewing and not so much actually tasting... But I think I got it down. To me, you can summarize this album just by the difference between its first two songs. (TUSK!) The album opens with "Over & Over", which, yep, standing in for tracks written by McVee or Nicks... Sure sounds like RUMOURS. And that's far from a bad thing, of course; I love RUMOURS. It just... I don't know. It just doesn't hit exactly the same? Maybe it's missing that polish to the point of near-blinding shine that RUMOURS had, I'unno. It's good, but it doesn't stick out to me in the way that any of the best non-singles on RUMOURS. For sure, as an opener, it's no "Second Hand News". (TUSK!) Then we come to "The Ledge", standing in for what Lindsay Buckingham wrote for this album. And where McVee and Nicks were fine crafting more songs in the vein of RUMOURS, Buckingham... Sure wasn't! I heard he was inspired by a lot of post-punk he was listening to, particularly of the Talking Heads variety, and if I view it under that lens... I suppose it **is** the best post-punk I've heard from this list. After all, you still have those incredible Fleetwood Mac vocals, and his experimentation can pull off some neat stuff every now and then, like the title track. However, on the whole, while none of it's bad, ehhh, I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't have been happy with just more stuff like RUMOURS. (TUSK!) And it's like, I'd wanna judge this album on its own, without forcing it to stand in the shadow of its big sibling. And for sure, it could have stood out more — a fellow group member mentioned BAD and IN UTERO in their discussion, and those are absolutely albums that hold up beyond just being follow-ups. But with TUSK, despite its scope and ambition... I mean, I'unno, maybe it wasn't just because I was zonked out that these songs were slipping off me so easily. And I could go into my "maybes" about how I could have been into it more — maybe if so much of this thing's eventual budget hadn't gone towards cocaine; maybe if Buckingham could've been held back from doing more of his post-punk stuff — but, eh, it is what it is, and I'm not one to judge something for what I thought it could have been. (TUSK!) And all the same, I'd refrain from calling it bad. I'm sure if I were in a better state of mind, I'd have far more praise for these tracks beyond calling them "slightly sub-RUMOURS." 'Coz, hey, "sub-RUMOURS" is still adjacent to RUMOURS, and if you're nearing that level of songwriting at any kind of level... Well, it ain't nothing to sneeze at, I'll tell you that much. (TUSK!)

A bit varied with the styles of music, but overall, it still has the Fleetwood Mac magic first seen on Rumours. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m at a 4. When we got Rumours roughly 221 days ago, I finished that review by asking “How the hell do you follow this up?”, and I think the answer is… you just can’t. It’s in its own bracket, ala Thriller or Nevermind. With that said, if you look at Bad or In Utero, those albums still stand up on their own legs – in Bad’s case, by successfully expanding on Thriller’s sensibilities & mixing them with the new production tricks/styles that had emerged in the long gap, and with In Utero’s case, by deconstructing the tropes that made Nevermind such a success, but without fully sacrificing or shunning them, using them as a tool to enhance the storytelling of the album. This album tries to do both, and it just doesn’t work. It’s only been 2 years since Rumours, so the amount of “new tricks” to pull from isn’t very much; that didn’t stop Lindsey Buckingham from trying really, really hard to integrate new wave / post-punk trends into Fleetwood Mac’s style, though. Do his tracks work? Honestly, kinda. They’re just not as compelling, not for a lack of trying. I just don’t think Lindsey Buckingham is the guy to thread that needle, and the tracks he took control over, for as fun and experimental as they are, don’t have the polish that other artists would truly apply once the 80s really started to roll. As far as “deconstructing” Rumours, this album sort of tries to do it, but that attempt comes at the sacrifice of the writing. There’s never a dull vocal moment here, but so many of these tracks lack even the most minor bit of worldbuilding to give a proper “life” to each track. They come across as the sort of leftover lines scattered throughout the production of Rumours, with platitudes and one-liners abound, but without the same heart, honesty & intensity. That just leaves a vague impostor syndrome that hangs over a lot of the album for me – I’m not trying to invalidate their feelings, because there are some really well written tracks on this album, but as a whole, it just doesn’t carry the same weight & believability. So, between the lesser writing & the avant-garde stuff (for Fleetwood Mac anyway) blending into a 20-track album, while it’s a fine enough listen, it just doesn’t work in a coherent sense. That lack of cohesion isn’t what makes this album sit at a 4, though – if anything, I admire the approach to try to make something that isn’t just Rumours again. Hell, I even liked 15 of the 20 tracks here, even with a lot of my perceived flaws of the album. The main reason I’m at a 4 is because the album is just too damn cyclical, and it leads to the album feeling bloated. Rumours is one of the tightest 39 minutes ever put to tape, and that’s not even including “Silver Springs”. This album is 74 minutes, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it’s just not a fully compelling 74 minutes. It steps on its toes with a lot of the subject matters at hand, & while it’s never dull at any point, it is very easy to lose interest in a track the longer the album goes because of the repetitive theming of the album. All of those complaints / thoughts aside, when this album hits, it hits really nicely, and as a whole package, I do think I like this album. While there’s not any mega-hits ala “Go Your Own Way” or “The Chain”, there’s some great, great tracks here like “Sara”, “Sisters of the Moon”, “Brown Eyes” & “Tusk”. It’s just too big for its own good, and as a successor to “Rumours”, it collapses under its shadow. I do recommend it, because at the end of the day, it’s still Fleetwood Mac in the ‘70s. It’s a pretty strong 4, and other bands of the era would still kill to have an album like this. That said, if it had just been tightened up a bit more, I think it just would’ve clicked better across the board. C’est la vie, though.

Good for the most part. But their peak has passed. Maybe too great for too long?

Really good album

En mörkbrun blöt filt ligger över hela inspelningen. Det låter som att bandet är i garaget och mikrofonerna i köket. 20 låtar är på tok för många. En utrensning hade varit på sin plats. Har finns några hyfsade låtar men inget som sticker ut 1979. Knappt godkänt.

Not my favourite album from Fleetwood Mac, but still...it's Fleetwood Mac!

Wanted to like this one more

Fun listen, the album sounds very clean and polished. Not their best work but very good.

Tusk

Tusk has the unfortunate role of following up Rumours, but it’s not bad. Buckingham took control with this one and it shows. It’s a good album, but follows one of the GOATs.

Strange. More like a collection of the individuals solo efforts than one Fleetwood Mac album. If you want to work out if you prefer Buckingham, McVie or Nicks, this will help you decide.

Good

Always too lazy pre-challenge to listen to a whole FM album. Impression I gathered was that Rumours was a "great album," for folks who did not listen to a whole lot of music (the chain is a real motherfucker of a song though!), and that this was more interesting. It is pretty interesting - charango! "post punk" Buckingham. But is it most expensive album to record in history to that point, reconstruct a cokehead bathroom interesting? Probably not. Some stuff despite all the speeding up and slowing down guitars and kleenex box snares still sound pretty much like the tracks off Rumours. Nicks songs are the strongest.

Great vocals.

Borderline 3, not sure how to feel about this will have to listen again.

>>> the Beatles

Some great tunes from a great band, very nice

Fav tracks: The ledge, Think about me, sara , storms, sisters of the moon , beautiful child, tusk , never forget great music throughout with incredible peaks gonna give it a 4 though because I know what Fleetwood Mac are capable of

not their best

This was rough. Not in the sense it was difficult to listen to, but in the sense that the entire album just seems rough around the edges, like it's 80% there but it was released before that final 20% of work was done. An enjoyable listen, but not what I would immediately jump to if I wanted a Fleetwood Mac listening session. 3/5

Pretty pleasant album.

Pretty ok album. Enjoying it but not my favorite Fleetwood Mac album.

4.3

I liked some of the songs especially with the woman vocalist but not really what I like

Started great. Over & Over was really good, but everything after it was booooriiiing.

For a band that gets so much hype, this was unbelievably dull.

Right, 65ish minutes of this 75 minute mammoth record is absolute tosh. It irks me to the point of anger that this band carried Peter Greens legacy to places like this. Don't get me wrong they've had a couple of decent tracks but the majority is shite saved by some occasional decent singing from Stevie Nicks. In truth they should have changed the band's name to Fleetwood McNicks and at least I wouldn't have to cringe when I tell people I like Fleetwood Mac. No wonder poor Pete went a bit mad... 😩

Pretty meh. Not a big fan of fleetwood mac and it was very easy listening but nothing notably exciting

Really enjoyed this album. Always considered to be a bit of a commercial flop coming after Rumours. But this is a really interesting and experimental album. Favourite Songs, Sara, Tusk, Think About Me, Sisters of the Moon, Beautiful

The intro to Sara is still spine tingling and the title track is an odd, eccentric masterpiece. The rest couldn’t really sustain me through a whole double album though.

It’s not rumors

I know a lot of ppl like this album, but to me, it was meh.

never reaches the power and passion of Rumours. other than the song Tusk, it wasn't very memorable

While Fleetwood is obviously one of the greatest bands to ever exist, this album does not exactly exemplify that. It's definitely not bad per se, it just falls flat when you think about how nearly every song on Rumours was a masterpiece in its own right. Again this album was enjoyable, but it's next to impossible to follow up Rumours even if you're Fleetwood Mac. The song Tusk is great though.

Ik wilde een 4 geven, toen zag ik dat dit na Rumours het enige Fleetwood Mac album was.

This massive and sprawling album sounded pretty good to be. It definitely needs more listens, though, as I don't remember a lot of it, but I liked it. It seems like when bands reach the peak of their commercial and critical success they either try to replicate that success or go all in in a completely different direction, and I'm glad Fleetwood Mac chose to do the latter. Key tracks: Sara That's All for Everyone Brown Eyes

Over & Over & Angel - typical of FWM - great to relax to. Love the brass band in Tusk. The assuredness behind What makes you think you’re the one? is a vibe.

Feels like the album the came after a massive success. As if all of their bestest, most creative ideas have been spent on something else. Not to say this is a bad album, I think this is perhaps number two. Just falls a ways. Production was excellent, instrumentation was spot on, songwriting was unique to them, lyrics were fresh and interesting. I didn’t mind the length on this one, felt justified. Enjoyed the whole thing thoroughly. 4/5

to slow for my taste, but i liked tusk at the end

I suppose it was difficult to follow up Rumours. In this case, pretty blatantly obvious. Were they influenced by Talking Heads, or was it drugs? Probably both. As an album that is considered experimental, it definitely succeeded, as it's all over the place. There are some tracks I really like, and some I really dislike. Averages out to a 3/5 for me.

Damn - I’m pleasantly surprised. Great songwriting throughout, and dang, at 20 songs there aren’t many misses. Sisters of the Moon, I Know I’m Not Wrong, The Ledge, Think About Me, Tusk… the list goes on. Here, I’ll say it - better than Rumors.

A good album, love some Fleetwood Mac. I liked Think About Me and Sara the most.

I really like the hits, and have only listened to Rumors and the Best of... So this is different, and it takes some adjusting for me. Slightly too many meandering, dragging tracks. It does pick up pace halfway through, becoming more enjoyable for me. Very clearly a 'skip Side A' record for me. Second half is really enjoyable, even if too meandering to my liking at times. Ends fairly weak as well. Too bad, expected more.

2.5 stars This could have been a solid 4 star follow up to their 2 great previous pop records. There are enough good songs for that. But they bloat it with unnecessary excess that makes the album drag and takes away what would have made it an enjoyable listening experience.

I liked it. It has a nice consistent groove and Nicks' vocals are so soothing. I only listened once but I have a feeling I will come back to this one again real soon. 3.5

I don't love this as much as Rumours - it's certainly a messier record- but there are enough highs to make up for it

This is a rock solid 4,5 very hard to choose between the 5 and 4 starts

yaaaa it’s a little bit all over the place and definitely not a “no skips” album but the good songs are just SO good that it doesn’t even matter. stevie and christine the women that you are…’sara’ makes me feel like i’m dying and all my guts are heaped on the ground around my body (this is a good thing). ‘over & over’ and ‘warm ways’ are syrupy warm contentment, sunlight on skin… fav tracks: brown eyes; honey hi; sara; the ledge; sisters of the moon; storms; over & over; angel; that’s all for everyone; think about me; i know i’m not wrong; walk a thin line; tusk

CHRISTINE MCVIE SUPREMACY!!!! that is crazy they open the album with Over & Over. they were like welcome to the album named for our marching band banger but would you like to start off by crying. i can’t remember the last time i listened to this all the way through but i did not recall it being over an hour long. i think it’s a bit too long and some of the songs on here are (as i like to say) generic fleetwood-mac-flavored tracks. like yes that is what fleetwood mac sounds like but it is not necessarily a memorable version of its kind of song. and that genericness is really emphasized by the fact that this album has so many of their heavy-hitters that are so intense and beautiful and evocative (”Sara”, “Sisters of the Moon”, “Storms”). There is also such a jarring difference between the aforementioned songs that represent the classic Stevie Nicks woo-woo Fleetwood Mac sound, and the more soft-rock, heartbreaking and often plucky, but quintessentially Fleetwood Mac style of Christine McVie’s tracks (”Think About Me”, “Over & Over”, “Honey Hi”). I love both but they are just both at their extremes on this album so it doesn’t feel cohesive even if the songs themselves are good. There are maybe one or two tracks that seem to blend these styles (”Angel” feels like a Christine track sung by Stevie, and “Brown Eyes” feels like the reverse). and then there’s lindsey buckingham stomping around doing whatever it is he does. i unfortunately do have a strong affection for him because my brain was exposed to him at an early age so his goofier songs are nostalgic and fun to me still even if they are not nearly as thoughtful or beautiful as the women-led ones (”What Makes You Think You’re the One”, “Not That Funny”). it feels like this is kind of their white album — you can feel the band fracturing which results in chunks of songs distinctly in one band member’s style or another, rather than a cohesive body of work that functions as the sum of their parts. overall i still had a good time listening to this album but if i didn’t have such a strong emotional attachment to these songs i would think these people were kind of insane for putting the album together this way. which i still do but i love them for it. Fav tracks: Storms, Sisters of the Moon, Honey Hi, Tusk, Sara, Brown Eyes, Think About Me

God just so not Rumours. It’s like a different band

Had a few standout tracks, particularly some of the Stevie Nicks songs. Respect the experimentation and taking a left turn after Rumours, but a lot of things that didn't do much for me and still felt quite middle-of-the-road and uninteresting a lot of the time. Lyrics not great either but this gets extra points just because the best stuff on here is very good, but is just buried among a load of mediocre stuff

I kept waiting for the good Fleetwood mac songs that I have heard so much about. I guess they arn't on this album. 4/10

Man, this poor album. The artists just produced one of the greatest and most heart wrenching albums two years prior and then they have to follow it up? Poor Tusk, they just wanted to make a detox victory lap album and clearly they did. The problem is that folks seemingly wanted more Rumours in a lot of ways. If that album didn't exist this would be just a fantastic and wild journey. So I'm just pretending it is its own thing. I think it's pretty great. Maybe a touch schmaltzy but that's sort of genre appropriate where it rears it's head.

Some gems

It was calm, it was chill. Nothing stood out. Would be good to put on in the background. Solid middle ground. Listened on 3 May 2025 in the car/in the earbuds

While it never quite reaches the heights of Rumours there is still a lot like about this album. Lots going on, some great, some good and unfortunately some mediocre. First time listening to this particular album will definitely listen again in the future

Fav: Sara Least Fav: The Ledge I think a double album of Fleetwood Mac was just a bit too much for me

God there's a reason why this album is lesser known.

Couple of bangers but overall it’s nothing special…

Real savage like.

I think I’ve heard every song on this album either in my dentist‘s office or shopping at Trader Joe’s. In other words, it’s pleasant background music.

4 estrelas com muito boa vontade

I really enjoyed this, just good classic Fleetwood Mac- 9 is fair

Legend 5/5

I enjoyed parts of this album.

I want to rate this higher, but experimental rock just doesn't cut it for me. Love Christine McVies' songs on this, tho. 3/5

5* without even listening, 10* with listening

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Solid.

Fleetwood Mac operates in the soft rock space I really enjoy . The album had a lukewarm start for me but won me over by end of side B . Enjoyed this

4.5

4.5

More experimental than Rumours. I prefer this, but not the highest on Fleetwood Mac in the first place. 4 stars

As much as I love Rumours, I think Tusk may actually one-up it. All three main songwriters are at the top of their game here. I think Christine's stuff is a little less syrupy than it had been and Stevie continues to operate at a high level, but the real surprise is the cocaine fueled weirdness Lindsey drops through the album. It all maintains the catchiness of their previous two albums, but it's a lot more ambitious. Highlights for me include "Think About Me", "What Makes You Think You're the One", "Storms", "Never Make Me Cry", "The Ledge", "Over & Over", and the excellent title Track. 5 stars.

My favourite review I’ve seen of this is “Songs In The Key Of Life for white people”. It is also pretty much like The Beatles White Album except that the avant-garde centrepiece towards the end is instead its most popular hit song as opposed to being a completely terrible random streak of overlong crap. In the grand scheme of double albums it’s probably not quite up there with Electric Ladyland but is easily ten trillion infinities better than Wilco’s Being There. Stevie and Christine write some of their prettiest and wooziest ever songs and Lindsay’s madcap lo-fi experiments cohabit wonderfully alongside. In the grand battle of Rumours and Tusk there’s nothing quite as imperious as Dreams of You Make Loving Fun but there’s so much brilliant beautiful material along the lines of Over & Over and Sara, Sisters Of The Moon, That’s All For Everyone, Brown Eyes and Walk A Thin Line and with its consistent luxuriant/lo-fi blend works out as an immensely more rewarding work to return to.

Never listened to a Fleetwood Mac Album. Opening track is grabbing me right away. Does not appear to be any hits on this record. I’m excited about that. I really like the song “Sara”.

Should have been a single LP

I wasn't a big FM fan, but Tusk and Rumours are such masterpieces. I can listen to Christine McVie warble all day long. 4/5

Sara is my favorite so far. Storms is another favorite. Not That Funny feels like a filler. Is Fleetwood Mac a bit country? I liked it overall.

Excellent album full of quality tracks. Stevie Nicks is amazing!!!

Oh yes, an old friend. Let's go! Favourites were Think About Me, Storm, Tusk

You know the Fleetwood Mac album with all their songs that get stuck in your head? It isn’t this one.

I love Fleetwood Mac, but this album is... different. Lately I've been playing it somewhat regularly, to try and see if it would grow on me. It has, to a certain extent. I've found that I love most of the Stevie Stuff. The Christine stuff is fine. But I find myself kind of annoyed by most of the Lindsey songs.

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.

Took me a couple listens, possibly because grumpy, but have settled on this being fine with some addable songs. It's still a bit nothingy, even compared to other of their stuff that I like (The Chain, Dreams).

Don't know Fleetwood Mac very well, but I liked it a lot. Good long album for background music.

Instant classic. Good for a drive.

Pretty dry I hate to say. I can understand the need for this album to happen before you get something like Rumors

after hearing rumours everything’s worse

Best Song: Over & Over Worst Song: Tusk

A totally fine and average album, but I thought it was really boring. Maybe it was novel and influential for its time, I don't really know, but it feels like I've listened to songs like these for a million times. I listened to it twice too and I don't remember a single song. I guess I'd be fine with it as background music, so it gets a 3.

It's a quirky and experimental album - solid tunes. Stand out songs for me are Sara, That's Enough for Me, I know I'm not Wrong, Beautiful Child and Walk a Thin Line. Love those harmonies.

I don’t even know if I totally get this album but it’s very cool and ambitious and modern, tons of moments where I totally forgot I was listening to FM. Would like for it to grow on me bc I appreciate how different it is from the other stuff I’ve heard from them

Very different for the Mac! I quite liked this sound and am definitely gonna listen to this so more