Rush - Clockwork Angels

It's a much more impressive album than Counterparts. There are a few "straight-ahead rockers" on here, which is probably why it's getting compared to that album. But overall the arrangements, performances and songwriting is much more complex and layered than the stripped down sound of Counterparts.

I think Clockwork is their best album since the Grace Under Pressure/Power Windows era. Snakes & Arrows was a damn good album and kind of showed the direction they would take, but Clockwork really nails it home.

Listened to some of it on the way home yesturday and the whole thing today at work. I don't think I'm in the mood for it, nothing really stood out for me yet.

chewie wrote:

Just got this yesterday and went to input it into to my RYM page.... None of my Rush albums were on my page!!!! I thought that I put them in..... Does RYM drop your info like that every once in a while?????

Had to input Rabin and The Gathering, as well.

That same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I swear I had all my Porcupine Tree albums listed but they weren't. Now that it happened to you too I'm suspecting something happened with the site. I swear I put those cds on the list.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

chewie wrote:

Just got this yesterday and went to input it into to my RYM page.... None of my Rush albums were on my page!!!! I thought that I put them in..... Does RYM drop your info like that every once in a while?????

Had to input Rabin and The Gathering, as well.

That same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. I swear I had all my Porcupine Tree albums listed but they weren't. Now that it happened to you too I'm suspecting something happened with the site. I swear I put those cds on the list.

I not the only one................ I thought I was going

It also seems to be a concept album.

Sometimes if you list a different edition other than the original edition, it doesn't show up on the band's list.

chewie wrote:

It also seems to be a concept album.

It is. Check the first page of the thread and there's info on the upcoming novelization.

S.D. wrote:

chewie wrote:

It also seems to be a concept album.

It is. Check the first page of the thread and there's info on the upcoming novelization.

Oh!!! I somehow missed that. back to page one then.

chewie wrote:

S.D. wrote:

chewie wrote:

It also seems to be a concept album.

It is. Check the first page of the thread and there's info on the upcoming novelization.

Oh!!! I somehow missed that. back to page one then.

Maybe you didn't put those albums on your RYM page after all haha

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

chewie wrote:

S.D. wrote:

chewie wrote:

It also seems to be a concept album.

It is. Check the first page of the thread and there's info on the upcoming novelization.

Oh!!! I somehow missed that. back to page one then.

Maybe you didn't put those albums on your RYM page after all haha

Clockwork Angels debuts at #2 on Billboard, selling a little over 104,000 copies in it's first week of release. Not bad considering how terrible record sales are at this point in history.

Glad to see Rush gain the No. 2 spot. Anyone know what was number 1?

Anyways, I'm really liking this album. "Seven Cities of Gold" is one of my favorites and "The Garden" is nice, sentimental closer too.

S.D. wrote:

Clockwork Angels debuts at #2 on Billboard, selling a little over 104,000 copies in it's first week of release. Not bad considering how terrible record sales are at this point in history.

it deserves it too. It is an excellent album.

Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:

Listened to some of it on the way home yesturday and the whole thing today at work. I don't think I'm in the mood for it, nothing really stood out for me yet.

I've listened to it several times and I'm not feeling it yet either.

I'm waiting to find it cheap. I haven't totally jumped on a Rush album since Vapor Trails.

It's a very dense record, the kind that takes quite a few listens to completely sink in.

S.D. wrote:

It's a very dense record, the kind that takes quite a few listens to completely sink in.

I'm noticing. Finally starting to click after a few spins. "Seven Cities of Gold", "Caravan" and "BU2B" seem to stand out so far. Listened to it a few times over the past week. Listened to it twice today.

The production is so very digital. It's a fairly heavy album but the modern digital production holds it back slightly. It seems very compressed to me.

ultmetal wrote:

S.D. wrote:

It's a very dense record, the kind that takes quite a few listens to completely sink in.

I'm noticing. Finally starting to click after a few spins. "Seven Cities of Gold", "Caravan" and "BU2B" seem to stand out so far. Listened to it a few times over the past week. Listened to it twice today.

The production is so very digital. It's a fairly heavy album but the modern digital production holds it back slightly. It seems very compressed to me.

It is very compressed, standard "loudness wars" b*llshit. The LP is less compressed and sounds better than the CD issue, it is more dynamic and there's a better sense of space to the instruments.

Digital download for $0.99.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MZU8R0

Not sure if this is a promo thing, a glitch, or what, but if you want the download for a buck, go for it.

Eyesore wrote:

Digital download for $0.99.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MZU8R0

Not sure if this is a promo thing, a glitch, or what, but if you want the download for a buck, go for it.

Amazon has been doing that recently. They had the "Ziggy Stardust" remaster for .99 cents a couple weeks ago. I think it's a promotional thing.

Thanks.

Got it! If I like it, I will buy a hard copy. I've kind of been holding off on this one.

DallasBlack wrote:

Got it! If I like it, I will buy a hard copy. I've kind of been holding off on this one.

If you like Rush to any degree, you'll like this one. I loved it on first listen.

Wurthless wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Got it! If I like it, I will buy a hard copy. I've kind of been holding off on this one.

If you like Rush to any degree, you'll like this one. I loved it on first listen.

it took me a couple but i enjoy Clockwork Angels a lot as well.

Over the years I've discovered that the albums that require several listens to sink in are also generally the albums that have the longest shelf-life to me. Albums that hit me right away are usually the ones that I eventually get tired of, while the "challenging" ones stick in my mind for years and years.