[David]

A good part of Tusk's fabled vibe was its sprawlingness. (As every Machead knows, it was compared to the Beatles' White Album.) A single Tusk album would have been a contradiction in terms. Imagine a two-album Rumours. It's off-kilter.

The fact that some listeners love one chunk of songs and some listeners love another chunk of songs is probably all part of the design. You're meant to find your own groove on Tusk. To me, for example, Tusk is all about Christine McVie's erotic delicacy, but on some days it's all about Lindsey's urgent attempt to break out of a bland, formulaic mainstream band, with Stevie Nicks flitting in and out of the woodwork, like seeing stars when you stand up too fast.

I looked at the suggested track lists you guys posted for a single album. To me, they're not Tusk, they're just playlists. Who really wants "cohesion" with Tusk? You got that perfectly with Rumours already.