On 2009-12-12 Music fan, Philadelphia, PA wrote: I loved ´Rumours´, who didn´t ? But ´Tusk´ was the creative zenith in the amazing career of Fleetwood Mac, it´s not really even debatable in my opinion.
Stevie Nicks contributes some of the best work of her career here, especially ´Sara´ and the criminally underrated ´Beautiful Child´ which to me is arguably her best song ever, the harmonies in that song are a reminder of what makes this band the greatest Pop-Rock act in music history.
Christine McVie´s contributions here are good, the highlight being ´Brown Eyes´ which is a dark, sexy song which features Mick Fleetwood at his best on drums, John McVie is stellar here as well, just a great, great song, my only complaint is that some of her songs on ´Tusk´ seem out of place and seem to slow it down a bit, they are a little too droll for my taste...too AM radio, which would have been fine on Rumours but don´t fit as well surrounded by Lindsey´s manic brilliance and Stevie´s airy, dreamy, mystical beauty.
And that brings me to the aforementioned Mr. Buckingham....´Tusk´ is his baby all the way and he really takes it and runs....far, far away to a place he has never been to before or since and a place few musicians ever get to.
His level of creativity here is awe-inspiring both in his production of the album and in his own 9 songs, some of which are bizarre but madly brilliant ´The Ledge´, ´Tusk´ and ´Not That Funny´ being the best examples.
Lindsey´s best songs here are ´Save Me a Place´, ´I Know I´m Not Wrong´ and ´Walk a Thin Line´.
I can´t even begin to find the necessary words to do this album justice, it´s their best album, ´Rumours´ was great and accessible and romantic and full of emotion and big hits but ´Tusk´ is on a different level creatively, it´s dark, moody, schizophrenic and unbelievably brilliant.
5 very emphatic stars !
. And summed up by saying Fleetwood Mac´s masterpiece. Currently Tusk (Deluxe Edition) has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Fleetwood Mac claimed If your personal turmoil and professional musical struggles suddenly yielded more success and money than you could ever imagine, what would you do? A lesser ´70s rock band recorded Don´t Look Back; Fleetwood Mac made Tusk. Whether it was a firm, middle-finger salute to the weighty commercial expectations foisted upon them in the wake of Rumours´ burgeoning successes or a restless creative response to the then-shifting tides of pop music taste, this 1979 20-track double album remains the most consistently adventurous project any incarnation of the veteran band ever attempted. This remastered, double-disc deluxe edition´s 21-track bonus disc of demos and outtakes seems to argue for the latter, new wave-fueled influences, bringing together a dizzying range of performances that underscore everything from Lindsey Buckingham´s Brian Wilson jones (the warm, inventive harmonies of the band´s dreamy outtake of the Beach Boys chestnut ´Farmer´s Daughter´) to Christine McVie´s knack for jazz-bluesy heat (´One More Time,´ which ultimately became ´Over and Over´) and pop hooks (´Think About Me´) and Stevie Nicks´s pop-goddess hoodoo (deliciously spare, fragile versions of ´Sara,´ ´Storms,´ and ´Sisters of the Moon´). Most of the demos and outtakes here are imbued with a funky, loose-limbed spirit that offer new insight into their creation. But, as on the finished album, it´s Buckingham´s endlessly inventive creative spirit that dominates, from the chunky-rhythmed ´Can´t Walk out of Here´ and ´Out on the Road´ (which became ´The Ledge´ and ´That´s Enough For Me,´ respectively) to three separate early recordings that chronicle the evolution of ´I Know I´m Not Wrong.´ Rumours may be ubiquitous; Tusk remains unique. --Jerry McCulley
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