Wow... so many references to The Beatles!!
Notice the line about Stevie's tonality change. I always wondered if she permanantely lost range from putting too much the wrong way into the Rhiannon performances prior to and during the Rumours era.
Tusk, "poor sales," decent reviews, huge marketing campaign... hmmm I agree with LB... poor sales was prolly because it didn't sell quite as many as Rumours. BFD. I don't think double albums were selling well at all back then... no matter who's they were or what they sounded like. Quadraphonic albums didn't sell well either because they cost a little more... well and you had to have a special stereo to play them on, but money was kinda tight during that time period.
Tusk has and always will be an incredible work of art. If SYW would have been double and if there would have been some CMV songs on there, I think it would have been the modern version of Tusk.
Thanks for sharing those reviews!
Laura