“What the hell is he doing?”: The album Christine initially hated

[Macfan4life]

This article is not really anything new or new substance. Take off the Tusk colored glasses of how Tusk is revered by the band and critics today. Mick says its his favorite album now. But rewind time it changed everything about the band. The other band members were not happy with the process but let Lindsey do his thing for fear he would leave the band. It was a commercial success but it was considered a flop in 1980. The Mac was on top of the world prior to Tusk. Tusk was a reality check for the band with critics and fans. Fans were yelling at Lindsey on stage and accusing him of selling out. Chris came off Rumours with 2 huge top 10 hits. Her single was only a mild hit from Tusk. The band was not happy and at the end of the tour each of them hired their own manager and rumors Stevie was leaving the band started. Its horrific that one of the biggest bands in the world went on a huge world tour promoting an album. Captured on tape and released on vinyl is Chris telling the audience "We have not played anything from Tusk yet so were going to try some out tonight for you. This is the first track from side one." No applause from the audience. No cheering. No other band would have such fickled fans turning on the band. Even at the US Festival after Lindsey introduces a song from Tusk, Chris says "the album you all hated." Tusk forever changed the band so of course in real time they were not happy about it. During the Gypsy MTV interview Stevie is asked about Mirage and she sort of gives a mild swipe to Tusk saying "I like the music more compared to Tusk. Its more like Rumours." The band felt left out. The album hurt their pride and the Mac lost some of their audience. Rock statings were playing the hell out of the White Album and Rumours. Rock stations shunned the single Tusk and Sara. The post Tusk world had solo careers and the band chasing commercial success with Mirage and Tango. The Tusk hangover lingered.
Fast forward today and even Stevie said in 1990 that Tusk was ahead of its time and critics love it. But it was not unusual for Chris or anyone in the band to talk bad about Tusk in the Tusk era.