1) "Tusk" was Lindsey Buckingham flipping the middle finger to the record industry. It took balls to release this record! Only a few other acts with such mainstream pop success behind them would have risked their careers in this manner.
2) Rumour has it that, when record execs sat at a round table meeting for a first listen to "Tusk", they saw their Christmas bonus flying out the window.
3) "Tusk" is quite possibly the greatest Fleetwood Mac record ever made. In hindsight, it saved the band from becoming just another dinosaur rock act (even though, some would argue, they ARE just that).
4) The three part harmony vocals on "Tusk" are the greatest takes of any Fleetwood Mac album. If you need proof, just listen to "Honey Hi", "Never Forget", "Think About Me", "Beautiful Child", "Angel", and "Storms"....the perfect blending of the THREE VOICES is sublime.
5) "Over and Over" as the opening track? Why open the record that way? It was like a "washing clean" of ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that had come BEFORE that.
"Tusk" is sheer perfection!
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