Well...I certainly missed that joke. It's kind of a cute mention in the credits.
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Well...I certainly missed that joke. It's kind of a cute mention in the credits.
Well...I certainly missed that joke. It's kind of a cute mention in the credits.
And don't forget "brought to you by the letter sssss"
OK -- it's been one week, and I still love the album. The only thing that's changed for me is that the songs I didn't used to like as much are now settling in just fine with me.
Again, my favorite since Moving Pictures. We'll see in a month, 6 months, a year, but am just really happy about this album.
Not everyone will have the same reaction, of course, but I encourage everyone to give it a try.
HooBass
Again, my favorite since Moving Pictures. We'll see in a month, 6 months, a year, but am just really happy about this album.
Not everyone will have the same reaction, of course, but I encourage everyone to give it a try.
HooBass
I have found myself ONLY listening Snakes and Arrows since its release. I dont really know why but its almost like listening to a new band.
I know what you mean. For me there are plenty of "reminders" that it's Rush, but in other ways it just sounds so fresh and different. Again, for me, I think it's the urgency, the emotion and passion that I sense coming through the music. Not that previous albums didn't have that, but this one seems to have it on every track.
A friend and fellow Rush fan said that, if not for the vocals, he might have thought it WAS a different band.
It was also cool to hear that friend say, without having heard my review and thoughts, many of the same things I was thinking. Stuff like commenting on the emotion, the good vox recording quality, the song parts meshing well despite being very different.
For my own needs I might give the album a few days to breathe and then come back to it -- I am probably overthinking it but I am afraid I'll wear it out (and it'll be my own darned fault). We'll see how long I can hold out!
HooBass
You and me both, call me a freak but I think I've been spinning it about 4-5 times a day since it came out last week! And the craziest thing is, there isn't a single song that I've gotten tired of (well except for the couple that I usually skip over, Hope and Bravest Face), and all of the songs are still just sinking in. Rush really outdid themselves with this one
I said in an earlier post that Faithless reminded me of Hemispheres. It is actually The Way the Wind Blows that I was thinking of. I agree with many of the posters that this is a good album. I find it strangely intoxicating in that I originally didn't find the songs to be THAT compelling; but I can't quit listening to them. They keep growing on me. It's just a really well done album.
I also find that our current presidential administration has left much to be written about in the world of music. That is true with this album. There are many references to the Middle East, world crises, etc. Hope has a definite Middle Eastern feel to it's beginning. The lyrics gracefully broach the subjects we have been encountering in that area of the world. And I find these references in other artists' work, too. So if anything good comes from Bush it is that he seems to have inspired and era of music emphasizes how much damage he has done not only nationally but internationally.
I also find that our current presidential administration has left much to be written about in the world of music. That is true with this album. There are many references to the Middle East, world crises, etc. Hope has a definite Middle Eastern feel to it's beginning. The lyrics gracefully broach the subjects we have been encountering in that area of the world. And I find these references in other artists' work, too. So if anything good comes from Bush it is that he seems to have inspired and era of music emphasizes how much damage he has done not only nationally but internationally.
coming late... listened to it some times... 4x...time is short..
The album is very good indeed....i liked it at once, just like counterparts....seems to be better than vapor trails...very progressive....i dig a lot the guitar influenced style....it evens more orientated to their influences, like yardbirds and the who...geddy really left out the keyboards....i miss it...a litlle...really aprecciated the more direct style in compositions... the arrangements are execellent! no ~no sense virtuosism~...im glad to have a new rush album so good! Rush 4 Ever!
PS there are some bass sounds that are like a precison bass....dont remember the tracks...i think is the 7th, or around..
The album is very good indeed....i liked it at once, just like counterparts....seems to be better than vapor trails...very progressive....i dig a lot the guitar influenced style....it evens more orientated to their influences, like yardbirds and the who...geddy really left out the keyboards....i miss it...a litlle...really aprecciated the more direct style in compositions... the arrangements are execellent! no ~no sense virtuosism~...im glad to have a new rush album so good! Rush 4 Ever!
PS there are some bass sounds that are like a precison bass....dont remember the tracks...i think is the 7th, or around..
I am putting Faithless as my favorite track.
And Geddy's voice just sounds really nice on the whole album.
Listened to it twice. Here's my take so far.
Overall, well done, I like that Alex went back to chorus and effects, like the drum sound, bass is nice. Some of the best engineering I've ever heard. Far Cry, Armor + Sword, Main Monkey Business, The Way the Wind Blows, and Bravest Face are the strongest tracks to me.
The one issue that I have, and this is something that has been developing since My Favorite Headache, is that Geddy is settling into a formula for vocal lines. Very consistent use of pentatonics and a certain "so-fa-mi-fa-mi" cliche is becoming prominent, and is a detriment to the music. Up until 1998/99, each one of Geddy's vocal melodies was unique and I can recall all of them and their context within the song. Now some songs are blending together due to this trend of using the same techniques repeatedly.
This could change in a year or so, of course. Just my initial reaction to the album. I'm looking forward to living with it as part of the Rush catalog and seeing where it settles.
Overall, well done, I like that Alex went back to chorus and effects, like the drum sound, bass is nice. Some of the best engineering I've ever heard. Far Cry, Armor + Sword, Main Monkey Business, The Way the Wind Blows, and Bravest Face are the strongest tracks to me.
The one issue that I have, and this is something that has been developing since My Favorite Headache, is that Geddy is settling into a formula for vocal lines. Very consistent use of pentatonics and a certain "so-fa-mi-fa-mi" cliche is becoming prominent, and is a detriment to the music. Up until 1998/99, each one of Geddy's vocal melodies was unique and I can recall all of them and their context within the song. Now some songs are blending together due to this trend of using the same techniques repeatedly.
This could change in a year or so, of course. Just my initial reaction to the album. I'm looking forward to living with it as part of the Rush catalog and seeing where it settles.
Yep, I reckon it's a pretty good album. Still, none of the tracks top Ceiling Unlimited or How It Is, which just seem to get better every time I hear them!
I was on vacation overseas when the album came out, so I just got it yesterday. Rush being my favorite band of all time, I've really been anticipating this one. I listened to most of it yesterday in the car, but today I took a long walk with my iPod and listened to the whole CD, uninterrupted.
I'd say it's good. Nothing really blew me away, although some of the songs did stick with me.. mostly the ones people have already mentioned. "Far Cry", "Workin' Them Angels", "Faithless", and the two full-band instrumentals. Geddy's voice and bass playing always feel like home to me, so there is that element of instantly knowing it's Rush. And, I thought some of Alex's guitar work was really cool, different from anything I've heard him do before.
I'm going to listen to the album a lot in the next five weeks, before I see them on the first night of the tour. I hope it grows on me a little more. I can't help but compare it to what I consider to be their best work -- Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, etc.. -- and I don't think it's quite as good as that. But, at the same time, I realize Rush has always been about growing and changing as a band, and this new album is where they're at right now. And, I'm very glad that they're still around.
I'd say it's good. Nothing really blew me away, although some of the songs did stick with me.. mostly the ones people have already mentioned. "Far Cry", "Workin' Them Angels", "Faithless", and the two full-band instrumentals. Geddy's voice and bass playing always feel like home to me, so there is that element of instantly knowing it's Rush. And, I thought some of Alex's guitar work was really cool, different from anything I've heard him do before.
I'm going to listen to the album a lot in the next five weeks, before I see them on the first night of the tour. I hope it grows on me a little more. I can't help but compare it to what I consider to be their best work -- Hemispheres, Moving Pictures, etc.. -- and I don't think it's quite as good as that. But, at the same time, I realize Rush has always been about growing and changing as a band, and this new album is where they're at right now. And, I'm very glad that they're still around.
I just ordered the vinyl version. A bit pricey at $35, but I think the album sounds so good and I really do love it, so I don't care. I can't wait to hear it again!! I hope it's at least 180 gram, too...
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Forgot to say...there are only 5000 copies.
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Forgot to say...there are only 5000 copies.
Cool stuff, it'd be nice to have it on vinyl! I was looking in my cupboard the other day and I discovered my copy of Farewell to Kings on vinyl. I've enver listened to it, I got it off a teacher at my school, the guy who introduced me to Rush. What a legend that man is.
