Tusk singles

[drzubritsky]

Originally Posted by tabruns

I've been listening to Tusk a lot lately and I'm wondering if WB gave up on promoting the album too quickly back in the day. Granted it wasn't Rumours II and so everyone was reacting to that, but hearing some of these songs now it seems like they could have been singles:

"Brown Eyes" (edited)
"Storms"
"I Know I'm Not Wrong"
"Beautiful Child"
"Angel"
"Honey Hi" <--I used to basically hate this song, but I've come to love it listening to it on the Tusk remastered CD

What do you all think?

Hmmm, I don't know. I'm trying to put myself into a 1980 frame of mind and thinking about what would be radio-friendly at that time. I don't think anything from the list above would have had hit potential at that time...they all lack strong enough hooks for Top 40 ("Angel" probably comes the closest but the chorus doesn't quite achieve a hit-level hook).

While it's certainly true that the title track was an unconventional choice and very different than anything on the radio, it was likely carried on the radio and charts by built-up anticipation for a new Fleetwood Mac song.

With more commercial production and arrangements, it's possible that "Over & Over", "Never Forget" or even "The Ledge" could have been singles.

I really don't hear any hit singles on Tusk, apart from the first three that all made the Top 40. That's not to say there aren't numerous top-notch tracks, just not many with hit single potential.