They're so different, essentially different bands, too.
But they do have some weird things in common. Both are considered intentional departures from the band's celebrated "winning" formula. For TPO it was leaving a lot of the 12-bar blues behind to explore west-coast folk and acid jams. For Tusk, it was about "sound painting" and deconstructing the limits of slick production. Both exploit fragmentation as an aesthetic. I listen to Tusk far more frequently but think TPO is probably the better record.
Both got mixed reviews at the time. Both are considered classics now.
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