Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Deluxe Edition)
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Free Music Review: Fleetwood Mac's masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
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 !
Free Music Review: TUSK (WARNER BROS./1979)
Hit: 5 Stars
REVIEW: Coming after the unparalleled, worldwide success of "RUMOURS": the sonically twisted edginess of "TUSK" pushed Fleetwood Mac's musical sensibilities to the avant-garde limit. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham was the prime mover behind the record's skewered, "splatter paint" of a production (the group even went so far as to build a new studio in order to accomodate his artistic vision), and the end result cost over a million dollars to make. And even though it was a more "modest" commercial triumph ("only" going double platinum!!!) in comparison to "RUMOURS": time, critics, and the public alike have been kind to "TUSK", and now it is rightly hailed as a true classic of itchy, modernist pop/rock. Many artists have released double albums at the height of their careers (The Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, etc.), but few groups have possessed THREE first-rate songwriters capable of sustaining the huge demands such a project warrants. With "TUSK": Buckingham, Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks showcase their skills as never before. No matter if its the haunting love songs "Sara", "Storms", and "Never Make Me Cry"; the gentle, lulling opening notes of "Over & Over"; the wildly explosive rockers "The Ledge", "Think About Me", "What Makes You Think You're The One", and "I Know I'm Not Wrong"; the triumphant marching band venom of "Tusk"; or the sweetly percolating closer "Never Forget": you come away feeling that the Mac may very well be the greatest band in the world.
HIGHEST BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART POSITION: Number 4.
HIT SINGLE: "Tusk" (BILLBOARD: Number 8).
HIT SINGLE: "Sara" (BILLBOARD: Number 7).
HIT SINGLE: "Sisters Of The Moon" (BILLBOARD: Number 86).
HIT SINGLE: "Think About Me" (BILLBOARD: Number 20).
Free Music Review: The complete go-to Mac
Hit: 5 Stars
When you put on this album, it's not rock music you're wanting -- it's Fleetwood Mac music. It might take a few years to see how much better this is than RUMOURS, which has a few great songs but not this measure of cohesion, and is not this complete an achievement in terms of distinction. I've determined that what makes this record rock in such style is mostly the mastery of rhythm by the apparently underrated Mick Fleetwood. Check out the intensely seductive use of restraint on "Brown Eyes." By the song's end, you've had to stop yourself several times from lustfully grabbing this Christine "sha-la-la"-shimmer persona cooing to you -- you have to "respect" this woman or this waif...so you check back to what the beat is telling you; it does a few things to be sure; and then, THEN, at fade-out, Mick's drums finally let your hips slam her in full 4x4 time. So the rhythm isn't about license, it's about priming your body. What also helps with the cohesive style is having Christine grab ahold of so many songs because either she simply does them better, or Stevie was in the bathroom. Nicks does give us the best ballad here, "Storms"; almost as good as the ballads McVie usually gives. But you sense the sophisticated collaborative chemistry of the band when Christine sings, and you smile at her raspy "yeah!"s and how a tune can go from 0 to 60 in the first half-bar and still have something great to make you feel on more than one level. Now you're rocking with the band who's giving you the best of their career. In my opinion, MIRAGE is Mac's other album where every song is mature and a winner.
UPDATE: the remaster is not up to the quality of Bill Inglot's work on the Yes catalogue the previous year. Slightly better bottom sound but muddier highs than the old CD.
Free Music Review: Finally Remastered!
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been waiting years for this album to be remastered and re-released. It's still an album ahead of it's time (at least Lindsey Buckingham's songs). A hint of what was to come peeked out on 'The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac'. The sound quality is great - and I am glad the original album still holds up (the original cd version doesn't). I've been listening to this music since the original 1979 release date and I am sure I can hear things now that I never could before (some backing vocals on "Honey Hi"). Buckingham's music really stands out sonically ("I Know I'm Not Wrong", "Ledge"). But Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie have their moments.The second disk of outtakes, demos and unreleased is nice - but not essential. You get a glimpse into what Buckingham can do production and arrangement-wise. The bass and drum lines on "One More Time (Over & Over) are great and stand out here vs the originally released version. It's nice to see how editing a piece of music not only doesn't compromise the song, but enhances it ("Sara"). At first I thought I wanted to hear "Sisters of the Moon" in its entirety and original arrangement. I was wrong. Buckingham did an incredible job w/Nicks' song. It's also nice to hear the cover of the Beach Boys' "Farmer's Daughter". Almost completely identical to the version on "Fleetwood Mac Live", but still good.
It's also nice to see the original album art included w/the cd. It definitely loses something from lp to cd - but whatta gonna do?
My original review gave the music 5 stars and the sound quality 3.5. I'm happy to say this is now a solid 5!
Free Music Review: Tusk! The ultimate Fleetwood Mac album.
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a very enjoyable band in most peoples opinions. You don't hear many people saying anything bad about this band it seems, which is a good thing because they are a great band. I haven't heard their music before the Stevie Nicks days much. Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie is what really made this band shine and get ratings. I'm not really big on McVie though, I tend to like the Nicks songs more by quite a bit. McVie's songs are the weakest songs I've heard from Fleetwood Mac. "Brown Eyes" on the other hand is a great Christine McVie song.
Enough said for now... Rating each song time. 10=Great, 9=Really Good, 8=Good, 7=Pretty Good
Over and Over(7.5) The Ledge(10) Think About Me(9.0) Save Me a Place(9.5) Sara(10) What Makes You Think You're the One(9.5) Storms(9.0) That's All for Everyone(9.5) Not That Funny Is It(10) Sisters of the Moon(10) Angel(9.5) That's Enough For Me(9.5) Brown Eyes(10) Never Make Me Cry(7.0) I Know I'm Not Wrong(9.5)Honey Hi(8.0) Beautiful Child(8.5) Walk a Thin Line(9.5) Tusk(10) Never Forget (7.5)
This is my favorite Fleetwood Mac album since it's full of songs I enjoy which are nice and diverse, upbeat and dark at times. I love diversity in any album. Rumours is a great album as well, but I go for the albums with a nice quantity as well as good quality of songs. One album I do like, but is not one of my favorites with many songs and good ones, is Exile on Mainstreet. It just isn't one of my favorite albums that contain a heavy load of songs like the great White Album, Tommy, Quadrophenia, The Who Sell Out, Electric Lady Land or in this case Tusk.