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Originally Posted by MissLadyLoki
IMO, it was a necessary album cause if they made another Rumours, sure they'd have the commercial success and all, but they'd probably wouldn't have lasted as long as they did and not be as well-repsected for their music had they not made it. Besides, all great bands have taken the chance with the double album (Physical Graffiti, White Album, Exile on Main Street, and The Wall are all chances that turned out fantastic), and the Mac should be no exception.
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They really DIDN'T last much longer...there was the 2+ year break at the end of the
Tusk tour....then another 4+ year break after
Mirage...then Lindsey bailed before the '87 tour. If
Tusk was THAT important, they would've found it necessary to follow IT up fairly rapidly, and they didn't. What happened is that their "breaks" to do solo projects negatively affected the band....and Fleetwood Mac's popularity waned. Sure, it would spike when they'd release an album, but once the Fleetwood Mac travelling circus came through your town on tour, the interest went away....whereas, from '75 to '81, interest in the band was 24/7, even BETWEEN albums...the build up to the release of
Rumours, then the massive tour to back it, then the
Rumours "soap opera phenomena machine" was in full-swing....the build up to
Tusk and the subsequent tour that dwarfed the
Rumours tour. Once the
Tusk tour ended...that was the end of Fleetwood Mac-mania as it had been for the previous 6 years. (and the end of their "relevance") Basically, they've been a "cult" band ever since...with a very large "cult" membership.