50 great things about Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk"

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I only got "Tusk" in 1998 or something, I suck too

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:21 (twenty-one years ago)

You 'orrible man. And you were listening to nothing but OMC before that time, weren't you?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I was IN OMC man

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

How bizarre.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh I just realised what I like best of all about this wonderful record; it's a long long double. Thank fuck.

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Ned did you ever hear Scribe's "Not Many"? It became the new "How Bizarre" for a bit, everyone'd go "...if any" anytime they managed to say "Not many", fun fun.

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Grief. Sounds unsettling.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I was not unguilty of using it

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:37 (twenty-one years ago)

You were duly shamed, I trust.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:39 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa -- ten unread posts. sorry, ILX crapped out for a second so I went away. Anyway, no Ned -- I'd never deny discovering more common stuff years after the fact; I mention it on ILM all the time! I just didn't get the weird arrogance of reviving this thread solely in order to put another record down. That's the part I don't get. That's the reason I largely consider you sort of foolish in general. and yeah, when you do champion a buncha flat-out garbage at the expense of a lot of stuff that people with ears have sort of known and loved and found the good in for ages, it does sort of make you appear a buffoon. heck, I'm no Van fan. It's funny -- a lot of people are! they'll go on about The Poet's Champion's Confession or whatever whichever new album is called. I really couldn't care less. But I like Astral primarily for that great backing; great arrangements. Richard Davis on bass? Connie Kay on drums? Jay Berliner on guitar? shiiiiiit, dog -- I'm there!! which is sort of funny, too, when you talk about rich listening. cuz, see, the thing is, I've played instruments and seen tons of live musicians in improvisational contexts and I can pretty firmly tell ya that those guys are good'uns. I never get the sense from your writing that you know WHAT the heck is going on in a particular instrumental performance. hence, love of mommy's tum-tum music and so forth. but whatever, taste is taste. Keep on keepin' on, friend.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I just didn't get the weird arrogance of reviving this thread solely in order to put another record down.

Actually I was going to revive it anyway, that just happened to be the last post so I was amused. As for everything else, decaf, dude! You'll find it helps you avoid your imminent coronaries.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 October 2004 04:59 (twenty-one years ago)

(And really, begging for me to give you a 'serious' answer with all the insults is the easiest way to get me to laugh. You're so cute when you insist you've found God and I haven't!)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 October 2004 05:03 (twenty-one years ago)

the way you guys feud makes me think of all of the strife in fleetwood mac at the time of their great double album Tusk.

― peter smith (plsmith), Friday, 29 October 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Bags being Stevie

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 29 October 2004 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll go for Mick, I appreciate his height.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 29 October 2004 13:09 (twenty-one years ago)

is this a great double thread?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 29 October 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

five months pass...

"Reeeeal savage-like"

― PB, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

"I wanna be a star...I don't wanna be a cleaning woman...."

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

How "Brown Eyes" and "Never Make Me Cry" are actually the same song: the beginning and end of a love affair, moistened by weird electronic Eno treatments on the latter that's like looking at your lover after a few glasses of wine and tearing up.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread made me put the album on just now. Christine beats Stevie like rock beats scissors, but the restrained Stevie songs on this are great ("Storms," "Beautiful Child").

I didn't know about the 2CD reissue until just now. Will acquire toot sweet.

― Curious George (1/6 Scale Model) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The way the bass and treble (or is it two treble?) piano hook at the beginning of "Sara" come out of the left and right channels. Amazing arrangement and production.

― PB, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

ALL the backing vocal sounds being uncomfortably intimate

also, "What can they say / It's not against the law"

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I lost the first disc of the re-issue. :(((( I am pretty sure I slipped it into some other CD case some time when I was driving in the last few months. But which one? I am thinking this is going to turn up some day here when I really need it the most.

Anyone else think "Angel" is the best Stevie Nicks song?

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

No, that would be Beautiful Child

― Baaderonixxxorzh (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

"Walk a Thin Line" has some of my favorite vocal arrangements ever.

― jason., Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:21 (twenty-one years ago)

YES.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Wasn't Tusk the first album to be returned platinum???

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:40 (twenty-one years ago)

It's certified double platinum, but it's difficult to tell how much it actually sold since (a) it's a double album (b) it's the pre-Soundscan era.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

But it was either Tusk or Captain Fantastic... which initially sold so much less than anticipated that the record company got over a million returns.

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I think that 2x platinum number is actual units, Alfred, as I heard Tusk went 4x platinum, which prob. refers to the number of LPs sold.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Lindsey told me Tusk sold three million in America.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The inside cover photograph where Lindsey seems the center of universe gravity, as all the members are either looking or clinging to him.

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 14 April 2005 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Plus he's the only one who looks 1979, as opposed to all the others who evidently still think it's 1971.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 15 April 2005 05:10 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know if that double album = two sales toward certification rule was in effect back then.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 15 April 2005 07:34 (twenty-one years ago)

"Wasn't Tusk the first album to be returned platinum???"

Huh? How do you mean returned?

― nathalie doing a soft foot shuffle (stevie nixed), Friday, 15 April 2005 07:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Plus he's the only one who looks 1979, as opposed to all the others who evidently still think it's 1971

But Mac has a tracksuit of some kind on!

― 57 7th (calstars), Friday, 15 April 2005 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Jogging was the "in" thing then! Have you never seen the hilarious John Travolta/Jamie Lee Curtis comedy Perfect?

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 15 April 2005 12:06 (twenty-one years ago)

cheerleaders

― dontsaythatyouloveme boyclub girls, Friday, 15 April 2005 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Jogging was the "in" thing then! Have you never seen the hilarious John Travolta/Jamie Lee Curtis comedy Perfect?
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...), April 15th, 2005.

1 inspired eric prydz "call on me "
2 soundtrack contains the brilliant - jermaine jackson / pia zadora "when the rain begins to fall"

― dontsaythatyouloveme boyclub girls, Friday, 15 April 2005 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

stevie dressed as a cheerleader for the "tusk" video! chingford tor ascender ahoy!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 15 April 2005 12:19 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

64 (are we still counting?). the beautifully placid, almost glacial, "over & over" (and for an opening track!). i like this quality in "sara" (listen to the drum & bass) too.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 2 June 2005 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

65. the harmonica in "i know i'm not wrong"

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 2 June 2005 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

What ever happened to Stormy Davis? He was good for a tousle.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 2 June 2005 13:10 (twenty-one years ago)

he's around, somewhere

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

66. the reprise of "dont blaaaaaame me..." in "i know im not wrong."

im so glad i have this album. are s/t and rumours anywhere near as good?

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

67. My sister used to say that the vocals in the chorus of 'Tusk' sounded like the Muppet Chorus, led by Gonzo.

― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 14:09 (twenty-one years ago)

s/t and rumours are great!!

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

(though i'm thinking lately that "then play on" is my favorite FM lp)

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

hmmm... interesting...

i think ill check out the rest of the "classic period" pop albums, but maybe then ill move back to some of the peter green/blues/etc stuff.

thanks amst! that one looks really good, too. "transitional albums" pwn.

― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 19:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Rumours > Fleetwood Mac, but both are entirely classic. Rumours is certainly in Beatles territory as far as the quality-to-popularity ratio goes.

― PB, Tuesday, 7 June 2005 20:44 (twenty-one years ago)

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