When I first became a fan of FM (back in March 2001), I bought Tango and Mirage first, knowing that I loved 80's music. Fell instantly in love with the band and it's sound. Then, I came online, read not very good stuff about Tusk being nothing like Rumours and I got scared.
I decided to wait to get Tusk after I got Rumours and the white album.
When I finally did get Tusk, I listened to it and went "Okay, some hit me right off the bat, some will take some getting use to." When I heard Beautiful Child, I fell in love with that song, it's my favorite off Tusk. Think About Me was another fave, it was so fun and upbeat. Lindsey's songs were crazy, nutty and at first, it was "Hmm...this is like Time Bomb Town Lindsey...I need to listen over and over (no pun intended. LOL) to fall in love with them."
Tusk is a journey. First, you go walking in the forest of mystic (Stevie's songs), then, you encounter the wild jungle and have adventures (Lindsey's songs) and lastly, you have the nice quiet walk in the woods (Christine's songs) towards home.