New Rush Album - Snakes and Arrows *

The producer said the new album has the vibe of an old Rush record, i.e.Hemispheres, 2112, I just hope he wasn't having a Bob Seger moment!

 

A Bob Seger Moment?

 

Bob was recording an album in the same studio as the Who in 1982. Someone asked Bob to comment on the Who album, Bob said something to the effect that it was the greatest Who album he'd ever heard...What was the album? It's Hard. Ouch!

 

I'll give Nick R. a chance here - he is a Rush fan himself, so I don't think he'd make the second coming of Presto (shudder).

 

Didn't know that. Though I actually did like most of The Who's It's Hard.

 

Presto will always be an important album/cd for me, still listen to it on a fairly regular basis. I am glad that each Rush release since has been different, each with it's strong points/merits. To me, Presto & Roll The Bones, Counterparts & Test For Echo explore different areas, and are extremely important to the Rush canon. Not bad for the 1990's!

 

I LOVE Presto and I like It's Hard a lot. Hmph . . .

 

No offense intented to the "Its Hard" fans....It's just not "Live at Leeds" IMHO

 

Let me guess, the new Rush album was recorded and mixed entirely digitally? Bah. Count me out.

 

The title track is one of Rush's very best.

 

Maybe you should try actually LISTENING to it before dismissing it?

 

I believe it was mixed analog anyway on nice big Neve. If you want to see the picture of the console it was mixed on go to my home page on myspace. It's the main pic right now. Studio D. Nice console and rack in that room eh? (eh, for the Canadian vibe ).

 

Agreed.

 

Here tis. This photo was actually taken on their day off. I had to take some pics of the console for the drum product we're doing at the studio. But, technically the automation and everything is set up for mixing their album. No one would know this otherwise of course but there you go! Nice console.

 

YEAH! THAT's why I love 'em-and, I believe, how they continue to exist. Evolve or die, basically. I haven't loved every track on every album, but I have liked every album at least in part. And I've been really the most shocked at their last live shows-MORE energetic that the first times I saw them 2 decades ago. Amazing they can do that, simply amazing.

 

To each his own. "If I could wave my magic wand" indeed.

 

Presto could have been a really great album, but the arrangements and production are really bad. Limp.

 

Funny that this is how I feel about GUP, which some people here (and elsewhere) revere. Quite obvious about the switch in producers during the recording (from Steve Lillywhite to Peter Henderson). Also, too many songs where Geddy completely drops the bass for keyboards.

 

I thought I read that Lillywhite outright rejected them and never did any sessions. Yeah, I think GUP was a bit too synthy and chorusy on the guitars , but it certainly had more cajones than Presto.

 

Found this:

 

But, it was still The Who.

 

A bit more info on the album:
Rich Chycki Comments on New Album: "Since the late fall, I've been in the studio recording and mixing a new CD for Rush with Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Stone Sour) producing. Recording was completed at Allaire Studios in Shokan, New York during November/December 2006. I mixed the CD in the Neve 88R room (Studio D) at Ocean Way Studios in Los Angeles. Experiencing their immense musical talent and personal integrity over the course of an entire CD was truly inspirational. And Nick is such an enthusiastic, focused talent as well -- a rocker through and through too. A small snippet of the first single 'Far Cry' is posted at rush.com .... enjoy the 'hemispheres chord' ... heh heh heh."

 

That's from http://www.mixland.ca/blog/index.htm just incase anyone questions it.

BTW Murph, nice sig - a HYF quote no less!

 

Hemispheres... oh, my!

 

AGREED! It was my fave song on that record from the first I heard it. I was/am suprised it never became more of a favorite/staple. In fact they never even played it on the Presto tour.