History Music / Tusk1979

* DigitalDestruction: The original CD release in 1987 both replaces the album version of "Sara" with the single edit and removes most of the inner artwork. The 2004 issue would rectify both matters; technically it was possible starting in the early 1990s, but the relative underperformance of the album meant that not much attention was given to it at the time.

Despite the anticipation, strong sales (topping the charts in the UK and New Zealand and peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200), and favorable critical reviews, the album failed to match the gargantuan success of ''Rumours'', and consequently was deemed a commercial failure. First, the album was the most expensive ever made at the time, having cost $1 million to make[[note]]partly because producer Lindsey Buckingham often put so much work into instrumentation and layering but ended up just having the percussion track be himself playing on a tissue box[[/note]]. The record has since been surpassed several times over in the following decades, with the $30 million ''Music/{{Invincible}}'' by Music/MichaelJackson being the current record-holder, but in 1979 ''Tusk''[='s=] recording costs were downright heart attack-inducing. Second, double albums were sold at higher prices than single albums because of both the higher content of music and the fact that labels had to manufacture twice as many discs as they would need to for a single album. The timing of the album's release during the Second Oil Crisis only made the album more expensive thanks to the inflated cost of petroleum needed to manufacture records. Finally and most crucially, the RKO radio network [[WhatAnIdiot broadcast the entire album ahead of time]], allowing for extensive home taping that invalidated the need for most listeners to actually buy the album (in hindsight, this was also a likely factor in the RIAA becoming more draconian about piracy from the 80's onward). Despite all of this, ''Tusk'' has sold four million copies during its time out in the open, and since has been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]], possibly even their single best.

The album was ranked at #445 on ''Magazine/{{NME}}'''s [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]. It is currently ranked at #1833 on Website/AcclaimedMusic's [[UsefulNotes/AcclaimedMusicAllTimeTopAlbums compendium of various critics' greatest albums lists]].

* DigitalDestruction: The original CD release in 1990 both replaces the album version of "Sara" with the single edit and removes most of the inner artwork. The 2004 issue would rectify both matters; technically it was possible back in 1990, but the relative underperformance of the album meant that not much attention was given to it at the time.

* TheNotRemix: The 1990 and 2004 CD releases substitute different mixes of "Not That Funny" and "I Know I'm Not Wrong", with the 2015 remaster restoring the original versions.

* ReCut: The first CD release in 1990 replaces the album version of "Sara" with the shorter single edit to keep the album from going over the 74-minute limit of a Redbook-compliant disc (the uncut album is just 25 seconds too long). 80-minute [=CDs=] already existed by then, but were still in an experimental phase and thus were saved for better-selling titles that needed them. The 2004 remaster would restore the full version of "Sara", and it's stuck ever since.

* ReCut: The first CD release in 1990 replaces the album version of "Sara" with the shorter single edit to keep the album from going over the 74-minute limit of a Redbook-compliant disc (the uncut album is just 25 seconds too long). 80-minute [=CDs=] already existed by then, but were still in an experimental phase and thus were saved for better-selling titles that needed them. 2004 remaster would restore the full version of "Sara", and it's stuck ever since.

* DigitalDestruction: The original CD release illustrated some of the most annoying issues with early CD reissues, especially ones that attempted to squeeze double albums onto a single disc in the days when [=CDs=] were limited to 74 minutes. Not only did it replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. Until the remastered version, the 1988 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation, the 1992 ''25 Years: The Chain'' box set or the 2002 compilation ''The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac'' were the only places to obtain the full version of "Sara" on CD. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time, LoudnessWar aside (incidentally, all reissues of ''Tusk'' are ''aversions'' of the War).

* ReCut: The first CD release in 1990 replaces the album version of "Sara" with the shorter single edit to keep the album from going over the 74-minute limit of a Redbook-compliant disc (the uncut album is just 25 seconds too long). 80-minute [=CDs=] already existed by then, but were still in an experimental phase and thus were saved for better-selling titles that needed them. The 2004 remaster would restore the full version of "Sara", and it's stuck ever since.

* DigitalDestruction: The original CD release illustrated some of the most annoying issues with early CD reissues, especially ones that attempted to squeezed double albums onto single disc in the days when [=CDs=] were limited to 74 minutes. Not only did it replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. Until the remastered version, the 1988 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation, the 1992 ''25 Years: The Chain'' box set or the 2002 compilation ''The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac'' were the only places to obtain the full version of "Sara" on CD. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time, LoudnessWar aside (incidentally, all reissues of ''Tusk'' are ''aversions'' of the War).

* ReCut: The original 1990 CD release replaces the album version of "Sara" with the truncated single edit, in order to keep the album from maxing out the 74-minute limit of a Redbook-adherent Compact Disc (the album in its uncut version is just 25 seconds too long to fit). While 80 minute [=CDs=] had already started to emerge at around this time, they were still relatively pricey and lacked Redbook authorization, not to mention the fact that ''Tusk''[='s=] relative underperformance in 1979 led it to be less prioritized than more successful WMG-owned albums like Music/{{Prince}}'s ''1999'' or Music/TalkingHeads' ''Music/SpeakingInTongues'' that had also been shortened on CD at first for one reason or another. The full version of "Sara" wouldn't be included on CD copies of ''Tusk'' until the remastered special edition in 2004, after which the full 74:25 album would become standard for CD releases.

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. Until the remastered version, the 1988 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation, the 1992 ''25 Years: The Chain'' box set or the 2002 compilation ''The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac'' were the only places to obtain the full version of "Sara" on CD. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time, LoudnessWar aside (incidentally, all reissues of ''Tusk'' are ''aversions'' of the War).

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. Until the remastered version, the 1988 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation or the 1992 ''25 Years: The Chain'' box set were the only places to obtain the full version of "Sara" on CD. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time, LoudnessWar aside (incidentally, all reissues of ''Tusk'' are ''aversions'' of the War).

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. So the band, and especially singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, wanted to take some risks with ''Tusk''. Compared to ''Rumours'' which had an upbeat pop/rock sound, ''Tusk'' was for the most part a bizarre collection of music influenced by the PostPunk movement that became a major force in the UK and a cult force in the US since the release of ''Rumors''-- similarly to Music/TheBeatles' transition from the psychedelia of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' to the genre-shifting art rock of ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''. In particular, Buckingham cited Music/TalkingHeads as a major influence on the style of music found throughout ''Tusk'' (which incidentally was released just months after Talking Heads' own ''Music/FearOfMusic'', and Talking Heads would release their similarly experimental NewSoundAlbum ''Music/RemainInLight'' just four days short of ''Tusk''[='s=] one-year anniversary).

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. So the band, and especially singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, wanted to take some risks with ''Tusk''. Compared to ''Rumours'' which had an upbeat pop/rock sound, ''Tusk'' was for the most part a bizarre collection of music influenced by the PostPunk movement that became a major force in the UK and a cult force in the US since the release of ''Rumors''-- similarly to Music/TheBeatles' transition from the psychedelia of ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' to the genre-shifting art rock of ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''. In particular, Buckingham cited Music/TalkingHeads as a major influence on the style of music found throughout ''Tusk'' (which incidentally released just months after Talking Heads' own ''Music/FearOfMusic'', and Talking Heads would release their similarly experimental NewSoundAlbum ''Music/RemainInLight'' just four days short of ''Tusk''[='s=] one-year anniversary).

Despite the anticipation, strong sales (topping the charts in the UK and New Zealand and peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200), and favorable critical reviews, the album failed to match the gargantuan success of ''Rumours'', and consequently was deemed a commercial failure. First, the album was the most expensive ever made at the time, having cost $1 million to make[[note]]partly because producer Lindsey Buckingham often put so much work into instrumentation and layering but ended up just having the percussion track be himself playing on a tissue box[[/note]]. The record has since been surpassed several times over in the following decades, with the $30 million ''Music/{{Invincible}}'' by Music/MichaelJackson being the current record-holder, but in 1979 ''Tusk''[='s=] recording costs were downright heart attack-inducing. Second, double albums were sold at higher prices than single albums because of both the higher content of music and the fact that labels had to manufacture twice as many discs as they would need to for a single album. The timing of the album's release during the Second Oil Crisis only made the album more expensive thanks to the inflated cost of petroleum needed to manufacture records. Finally and most crucially, the RKO radio network [[WhatAnIdiot broadcasted the entire album ahead of time]], allowing for extensive home taping that invalidated the need for most listeners to actually buy the album (in hindsight, this was also a likely factor in the RIAA becoming more draconian about piracy from the 80's onward). Despite all of this, ''Tusk'' has sold four million copies during its time out in the open, and since has been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]], possibly even their single best.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's not that funny, is it?/No one to turn you on/All your hope is gone/It's not that funny, is it?"'']]

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. Until the remastered version, the 1988 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation was the only place to obtain the full version of "Sara" on CD. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time, LoudnessWar aside (incidentally, all reissues of ''Tusk'' are ''aversions'' of the War).

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. Until the remastered version, the 1988 ''Greatest Hits'' compilation was the only place to obtain the full version of "Sara". The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time, LoudnessWar aside (incidentally, all reissues of ''Tusk'' are ''aversions'' of the War).

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time, LoudnessWar aside (incidentally, all reissues of ''Tusk'' are ''aversions'' of the War).

* TheNotRemix: The 2015 remaster substitutes a completely different version of "I Know I'm Not Wrong".

* ReCut: The original 1990 CD release of ''Tusk'' replaces the album version of "Sara" with the truncated single edit, in order to keep the album from maxing out the 74-minute limit of a Redbook-adherent Compact Disc (the album in its uncut version is just 25 seconds too long to fit). While 80 minute [=CDs=] had already started to emerge at around this time, they were still relatively pricey compared to their 74-minute counterpart and lacked Redbook authorization, not to mention the fact that ''Tusk''[='s=] relative underperformance in 1979 led it to be less prioritized than more successful WMG-owned albums like Music/{{Prince}}'s ''1999'' or Music/TalkingHeads' ''Music/SpeakingInTongues'' that had also been shortened on CD at first. The full version of "Sara" wouldn't be included on CD copies of ''Tusk'' until the remastered special edition in 2004, after which the full 74:25 album would become standard for CD releases.

* ReCut: The original 1990 CD release of ''Tusk'' replaces the album version of "Sara" with the truncated single edit, in order to keep the album from maxing out the 74-minute limit of a Redbook-adherent Compact Disc (the album in its uncut version is just 25 seconds too long to fit). While 80 minute [=CDs=] had already started to emerge at around this time, they were still relatively pricey compared to their 74-minute counterpart and lacked Redbook authorization, not to mention the fact that ''Tusk''[='s=] relative underperformance in 1979 led it to be less prioritized than more successful WMG-owned albums like Music/{{Prince}}'s ''1999'' or Music/TalkingHeads' ''Music/SpeakingInToungues'' that had also been shortened on CD at first. The full version of "Sara" wouldn't be included on CD copies of ''Tusk'' until the remastered special edition in 2004, after which the full 74:25 album would become standard for CD releases.

* ReCut: The original 1990 CD release of ''Tusk'' replaces the album version of "Sara" with the truncated single edit, in order to keep the album from maxing out the 74-minute limit of a Redbook-adherent Compact Disc (the album in its uncut version is just 25 seconds too long to fit). While 80 minute [=CDs=] had already started to emerge at around this time, they were still relatively pricey compared to their 74-minute counterpart and lacked Redbook authorization, not to mention the fact that ''Tusk'' in its original 1979 release underperformed compared to ''Rumours''. The full version of "Sara" wouldn't be included on CD copies of ''Tusk'' until the remastered special edition in 2004, after which the full 74:25 album would become standard for CD releases.

Despite the anticipation, strong sales (topping the charts in the UK and New Zealand and peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200), and favorable critical reviews, the album failed to match the gargantuan success of ''Rumours'', and consequently was deemed a commercial failure. First, the album was the most expensive ever made at the time, having cost $1 million to make[[note]]partly because producer Lindsey Buckingham often put so much work into instrumentation and layering but ended up just having the percussion track be himself playing on a tissue box[[/note]]. The record has since been surpassed several times over in the following decades, with the $30 million ''Music/{{Invincible}}'' by Music/MichaelJackson being the current record-holder, but in 1979 ''Tusk''[='s=] recording costs were downright heart attack-inducing. Second, double albums were sold at higher prices than single albums because of both the higher content of music and the fact that labels had to manufacture twice as many discs as they would need to for a single album. The timing of the album's release during a petroleum crisis only made the album more expensive. Finally and most crucially, the RKO radio network [[WhatAnIdiot broadcasting the entire album ahead of time, allowing for extensive home taping that invalidated the need for most listeners to actually buy the album]]. Despite all of this, ''Tusk'' has sold four million copies during its time out in the open, and since has been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]], possibly even their single best.

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release[[note]]80-minute [=CDs=] that could store ''Tusk'' in its entirety were already out by its first reissue on the format in 1990, but they were still treated as more of an experiment reserved for particularly sizable compilations (e.g. Creator/{{Rykodisc}}'s eponymous Music/MissionOfBurma collection) or albums that had already been commercially successful (e.g. ''1999'' by Music/{{Prince}} and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' by Music/TheWho) due to how new the idea was at the time compared to more established Redbook-standard 74-minute discs[[/note]], as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time.

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release, as well as the greater care that labels put into CD reissues by that time.

Despite the anticipation, and strong sales (topping the charts in the UK and New Zealand and peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200), the album failed to match the gargantuan success of ''Rumours'', and consequently was deemed a commercial failure. First, the album was the most expensive ever made at the time, having cost $1 million to make[[note]]partly because producer Lindsey Buckingham often put so much work into instrumentation and layering but ended up just having the percussion track be himself playing on a tissue box[[/note]]. The record has since been surpassed several times over in the following decades, with the $30 million ''Music/{{Invincible}}'' by Music/MichaelJackson being the current record-holder, but in 1979 ''Tusk''[='s=] recording costs were downright heart attack-inducing. Second, double albums were sold at higher prices than single albums because of both the higher content of music and the fact that labels had to manufacture twice as many discs as they would need to for a single album. The timing of the album's release during a petroleum crisis only made the album more expensive. Finally and most crucially, the RKO radio network [[WhatAnIdiot broadcasting the entire album ahead of time, allowing for extensive home taping that invalidated the need for most listeners to actually buy the album]]. Despite all of this, ''Tusk'' has sold four million copies during its time out in the open, and since has been remembered as [[VindicatedByHistory one of their best works]], possibly even their single best.

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release, as well as the greater care that labels put into reissues by that time.

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP. The 2004 reissue rectified this, not only featuring the "Sara" in its entirety, but also reproducing the original album artwork along with lyrics and new liner notes, reflecting the technical advances in printing and CD mastering since the original release, as well as the greater care that labels put into reissues by that time.

** Overlapping with TheBusCameBack, original Mac guitarist Peter Green guests on "Brown Eyes".

* DigitalDestruction: Not only did the original CD release replace the album version of "Sara" with the single edit, but most of the artwork was missing, though the booklet did include lyrics and a blurb about the band's history that weren't on the original double LP.

'''''Tusk''''' is the twelfth studio album recorded by British-American RockAndRoll band Music/FleetwoodMac. It was released through [[Creator/WarnerRecords Warner Bros. Records]] on 12 October 1979.