phoenix87

Carnies is one of the heaviest songs I've ever heard from Rush and I love it. I find my self constantly headbanging to it.

Well, It actually brought me to tears this morning so as far as I'm concerned its one of the best Rush songs of the past 30 years.

Who ever voted it as their worst album, must not have ever heard Presto.

Obviously not, since I've already listened to it 5 times already.

1. The Garden 2. Headlong Flight 3. Carnies 4. BU2B 5. The Wreckers 6. Seven Cities of Gold 7. Caravan 8. Clockwork Angels 9. halo Effect 10. The Anarchist 11. With them well 12. BU2B2- I've already deleted this from the album

Well, I've already listened to CA 5 times now and honestly I think I'm ready to give it a break. I'll probably give it another listen when I actually buy the album, but besides that I am going back to my normal routine.

QUOTE (andrew28 @ Jun 5 2012, 02:17 PM) Part of me wishes they hadn't released Caravan and BU2B early. They fit nicely into the context of the whole album, but I tend to skip over them when I listen because I want to get to the new stuff. That's the real problem here. Now I have to convince myself that they are apart of the album and adjust to the changes, rather then just hearing the whole new album on day one. Luckily I can just use Itunes to put the original singles versions onto the album in place of the new ones. Yeah technology.

I actually like the original versions better. I loved that the momentum of Caravan was maintained as you barrel strait into BU2B.

Thoughts on the next album? Is there any way they can top this album or will CA be the last excellent Rush album? (Nothing better than speculating on the next album before the new album even comes out)

This song is unnecessary. Its fundamental purpose is to build up to something which never comes. If it transitioned into the next song I would be fine with it, but it doesn't. I feel like it hinders the flow of the album rather then help it.

Twice with Sennheiser HD280's. Two more times on the Ipod and then one more time this morning on the car stereo. Just phenomenal.

Closest thing to an epic I can think of. I don't know If we will ever get another album from them this good, and I certainly hope I'm wrong.

Had my 5th listen this morning. The Garden brought tears to my eyes. Bravo Rush, bravo.

Just finished my 4th listen. I'm totally in love with this album.

If they do 6 new songs I would like to hear: 1. Carnies 2. Headlong Flight 3. Bu2b (already saw it once, but I love it) 4. Halo Effect 5. 7 Cities of Gold 6. The garden I love this album so much, that I wouldn't mind them playing it in its entirety.

Power Windows

9.5

So my first impression is that Clockwork Angels is their best album since Power Windows. There's just this energy going on that I haven't felt in such a long time. and its unlike any Rush album to ever come before it. 1. Caravan- Still really good and solid. 2. BU2B- IMO this an example of why its bad to have too much time on your hands, because the newly added intro just feels unnecessary. The momentum of Caravan is lost a little bit by going into the intro rather then strait into the original version of the song. 3. Clockwork Angel- Very cool song with a lot of different things going on. 4. The Anarchist- solid song which I need to listen to more. 5. Carnies- This song is so incredibly badass. I found myself headbanging to it. Incredible. 6. Halo Effect- Really like this song a lot, but need to listen to it more. 7. Seven Cities of Gold- Just a great solid song with a very cool riff 8. The Wreckers- Very cool and uplifting song and very smooth as well. 9. Headlong Flight- My favorite on the album and still just as amazing as when I first heard it. 10. BU2B2- I have deleted this track. Its just doesn't do anything for me, and its the only part of the album that I just don't really like. If it would have connected to the next song, then I probably wouldn't have a problem with it, but its like they just randomly dropped it onto the album with no context. 11. Wish Them Well- Half good and half bad. Hearing "wish them well" over and over again gets kind of old, but the guitar parts are pretty sweet. This should have been a solid song. Its like the song is saying that the album is winding down. 12. The Garden- Incredibly beautiful song, it almost brought a tear to my eye. I haven't loved an ending song like this since Mystic Rhythms. In short, I think I love this album. At the end of the day, for a band (almost in their 60's) and after almost 40 years of activity to create an album this damn good solidifies Rush as the greatest band in the world in my eyes. I can not wait to buy the album and hear the full quality songs.