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| 4.0 excellent | Nagrarok | April 30th 10 |
In the wake of Rumours, Fleetwood Mac were emotionally drained, but also had a reputation to live up to. The result is the ambitious, lengthy Tusk, which could not have been anything but a dissapointment. The main problem here is coherency: the album feels as the solo outings of Buckingham, McVie and Nicks put together, without any sense of overall structure. While this kind of writing was a part of what Rumours so wonderful, Tusk does not really benefit from it at all. However, despite any of the songs even coming close to what had been done 2 years earlier, there are no bad tunes on here, and the likes of Sara, Storms and the title track have found their way into the classic material of the group.
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| 5.0 classic | Rmazer | August 27th 19 |
Tusk is the "Songs in the Key of Life" of white people.
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| 5.0 classic | trickert | November 5th 22 |
Misunderstood at the time, perhaps, as just another good Mac album but over-indulgent. But the years have been really kind to this platter: all the songs hit and play off of each other, Buckingham's touches are all over and brilliant, and the non-Buckinghams all bring their A game. It's just a straight-up, indelible classic.
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| 4.0 excellent | Robbit | December 17th 17 |
Coming to terms with TUSK has always been such a perplexing quandary for me. My initial impression was that the album as a whole was a bit of a snooze and that the highlights weren?t as remarkable as anything on their prior two records. I've seen many critics cite this album an underappreciated masterwork while offering it a solid 5 star rating. This perception gap will probably never close for me as I have a great deal of difficulty reconciling this assessment against the reality that TUSK doesn't even come close to the consistency of RUMOURS or even their self-titled 1975 album. I know this sort of comparison might seem unfair as TUSK certainly has a different agenda, but it is also unavoidable. rWith greater patience and more passive contemplation, I have begun to appreciate the understated charm of this album. It's the subtlety of these compositions and the way they serve the greater whole that makes the album such a pleasant journey. I would still regard TUSK as more of a flawed masterwork than an absolute classic. r
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| 5.0 classic | Soyn | June 25th 17 |
Twisting and turning, this might be one of the few albums that can both touch and surprise you every other song.
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| 5.0 classic | Quadrochosis | June 23rd 11 |
As far as songwriting, Stevie's songwriting is at its best ever on this record. Lindsey Buckingham, while a little looney, still manages to write a ton of really cool and catchy tunes that really grab your attention due to how odd they are at times.
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| 3.5 great | RichRichardsson | May 24th 11 |
In his review of Tusk, Robert Christgau proclaimed Lindsey Buckingham as the true star of Tusk, but to my mind, he was more the great enabler in this instance, setting the stage for Stevie to really work her magic, whilst providing his usual stellar guitar work. Of the 20 tracks, only 4 really stand out, 3 of which are Stevie's, and the other, Tusk, is well and truly hijacked by the rhythm section (and marching band).rThis means the other 80% is above-average filler from Buckingham (think Rumour's "Second Hand News") and mostly sub-par love poetry from Christine, which is a shame, given her reputation as a songwriter, but forgivable when you consider how consistent her contributions were on Rumours (Don't Stop, Songbird, etc.).
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| 4.0 excellent | DANcore | February 10th 24 |
| 3.0 good | ariich | January 31st 24 |
| 5.0 classic | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Grungil | January 3rd 24 |
| 5.0 classic | pabcel | July 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | perival | June 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 18th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | JEF9000 | December 31st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rick64 | December 18th 22 |
| 3.5 great | MvdW | November 30th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | yinei007 | September 14th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | Lucman | April 19th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Get Low | February 1st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | October 13th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Skoop | September 29th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Mac | July 20th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flomink | December 21st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | October 28th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Paint | October 7th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Corney | July 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | heck | February 9th 20 |
| 2.5 average | bobbart | December 17th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | peahat | December 12th 19 |
| 2.5 average | igi78 | October 17th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | fog CONTRIBUTOR | August 23rd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Alex61 | May 28th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | March 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Royl123 | February 25th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Runeii | February 4th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | artyzmu | November 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | September 8th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | FelkFg | August 6th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Jan555 | July 23rd 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Stkyle | June 1st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Juanpa | April 17th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | YayoG1 | April 6th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | PaabL | April 3rd 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Alexxx | March 20th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Gueero | February 13th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | mac62 | February 8th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | CRX | February 5th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | December 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | PFLZU2TH | November 12th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | arkngt | October 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | June 16th 17 |
| 3.0 good | rjk | April 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | e210013 | March 21st 17 |
| 3.5 great | manosg EMERITUS | March 4th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | TwigTW | December 12th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Owens54 | November 30th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ggg777 | October 27th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Brandon | October 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Titan | June 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zsoli86 | June 11th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | A.R.O. STAFF | June 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Handers | April 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZeCham0 | February 18th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | zx2112 | January 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fugue | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brigneya | November 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | September 3rd 15 |
| 3.0 good | spur55 | December 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mr Snrub | November 11th 14 |
| 3.0 good | oahmed | August 30th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Pasm71 | June 25th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Moraff | June 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZBJE | April 24th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Miata | April 8th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | Ringo00 | February 5th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Curse. | December 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kalhur | December 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | bkeating | September 28th 13 |
| 3.0 good | KILL | June 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Paxster | March 2nd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | dcorrea | October 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | mortnr | October 24th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | random | July 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lakes. | June 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | abeek88 | February 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | bonus | December 15th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | JMZ | November 2nd 11 |
| 2.5 average | KaliMa | June 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | June 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Br1987 | May 19th 11 |
| 3.0 good | scheim | April 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | BiOZed | March 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Wza | March 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHands | December 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | zyzil | November 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHans | February 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hodgmand | February 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kojpl | October 1st 09 |
| 5.0 classic | click5 | September 19th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | January 24th 07 |
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