Rumours vs. Tusk

[David]

I have to say RUMOURS is it for me. All the songwriters are at their zenith--each was never better than DREAMS, YOU MAKE LOVING FUN, & GO YOUR OWN WAY. All four musicians were at their instrumental zenith in terms of creating perfect parts. The Caillat+Dashut engineering, too, was the most remarkable it's ever been. The flow of the songs & the sounds, the physical package, the compression of the audio signal, the vocal harmonies (new for rock at the time), & the hip way the album bridges the gap between the '60s & the '70s--all combines in so excellent a way that it exemplifies the best pop of the era, like a great Beatles album of a decade earlier.

TUSK is just a great band doing some remarkable screwing around. We love it because we love Fleetwood Mac. But with RUMOURS, you love it FIRST.