Tusk v. SYW: What's Lindsey's Best Work?

[Cristian]

Originally posted by CarneVaca
But let's keep in mind that Tusk too had some very commercial songs: Sara and Thing About Me. They were few and far between, but they were there.

OK... "Think About Me", yes, but "Sara" is not very commercial. I remember a poster (I think it was you! ) saying a while ago that it was weird that "Sara", a very uncommercial song, without a chorus, had reached so high in the charts. If there is another commercial tune in Tusk that has to be "Sisters Of The Moon", which, just like "Think About Me", did not go anywhere as singles.

But that's a minor discussion. To me, in comparison, Tusk still remains Lindsey Buckingham's best approach in production. It's more energetic, more unique, if you should say. Christine's songs are taken in a way (except for "Think About Me") that blends perfectly with that "weirdness", and Stevie's songs are just the perfect addition to that mix. 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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