Editing Tusk (album) (section)

== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
| title = Retrospective professional ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tusk-mw0000190000|title=Tusk – Fleetwood Mac|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=17 July 2016|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2336|title=Fleetwood Mac: Tusk|magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|issue=7|date=April–May 2002|access-date=9 December 2017|last=Collis|first=Clark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019163124/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2336|archive-date=19 October 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite book|chapter=F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|access-date=24 February 2019|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=[[Ticknor and Fields]]|year=1981|isbn=0-89919-026-X}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/04/18/then-play-bare-trees-fleetwood-mac-rumours-tusk-time/|title=Then Play On; Bare Trees; Fleetwood Mac; Rumours; Tusk; Time|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=18 April 2003|access-date=2 November 2020|last=Brunner|first=Rob}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Fleetwood Mac: Tusk|magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|issue=267|date=February 2016|last=Chick|first=Stevie|page=107}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 9.2/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21924-tusk/|title=Fleetwood Mac: Tusk|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=17 July 2016|access-date=17 July 2016|last=Petrusich|first=Amanda|author-link=Amanda Petrusich}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/tusk-deluxe-edition|title=Fleetwood Mac – Tusk (Deluxe Edition)|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|issue=449|date=January 2016|access-date=2 November 2020|last=Needs|first=Kris|author-link=Kris Needs}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/tusk-deluxe-edition-202491/|title=Tusk (Deluxe Edition)|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=22 December 2015|access-date=9 December 2017|last=Walters|first=Barry}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Fleetwood Mac|last1=Coleman|first1=Mark|last2=Kemp|first2=Mark|author-link2=Mark Kemp|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-link=Christian Hoard|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/303 303–04]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cocaine heights|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|issue=83|date=April 2004|last=Carlin|first=Marcello|page=112}}</ref>
}}In his review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', [[Stephen Holden]] emphasised the experimental nature of the album, comparing it to [[the Beatles]]' "[[The Beatles (album)|White Album]]" in that "''Tusk'' is less a collection of finished songs than a mosaic of pop-rock fragments by individual performers."<ref name="RSreview">{{cite magazine |last=Holden |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Holden |date=13 December 1979 |title=Tusk |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/tusk-19791213 |access-date=2 November 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> [[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.<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=31 December 1979 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv12b-79.php |access-date=17 July 2016 |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Allmusic" /> [[Amanda Petrusich]] of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' found the album "self-indulgent" and "terrifically strange".<ref name="Pitchfork" /> Contemporary and retrospective reviewers alike have noted the stark contrast between the album's lush opening track, "[[Over & Over (Fleetwood Mac song)|Over & Over]]", and the production of the following track, "The Ledge".<ref>{{cite web |last=Waggoner |first=Nate |date=18 September 2013 |title=Fleetwood Mac's Tusk Is Everything That's Missing from Music Today |url=https://www.kqed.org/pop/8404/fleetwood-macs-tusk-is-everything-thats-missing-from-music-today |access-date=24 March 2019 |website=[[KQED Inc.|KQED]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Sam |date=18 February 2015 |title=Letter of Recommendation: Fleetwood Mac's 'Tusk' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-fleetwood-macs-tusk.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313153908/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-fleetwood-macs-tusk.html |archive-date=13 March 2023 |access-date=27 January 2024 |work=The New York Times Magazine}}</ref>