Fleetwood Mac's legendary double album Tusk was first released on this day, October 15, back in 1979. Thirty years on it still sounds as good if not better and it's still my favourite ever album. At the time it was considered something of a flop (having only sold a few million compared with the massive selling Rumours, once the biggest selling album in the world) and Lindsey Buckingham's folly for daring to experiment with the band's signature sound. But in the years since it's become hugely influential (it was even covered in its entirety by cult band Camper Van Beethoven) and many now consider it to be their best album, me included. Over the years it's come to mean a lot to me and I love it all from Lindsey's weird and punky hillbilly stomps to Christine's soft, moody and sensual lullabies to Stevie Nicks' dreamy, spaced-out tales of lost love, I really do believe it to be a work of true genius and I wanted to recognise the day that Tusk was first unleashed onto the public. So
Happy Birthday Tusk!
Fleetwood Mac's legendary double album Tusk was first released on this day, October 15, back in 1979. Thirty years on it still sounds as good if not better and it's still my favourite ever album. At the time it was considered something of a flop (having only sold a few million compared with the massive selling Rumours, once the biggest selling album in the world) and Lindsey Buckingham's folly for daring to experiment with the band's signature sound. But in the years since it's become hugely influential (it was even covered in its entirety by cult band Camper Van Beethoven) and many now consider it to be their best album, me included. Over the years it's come to mean a lot to me and I love it all from Lindsey's weird and punky hillbilly stomps to Christine's soft, moody and sensual lullabies to Stevie Nicks' dreamy, spaced-out tales of lost love, I really do believe it to be a work of true genius and I wanted to recognise the day that Tusk was first unleashed onto the public. So Happy Birthday Tusk!
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