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Tusk
Studio album by Fleetwood Mac
Released	October 19, 1979
Recorded	1978-79
Genre	Rock
Length	68:57
Label	Reprise (1979) Rhino (2004, re-issue)
Producer	Fleetwood Mac Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (Favorable) 13 Dec 1979 Robert Christgau B+ link
Fleetwood Mac chronology
Rumours (1977) Tusk (1979) Live (1980)

Tusk is a double album released in 1979 (see 1979 in music) by Fleetwood Mac. Considered somewhat experimental due to Lindsey Buckingham's apparent attempts to allow punk rock and New Wave influence into his work, Tusk did not achieve the level of success of its predecessor, Rumours. However, it still went double-platinum in the U.S. (sales in excess of two million copies).

The unusual title track, "Tusk", featuring the University of Southern California's Spirit of Troy marching band, proved to be a hit, reaching both the US and UK Top 10. The accompanying promotional film was often played as a fill-in segment by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) TV channels during the 1980s (the single had enjoyed its highest international chart placing in Australia, peaking at #3 in the singles charts).

The album was one of the first to employ digital mixing.

The project had apparently made some record executives nervous, not only for its million-dollar production budget, but the label had expected a similar formula to that which had made Rumours so successful. The luxurious packaging and product that resulted did top the UK album charts on 10 November 1979, but only reached #4 in the US. Warner Bros attributed this to the record being "over produced" by Buckingham, making it less commercially viable. However, Fleetwood himself stated that matters were not helped by a major US radio station playing all 20 of the tracks in their entirety just prior to the album's release, thus allowing for home taping.

As the third album since the inclusion of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks into Fleetwood Mac, Tusk perhaps most importantly displays the talents of the individual singers/songwriters in the quintet, working together as a whole and yet giving each other ample room for themselves. Every member was afforded the time and space to delve deeply and personally into their own artistic interests. At Buckingham's insistence, the album needed to be a double album in order for this to be so, a problem that often arises when a band contains so many creatively independent personalities and a cramped, stunted feeling arises.

A remastered and expanded version of the album (featuring 41 tracks) was released on a double CD in 2004. The first disc is the complete 20-track album (with the full length version of "Sara", which had been edited for the original CD release of the album due to running time constraints on earlier compact discs). The second disc features a collection of demo tracks, alternative cuts and other rarities from the time of the album.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Bonus CD 3 Credits 4 Production 5 Charts 6 Miscellanea 7 Footnotes and references

1. "Over and Over" (McVie) – 4:36
2. "The Ledge" (Buckingham) – 2:02
3. "Think About Me" (McVie) – 2:44
4. "Save Me a Place" (Buckingham) – 2:40
5. "Sara" (Nicks) – 6:26
6. "What Makes You Think You're the One" (Buckingham) – 3:32
7. "Storms" (Nicks) – 5:29
8. "That's All for Everyone" (Buckingham) – 3:04
9. "Not That Funny" (Buckingham) – 3:13
10. "Sisters of the Moon" (Nicks) – 4:45
11. "Angel" (Nicks) – 4:53
12. "That's Enough for Me" (Buckingham) – 1:48
13. "Brown Eyes" (McVie) – 4:30
14. "Never Make Me Cry" (McVie) – 2:14
15. "I Know I'm Not Wrong" (Buckingham) – 3:02
16. "Honey Hi" (McVie) – 2:43
17. "Beautiful Child" (Nicks) – 5:23
18. "Walk a Thin Line" (Buckingham) – 3:48
19. "Tusk" (Buckingham) – 3:36
20. "Never Forget" (McVie) – 3:44

1. One More Time (Over & Over)
2. Can't Walk Out Of Here (The Ledge)
3. Think About Me
4. Sara
5. Lindsey's Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong)
6. Storms
7. Lindsey's Song #2 (That's All for Everyone)
8. Sisters of the Moon
9. Out on the Road (That's Enough for Me)
10. Brown Eyes
11. Never Make Me Cry
12. Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong)
13. Honey Hi
14. Beautiful Child
15. Song #3 (Walk a Thin Line)
16. Come on Baby (Never Forget)
17. Song #1 (I Know I'm Not Wrong) [alternate]
18. Kiss and Run
19. Farmer's Daughter
20. Think About Me [single version]
21. Sister of the Moon [single version]

Fleetwood Mac

• Stevie Nicks - vocals, keyboards on "Sara"
• Lindsey Buckingham - guitar, piano, bass, drums, harmonica, vocals
• Christine McVie - keyboards, vocals
• John McVie - bass
• Mick Fleetwood - percussion, drums

Additional personnel

• USC Trojan Marching Band - appears on "Tusk"
• Peter Green - appears uncredited on "Brown Eyes"

• Producers: Fleetwood Mac. Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut
• Engineers: Lindsey Buckingham, Ken Caillat, Richard Dashut, Hernan Rojas
• Assistant Engineer: Rich Feldman
• Mastering: Ken Perry
• Remastering: Ken Caillat
• Photography: Peter Beard, Jayne Odgers, Norman Seeff
• Art Direction: Vigon Nahas Vigon
• Design: Vigon Nahas Vigon

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1979	US	4
1979	UK	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Tusk"	US	8
1979	"Tusk"	UK	6
1979	"Tusk"	AUS	3
1980	"Sara"	US	7
1979	"Sara"	UK	37
1980	"Think About Me"	US	20
1980	Sisters Of The Moon	US	86

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• In 1991, R.E.M. covered "Tusk", introducing it by noting that, earlier in their career, they were able to take advantage of Fleetwood Mac's unused recording studio time.
• In 2002, Camper Van Beethoven, an alternative/new wave/punk rock group, released a full cover of the original "Tusk". The cover art and track listings are almost identical.
• The name for the album Tusk was inspired by a giant mammoth tusk in the museum of a small town called Saffron Walden, in Essex, England. The band saw it while touring and "tusk" became a running joke over the tour.
• Tusk is often played at USC Trojan football games by the marching band with the fans chanting "UCLA sucks" at their crosstown rivals.
• Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie & Mick Fleetwood have stated in interviews that "Tusk" is their favorite Fleetwood Mac album.

v • d • e Fleetwood Mac
John McVie · Mick Fleetwood · Stevie Nicks · Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie · Peter Green · Jeremy Spencer · Bob Brunning · Danny Kirwan · Bob Welch · Bob Weston · Dave Walker · Billy Burnette · Rick Vito · Dave Mason · Bekka Bramlett
Studio albums	Fleetwood Mac · Mr. Wonderful · English Rose · Then Play On · Kiln House · Future Games · Bare Trees · Penguin · Mystery to Me · Heroes Are Hard to Find · Fleetwood Mac · Rumours · Tusk · Mirage · Tango in the Night · Behind the Mask · Time · Say You Will
Key Singles/Songs	"Black Magic Woman" · "Albatross" · "The Green Manalishi" · "Rhiannon" · "Landslide" · "Go Your Own Way" · "Dreams" · "Don't Stop" · "The Chain" · "You Make Loving Fun" · "Gold Dust Woman" · "Tusk" · "Gypsy" · "Big Love"
Compilations and box sets	The Pious Bird of Good Omen · Black Magic Woman · The Original Fleetwood Mac · Greatest Hits · Greatest Hits · 25 Years - The Chain · The Vaudeville Years · The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions · Show-Biz Blues · The Best Of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac · The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac · Men of the World: The Early Years
Live albums	Fleetwood Mac in Chicago · Live · Live at the BBC · The Dance · Live in Boston · Shrine '69 · Live in Boston
Related articles	Discography · Say You Will Tour