Tusk

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Total Tracks: 10   Total Length: 42:34

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Only For Fans

MonsterDad

I am a huge fan, so I liked this. But production wise it's a wild mess. Supposedly recorded in a cabin in the mountains when they were snowed in. If you like weird covers, get 'Tusk' for sure.

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Just disc 2

tania

This is only the second disc. It is awesome though, from the dancy ska/reggae beat of Angel, with its twisted pop and electronic distortions, Jonathan's singing is perfectly suited. "That's Enough for Me" is just a stomping good time, and there's a lot of stomping. "Brown Eyes" is an instant Victor Krummenacher disco classic. Then there's some songs that go perfect with Victor's sad song stuff. And then Honey Hi is awesome, it's JES singing with a street musician in Spanish in Mexico somewhere with cars and kids going by. And of course, Tusk rocks. Too bad they seemed to have dropped it from the live set, and haven't played much of the rest ever live. you should buy the cd though to get disc one which is also excellent, esp. Over and Over.

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They Say All Music Guide

There’s been a wave of whole-album covers lately, both live and on disc (for a magnificent recent example, see Blood on the Tracks by Mary Lee’s Corvette). Maybe that explains the out-of-left-field appearance of this curiosity from the Camper vaults. Then again, David Lowery and his cohorts have never been ones to follow trends. Far from a calculated stunt, their song-for-song remake of Fleetwood Mac’s AOR landmark was recorded in 1987 to kill time during a hiatus in the Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart sessions. The mere fact that they would attempt such a feat just for laughs is a testament to the band’s imagination and adventurousness. On the other hand, albums like Sweetheart and Telephone Free Landslide Victory are also testaments to those traits, and in comparison, Tusk is little more than a sounds-interesting-on-paper experiment. The band finds room in Mac’s glossy, soft rock for many of their favorite tricks: woozy country and western, slacker ska, and avant-garde tape manipulation. The problem is the lack of energy. The album sounds like what it is: a fight against boredom; unfortunately, its a fight the guys don’t always win. – Daniel Browne

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