Camper Van Beethoven then doubles down on the bluegrass elements in “The Ledge.” I know it’s just a deep bass in the song, but I can’t get the image of someone blowing on a jug out of my mind’s ear. It’s in a different style, sure, but it isn’t over the top or unrecognizable. The album starts with a cover of “Over and Over” that sounds fairly reverent. Let’s hear some of the contrast in sound and approach. Tusk is no ordinary Fleetwood Mac album, and in the spirit of that fact, this is no ordinary Fleetwood Mac cover album. Oh, the intrigue! It is good to see a little of the Fleetwood Mac drama carry on in this work, although it is a little ironic that an original album that represented a band being divided by romance gone wrong actually brought another one back together in cover form. Not to be outdone in terms of drama, their version has a conspiracy theory-esque origin story. The band claimed to have unearthed it years after recording it on a whim in the late ’80, but they actually recorded it in 2001 and then released it in 2002 as a test run to see whether they could work together as a band after an earlier breakup. (Did I know Lindsey Buckingham was a big Talking Heads fan before writing this piece? No!)Ĭamper Van Beethoven is a band somewhere between alternative and indie rock who decided to take on Tusk in all its double-album glory.
It was the most expensive album to be recorded at the time, and although it did not reach the same level of commercial success as Rumours, there were pockets of critics and fans alike that appreciated the post-punk experiment. Instead of giving an audience more of the same, they took a big leap with their next album, Tusk in 1979. Rumours was a tough act for Fleetwood Mac to follow, so they didn’t follow it.
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