1992 Plight of Going Solo

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Originally Posted by michelej1

. . . But for the industry and the expectations that were held for Fleetwood Mac in 1979, yes Tusk was certainly a flop. That's neither a shocking statement or a novel one . . . .

I specifically was not not talking about the industry standard. I specifically mentioned a "rational standard." Selling four million double records worldwide is not a flop by a rational standard and it means four million people (two miilion here) got more exposure to him from the record and then hundreds of thousands more on the 18 month tour. That is quite wave to ride on into your solo record a year or so later That wave certainly had to have helped him sell L&O and Trouble, which were successful, but not blockbusters.