RushFanForever Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 From MusicRadar.com: Rush: Clockwork Angels full album reviewed track by track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronrusso Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 awesome!!! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Oh my! Too much information.36 days to release. HF was my last spoiler. Not clicking.. Mmhmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GangsterOnBoats Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Wow, BU2B sounds like it got an overhaul...hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemical Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 CLOCKWORK ANGELS Stephen Colbert once joked with Rush by asking, "Have you ever written a song so epic that by the end of the song you were actually being influenced by yourself in the beginning of the song?" Which could indeed be the case with this mini classic that works as a self-contained rock opera. It's a lot to take in all at once, but what stays with you are things like Peart's blissful dancing on the hi-hat and Lifeson's bold Townshend-esque revelry. (Can a song have its own overture? It not, it certainly does now.) And then there's Lee's voice, which has never sounded so smooth and unaffected. When the band is hard charging, Peart pounds on his toms with an almost beastly force. By the 4:30 mark, the spotlight hits Lifeson, performing a solo that plays like an aria. It all builds to a playful false ending, an audio trompe l'oiel... which proceeds to a shattering finale. CARNIES Sweet and soul, rude and inviting - this phantasmagoric pounder is fascinating in how everything seems effortlessly, inexplicably right. It also features probably the meanest riff that Alex Lifeson has ever played - on record at least - one which dovetails seamlessly into a brutal mass of a verse. Throughout Carnies, Lifeson keeps upping his game and reaching new heights. His solo is a spiral of patterns both raging and tender. He possesses an extravagant gift for making the perfect sound at the perfect time - bell-like flourishes, scooped-out phased chords, spitfire trills - and his intuition adds to their ceaseless and bewildering beauty. HALO EFFECT Can you possibly tell that a song is destined to become a classic the first time you hear it? Possibly - and if, for some reason, Halo Effect doesn't make it into the pantheon of all-time Rush greats, it'll come damn close. Over a gorgeous, double-tracked acoustic guitar figure, Geddy Lee sings richly, even-tempered and marvelously expressive. The track surges into a section of stomping power trio goodness, but the overall framework is acoustic, soon laced with elegant strings. "What did I do before there were words?" Lee asks, bathed in a breathtaking glow of cellos that carry him - and us - away. THE GARDEN A pastoral delight that comes over you like a daydream. Graceful and buoyant acoustics, tasteful orchestration, and Lee singing in a simple, unaffected style make up the bedrock of The Garden. Peart joins in on a second verse, laying down a soft shuffle, and even when he appears to be doing very little, his sense of composition and movement has a profound impact. His patterns are so natural that it's almost as if the sticks breezed into his hands and started playing him. After a spellbindingly romantic piano interlude, Lifeson reaches in and pulls out a multi-dimensional guitar solo, one which recalls the mysterious epiphanies from Limelight. There's a certain melancholy quality to his phrasing, as is he's pausing briefly to look behind his shoulder. By the end, he's rejoined his bandmates and the three march off intrepidly together. They don't dwell in the moment - there's no needlessly showy flourishes or building the crescendo up as "epic" - but the further away they get the more it becomes apparent that the spell they've cast and the resonance of Clockwork Angels will linger on. I. AM. EXCITED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 One of the best things I see on these reviews is that, for almost every song, the reviewer mentions an "Alex solo". It keeps coming up over and over...and that makes me happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemical Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 7 2012, 07:52 AM) One of the best things I see on these reviews is that, for almost every song, the reviewer mentions an "Alex solo". It keeps coming up over and over...and that makes me happy! Yes! I knew Alex would shine on this record. Can't wait to hear his supposed "BEST RIFF EVER" on Carnies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GangsterOnBoats Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (Alchemical @ May 7 2012, 07:55 AM) QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 7 2012, 07:52 AM) One of the best things I see on these reviews is that, for almost every song, the reviewer mentions an "Alex solo". It keeps coming up over and over...and that makes me happy! Yes! I knew Alex would shine on this record. Can't wait to hear his supposed "BEST RIFF EVER" on Carnies! With a song title like "carnies" it must be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Sounds like it will be amazing, but now I feel spoiled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossedSignals Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE breathtaking glow of cellos Rush + cellos = EPIC WIN WE WE WE SOO EXCITEDDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemical Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Cellos could explain the orchestra they're rumored to be touring with. Looks like they might play CA in its entirety after all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GangsterOnBoats Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Although after hearing a great deal of orchestration supposed to be on the album, I still think it would be fantastic if they played the whole of CA for this tour. I think that they worked up this great concept and they need to represent it best by playing it whole. Also, I really don't want them to play 2112 in its entirety , but CA would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gedneil Alpeart Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Yes, THE PIANO IS BACK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossedSignals Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (Gedneil Alpeart @ May 7 2012, 09:08 AM)Yes, THE PIANO IS BACK!!! w00000000000000t!!!!!! Love me some piano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilb1972 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Ok -- I want this album RIGHT.NOW. Why did I have to read that awesome review?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FountainOfSyrinx Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 what's a carnie? and YES. Pianos are awesome. TOTALLY pumped now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush-O-Matic Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE Bask in the divine madness. That quote might just some up all of Rush career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (FountainOfSyrinx @ May 7 2012, 09:21 AM) what's a carnie? http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t100/EmotionDetector/Carnies.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USB Connector Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Concept album: confirmed. I am so psyched about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GangsterOnBoats Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 7 2012, 08:24 AM) QUOTE (FountainOfSyrinx @ May 7 2012, 09:21 AM) what's a carnie? http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t100/EmotionDetector/Carnies.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Sounds like BU2B is definitely different. I LOVE the original, but I am psyched to hear it in a new light. I mean, even if this new version isn't as good, I still have the original, so that's awesome! From the review though...I'm not sure that Caravan was at all altered. Doesn't sound like it...but who knows?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GangsterOnBoats Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 7 2012, 08:27 AM) Sounds like BU2B is definitely different. I LOVE the original, but I am psyched to hear it in a new light. I mean, even if this new version isn't as good, I still have the original, so that's awesome! From the review though...I'm not sure that Caravan was at all altered. Doesn't sound like it...but who knows?! I hope the new BU2B version makes it better than the old one. I'm sorry but the riff from the last one was probably the most unimaginative riff in rock history, next to anything Kurt Cobain wrote. So was Caravan, but at least that was more than four notes! And I have a feeling the album version of Caravan got a different mix if nothing else but who knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemical Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 7 2012, 08:27 AM) Sounds like BU2B is definitely different. I LOVE the original, but I am psyched to hear it in a new light. I mean, even if this new version isn't as good, I still have the original, so that's awesome! From the review though...I'm not sure that Caravan was at all altered. Doesn't sound like it...but who knows?! Surely they were both rerecorded though. It would be very unlike Rush to tinker with JUST BU2B and not at least rerecord Caravan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionDetector Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 QUOTE (Alchemical @ May 7 2012, 09:30 AM) QUOTE (EmotionDetector @ May 7 2012, 08:27 AM) Sounds like BU2B is definitely different. I LOVE the original, but I am psyched to hear it in a new light. I mean, even if this new version isn't as good, I still have the original, so that's awesome! From the review though...I'm not sure that Caravan was at all altered. Doesn't sound like it...but who knows?! Surely they were both rerecorded though. It would be very unlike Rush to tinker with JUST BU2B and not at least rerecord Caravan. I hope so. Like I've stated before, I love both tunes alot. But since I have the originals, I would love to see both get a makeover...that way it feels like we get an entire new album. Here's hoping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertjames1971 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 I got chills reading that. How ridiculous is that? Just the very idea that some one has heard the whole record gave me freakin' chills! GLEEEEEE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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