The americans tusk fleetwood mac2/2/2023 ![]() In the USA, Rumours was what happened instead of punk even in Britain, where FM radio barely existed, it was the album in every suburban hi-fi cabinet, right next to Dark Side Of The Moon.Īnd so, by the fall of 1979, a tremendous head of anticipation hadīuilt up vis-a-vis the long-awaited follow-up. In America (where FM were just made for FM radio), the LP was even huger: 31 weeks at Numero Uno in the Billboard Charts (that's two-thirds of a YEAR!) and total sales that, at 14 million, still make it America's second best-selling LP ever. ![]() A soft-rock masterpiece (gorgeous melodicism charged with the emotional carnage wreaked by the inter-band tangle of break-ups and infidelities), Rumours was also an unprecedented blockbuster, selling a staggering 21 million copies worldwide. The surprise flop sequel to 1977's Rumours. If anyone remembers Fleetwood Mac's Tusk at all, it's as From Unknown Pleasures: Great Lost Albums Rediscovered booklet, free with Melody Maker, 1995
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