EmotionDetector Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 (edited) QUOTE (crazygeo @ Jun 23 2012, 09:17 PM) has way more than 4 great songs, which I CAN'T say for Signals>......<C.A Ridiculous. Edited June 24, 2012 by EmotionDetector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I still love it. Not a waking moment goes by when I don't have a song from CA in my head. Definitely put it in their top 5 albums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Any album that has so few "skippable" songs is a smashing success. I skip only one song on Clockwork Angels; I can't say that for most of the other albums. What I like most about the album is that it's their first attempt at a classic concept album, and they nailed it. They didn't get all pretentious or cheesy. It's a GREAT story!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 QUOTE (HowItIs @ Jun 25 2012, 06:04 AM) I still love it. Not a waking moment goes by when I don't have a song from CA in my head. Likewise - nearly every song has a hook to it! I do not see myself tiring of CA at all, or deciding it's not as good as I initially thought. With Snakes, there were only 4 or so songs I really liked much. I don't DISLIKE S&A, understand, but to me it was largely forgettable from the start. Never made much of an impression on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
launchpad67a Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 I've probably listened to the full record at least 30 times now, and just can't get enough. With every listen it still gets better and I absolutely love it. Haven't been skipping any songs, they are all golden in my mind and the order is perfect. My band had an out of town gig over the weekend and I put in the CD when we departed and it never left the player the entire trip. My bass player summed it up pretty well and declared the album "Riff-Topia", which we all agreed. I love this album and couldn't be more pleased with it. There are hints of some many previous years within the songs. Can't wait to hear it live! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 It's been about 4 weeks for a lot of us hasn't it? And the way we Rush fans obsess about new Rush music, I'm sure we all have these songs fully entrenched in our heads. For me, personally, I have a feel for how I am going to feel long term about this album at this point. And I will continue to say it rivals Counterparts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) I just listened to both back to back, and S&A Is a better overall listen to me then CA No I do love some tracks on CA dearly, Anarchist, Halo Effect, The Garden, The Wrecker. all golden Tracks.....but S&A i feel is just a better listen.....to me. Mick Edited June 25, 2012 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vital signz Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Jun 25 2012, 11:38 AM) I've probably listened to the full record at least 30 times now, and just can't get enough. With every listen it still gets better and I absolutely love it. Haven't been skipping any songs, they are all golden in my mind and the order is perfect. My band had an out of town gig over the weekend and I put in the CD when we departed and it never left the player the entire trip. My bass player summed it up pretty well and declared the album "Riff-Topia", which we all agreed. I love this album and couldn't be more pleased with it. There are hints of some many previous years within the songs. Can't wait to hear it live! Well said! Riff-Topia!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeaveMyThingAlone Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Riff-Topia! I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Jun 25 2012, 10:38 AM) I love this album and couldn't be more pleased with it. There are hints of some many previous years within the songs. Can't wait to hear it live! I agree, throughout the album I will think that little part sounds like Power Windows or other older albums. I am really liking this album and I was one of those who hated S&A right when it came out and it has never grown on me in the years since. I love the first 5 songs and Headlong Flight and I think The Wreckers is probably my favorite of the whole album. This album has a lot more metal than S&A, and to me that is a good thing. I am actually excited for a Rush tour for the first time since VT and even though they aren't coming anywhere near me, I am going to make the effort to see this tour. It should be interesting and more than a little different with the strings. I think the biggest problem with CA is that the story is way too disjointed, it's almost like random chapters from a book and many times a song will have basically nothing to do with the song that preceded it. Even the intro text to the songs doesn't eliminate this problem. And I think the album definitely fades a bit in the second half. The Garden should have been a lot shorter, kind of like the closing minute of Hemispheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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