In 2013, NME ranked Tusk at number 445 in their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. A limited promotional 12-inch version, featuring mono and stereo versions, was also released to US radio stations. [5] John McVie was in Tahiti during the Dodger Stadium recording, but he is represented in the video by a cardboard cutout carried around by Mick Fleetwood and later positioned in the stands with the other band members. Tusk is Fleetwood Mac’s twelfth studio album. Enjoy the song with lyrics on screen !I do not own the song or the lyrics. Vervollständigen Sie Ihre Fleetwood Mac-Sammlung. "Sara" is a song written by Stevie Nicks and released in an edited 4:37 version by Fleetwood Mac as a single from the 1979 Tusk double LP. [citation needed]. It was certified double platinum for shipping two million copies. * = Previously unreleased; all live tracks are previously unreleased. Then he said, 'Turn every knob 180 degrees from where it is now and see what happens.' "That's what makes us Fleetwood Mac. Brand new video of TUSK (The World's #1 Tribute to Fleetwood Mac) performing "Go Your Own Way"! Regarding the album's production costs, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham stated: "During the making of Tusk, we were in the studio for about 10 months and we got 20 songs out of it. He was stressed. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2013. [42] In addition to the above outtakes, several other Nicks songs were demoed for Tusk: "Love You Enough" (unreleased), "Beauty And The Beast" (The Wild Heart), "Smile At You" (Say You Will), "Secret Love" (In Your Dreams), "The Dealer" and "Watch Chain" (24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault). [39], Further releases from the album, "Not That Funny" (UK-only single release), "Think About Me", and "Sisters of the Moon" were slightly remixed for radio, and were less successful. At the request of Mick Fleetwood, the band teamed up with the University of Southern California's Trojan Marching Band to play on the single. Production costs rose beyond a million dollars, far more than Rumours. Fleetwood overdubbed his drums over Buckingham's snare-drum track, which he sometimes played on a Kleenex box. Tusk is the twelfth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released as a double album on 12 October 1979. "[15], Buckingham – infatuated with bands such as Talking Heads – was "desperate to make Mac relevant to a post-punk world", according to music journalist Bob Stanley, who commented that, compared to Rumours, Tusk was "unleavened weirdness, as close to its predecessor as the Beach Boys' lo-fi Smiley Smile had been to Pet Sounds. It was based in part on a rehearsal riff the band used for sound-checks. The song reached #7 on the U.S. charts, #37 in the U.K., #11 in Australia and #2 in Canada. Much of it sounded clattery, half-formed, with strange rhythmic leaps and offbeat tics. In the spring of 2004, Warner Strategic Marketing reissued as remastered expanded editions Fleetwood Mac's first three albums with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. On this world tour, the band recorded music for the Fleetwood Mac Live album released in 1980. AU $106.25. Free postage. "[1] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was more ambivalent, lauding Buckingham's production and experimentation, while dismissing Christine McVie's and Stevie Nicks's contributions. [8], For the Tusk Tour, the band used an Oberheim four-voice synthesizer played by keyboard tech Jeffery Sova to cover the horn parts. [10], ^shipments figures based on certification alone. [7] The song was also performed live during Fleetwood Mac's concert in 1997 in conjunction with the USC Band. AU $10.00. The result was a 20-track … These things are, of course, relative. Free postage. [9], Going into Tusk, Lindsey Buckingham was adamant about creating an album that sounded nothing like Rumours: "For me, being sort of the culprit behind that particular album, it was done in a way to undermine just sort of following the formula of doing Rumours 2 and Rumours 3, which is kind of the business model Warner Bros. would have liked us to follow. Rumours took the same amount of time. [1] .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}. Tusk was the follow-up, but the band (especially Lindsey Buckingham), decided to experiment instead of copying the sound of Rumours. Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On - New 180g Vinyl 2LP - Pre Order - 18th Sept. Monday Morning Songtext von Fleetwood Mac mit Lyrics, deutscher Übersetzung, Musik-Videos und Liedtexten kostenlos auf Songtexte.com The first day, I set the studio up as usual. Then I bought Tango In The Night back in mid 1980's - it was my very first album/vinyl I had ever bought. "[17] Journalist Adam Webb described the Tusk recording sessions as a "cocaine blizzard" from which Christine McVie's then-boyfriend, Beach Boy drummer Dennis Wilson, "never really came out. The extended version of the song runs for 6:27 on the Tusk album. This is a GREAT live Lindsey performance of the classic ~ Tusk!! [22] Amanda Petrusich of Pitchfork found the album to be "self indulgent" and "terrifically strange". Vigon Nahas Vigon – art direction, design, This page was last edited on 25 November 2020, at 07:56. [20] "You got that sweetness [from Nicks and McVie] and me as the complete nutcase," Buckingham observed. This is another GREAT live Fleetwood Mac/Lindsey performance from their 1982 Los Angeles (Mirage tour) concert!! [35] Retrospectively, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine found the album to be timeless, calling it "a peerless piece of pop art" that rivals the more accessible Rumours album in terms of quality. The album itself is brilliant, but what amazes me even more is that this song, as bizarre and surreal as it is, was actually a Top 10 hit late in 1979. A mobile studio was installed in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium to capture the marching band. Looking back at the entire Fleetwood Mac catalogue from the time Lindsey Buckingham joined, this album easily benefits from relatively little airplay over the years. The single was released with two different picture sleeves in … [32] It peaked at number one in the UK and achieved a platinum award for shipments in excess of 300,000 copies. "[10] Mick Fleetwood decided early on that Tusk was to be a double album. Unreleased performances from the band’s 1979–1980 Tusk tour with selections from concerts in London, Tucson, St. Louis, and one song in Omaha. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk with lyricsA great song from "The Americans" 1x01 ! In Germany, they shared the bill with Bob Marley. [6], Compared to 1977's Rumours, which sold 10 million copies by February 1978, Tusk was regarded as a commercial failure by the label, selling four million copies. TUSK - Go Your Own Way (The World's #1 Tribute to Fleetwood Mac) www.youtube.com. Producers Richard Dashut and Ken Caillat hence created a drum-driven production. [33] The album gave the group two US top-10 hit singles, with the Buckingham-penned title track (US number eight/UK number six), and the Stevie Nicks composition "Sara" (US number seven/UK number 37). Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. [14] Producer Ken Caillat commented on Buckingham's obsessive nature in the studio: "He was a maniac. Looking for a title track for the as yet unnamed album, Mick Fleetwood suggested that they take the rehearsal riff that Lindsey Buckingham used for sound-checks. "[18] Music historian Domenic Priore claimed that, for research purposes during the album's recording, Buckingham accessed the master tapes for the Beach Boys' unreleased album Smile, and that the tracks "That's All For Everyone" and "Beautiful Child" most strongly exemplify its influence. The Tusk Fleetwood Mac Show. Tusk is the twelfth studio album by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released as a double album on 12 October 1979. It is considered more experimental than their previous albums: partly a consequence of Lindsey Buckingham 's sparser songwriting arrangements and the influence of post-punk . During a game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood presented the Trojan band on 4 October 1980 a platinum disc for their contributions on "Tusk". Tusk Songtext von Fleetwood Mac mit Lyrics, deutscher Übersetzung, Musik-Videos und Liedtexten kostenlos auf Songtexte.com Die deutsche Übersetzung von Tusk und andere Fleetwood Mac Lyrics und Videos findest du kostenlos auf Songtexte.com. The single was released with two different picture sleeves in many territories: The first featured the black and white picture of producer/engineer Ken Caillat's dog Scooter snapping at a trouser leg, the same as that used for the album cover, whilst the second featured a plain cover with the same font as the album cover but without the dog picture. AU $49.16. Dm G A Why don't you ask him if he's going away? … I wasn't sure what I was going to play on `Tusk.' I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when Warner Bros. put that on in their boardroom and listened to it for the first time. In addition to normal drums, Fleetwood Mac also experimented with different found sounds on the song. [citation needed], ^shipments figures based on certification alone, This article is about the Fleetwood Mac album. "[12], After the studio was built, Buckingham queried Fleetwood about recording some songs at his home studio. "[21], Tusk peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 album chart in the US, but spent less than nine months on the chart. A slightly different mix of the track appeared on the retrospective four-disc compilation 25 Years – The Chain in 1992. [38] In addition, Tusk was a double album, with a high list price of US$16.00, or $56.00 in 2019 terms. [19], Bassist John McVie commented that the album "sounds like the work of three solo artists", while Fleetwood said it was his second favourite Fleetwood Mac studio album behind Then Play On. Dm Why don't you tell me what's going on? Music video, as broadcast on an episode of "rage", the ABC's late night music video show. I'm playing floor toms, and I overdubbed a lot of American Indian wood tribal drums. Dm G A Why don't you tel [7] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. I got a big leg of lamb in there somewhere – I'm hitting it with a spatula. FLEETWOOD MAC tusk DOUBLE LP VG/EX-, K 66088, vinyl, album, with inner sleeves, AU $52.89. Then I bought Tango In The Night back in mid 1980's - it was my very first album/vinyl I had ever bought. I thought I might wind up playing some kind of percussion, but I just picked it up and started doing the riff. "Tusk" is a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 double LP of the same name. [5], The band embarked on a nine-month tour to promote Tusk. It was one of the first songs to be released using a digital mixdown from an original analog source. The song peaked at number eight in the United States for three weeks, reached number six in the United Kingdom (where it was certified Silver for sales of over 250,000 copies), number five in Canada and number three in Australia. Only "Sara" and the title track are ever really heard on the radio. Tusk was also issued as a 180-gram 2-LP set. Most of Buckingham's demos were augmented with contributions from other members. They travelled extensively across the world, including the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2013. The latter two appear in their 'single versions' on the 2002 compilation The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac, while "Sara", which was cut to 4½ minutes for both the single and the first CD release of the album, appear on the 1988 Greatest Hits compilation and the 2004 reissue of Tusk, as well as Fleetwood Mac's 2002 release of The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac in its unedited form.[40]. This is from Fleetwood Mac's Uniondale, NY ~ 09/ 23/1997 (The Dance) concert. [37] Fleetwood, however, blames the album's relative failure on the RKO radio chain playing the album in its entirety prior to release, thus allowing mass home recording. Fleetwood and Buckingham played lamb chops and a Kleenex box on the track respectively. It reached the top 10 in nine countries and spawned the three US top 20 hits “Sara”, “Think About Me” and the title track. A 5-CD deluxe edition featuring many unreleased demos, live tracks and an Alternate Tusk was released on December 4, 2015.[41]. It suggested that it was "not as accessible" as other Fleetwood Mac songs and that it was more difficult to "get a handle" on the hook. "[9], Billboard Magazine described "Tusk" as "an eerie combination of vocals and a heavy percussion track." Ending Saturday at 12:23 AEDST 2d 14h. Publication date 1979 Topics rage, ABC, music video, Fleetwood Mac Language English. 0 bids. In 1977, Fleetwood Mac released Rumours, which was one of the most successful albums ever released. It's a whole hodgepodge of Kleenex boxes, drums, weird stuff, slapping of lamb chops and things. He'd tape microphones to the studio floor and get into a sort of push-up position to sing. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk by Fleetwood Mac. Short sample of Tusk to demonstrate the percussion-driven production and integration of USC Marching band within the song. Lesen Sie Rezensionen und informieren Sie sich über beteiligte Personen. Another alternative version of Tusk was released on Record Store Day 2016. [3] The recording session took place on 4 June 1979. Fleetwood Mac - English Rose [CD] AU $21.34. Tusk was deemed a failure, which is a strange thing to say, perhaps, about an album that reached No.1 in the UK, No.4 in the US and sold four million copies. After their label turned down Fleetwood's offer of buying a new studio to make the record, the band used some of their royalties to construct their own Studio D.[11], Even with the custom studio, Warner Brothers still charged the band for the recording sessions. From the emotionally charged beginnings of this iconic band to Stevie Nicks solo journey, Penelope Perrin’s interpretation of the songs that changed the world, ‘Tusk- a Storybook Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ is not just a tribute band, but a journey through the intimate stories that are behind the songs creations. [34], In his review for Rolling Stone, Stephen Holden emphasized the experimental nature of the album, comparing it to the Beatles' "White Album" in that "Tusk is less a collection of finished songs than a mosaic of pop-rock fragments by individual performers. Songtexte von Fleetwood Mac mit deutschen Übersetzungen, Lyrics, Liedtexte und Musik-Videos kostenlos auf Songtexte.com [4] The production costs were estimated to be over $1 million (equivalent to $3.52 million in 2019), making it the most expensive rock album recorded to that date. 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Label: Warner Records - RCV1 3350,Warner Records - 603497850525 • Format: 2x, Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue Silver • Country: Europe • Genre: Rock • Style: Classic Rock AU $7.00 postage. A 2-disc remastered version of the album was released in 2004, featuring the entire, unedited version of the original album on the first disc and various demos, outtakes and alternative versions on the second disc. Writer(s): Christine Mcvie, Fleetwood Mac, John Mcvie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com Zur deutschen Übersetzung von The Chain Auf Facebook teilen Facebook Songtext twittern Twitter Whatsapp Fleetwood acquiesced, but told Buckingham that the other members needed to be integrated at some point. [13] Despite this, three tracks were recorded solely by Buckingham: "The Ledge", "Save Me a Place", and "That's Enough For Me". I have been a Fleetwood Mac fan ever since listening to Rumors when I was around ten years old back in 1980. [8] In 2000 it was voted number 853 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. Early on, he came in and he'd freaked out in the shower and cut off all his hair with nail scissors. "Tusk" is a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 double LP of the same name. Tusk is a song by Fleetwood Mac from the 1979 double LP of the same name. [6], The Trojan marching band's contributions set a record for the highest number of musicians performing on a single. Christine McVie, who expected to handle a percussion part for live renditions of "Tusk", instead opted to play the accordion, an instrument she never intended to learn. [4] Some recorded footage of the session made the song's music video. An OB-X with a cassette interface was kept backstage if the Four-Voice broke down. Digital TV recording from ABC TV in Perth, Australia. What if that thing is work? Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for FLEETWOOD MAC - TUSK - Cassette Tape at the best online prices at eBay! The song reached #8 on the U.S. charts, #6 in the U.K. and #3 in Australia and Canada. FLEETWOOD MAC - Tusk - Ltd Edition SILVER Vinyl 2LP Reissue 2019 NEW/SEALED. "It was just laying around the stage one day. The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac [Columbia] by Fleetwood Mac (CD, Nov-2002, Sony Music Distribution (USA)) 4.8 out of 5 stars (4) Total ratings 4, AU $13.64 New. Tusk is simply an outstanding rock album. There's no denying what it cost, but I think it's been taken out of context. Fleetwood Mac were the biggest band in the world, and they weren't going to rest on their laurels...at least Buckingham wasn't. It (Rumours) didn't cost so much because we were in a cheaper studio. A DVD with both a 24 bit/96 kHz stereo mix and a 5.1 surround mix of the original album. It was one of the first songs to be released using a digital mixdown from an original analog source. ... Tusk Fleetwood Mac CD VG cond made In West Germany. The song peaked at number eight in the United States for three weeks, reached number six in the United Kingdom, number five in Canada and number three in Australia. 5.0 out of 5 stars Fleetwood Mac's Tusk - surprisingly brilliant! For the Camper Van Beethoven album, a remake of this one, see. [27] Contemporary and retrospective reviewers alike have noted the stark contrast between the album's lush opening track, "Over and Over", and jarring production of the following track, "The Ledge". He was going to push the envelope and see what they could do.