History Music / Tusk1979

* CutSong: One of the notable outtakes is a cover of "Farmer's Daughter", originally by Music/TheBeachBoys from their 1963 album ''Surfin' U.S.A.''. They would release a live version the very next year for the album ''Live''.

'''''Tusk''''' is the twelfth studio album by Music/FleetwoodMac, released in 1979. It was the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the 1977 classic ''Music/{{Rumours}}'', the top-selling album of that year and one of the biggest hit albums of the decade. The band, and especially singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, wanted to take some risks with ''Tusk''. The artistic risks to some degree backfired, along with the higher price associated with a double album and the RKO radio network broadcasting the entire album ahead of time, allowing for extensive home taping. While ''Tusk'' still sold in numbers that most bands would only dream of, it was dubbed a commercial disappointment. In the long run, though, it's been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]].

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* AuteurLicense: The success of ''Music/{{Rumours}}'' gave the band one. Warner Bros. revoked it after the album's relative failure. ''Mirage'' was a self-consciously commercial effort.

* IfICantHaveYou[=/=]ImpliedDeathThreat: "The Ledge" certainly sounds it.

* OneWomanSong: "Sara".

* YourCheatingHeart: The pre-''Music/{{Rumours}}'' wounds hadn't healed yet.

'''''Tusk''''' is the twelfth studio album by Music/FleetwoodMac, released in 1979. It was the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the 1977 classic ''Music/{{Rumours}}'', the top-selling album of that year and one of the biggest hit albums of the decade. The band, and especially singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, wanted to take some risks with ''Tusk''. The artistic risks to some degree backfired, along with the higher price associated with a double album and the RKO radio network broadcasting the entire album ahead of time, allowing for extensive home taping. While ''Tusk'' still sold in numbers that most bands would give their eyeteeth for, it was dubbed a commercial disappointment. In the long run, though, it's been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]].

** The TitleTrack features The U.S.C. Trojan Marching Band.

* AuteurLicense: The success of ''Music/{{Rumours}}'' gave the band one. The album's relative failure would mean that they would be under greater pressure to produce hits in the coming years.

* EpicRocking: "Sara", "Storms" and "Beautiful Child" are all over five minutes. Being the longest song on the album, "Sara" was initially trimmed by about two minutes on early CD versions, because with the technology of the time, the album was just a little too long to fit on a single disc.

* EpicRocking: "Sara", "Storms" and "Beautiful Child" are all over five minutes. Being the longest song on the album, "Sara" was initially trimmed by about two minutes on early CD versions, because with the technology of the time, the album was just a little too long to fit on a single disk.

* EpicRocking: "Sara", "Storms" and "Beautiful Child" are all over five minutes.

* AuteurLicense: The success of ''Music/Rumours'' gave the band one. The album's relative failure would mean that they would be under greater pressure to produce hits in the coming years.

Side 1

Side 2

Side 3

Side 4

* AlliterativeTitle: "'''H'''oney '''H'''i"

* CutSong: One of the notable outtakes is a cover of Music/TheBeachBoys' "Farmer's Daughter". They would release a live version the very next year.

** Former Fleetwood Mac member Peter Green plays guitar on "Brown Eyes.

-->--From '''Greil Marcus'''' favorable review of the album

'''''Tusk''''' is the twelfth studio album by Anglo-American pop rock group Music/FleetwoodMac. It was the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the 1977 breakthrough ''Music/{{Rumours}}'', the top-selling album of that year and one of the biggest hit albums of the decade. The band, and especially singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, wanted to take some risks with ''Tusk''. The artistic risks to some degree backfired, along with the higher price associated with a double album and the RKO radio network broadcasting the entire album ahead of time, allowing for extensive home taping. While ''Tusk'' still sold in numbers that most bands would give their eyeteeth for, it was dubbed a commercial disappointment. In the long run, though, it's been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]].

!!Tracklist:
# "Over & Over" (4:35)

# "Save Me a Place" (2:40)

# "What Makes You Think You're the One" (3:28)

# "That's All for Everyone" (3:04)

# "Sisters of the Moon" (4:36)

# "That's Enough for Me" (1:48)

# "Walk a Thin Line" (3:44)

!!Trope! Just say that you want me!:

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The cover is a black and white snapshot of a biting attack dog, off-center on an off-white background.

* GenreRoulette: Due to the diverging interests of the three singer-songwriters. Christine [=McVie=]'s work became a little jazzier; Stevie Nicks mostly stayed true to folk and country rock; and Lindsey Buckingham's songs were a product of his reverence for [[Music/TheBeachBoys Brian Wilson]] and his newfound interest in PunkRock and NewWave.

* RepetitiveName: "Over & Over".

* SpecialGuest: The TitleTrack features The U.S.C. Trojan Marching Band.
* YourCheatingHeart: The pre-''Rumours'' wounds hadn't healed yet.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "What Makes You Think You're the One"

->''Do you ever wonder''\\

''Oughta tell you what it's really all about.''

* OneWomanSong: "Sara"
* RepetitiveName: "Over & Over"

''You know that I'll wait, as long as it takes''

'''''Tusk''''' is the twelfth studio album by Anglo-American pop rock group Music/FleetwoodMac. It was the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the 1976 breakthrough ''Music/{{Rumours}}'', the top-selling album of that year and one of the biggest hit albums of the decade. The band, and especially singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, wanted to take some risks with ''Tusk''. The artistic risks to some degree backfired, along with the higher price associated with a double album and the RKO radio network broadcasting the entire album ahead of time, allowing for extensive home taping. While ''Tusk'' still sold in numbers that most bands would give their eyeteeth for, it was dubbed a commercial disappointment. In the long run, though, it's been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]].

** "Tusk"