[Macfan4life]

The phrase Rumours 2 was created by Lindsey. I understand wanting to be creative and different. But had the album been as successful as Rumours I don't think much would have happened. I still think the solo careers would have happened after the album. The Tusk tour was mismanaged by Mick so I think they would have still gotten their own managers. I do think Lindsey's desire for creativeness would have taken over and maybe Lindsey would have left sooner. I heard Chris say once that the band was afraid Lindsey was going to leave so they allowed him to work by himself on many of the Tusk tracks.
But Lindsey eventually left anyway. The Eagles had a huge album with Hotel California and their follow up The Long Run was almost just as successful. No one accused the Eagles of selling out. But the personality conflicts in the band were far too great to keep them together.
Lindsey did not want to chase commercial success and wanted to challenge the listener. The blowback from Tusk made the band chase commercial success more than ever. Both Mirage and Tango are very light pop creations. The Tusk hangover lasted well past their next 2 albums. I once was listening to rock critics on radio once. As they discussed Fleetwood Mac they talk about their pivot from rock to soft pop in the 1980s. This probably would not have happened without Tusk. Although he never talks about it but it had to eat at Lindsey to be overly concerned how these post Tusk albums would be received by the record company. I do not dislike the album Tusk but I despise what it did to the band in their post Tusk career.