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Originally Posted by trackaghost
I find it odd when people call it experimental too. I don't even think Illume is experimental myself.
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It doesn't sound so to me. In fact, it sounds like a pretty conventional dance or club track -- the same grind, the same groove going on.
It's cool hearing Fleetwood Mac do that, but that's not the same as calling it experimental (except from the narrow point of view of FM doing it). I don't think there's anything on the album in terms of production, arrangement, tracking or even concept that's especially experimental for the 2003 climate (except maybe for Lindsey's "orchestral" guitar techniques implemented for "Red Rover" & "Say Goodbye").
In order to gauge experimentation, you have to look at what else is going on in music around it -- "experimental" is a relative term. For example, with "Tusk" you have to look at what ELSE was on the radio in late 1979, & then you can clearly see that "Tusk" went down few of those broad avenues but instead took a bunch of sidestreets & even a few back alleys.