What if 'Tusk' were a single disk?
 

When 'Tusk' was in production, Warner Brothers was hoping that it would be a single disk to make it a better sell. What if WB had its way? :distress:

Which 10 tracks (with about 3 or 4 songs from each writer) would you pick?

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In no particular order:

Over and Over
The Ledge
Think About Me
Sara
What Makes You Think You're the One
Storms
Sisters of the Moon
Brown Eyes
I Know I'm Not Wrong
Tusk

Part of Tusk's brilliance is that it is a big, fat, epic double album. In fact, I consider it the greatest double of all-time, even better than The White Album.

BUT if I did reconfigure it as a single LP, well...

1. Tusk
2. The Ledge
3. Think About Me
4. Storms
5. Sara
6. Angel
7. I Know I'm Not Wrong
8. Sisters of the Moon
9. Walk a Thin Line
10. Beautiful Child

Aaah! I can't live without Stevie's five songs on Tusk. The idea of cutting any of them would be like cutting off one of my fingers. As such, poor Christine gets 1 song!

1. Tusk
2. Sara
3. Think About Me
4. Not That Funny
5. Over and Over
6. Brown Eyes
7. Sisters of the Moon
8. Never Make Me Cry
9. Walk a Thin Line
10. Storms

If Tusk was a ten song single disc I'd be depressed. Bigtime.

I hate the idea of Tusk being a single disc, but if forced-

If I were to make it into MY single disc-

1. The Ledge
2. I Know I'm Not Wrong
3. That's Enough for Me
4. Tusk
5. Storms
6. Sisters of the Moon
7. Angel
8. Brown Eyes
9. Never Make Me Cry
10. Over and Over

If I were to make it into what I would think would be the most marketable/profitable disc-

1. Sara
2. I Know I'm Not Wrong
3. Think About Me
4. Angel
5. Tusk
6. Over and Over
7. Sisters of the Moon
8. What Makes You Think You're the One
9. Never Make Me Cry
10. Save Me a Place

Neither of these is necessarily the track listing I'd go with.

Tough challenge but here it goes:

Over and over
Storms
Think about Me
Sara
You'll never make me cry
Honey Hi
Sisters of the Moon
Beautiful Child
Brown eyes
Never forget tonight

I feel bad because I love Lindsey's songs on Tusk but forced myself to pick my favorites and none of his made the list. That does not mean I don't like his songs just means I forced myself to pick the favorites.

Shocker: How in the world am I the first one to pick Beautiful Child? I thought that would be on everyone's list. Shame on you! ;)

But if you'd never known it as any thing other than a single disc, how could you miss what you never had?

This should be a sci fi sliding doors story about trying to return to a parallel world where Tusk is a double album, instead of a single one.

I miss Fringe.

Michele

Even if I never knew what a 20 track double album it would have been, I cannot imagine that the album would have had the same impact on my musical taste, even on choices in life I made. No, I can only say the thought depresses me.

But the challenge was also to choose 3-4 songs from each writer.

In a parallel universe where 'Tusk' was a single album, Stevie's unused songs might've ended up on 'Bella Donna', sounding different as produced by Jimmy Iovine.

Or Stevie might've locked them up in the 'vault' until the release of '24 Karat Gold'.

Why 10 tracks? Why not 11/12?
Am I right to believe vinyl LP's held 45 minutes of music?
If so...

Over & Over 4.35
The Ledge 2.08
Angel 4.54
You’ll Never Make Me Cry 2.12
Walk a Thin Line 3.48
Sisters of the Moon 4.42
(22.19)

Think About Me 2.44
Save Me a Place 2.40
Storms 5.31
Brown Eyes 4.27
What Makes You Think You’re the One? 3.32
Tusk 3.30
(22.24)

Christine: 13.58
Stevie: 15.07
Lindsey: 15.38

Non-album single: Sara (B side: I Know I’m Not Wrong)


However, I'd never want Tusk as a single album. I'd really just want to have a double album with Lindsey's songs played a bit more conventionally.

If 9 of the 20 songs were played and recorded more conventionally, it would not have been the thing that it is.

Isn't there like 10 threads on this very subject? :laugh:

I like this list, but I might switch out The ledge for Not that funny (as much as I love that song)