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Rush: A Musical Journey

Okay, I'll try again ... I;m pretty new to Rush - no flames, I just am.
Saw a bit of a live concert on Palladia couple years back - didn't know the music.
I played a bit of 2112 today to get a sense of it, and found Emma knew it from her college days (!),
so I just ordered copies of "A Farewell to Kings" and "Hemispheres" to have a listen ...
Always room for more good music in the stacks!

Tell me more!
 
hjames said:
Okay, I'll try again ... I;m pretty new to Rush - no flames, I just am.
Saw a bit of a live concert on Palladia couple years back - didn't know the music.
I played a bit of 2112 today to get a sense of it, and found Emma knew it from her college days (!),
so I just ordered copies of "A Farewell to Kings" and "Hemispheres" to have a listen ...
Always room for more good music in the stacks!

Tell me more!
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It's great to hear you finally found them. Over the years I've spoken to many people who have found the music later on and have been very surprised to find that there is an extensive back catalogue. In fact, the next one I'll be describing "Moving Pictures" seems to be one of those points where a lot of new fans "discovered" the band.

Regarding Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres, good choices. You will not be disappointed.
 
Moving Pictures

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Track list:

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

Rush's 8th studio album, recorded at Le Studio in Quebec.

By now, Rush were part of the mainstream. For their many fans they could do no wrong. Moving Pictures contained their second instrumental, YYZ, named for the call sign of Toronto Pearson airport.

The timing of the tracks was more conventional on this album, with 8 of the 10 being under 5 minutes, although Red Barchetta was slightly over 6 and The Camera Eye weighed in at 11 minutes.
 
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Exit…Stage Left

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Track list:

1. The Spirit of Radio
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Closer To The Heart
5. Beneath, Between and Behind
6. Jacob's Ladder
7. Broon's Bane
8. The Trees
9. Xanadu
10. Freewill
11. Tom Sawyer
12. La Villa Strangiato

Also released in 1981, Exit...Stage Left was Rush's 10th album and their second live album. Like All The World's A Stage it was a double LP, later rerelease as a single CD. This album also featured a Canadian concert, at The Forum in Montréal, Quebec.

The track Broon's Bane was a solo by Alex Lifeson, an extended intro to The Trees.

Neil Peart's drum solo is once again showcased, forming part of YYZ.
 
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Track list:

1. Cygnus X-1 Book 2: Hemispheres
2. Circumstances
3. The Trees
4. La Villa Strangiato

Rush's second offering from 1978 would prove to be their last in which a single piece occupied an entire LP side. Telling the story of battling Greek gods, it is an epic work fully befitting the subject matter. Brief reprises from Cygnus X-1: Book 1, from A Farewell To Kings help to tie the two pieces together.

The 3 tracks on side 2 include La Villa Strangiato, Rush's first instrumental. Subtitled 'an exercise in self-indulgence', it allows all 3 members to show off their virtuoso skills, unencumbered with lyrics.

Hemispheres was later reissued on CD. Like 2112, By-Tor and the Snow Dog, The Necromancer and Fountain Of Lamneth, the first track was indexed for CD players able to read the encoding.

The Trees and La Villa Strangiato found their way into the concert set for many years to come.
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Excellent album . Sound is clear and not muddled that cause later albums for me to lose their enjoyment for me .
 
KevinJS said:
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Track list:

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

Rush's 8th studio album, recorded at Le Studio in Quebec.

By now, Rush were part of the mainstream. For their many fans they could do no wrong. Moving Pictures contained their second instrumental, YYZ, named for the call sign of Toronto Pearson airport.

The timing of the tracks was more conventional on this album, with 8 of the 10 being under 5 minutes, although Red Barchetta was slightly over 6 and The Camera Eye weighed in at 11 minutes.
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I played the dickens out of this one . I hardly listen to it now .
 
Please, oh please mention all the Rush tie-ins to the show Archer. ALL of the Rush-themed Krieger vans are awesome. "Caress of Krieger" being my favorite, "Exit... Van Left" a close second:

http://i.imgur.com/E6ubZX3.jpg

I was fortunate enough to see Rush on their R40 Tour in Chicago a few (3?) years back. I took my (now 14) Son with me. He nearly lost it when the played Cygnus X-1. Many of the people we met at the show were with their (now adult) kids who they'd gone to the show with for years. All very polite and fun people. Which is what I'd expect from fans of a Canadian group. :)
 
KevinJS said:
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Track list:

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

Rush's 8th studio album, recorded at Le Studio in Quebec.

By now, Rush were part of the mainstream. For their many fans they could do no wrong. Moving Pictures contained their second instrumental, YYZ, named for the call sign of Toronto Pearson airport.

The timing of the tracks was more conventional on this album, with 8 of the 10 being under 5 minutes, although Red Barchetta was slightly over 6 and The Camera Eye weighed in at 11 minutes.
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A great listen for chilling out. People used to tell me, This Rush band is good, This album is great. I had to tell them, It's there 8th album. Played often in these parts.
 
Yeah, then I found the Deluxe version of 2112 on ebay last night -
2 discs - remastered CD/BluRay for $15 - seemed like a great price

The Amazon marketplace vendor I ordered Hemispheres from last night just cancelled the order -
turns out it was not in stock, so I ordered a copy elsewhere ... will receive next week, with luck!

KevinJS said:
It's great to hear you finally found them. Over the years I've spoken to many people who have found the music later on and have been very surprised to find that there is an extensive back catalogue. In fact, the next one I'll be describing "Moving Pictures" seems to be one of those points where a lot of new fans "discovered" the band.

Regarding Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres, good choices. You will not be disappointed.
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hjames said:
Okay, I'll try again ... I;m pretty new to Rush - no flames, I just am.
Saw a bit of a live concert on Palladia couple years back - didn't know the music.
I played a bit of 2112 today to get a sense of it, and found Emma knew it from her college days (!),
so I just ordered copies of "A Farewell to Kings" and "Hemispheres" to have a listen ...
Always room for more good music in the stacks!

Tell me more!
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Those are nice albums to see what their about, For sure. I think you will find the 80's decade LP's enjoyable, Which Kevin is covering now. Technology caught up with the band in the studio, The albums just sound better, And now that they remastered the catalog, Even better. The songs are more compact, For the most part, Its just real good music. Have fun.
 
dodog said:
Please, oh please mention all the Rush tie-ins to the show Archer. ALL of the Rush-themed Krieger vans are awesome. "Caress of Krieger" being my favorite, "Exit... Van Left" a close second:

http://i.imgur.com/E6ubZX3.jpg

I was fortunate enough to see Rush on their R40 Tour in Chicago a few (3?) years back. I took my (now 14) Son with me. He nearly lost it when the played Cygnus X-1. Many of the people we met at the show were with their (now adult) kids who they'd gone to the show with for years. All very polite and fun people. Which is what I'd expect from fans of a Canadian group. :)
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I wasn't aware of those vans. That's some neat artwork.

It's good to hear that the next generation are appreciative of the music too.
 
NeedForSpeed said:
Those are nice albums to see what their about, For sure. I think you will find the 80's decade LP's enjoyable, Which Kevin is covering now. Technology caught up with the band in the studio, The albums just sound better, And now that they remastered the catalog, Even better. The songs are more compact, For the most part, Its just real good music. Have fun.
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Yes. We have now reached what I think of as the end of the second chapter. The pattern of 4 studio albums followed by a live album seemed to neatly split the catalogue into manageable chunks.

The 80s saw a slower pace for releases. We will get to that shortly.

I've been listening to each album as I've been writing the discography posts. I have all of the studio albums on my phone, so it has given me a chance to listen to some stuff that has been a long time dormant.
 
KevinJS said:
Yes. We have now reached what I think of as the end of the second chapter. The pattern of 4 studio albums followed by a live album seemed to neatly split the catalogue into manageable chunks.

The 80s saw a slower pace for releases. We will get to that shortly.

I've been listening to each album as I've been writing the discography posts. I have all of the studio albums on my phone, so it has given me a chance to listen to some stuff that has been a long time dormant.
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Have also been trying to play along. Seems I don't listen to them as often as I think. Same with Pink Floyd. It may unconsciously be I save it so it's sounds fresh. On the other hand, That's two bands I would never tire of, Among others. AIC being another.. Have you heard Vapor Trails..Remix? Just delivered last night. As I read about it, The individual tracks are remixed, By Andy Johns I think. It has five stars everywhere, Don't really put mush creed in that, Pulled trigger and going to spin it shortly.
 
KevinJS said:
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Track list:

1. Tom Sawyer
2. Red Barchetta
3. YYZ
4. Limelight
5. The Camera Eye
6. Witch Hunt
7. Vital Signs

Rush's 8th studio album, recorded at Le Studio in Quebec.

By now, Rush were part of the mainstream. For their many fans they could do no wrong. Moving Pictures contained their second instrumental, YYZ, named for the call sign of Toronto Pearson airport.

The timing of the tracks was more conventional on this album, with 8 of the 10 being under 5 minutes, although Red Barchetta was slightly over 6 and The Camera Eye weighed in at 11 minutes.
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This was the album that turned me into a fan. I listened to it just the other night. The tracks on this album got a lot of airplay on the AOR stations in New England when it came out.

-Dave
 
Signals

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Track list:

1. Subdivisions
2. Analog Kid
3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
5. The Weapon
6. New World Man
7. Losing It
8. Countdown

Rush's 9th studio album was released in 1982.

If it still has a modern feel to it, consider this. The last track pays homage to the first Space Shuttle mission. We are talking ancient history here.

The album makes increasing use of keyboards, and also features a guest appearance on "Losing It" from Ben Mink and his electric violin.

Signals was the last album to consider the requirements of recording onto the vinyl LP. Indeed, New World Man was written to fit a particular time slot. If the track could be made short enough it would go onto the album, otherwise Signals would go out with 7 tracks. Subsequent albums would take advantage of the increased album length offered by the new CD format.

Signals is the last studio album produced by Terry Brown. Differences of opinion between Terry and the band, mainly centring on what he saw as the over dependence on keyboards made the split inevitable. Opinion is mixed as to whether Rush was better or worse without him, or just different.
 
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(Please, I can't always read the little bity album cover image,
so if you could, include the Title of each album at the top of your posts -
just so I can figure them out) ... so, instead of saying

Rush's 9th studio album was released in 1982.
maybe more like this -

Signals, Rush's 9th studio album, was released in 1982.



Thanks a bunch so far, again, no flames meant!
 
hjames said:
(Please, I can't always read the little bity album cover image,
so if you could, include the Title of each album at the top of your posts -
just so I can figure them out) ... so, instead of saying

Rush's 9th studio album was released in 1982.
maybe more like this -

Signals, Rush's 9th studio album, was released in 1982.



Thanks a bunch so far, again, no flames meant!
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Sorry about that. It's a good point. I'll go back and edit the posts accordingly. If you are using a phone to read the forum you should be able to increase the size of the image by touching it. Touch again to reduce it back to its original size.
 
KevinJS said:
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Track list:

1. Subdivisions
2. Analog Kid
3. Chemistry
4. Digital Man
5. The Weapon
6. New World Man
7. Losing It
8. Countdown

Rush's 9th studio album was released in 1982.

If it still has a modern feel to it, consider this. The last track pays homage to the first Space Shuttle mission. We are talking ancient history here.

The album makes increasing use of keyboards, and also features a guest appearance on "Losing It" from Ben Mink and his electric violin.

Signals was the last album to consider the requirements of recording onto the vinyl LP. Indeed, New World Man was written to fit a particular time slot. If the track could be made short enough it would go onto the album, otherwise Signals would go out with 7 tracks. Subsequent albums would take advantage of the increased album length offered by the new CD format.

Signals is the last studio album produced by Terry Brown. Differences of opinion between Terry and the band, mainly centring on what he saw as the over dependence on keyboards made the split inevitable. Opinion is mixed as to whether Rush was better or worse without him, or just different.
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This and Moving Pictures, Almost go together. The other thing, Now Getty Lee is getting older, And that voice mellower from here on out. A good thing.
 
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