Which of the Five Rumours-Era albums has dated the best?

[SortaSavageLike]

Just a simple question I had idling in my mind...

[ontheEdgeof17]

Definately Tusk.

[Jyqm]

I too am gonna have to go with Tusk. Mirage and especially Tango tend to sound a little dated production-wise, as is the fate of most albums released in the 80s. Fleetwood Mac and Rumours meanwhile don't sound dated per se, but their sound is very clearly rooted in mid-70s California pop/rock. Tusk for all its weirdness simply sounds timeless, or at least from a time that doesn't really exist on our linear scale.

[GypsySorcerer]

Tusk sounds the least dated. But even though Tango has not aged well (and possibly the most), I still have a soft spot for it.

[SteveMacD]

Off topic, but of the three albums released in 1992 by Lindsey, John, and Mick, I'd say John's album has aged the best. "Shakin' The Cage" sounded dated within two years. Lindsey's album would probably have aged better if he would have used a real drummer. John's album was straight-forward and didn't take a lot of risks, and as a result, it sounds as good today as when it was released.

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

John's album was straight-forward and didn't take a lot of risks, and as a result, it sounds as good today as when it was released.

Which is to say that it doesn't sound good at all today, just like it didn't back then.



Sorry, but Lola Thomas' voice is mediocre at best.

[aleuzzi]

This is a great question! And not an easy answer. I'd say Rumours has dated the least. Even though Tusk is more innovative, and even though I like Tusk as much if not more, those twelve Rumors songs are still as perfectly suited to a pop-radio context as they were then. If "Dreams," for example were released this week instead of twenty-nine years ago, it would still probably crack the top ten.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Off topic, but of the three albums released in 1992 by Lindsey, John, and Mick, I'd say John's album has aged the best. "Shakin' The Cage" sounded dated within two years. Lindsey's album would probably have aged better if he would have used a real drummer. John's album was straight-forward and didn't take a lot of risks, and as a result, it sounds as good today as when it was released.

Shakin the Cage sounds so dated!!! u r so right about this..
and LB's fairlight makes me cringe now

[DavidMn]

Though I prefer Tusk, it's hard to argue what Rumours has done for Fleetwood Mac's career.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Though I prefer Tusk, it's hard to argue what Rumours has done for Fleetwood Mac's career.

Ah, but 't was not the question, dear David!

I'm actually surprised that so many people have chosen Rumours, though maybe others are thinking about this question a little differently than I am. But Rumours to me just sounds very 70s to me. This isn't a bad thing, but the album is very much "dated" in the sense that it's very obvious when it was recorded and released. If a band today released Rumours, there would much talk about its "70s California sound." Tusk, on the other hand - if some group released Tusk today, I think most music reviewers would have a very tough time categorizing it in such a way.

[estranged4life]

the "Fleetwood Mac" album Sounds fine to my ears over "Rumours" & "Tusk"...

[goldie]

Rumours, in my opinion ...

[shackin'up]

................tusk




by the way, where is " live "???

still one of my faves....

[Villavic]

If dating the best means like timeless, I go for TUsk.
Rumours is the best album in terms of hits, and if you still listen a mac song in radios, it's probably from Rumours. But is kind of 70s shaped (what I find so cool...)