I don't ever listen to Rumours anymore, can't stand it, everything sounds better live with that band and this particular album. It happened that Rumours was playing and I thought "I should put a record on" because Rumours was only a background noise I was so used to that I blocked it out.
My first FM album was Tusk, the first song I've ever heard of them was the song Tusk, and I loved them from that point on, even if their other work was nothing like this little firecracker.
While I probably like the Tusk album more as a whole, I have the time to do a song for song assessment, just for my own fun.
Points:
0=meh
1=okay, but not my cup of tea
2=good
3=very good
4=song that has a place in my life's soundtrack
Rumours
Second Hand News - so Lindsey has a sense of humour, interesting=2
Dreams - wake me up when it is over=0
Never Going Back Again - the hook is very thin=1
Don't Stop - excellent use of the voices=3
Go your own way - best song of Lindsey Buckingham=3
Songbird - I think they should have used the longer version, but still=3
The Chain - rocks=3
You make loving fun - not exactly my favorite Christine song=1
I don't Want To Know - the least overexposed song, fresh and fun=3
Oh Daddy - wake me up again, extra No-Go! for the use of "Daddy" in a love song=0
Gold Dust Woman - ghoulish, the lyrics are so Stevie, perfect=3
22 points
Tusk
Italics indicate a track which should have been on the single LP that Tusk should have been.
Over & Over - great harmonies, but I am easily bored and this should not be the opener, again they try to connect the album to the last and it doesn't work=1
The Ledge - fun=3
Think about Me - even more fun=3
Save me a Place - what is this about, musically? =0
Sara - so basically here it starts, the saccarine attack of Stevie Nicks produced by Lindsey Buckingham. Judging from the too long Cleaning Lady version there is a great song underneath it all=3
What makes you Think you're the One - at least it sounds raw=2
Storms - 5:28 of lukewarm breeze to make the point that she has always been a storm? Come on=0
That's all for Everyone - okay, a more hectic song would kill you after the borefest of Storms=0
Not that Funny- I love that one, it is so unfunny, but yet so catchy for my ears=3
Sisters of The Moon - ghoulish worked on GDW, so Stevie tries grand Guignol melodrama, only this time, she (and the production) goes to far, one point is for the lyrics =1
Angel - only to follow the mess with her best FM song, I love it
=4
That's enough for Me - for me, too=1
Brown Eyes - the harmonies are great, alot of atmosphere for a Christine song=3
Never make me cry - it's lovely, but zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz=1
I know I'm not Wrong - in many ways, he is=1
Honey Hi - great harmonies AND not that boring= 2
Beautiful Child - that is difficult, it is great and stuff, but also overly long and dramatic, but still=2
Walk a Thin Line - he should have sniffed a long line.. =0
Tusk - hikahakahu. In every second, everything can happen and then totally happens, unpredictable, bold and fun=4
Never forget - Christine manages to speed up, with fine results=3
Points: 37
So it is 22 to 37
Rumours scores 2 points per song on average
Tusk scores 1.85 points per song
My eleven tracks for the single Tusk album blow Rumours out of the water with 32 points and an average of 2,9
Mh, so it is only natural that I feel that Tusk is the winner and will vote for it...
Thank you for reading this