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    Posted: June 14 2012 at 10:28
Not everyone likes everything......its certainly OK. Its still a 4.5 for me........Caravan, BU2B, CA, Anarchist, Carnies, The Garden......brilliant songs.
The other songs I get due to the storyline but not my favs, but I don't feel the need to skip thru anything.
 
I don't think I want a return to Hemispheres or 2112 or AFTK......I can listen to those albums if I need, they do exist.
       
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If it hadn't been released under the name Rush, nobody would have cared about it much.
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Originally posted by Polo

If it hadn't been released under the name Rush, nobody would have cared about it much.
 
I agree, but it is good Rush. The best song is the title track. Other highlights: Caravan, The Anarchist, Seven Cities of Gold, Headlong Fight (for the riff, not the whole song), The Garden. Lows: The Wreckers, BU2B2, Wish Them Well, but still good songs.
Average rating: 4 stars
Concept: 5 sars
Musicianship: 4.5 stars
Geddy's voice: 3 stars
Songwriting: 4 stars
 


Edited by geneyesontle - June 14 2012 at 12:33
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Okay, got tickets. Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh PA .... Headbanger
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Rather enjoyed my first listen to it. 
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Originally posted by geneyesontle

Originally posted by Polo

If it hadn't been released under the name Rush, nobody would have cared about it much.
 
I agree, but it is good Rush. The best song is the title track. Other highlights: Caravan, The Anarchist, Seven Cities of Gold, Headlong Fight (for the riff, not the whole song), The Garden. Lows: The Wreckers, BU2B2, Wish Them Well, but still good songs.
Average rating: 4 stars
Concept: 5 sars
Musicianship: 4.5 stars
Geddy's voice: 3 stars
Songwriting: 4 stars
 

No way. 

Concept: 3.5
Musicianship: 3.5
Geddy: 3
Songwriting: 3.5

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I've listened to it a couple of times and while I love the album as a whole, most of the songs are fairly generic.  The songs that stand out the most (those being my favorite) are Caravan, Clockwork Angels, The Anarchist, Halo Effect and The Garden.  Not really any bad songs, just a tad generic in spots.  
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A clear step down from Snakes and Arrows. It's basically Vapor Trails with a slightly better mastering job. The songs don't breathe and there's no soul.
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Originally posted by Zombywoof

Okay, got tickets. Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh PA .... Headbanger

Me too, at the Bell Center, Montreal Quebec...Headbanger
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It's basically Vapor Trails with a slightly better mastering job.
 
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Not as good as S&A imo, the vocals on the majority of the songs are too similar, with exceptions here or there. My least favorite track is the title track, which everyone seems to enjoy, but to me it sounds to generic. I do agree with others that the singles fit well within the album, and when heard out of context they may seem a bit misunderstood. If i had to describe the album using past Rush albums as reference... I'd say its equal parts Vapor Trails/Test For Echo/Counterparts. Not a bad album at all, but definitely in my bottom 5 Rush albums, which too me are still very listenable, enjoyable pieces of music. But then again my favorite Rush album (HYF) is probably in peoples bottom 5...
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It sounds a lot like Rush.... I like Rush
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Good album, very good even. 

History, probably old for some. I first discovered PA when looking for reviews of S&A. I had never been a huge Rush fan, but I'd kinda sorta followed them through the years, as in since 1979. So I just wondered what S&A was like. I need to go back and listen. S&A is a pretty strong album. 
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Originally posted by stonebeard

A clear step down from Snakes and Arrows. It's basically Vapor Trails with a slightly better mastering job. The songs don't breathe and there's no soul.

Yeah, there's just nothing I can get excited about on this record.  Shame, I really wanted to.
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Well, I like Rush, and this is a good Rush album, so I like it. I think I just get left with a good impression though because the album ends with "The Garden", which is one of the better new songs I've heard in a while. I will agree that some of it gets a little generic though.
 
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Starting to like it more now. Some of it is a little dull but I for one like Wish Them Well.

So, tracks I like.

Caravan
The Anarchist
Seven Cities
Wish Them Well
Headlong Flight


Edited by Snow Dog - June 17 2012 at 05:19
Coldness doth get away with the badness.
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It's a good 40 minutes cd, the rest don't grab me. They should have done more songs in the style of "The Garden".
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Funny how different racks are appealing to different people.
Caravan and BU2B didn't click with me at all when they were first released but sound much better in the context of the album.
I agree that Geddy's voice is just a bit monotone in places, for example on the otherwise excellent Headlong Flight, but I've managed to get past that and enjoy the balls out rock that it settles in to.

For me this is the best of their recent albums and while some may prefer VT or S&A I think we can all agree that it's a darned site better than Test For Echo if only because there is no Dog Years on it ;-)
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I've always been a fan of Test For Echo. And Dog Years too. So I cannot agree. I am not one of the "we"
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Originally posted by Snow Dog

I've always been a fan of Test For Echo. And Dog Years too. So I cannot agree. I am not one of the "we"

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