Don't Say That You Love Me: The TUSK Poll.

could say that about almost any track tbh xp, but then you'd have an entirely different album. Not 'Sisters of the Moon' though, the production there could not have been improved upon.

well, I know I'm Not Wrong strikes me especially because the big hook in that song is totally covered up in the mix (compare with track five of the demos disc). you just get a hint of it and then for some reason Buckingham decides to get all Glenn Gould and cover it up even more with some lackluster scatting

I only started loving "Never Forget" when Cut Copy included it on their mix last summer.

I already loved it to bits but I had a newfound respect for Cut Copy after that particular trick.

Piss -- if I'd seen this, I woulda put "That's All For Everyone" into a tie for first.

You guys I am ashamed that it has taken me until November of 2010 to hear this entire album. Thanking you Half Price Books for the $2 vinyl copy.

Well? Thoughts?

Well I'm only just starting side 3, but this is really amazing. I grew up with parents playing Rumors and later a greatest hits thing, so I'd kinda always thought I'd heard all the Mac I'd ever need. I WAS WRONG. This is great great. Loving "What Makes You Think You're the One" so much right now.

Also "Not That Funny", great song.

I'm just now coming to this album too. I love the use of alternating wide open spaces and claustrophobic sound spatialization in the production. "Walk a Thin Line" is the sound of driving home at 4 AM and trying not to asleep at the wheel.

And "Sara" is gorgeous of course but I try not to play it too much so that it retains its mystery.

that's why the demo version on the remaster is such a joy

corey otm about the wavering between openness and claustrophobia, I think that really is a key to why I'm enjoying this so much. I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying the "punkier" Buckingham tunes.

We all speak our piece here (several times!):

50 great things about Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk"

"What Makes You Think You're the One" is so raw.

"That's All for Everyone" is so amazing.

Man this record is great (sorry for the double post)

http://i.imgur.com/I9neL.jpg

People should talk about "Not That Funny" more.

the drums on "brown eyes"

best track on the album. shame on ilm for only giving it one vote.

file 'That's All For Everyone' under 'almost unbearably too short'

the comment at the top about favorite sides made me realize:

Side Two
"What Makes You Think You're the One" (Buckingham) – 3:32
"Storms" (Nicks) – 5:29
"That's All for Everyone" (Buckingham) – 3:04
"Not That Funny" (Buckingham) – 3:13
"Sisters of the Moon" (Nicks) – 4:40

this shit'll kill you if you let it imo

I have never ever been a blue corn seed..

the everything on "brown eyes"

This album has gone from being the underrated follow-up to Rumours to quite possibly being in danger of being one of the most overrated records ever. On here, at least, and I love the record.

danger!

nah it's the best record ever made

overrated = the exasperated hail mary pass of self-important arbiters of artistic quality

I'm confused here - did I not say I love the record?

And yes, it's a great record - well-performed, mostly well-written and impeccably produced. There's a lot to love and admire about it. On the other hand, it isn't completely devoid of filler, the Lindsay tracks aren't really as "out there" as some would have you believe, and I do think it's a record that, as great as it is, does get some over-the-top praise. Good record, though.

74. "Brown Eyes" and "Never Make Me Cry" are really the same song: the first relating the onset of a desire that can only lead to danger, the second the devastating results.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, March 17, 2006 3:41 PM (10 years ago)

at any rate I'm glad the proto-Balearic bliss of Tango has replaced Tusk as the Mac album du jour.

"filler" is another problematic one.. i know what you mean, stuff like "that's enough for me" is underdeveloped and 'tossed off'-sounding. it's still better than frickin "don't stop". incidentally, christine's songs on tusk are much greater than christine's songs on rumours ("you make loving fun" excepted, of course). all imo, of course. signed, self-important arbiter of artistic quality

Mirage is now the underrated album of the Buckingham era, though it is not as strong as Tusk.

I agree that McVie's songs are Tusk's secret weapon - each one is a classic.

with our powers combined this summer, Tim, we'll change this state of affairs.

i saw this in a record store last week: http://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/8342

Tusk's stature has really risen even in the last three years. Not a forgotten album at all anymore. I feel like it's about as well known as Rumours at this point. No filler on it. The underdeveloped experiments and the band's ability to stretch out are what make it great.

Three years?! More like twelve at least. Check out the number of ILM threads.

You're right. I feel like we've reached peak Tusk though.

'Honey Hi' is shite, though - nowhere near the level of McVie's songs on Rumours, definitely not a classic and the very definition of filler. So there's three theories debunked right off the bat.

*shakes head*

wow that may be your worst opinion turrican

oh look turrican is taking a brave stand again

this is the most mind-bendingly WTF poll I've encountered here. these results makes more sense read from bottom to top than top to bottom for me.

I'm not fond of "Honey Hi" either *raises chin defiantly*

Do you like Haim's rip off tho Alf?

yes!

"Honey Hi" sounds like waking up refreshed and in love with somebody

Love the Haim ripoff too, especially the "I'm not afraid no more" part

xxxxpost:

Well, if you truly believe that it's a better composition/song than 'Don't Stop', 'Songbird' or even 'Oh Daddy' (which is my least favourite song on Rumours by some considerable distance) then, y'know, you're entitled to think that, as utterly batshit as that stance is. Nobody, absolutely nobody sees a copy of Tusk and thinks "fuck me! I just have to listen to 'Honey Hi'"! 'Sara', undoubtedly. 'Walk A Thin Line', 'That's All For Everyone' ... yeah, I could see it. 'Honey Hi'? No fucking way. Inessential, airy fluff at best.

0 votes for 'Think About Me' ... what's that all about, then? It's McVie's second best song on the record after 'Over and Over'

"Airy fluff", yes - done perfectly.

Wait there, Tusk song is a restless volcano. Do not diss it.

'Tusk' is great and you're wrong. Although OTM about 'Honey Hi' being "rocking chair" music, just not in the way that you intended.

'Tusk' is great but it's my least favorite song on the record. Maybe it's just overexposure. And honestly Lindsey bugs me on that one.

uuuuunnggggggghhhhh

The right answer is beautiful child!

just discovered this album last week. so good.

"Save Me a Place" got robbed.

fuck i wish i could hear "That's All for Everyone" for the first time again. i completely burned that one out. i think i listened to it 500 times in a single year

Insane that "Sisters Of The Moon" only got one vote.

Intense silence
as you entered the thread

all the various versions of "I Know I'm Not Wrong" on the deluxe set are a pleasure to listen to