Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Deluxe Edition)
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Artist: Fleetwood MacEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-03-23
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Over & Over
- The Ledge
- Think About Me
- Save Me a Place
- Sara
- What Makes You Think You're the One
- Storms
- That's All for Everyone
- Not That Funny
- Sisters of the Moon
- Angel
- That's Enough for Me
- Brown Eyes
- Never Make Me Cry
- I Know I'm Not Wrong
- Honey Hi
- Beautiful Child
- Walk a Thin Line
- Tusk
- Never Forget
- One More Time (Over & Over)
- Can't Walk Out of Here (The Ledge)
- Think About Me
- Sara
- Lindsey's Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong)
- Storms
- Lindsey's Song #2 (That's All for Everyone)
- Sisters of the Moon
- Out on the Road (That's Enough for Me)
- Brown Eyes
- Never Make Me Cry
- Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong)
- Honey Hi
- Beautiful Child
- Song #3 (Walk a Thin Line)
- Come on Baby (Never Forget)
- Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong) (Alternate)
- Kiss and Run
- Farmer's Daughter
- Think About Me (Single Version)
- Sister of the Moon (Single Version)
Music reviews of Tusk (Deluxe Edition)
Music Review: A couple of classics, good variety and plenty of easy-listening music
Rating: 5 Stars
I've got the 2 cd version of this title...the one with the second disc full of demos etc. The original album has a magnificent sound quality and mix. When I was looking to buy this album, the reason I swung towards this particular version of the album was that it had an extended version of "Sara". Single cd versions of this album usually have the radio edit of this song. It would have been great to have that radio edit on the second cd. Anyway, this album brings up Fleetwood Mac's hat-trick of great consecutive albums...starting off with their second self-titled release, followed by Rumours. All these albums score 9.5 to 10 out of 10 for me. Tusk has a combination of rock, country rock and easy-listening music on it. A highlight of the album is Lindsey Buckingham's lead guitar note picking throughout..."Sara" would be a great example of that trait. This album has two of - if not my top two - favourite Fleetwood Mac songs..."Tusk" and "Sara". Whilst not having more 'killer' tracks like that on this album, it is nonetheless a pleasure to listen to. Original album has a run time of 74:22 minutes, which doesn't drag, as some albums can do...like "Trout mask replica" or even "The Beatles".
The Classics "/" (big ticks):
Tusk - the last I heard, this was Fleetwood Mac's only top 10 hit in Australia. It's my favourite Fleetwood Mac song. It has an all time great drum rhythm from Mick Fleetwood (very tribal bong rhythm happening). Mick has a solo in this track too, where he lets loose for a little bit. Drums may be overdubbed too...or maybe another drummer complements Mick. Cool elements to the song include the lead guitar and the brass section with its terrific riff. You get some down low brass too, with a tuba. The guitar has a Led Zeppelin feel to it sometimes as well. Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks share the lead vocal duties.
Sara - intro especially has lovely, delicate dual lead guitar notes. Maybe there's a piano in there too. Stevie Nicks sings. Mick utilises nice sounding brush strokes for his percussion. This version is about a third longer than the radio edit.
Then..."/" (small tick)
I know I'm not wrong - a jaunty song. Has the accordion, I think. I like the simple and interesting drum rhythm...maybe it's a foretaste of "Tusk"? Lindsey sings and has backing vocal and harmonising accompaniment. There is a dual guitar set up.
Then..."."
Over and over - slow, gentle song. Sensual vocals by Christine. Stevie provides provides some of the backing vocals. Song has a country flavour to it...e.g. with the electric lead guitar coming out of the left hand side of the speakers. Nice dampened acoustic guitar sounds coming out of the right hand side.
That's all for everyone - I think that I bumped this song up from a "(.)" to a ".". Interesting track...has steel string guitar strums and a percussion instrument like a glockenspiel or something. Lindsey sings and has backing vocals. The main vocal and backing vocal rhythm is dreamy. I've got a note querying the lyrics in the backing vocals...not sure if the word "sexy" is mentioned.
Storms - This song got bumped to this ranking on second listen...took a couple of listens to like more in any case. Pleasant track with dual electric guitar notes, bass, keyboard and a percussion instrument like a xylophone or something. Stevie sings and has soothing backing vocal accompaniment. My notes mention that at least in the bonus disc, this song mentions Sara.
Then..."(.)"
Brown eyes - laid back groove, with jazzy cymbal percussion. Nice bass. The keyboard is too, at times. It does sound familiar though...can't pin it down though. A couple of the keyboard's melodies are interesting though. Christine's vocals are soothing, I think. She has backing vocals. You hear an electric guitar at the end.
Never make me cry - soothing sounds as far as the music and Christine's vocals go. Quiet guitar and organ. Cymbals and strumming on the electric guitar.
Honey hi - another pleasant Christine McVie song. Has acoustic guitar, pleasant bongos, keyboard, and backing vocals with nice harmonies.
The rest (in chronological order):
The ledge - a jaunty song with strong bass guitar notes. Lindsey sings with backing vocals from Stevie. Guitar sounds Led Zeppelin-ish later (the first instance of this trait on the album, of three). A jolly track with a real sing-along mood to it.
Think about me - mid-tempo rock. Christine sings then Lindsey picks it up. Their vocals harmonise at times, when they both take the lead. Backing vocals at times too. Keyboard features. A little country sounding song?
Save me a place - gentle song with strong/interesting percussion (as far as the tone goes). Lindsey sings and has backing vocal accompaniment. You get some harmonising too. Maybe you hear a ukelele, or at least the guitar sounds like a miniature or something is being used.
What makes you think you're the one? - sounds like Mick is taking a baseball bat to his drum-kit! Piano is percussive too. Also has bass and synth. Either a violin is used or the guitar is somehow made to sound something like that (I'm guessing). Lindsey sings.
Not that funny - jaunty rock song. Big beat. Lindsey sings. One guitar has a bit of a "Nutbush city limits" vibe to it. Other guitar sounds highly strung.
Sisters of the moon - steel string guitar, bass. Stevie sings...she has mystical lyrics again, perhaps. Multiple guitars. A touch of "Rhiannon" to this song. Brass later. Also a touch of "Gold" to this song (Wikipedia attributes that song to John Stewart...but Google also has a hit to the lyrics of this song for Stevie Nicks...she must have covered it at some point too). My note for the bonus cd version of this song mentions that the bass keyboard part for it reminds me of a melody on MGMT's debut album "Oracular spectacular"...so maybe they mined it from here?
Angel - keyboard intro sort of "Joy to the world" (by Three Dog Night. Just btb, the name of that band apparently has an Australian connection...I'm not sure how authentic that connection is in any case!). Soft country rock guitar with boogie bass. Stevie sings and has vocal back-up. I've got a note querying "song"...Googling the lyrics, there is a line in there about "a haunted song". Which? Any?
That's enough for me - has another instance of that Led Zeppelin type of fuzz guitar tone...or maybe it's a synthesiser effect. One guitar also has a banjo effect going on. Lindsey sings...raucously at times. I've got a note for the bonus disc version of this song...totally btb, but there is a vocal sound "ho ya" (?) which brought to mind that sound as used by Al Pacino in the movie "Scent of a woman".
Beautiful child - pleasant Stevie Nicks song with backing vocals, bass, acoustic guita and piano. The latter plays a familiar, simple melody...wonder if it has been 'borrowed' by other acts since. Song has harmonising on it too.
Walk a thin line - pleasant Lindsey Buckingham song with backing vocals. Has some strong drumming though. Delicate acoustic guitar...the bass line from "You've lost that loving feeling" gets a run on it too. There is a nice guitar melody later on...maybe on the keyboard too...not sure, maybe what sounds like a keyboard is the guitar still? More harmonised singing.
Never forget - country flavoured lead guitar, woody percussion. A pipe sounding instrument features as well. Christine sings and has backing vocal accompaniment and harmonising too. Steel string acoustic guitar, bass and keyboard feature too.
The bonus cd (selected notes):
Judging from this, Fleetwood Mac's demo tapes sound better than most other bands' studio recordings! Some songs aren't obviously different to that on the original album. Some songs - like "Sara - have different instruments carrying the melodies. E.g. here the piano, not the guitar carries the tune. They obviously knew what they were doing when they chose to go with the guitar for the album version! Some songs here are instrumentals.
Farmer's daughter - interesting guitar sound...has wobbly strums. Pleasant song. Bassy, re guitar notes...reminds me of Sid Snot's theme in The Kenny Everett Video Show (the theme pre-dated this show though).
Kiss and run - campfire sing-along vibe.
Sisters of the moon - has unintentional distortion, which is surprising. This just occurs in one passage though.
Recommendations:
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac. Another classic. 95/100.
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours. Their monster hit. 5/5
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico. Easy listening but with edgy lyrics. 9.5/10
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground. 5/5
Description of Tusk (Deluxe Edition)
Two disc set in a slimline double jewelbox. Disc 2 is all bonus tracks. 41 tracks total. STILL SEALED with scratch mark on bar code of slip cover.A liner portrait of the big Mac, then coming off the commercial bonanza of Rumours, shows them looking anxiously at guitarist, singer, songwriter, and de facto auteur Lindsey Buckingham, a moment given weight by the sprawling ambitions behind this 1979 double album. Buckingham's superb sense of pop craft had catapulted the once blues-based rockers into multiplatinum ubiquity, and he responded not with a safe return to form but with an invitation for his songwriting partners to chase their respective muses. Comparisons to the Beatles' White Album abounded and remain apt: Stevie Nicks twirls dreamily through extended variations on her crystal visions, Christine McVie turns in a reliably fine set of sunny pop-rock cruisers and tender ballads, and Mick Fleetwood and John McVie sustain their reputation as one of rock's most powerful yet deft rhythm sections. Buckingham provides the wild cards, in largely self-recorded plunges into his own skittish psyche, culminating in the massive title song, beefed up by the University of Southern California's marching band, but more cannily in dreamy music-box exercises ("That's All for Everyone") and sudden bursts of gonzo, fuzz-toned rock ("That's Enough for Me"). Better than its detractors thought upon release, Tusk was a brave platinum "failure" that actually charts where subsequent Mac and Buckingham projects would go. --Sam Sutherland
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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