[secret love]

I only really became a devoted fan of Fleetwood Mac recently, maybe just over two years ago.

I had heard their songs on WS 101.7 FM for years growing up because my Dad often put the car radio on WS FM. It's a classic rock station so of course they play Fleetwood Mac songs over and over: but they stick to the hit staples: Rhiannon, Dreams, Go Your Own Way, Don't Stop, Tusk, Gypsy, Hold Me, Little Lies, Seven Wonders. I have never heard this station play any songs from Behind the Mask, Time, Say You Will or Extended Play.

It is also rare for them to play any song from Tusk other than the title track. Which brings me to why I love Tusk so much. When I worked out the same band was behind all of these great songs I heard on Sydney FM radio, I decided to dig a bit deeper into their back-catalogue and downloaded most of their albums from iTunes.

Tusk was great because 75% of these songs I'd never heard before! They were new to me, exciting, fresh and catchy. I Know I'm Not Wrong is one of my favourite Lindsey songs.

I love Tusk and think it is a great album, but I would stop short of calling it "perfect". Tusk is special to me because it isn't perfect (let me explain). There is not one bad song on Rumours.

In my opinion, Rumours is the perfect album and I think it sells extremely well because so many people can relate to the stories on that record: unrequited love (Go Your Own Way), feeling trapped in a relationship (Dreams), I care about you, but I don't love you anymore (Don't Stop) etc. But Tusk is my favourite album because it never seems to get old. I notice something I haven't before every time I play the record. The songs on Rumours have been played to death both on FM radio and in concert by the band, but many Tusk songs retain that elusive feeling: you can play Never Forget and enjoy it and actually believe that most of the world has not heard the song.

Does that make any sense?