![]() The song came about when Mick asked Lindsey to flesh out the reheasal riff he was using for sound checks. "Tusk" peaked at #8 and stayed in the top 10 for three weeks and is notable for being one of the first songs mixed down digitally from the original analog tapes. It went double platinum despite the fact that the RKO radio chain played the album in its entirety before it was commercially released, the publicity allowed scores of Fleetwood Mac fans to be ready with their recorders and possibly diminished the sales, according to John McVie. He took the sound of the band back a step with less ornate orchestrations and deftly folded in elements of new wave and punk rock for an album that cost an unheard of sum of at least one million dollars, making it a first in the recording industry. When Lindsey Buckingham took a larger part in the new sound the band gave him special credit on the album. ![]() That song was perfect FM fodder and has graced my home on more than one occasion played at top volume with its impeccable production and a star making turn by writer/singer Stevie Nicks. "Silver Springs" was on the B side of "Go Your Own Way" back in 1976 and not made available until The Chain Box set that presented it in a crystal clear production that defies time. I was at a record show and found the Fleetwood Mac The Chain box set which had alternate versions of "Tusk" and the first appearance of "Silver Springs" on CD, which is really the reason I bought it. The production style was not as sharp as previous or subsequent releases until 2003's "Say You Will" which kinda felt like Tusk 2 to me. The songs "That's All For Everyone", "Over And Over" and "Sara" immediately come to mind. The rest of the album had a fuzzy, dreamlike feel to it. "Tusk" has been compared to those total change of pace experimental LP's like The Beatles "White Album", but was not as groundbreaking as it was head scratching. The marching band added a surreal but exciting layer to the dense African rhythms played out by Mick Fleetwood and the native sounding exhortations and chants of Lindsey Buckingham. "Tusk" was the first single issued and was the strangest anthem I ever heard. After Rumours, I wondered where they were going to go and I got my answer in the fall of 1979. I'm a huge fan of Fleetwood Mac and own the original Buckingham Nicks LP that got them invited to join the legendary rock band.
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