Tusk (Camper Van Beethoven album)

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ReleasedJanuary 1, 2003
Genre Alternative rock
Length81:10
Label Pitch A Tent
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Tusk is a 2003 studio album by American alternative rock group Camper Van Beethoven, a song-for-song remake of the Fleetwood Mac album of the same name. [2] [3] [4]

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Tusk is the first album the band released following its reunion, and the band initially claimed that it was recorded before their break up. [5] However, it was recorded in the period leading up to their reunion tour. [6]

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune , bass player Victor Krummenacher admitted that some of the band members hate the 1979 album, saying that it was "like the Magnificent Ambersons of rock, a work that's supposed to be good, but is really just a cocaine-damaged horror of excess. Which is why we took it on, I suppose, and I think we improved upon it." [7]

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Over & Over" (Christine McVie) – 4:48
  2. "The Ledge" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 2:06
  3. "Think About Me" (Christine McVie) – 2:48
  4. "Save Me a Place" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:23
  5. "Sara" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:56
  6. "What Makes You Think You're the One" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:30
  7. "Storms" (Stevie Nicks) – 6:01
  8. "That's All for Everyone" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:13
  9. "Not That Funny" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 1:55
  10. "Sisters of the Moon" (Stevie Nicks) – 4:00

Disc 2

  1. "Angel" (Stevie Nicks) – 5:27
  2. "That's Enough for Me" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 1:55
  3. "Brown Eyes" (Christine McVie) – 3:39
  4. "Never Make Me Cry" (Christine McVie) – 2:16
  5. "I Know I'm Not Wrong" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 3:13
  6. "Honey Hi" (Christine McVie) – 2:39
  7. "Beautiful Child" (Stevie Nicks) – 5:35
  8. "Walk a Thin Line" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 4:00
  9. "Tusk" (Lindsey Buckingham) – 10:15
  10. "Never Forget" (Christine McVie) – 3:41

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