A Farewell vs. Hemispheres
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Topic: A Farewell vs. Hemispheres
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Subject: A Farewell vs. Hemispheres
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 12:50
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Both great Albums. Vote!
  http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3072 - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3072
Side 1
1. A farewell to kings (5:49) 2. Xanadu (11:04) Side 2 3. Closer to the heart (2:51) 4. Cinderella man (4:19) 5. Madrigal (2:33) 6. Cygnus X-1 (10:21)  1. Cygnus X-1 Book II (18:04) -------------  |
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:02
| I´d like to think of them as one album, because they feel so similar. I voted AFTK based on the ferociousness of Cygnus pt 1 and the brilliance of Xanadu - plus The Trees is one of the few Rush songs, where I really enjoy the lyrics. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:09
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I don't really rate A Farewell to Kings that highly - good but not great. Hemispheres for me. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:10
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Hercules wrote:Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:13
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I think that the strong songs of AFTK are:
1. Xanadu.
2. Cygnus X1.
3. A Farewell
And on Hemispheres are:
1. Hemispheres.
2. La Villa
3. Circumstances.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:13
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I really enjoy A Farewell to Kings considering it to be the best Rush album, while I consider Hemispheres to be full-fledged Prog Rock that utterly failed compositionally speaking.
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Posted By: chemebien
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:20
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Hemispheres
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:20
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AFTK.......due to the strength of Xanadu. Not many songs come close to what Xanadu accomplishes. -------------   
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Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:25
| AFTK |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:35
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A Farewell To Kings. ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 13:42
Seconded. "Xanadu" is by far my favourite Rush song of the Seventies, a true masterpiece. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 14:18
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I love Farewell to Kings, but Hemispheres is perfect. The title track is Rush's most successful epic; Circumstances ROCKS and doesn't get enough love (I adore the super-busy drum and bass interplay under a relatively slow melody); the Trees has a grreat use of percussion and is anti-socialism (always a good way to win points with me) and La Villa Strangiato is just an amazing display of instrumental virtuosity.
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 14:28
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This looks like it's going to be close. But its not in my head. Here's the thing for me. Cygnus X Bk1 The Voyage is the whole journey for me just the start wins it for me and then Bk2 Hemispheres is a bit Rush by numbers (There I said it - run away..) sorry. The title track to AFTK is great and Xanadu is a marvel and then the shorts are better than the shorts on hemispheres its a win win situation.
But of course I could be wrong! ?
And I would give it to AFTK for the acoustic start to AFTK as well. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 14:31
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It's really hard to choose between the two for me. I bought "A FArewell To Kings" on vinyl back in 1978 and still remember how impressed i was with "Xanadu".I really feel that was the first really progressive tune i'd heard. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 14:38
------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: PROGMONSTER2008
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 15:33
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Hemisphere's easily ------------- Jazz/Classical Rock(70's style prog/fusion). Lots of prog keys and melodies(all original ideas) http://www.myspace.com/vigilante2008" rel="nofollow - http://www.myspace.com/vigilante2008 |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 15:39
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Both great albums indeed (both are my favorites from Rush.) I'm going to have to go with "Hemispheres," but I do prefer the cover art to "A Farewell to Kings."
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 18:08
| Two classic albums! Im going with Kings, Hemispheres is very close |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 19:44
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Actually the only two Rush CDs I have and I deliberately bought them together because you can't have one Cygnus without the other. I'm going for Hemispheres for having La Villa. (I know there's some Rush fans here thinking, what??? you only have two Rush albums??? FREAK!!!  )------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 19:58
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Hem |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 20:36
It's okay, I only have two Genesis albums. -------------
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Posted By: Johnnytuba
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 21:11
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These are my two favorite Rush albums. Hemispheres gets the slight edge. ------------- "The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow. Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 21:17
Touché....I don't own any Tull or KC....WHAT!!!??? Comeeeeonnnnnn!!!
Geezzz!!  -------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 21:17
Hmm, if you count LPs and CDs, there are only two Genesis albums I don't have. You wouldn't happen to only have the two I don't have by any chance? That would be really weird. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 21:46
I highly doubt it.  You aren't by any chance missing Foxtrot and SEBTP are you?-------------
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 22:26
I never got the Mama album or We Can't Dance. I did borrow Three Sides Live from someone and taped the studio tracks to a cassette. I could digress further, but this is a thread about a couple of Rush albums. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 23:44
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Hemispheres by a toad's hair ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 23:49
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ooh, the Hem is catching up . . . |
Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 00:07
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The one with La Villa Strangiato ------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: bsms810
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 03:03
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Fairwell for me ------------- 'when was the last time you had a girlfriend?' 'I dont look at it as when, I look at it as who...and why' - David Brent |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 04:05
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I give Hemìspheres the lead again: 25-24 ------------- 
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Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 04:13
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They're quite equally brilliant in my mind, so I voted for Farewell to tie the votes at 25 ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=42652" rel="nofollow - It's on PA! 
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 07:07
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I love both albums. Whenever I listen to one, I always put on the next. However, I have to give Hemispheres the edge, because "Circumstances" could be my all time favorite Rush track - it doesn't matter who I'm in the mood to listen to, I'll always enjoy that song. The only thing I don't like about A Farewell To Kings is "Closer to the Heart". It's not that it's a bad song, it's just been overplayed. Still, both albums are very close. ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 13 2010 at 16:53
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Hemispheres by very far! ------------- 
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Posted By: listen
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 03:24
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definitely hemispheres
------------- Now is all there is. Be before you think! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 06:30
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Hemisperes! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Catholic Flame
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 08:49
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Tough choice. I went with A farewell to kings but I did see them when they toured for Hemispheres in 1978. One of the best shows that I have ever seen! ------------- “Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” ~Jack Kerouac |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 09:49
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I've always considered the first side of Hemispheres vastly overrated. A Farewell wins this for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 13:31
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Hemispheres ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: nordwind
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 03:08
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A Farewell to Kings ------------- Jazz isn't dead.......it just smells funny. Frank Zappa / Live in New York |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: February 17 2010 at 10:11
| Xanadu. And that says all. |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: May 27 2010 at 17:05
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Hemispheres for me.
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Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: May 28 2010 at 04:36
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Tough one. Xanada is probably the best bit they ever did, but the Hemispheres album is more consistent. Voted for thar one |
Posted By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: May 28 2010 at 06:19
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hemispheres ------------- 
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 28 2010 at 07:47
| Well, Hemispheres side one is a dreadful, steaming turd of wafer-thin classical mythology reference, terrible word choice and a complete wrecking of the concept of pt. 1 with rather second rate and repetitive music. A Farewell To Kings is one of the best Rush albums, however, and I'm voting for that. |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: May 28 2010 at 17:01
Does it for me too!!!
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: May 30 2010 at 09:26
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Every album I heard from June 29th to August 29th deserves a higher spot on any musical list I make, and luckily, A Farewell to Kings was heard, on that period.
------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: Progist
Date Posted: May 30 2010 at 15:49
Hemispheres, mainly for Cygnus-X, I find The Trees really tedious, although many people seem to adore it?? 
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Posted By: AerosolKid74
Date Posted: May 31 2010 at 18:19
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Hemispheres, my favorite Rush album, never a dull moment. ------------- Prog Rock: Founded on a fundamental misunderstanding of the word virtuoso. |
Posted By: The Coastliner
Date Posted: May 31 2010 at 20:20
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A Farewell to Kings has Xanadu, and that's enough to put it over (Closer to the Heart puts the icing on the cake). ------------- 
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