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Originally posted by Cristian
Say You Will showcases two songwriters, without that "bridge" that Christine's tunes had in Tusk, that bluesy/pop relax moment, with less tension and less strain. Say You Will just flows, and, while some of the songs are close to perfection, Tusk works better as a whole because Christine was there. My humble opinion.
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There's an interesting point here... a lot of people (my self included) have criticized Tusk for lacking integrity. While the individual songs are very well done and at times brilliant, the album itself does not come together as a cohesive whole. Lindsey's songs are loud, edgy, and experimental, whereas Stevie's are soft and dark. It is clear that Lindsey wanted to do something absolutely and completely un-Rumours-like, but if you just listen to Stevie's songs, all you hear is very Rumours-like songwriting with more advanced production.
SYW has a similar feel in that Lindsey writing edgy sociopolitical songs and Stevie sticking to her classic personal songs. But unlike on Tusk, SYW has Lindsey and Stevie not going in such diametrically opposite directions. I attribute this to the fact that Lindsey doesn't go nearly as crazy on SYW (WTWCT, Say Goodbye, SYHA) as he does on Tusk, while Stevie's songs on SYW(Illume, Everybody Finds Out) have a slightly harder edge to them than on Tusk.
One thing about Tusk is that it has a weird-for-weirdness-sake sort of feel to it, i.e. the "Why? Because I can" mentality concerning the production. I think that since then Lindsey has grown more mature in both his songwriting and production, losing that "rebel without a cause" attitude and using weird effects to make a point rather than just because he has the technology to. This makes SYW more cohesive and more accessible.