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Tusk
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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Tracks| 1 | Over & Over | | 2 | The Ledge | | 3 | Think About Me | | 4 | Save Me a Place | | 5 | Sara | | 6 | What Makes You Think You're the One | | 7 | Storms | | 8 | That's All for Everyone | | 9 | Not That Funny | | 10 | Sisters of the Moon | | 11 | Angel | | 12 | That's Enough for Me | | 13 | Brown Eyes | | 14 | Never Make Me Cry | | 15 | I Know I'm Not Wrong | | 16 | Honey Hi | | 17 | Beautiful Child | | 18 | Walk a Thin Line | | 19 | Tusk | | 20 | Never Forget | | 21 | One More Time (Over & Over) | | 22 | Can't Walk Out of Here (The Ledge) | | 23 | Think About Me | | 24 | Sara | | 25 | Lindsey's Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong) | | 26 | Storms | | 27 | Lindsey's Song #2 (That's All for Everyone) | | 28 | Sisters of the Moon | | 29 | Out on the Road (That's Enough for Me) | | 30 | Brown Eyes | | 31 | Never Make Me Cry | | 32 | Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong) | | 33 | Honey Hi | | 34 | Beautiful Child | | 35 | Song #3 (Walk a Thin Line) | | 36 | Come on Baby (Never Forget) | | 37 | Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong) (Alternate) | | 38 | Kiss and Run | | 39 | Farmer's Daughter | | 40 | Think About Me (Single Version) | | 41 | Sister of the Moon (Single Version) |
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