Blue J Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Clockwork Angels is the most brilliantly-rocking Rush album since Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures...and the best written, best executed album since Hold Your Fire. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Clockwork Angels is the most brilliantly-rocking Rush album since Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures...and the best written, best executed album since Hold Your Fire.It has it's moments, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Clockwork Angels is the most brilliantly-rocking Rush album since Permanent Waves/Moving Pictures...and the best written, best executed album since Hold Your Fire.It has it's moments, for sure.Every now and then. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasbo Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Gave CA a spin yesterday after leaving it alone for awhile.It has some great tracks and some fantastic playing,but just find it a bit too over produced and too much of a good thing(over the top,bombastic,which I like).After it I had to play something mellow and less demanding.Perhaps I am getting old but those Rush guys are older than me.PS.Still really can't make total sense of the story line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugen Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Best album ever recorded? That's pushing it. It's a classic Rush album for sure though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctbadger Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I suspect CA rankings (and the rest of the catalog) are strongly correlated to the age of the Rush fan. Â I'm 47 and would rank CA somewhere in the middle or a bit lower in their catalog. I'm sure younger fans will rate CA and S&A far higher than I would. And many fans older than myself think any 80's and beyond albums (that is, Permanent Waves on) show Rush past their prime. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 It is the best album ever recorded in the history of the universe!!!!! A MASTERPIECE :rush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 It's a good album. And that's good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 CA is a Top Ten Rush album. I think the weakest tracks are BU2B2 (not really a song), Halo Effect, and Wish Them Well. Everything else kills. But as for ranking newer albums vs. older albums, I think SnA is one of their worst albums. And I think VT is somewhere in between those two albums. I try to be unbiased with Rush but it is difficult. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 It wasn't even a strong contender for best album of 2012. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 It wasn't even a strong contender for best album of 2012. QUIET, YOU! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Cub Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) CA was far away my favorite from 2012. Now that I think of it I can't remember anything else that came out in 2012 that I still love like I do CA... Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth was better than expected, but still nowhere near as good as anything before Hagar. It just didn't suck. Muse - 2nd Law is complete and utter garbage, the worst thing they ever recorded. Lindsey Stirling's debut was a total surprise. That girl can really shred that violin. Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day was an awesome live album. Holy shit. Edited February 10, 2016 by BowlCity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Clockwork Angels isn't top 5 best Rush albums recorded, but was it a great comeback and possibly great last album. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I think i feel the same with Blackstar by David Bowie, not his best album, but an amazing last album 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 CA was far away my favorite from 2012. Now that I think of it I can't remember anything else that came out in 2012 that I still love like I do CA... Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth was better than expected, but still nowhere near as good as anything before Hagar. It just didn't suck. Muse - 2nd Law is complete and utter garbage, the worst thing they ever recorded. Lindsey Stirling's debut was a total surprise. That girl can really shred that violin. Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day was an awesome live album. Holy shit. 2012 was when I first started buying music. The only 2012 albums I really got around the time they came out were CA, Muse's The 2nd Law, and Mumford and Sons' Babel. I love all of them to death, even if many better albums were released that year by other artists, even though T2L is easily my least favorite Muse album (a few epic highs, too many snoozy lows) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Its good but near impossible to compare to other rush recordings. The genius behind the strings give it an unfair advantage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Prompted by the praise its getting here, I popped the album on the other day. Couldn't get past the 3rd song/title track. Ranks at the bottom for me - only album Id put this ahead of is Vapor Trails. Edited February 11, 2016 by greg2112 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Prompted by the praise its getting here, I popped the album on the other day. Couldn't get past the 3rd song/title track. Ranks at the bottom for me - only album Id put this ahead of is Vapor Trails. :facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Prompted by the praise its getting here, I popped the album on the other day. Couldn't get past the 3rd song/title track. Ranks at the bottom for me - only album Id put this ahead of is Vapor Trails. :facepalm:In terms of being an album that can induce listening fatigue, I think I agree. Material-wise, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Prompted by the praise its getting here, I popped the album on the other day. Couldn't get past the 3rd song/title track. Ranks at the bottom for me - only album Id put this ahead of is Vapor Trails. :facepalm:In terms of being an album that can induce listening fatigue, I think I agree. Material-wise, no. To each his own, carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod in Toronto Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Four years after the release, I think it´s a good album, the best they could have done this far ahead in their careers, and a good swan song if it´s their last studio effort. But it´s not among their best algums imo. Not even close. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Prompted by the praise its getting here, I popped the album on the other day. Couldn't get past the 3rd song/title track. Ranks at the bottom for me - only album Id put this ahead of is Vapor Trails.Four years after the release, I think it´s a good album, the best they could have done this far ahead in their careers, and a good swan song if it´s their last studio effort. But it´s not among their best algums imo. Not even close. Two good posts. For myself, CA didn't stand the test of time. A few good songs on the album. Other than that, nothing memorable, and a far cry from their best album, and eons away from the best album ever recorded. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Prompted by the praise its getting here, I popped the album on the other day. Couldn't get past the 3rd song/title track. Ranks at the bottom for me - only album Id put this ahead of is Vapor Trails. :facepalm:In terms of being an album that can induce listening fatigue, I think I agree. Material-wise, no. To each his own, carry on.Not sure whether to have 2112's Soliloquy or that Kansas classic running through my head right now... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Carry On was a good CSN&Y song off of a great album. Now, I could see Deja Vu in the running for best album ever recorded (barely), but CA??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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