50 great things about Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk"

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My head exploded in bliss as I imagined a hundred multitracked Christines singing "That's All for Everyone"

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 8 June 2006 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Tusk really does inspire devotion among critic types, doesn't it? It's just one of those records that's endlessly fascinating. For anyone need of exhibit A of what music ciriticism used to be, check out Stephen Holden's review of the record from Rolling Stone -- he really nails the album and does a wonderful job of putting it cultural context

― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Thursday, 8 June 2006 18:47 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.geocities.com/musicfornimrods/flipside19801216.htm

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 8 June 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I have a Mennonite friend who's a nut for Sacred Harp singing and vocal music in general... I think I'm going to buy him a copy of this record.

― The Jazz Guide to Penguins on Compact Disc (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 8 June 2006 18:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok, and anti-devotion, too. :-)

― O'Connor (OConnorScribe), Thursday, 8 June 2006 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link

nine months pass...

I can't think of any reason not to be a whore for this album. Sign me up.

― Bimble, Saturday, 7 April 2007 06:09 (seventeen years ago) link

That's it. I'm starting a great big list of stuff I want on vinyl. Right now.

― Bimble, Saturday, 7 April 2007 06:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Other people browse in record shops, I see no point unless I have a list.

― Bimble, Saturday, 7 April 2007 06:16 (seventeen years ago) link

the tusk documentary that's on youtube -- particularly the "angel" segment, which gave me a newfound fondness for that song. the look stevie and lindsey give each other when she sings "when you were good, you were very very good."

the piano at the end of "what makes you think you're the one" -- was billy joel included in the "new wave" lindsey was listening to that year?

― get bent, Saturday, 7 April 2007 12:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Such a good album.

― Tim F, Saturday, 7 April 2007 14:40 (seventeen years ago) link

life changing.

― ian, Saturday, 7 April 2007 14:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I, as a kid, ordered this record from the Columbia Record and Tape Club. Imagine my 13-yr-old self: opening it up and examining all the packaging, trying to reconcile the smoother stuff with the new wave touches, working out who the best songwriter was out of the big three, hours and hours and hours alone with all that vinyl and my math homework and bruises from football practice...

...man, that was cool.

― Dimension 5ive, Saturday, 7 April 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe not ILM-wise, but the most underrated double alb, evah?

― AHF, Sunday, 8 April 2007 02:29 (seventeen years ago) link

also love "That's All for Everyone", and like Tusk, though color me rockist: Rumours is just better

― Dominique, Sunday, 8 April 2007 03:09 (seventeen years ago) link

never forget is such a summer jam.

― ian, Sunday, 8 April 2007 03:34 (seventeen years ago) link

i have been listening to this all day pretty much

― river wolf, Sunday, 8 April 2007 03:47 (seventeen years ago) link

Someone mentioned Never Forget!!! BE STILL MY BEATING HEART!!! Bless you. I mean...that's really the highlight of the whole album aside from Sara, isn't it? Ah, personal opinions. Still I felt so alone feeling that "Never Forget" was the absolute shit. It is, isn't it?

Still marvelling at how dlp9001 could insinuate that there was a Swans/Fleetwood Mac connection way up there in this thread...that's almost...genius, but it scares me.

― Bimble, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Stevie is the princess, Christine the queen. I don't care if I get thrown out of here by saying that.

― Bimble, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:52 (seventeen years ago) link

i. love. this album. a lot.

beautiful child makes me wanna cry sometimes, though. but in a rly good way.

― tehresa, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link

oh child please, that's like ILM standard; at this point it would be a lot braver to say that stevie is the bestest...

...and i'll agree with tehresa, my highlight is 'beautiful child.'

― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:55 (seventeen years ago) link

that first part was an x-p to the Bimble

― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link

got that ;)

― tehresa, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link

i love that i never read or post to ilm but the first time i wander over in months, tusk is at the top.

― tehresa, Sunday, 8 April 2007 04:56 (seventeen years ago) link

"Never Make Me Cry"

― Bimble, Sunday, 8 April 2007 05:12 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh wait...I get it now. "Beautiful Child" was also the name of a Swans song off the Children of God album...hmmm..I see the reason for the link between the bands, now.

Still if you can play "Never Make Me Cry" and not be moved, you are stone.

― Bimble, Sunday, 8 April 2007 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll repeat: "Brown Eyes" and "Never Let Me Cry" are perfection; they're the same, sad, deracinating number.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 8 April 2007 06:26 (seventeen years ago) link

deracinating? Wow, that's a new word on me, man.

― Bimble, Sunday, 8 April 2007 06:35 (seventeen years ago) link

stevie IS the bestest tho

― electricsound, Sunday, 8 April 2007 09:00 (seventeen years ago) link

"deracinated." I was not sober last night.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 8 April 2007 13:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Hahahah, fair enough!

― Bimble, Sunday, 8 April 2007 18:06 (seventeen years ago) link

going to see Lindsey tomorrow night. soooooper psyched.

― Stormy Davis, Monday, 9 April 2007 02:47 (seventeen years ago) link

listening to buckingham/nicks a lot lately too. such jammage.

― ian, Monday, 9 April 2007 04:02 (seventeen years ago) link

But like, its not as good as Rumours.

― I know, right?, Monday, 9 April 2007 10:11 (seventeen years ago) link

i used to think rumours was better, but i was wrong. side 4 of tusk is unstoppable brilliance of the highest order.

― ian, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

If there is one truly underrated and underpraised Fleetwood Mac album, then "Tango In The Night" is the one.

― Geir Hongro, Monday, 9 April 2007 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I think Mirage is the one you mean.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 9 April 2007 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I used to think rumours was better, but i was wrong. side 4 of tusk is unstoppable brilliance of the highest order.

Yes, I too have now seen the error of my ways, Tusk is clearly better.

― I know, right?, Monday, 23 April 2007 09:36 (seventeen years ago) link

theres so many awesome hidden voices and shit everywhere. every song has like 5 guitars goin on. wtf.

― chaki, Monday, 23 April 2007 18:15 (seventeen years ago) link

the way "that's all for everyone" seems to take in and exhale air, and the way those "ahhs" roll across the top of it like big gentle vapor trails.

― negotiable, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:39 (seventeen years ago) link

but chaki otm. there's so much to listen to

― negotiable, Sunday, 29 April 2007 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link

The similarities between the guitar work on "I Know I'm Not Wrong" and "My Sharona." This didn't occur to me until I saw Lindsey performing "IKINW" on his solo tour this past fall.

― Fitzcarraldo, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I saw Tusk on vinyl for a dollar. Then I realized there were only two of the four records inside! ARRRRRRGH.

― Bimble, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link

still worth it. i got mine for 50 cents, but its a little water damaged.

― artdamages, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:39 (seventeen years ago) link

um, bimble, there are only two records. four sides, two records.

― fact checking cuz, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

see, thats why we need fact checking cuz

― artdamages, Sunday, 29 April 2007 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

The best thing to do is to listen to it on headphones and take out one headphone and listen to it. I totally ruined The Ledge for like a day by doing this. With just half the ingredients it actually sounds like shit.

― I know, right?, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

No you're a liar! Sara wasn't on any of the records! And there were 4 goddamn inner LP sleeves!

― Bimble, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Sorry, that was a xpost to Fact Checking Cuz

― Bimble, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN 4 INNER LP SLEEVES HMMMM?

― Bimble, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

i like this record, but i wish everyone would stop bugging me about it. a couple of the EAR-TO-THE-GROUND music people i know are suddenly like, "dude, call me crazy, but i've been listening so much to TUSK, lately. so gooood." i feel like i missed the memo that said everyone should simultaneously proclaim their love for it.

― poortheatre, Sunday, 29 April 2007 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

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