Reviews (page 12 of 13)
Heavy drums
I don't know why I just don't get Rush..
Wow all the screaming! Rush was never my thing. They had a few songs that were ok and musically they were talented but that vocal style was rough.
meh
Pidin tästä joskus. Ihan kovia biisejä edelleen, esim passage to bangkok
Pretty self indulgent feeling to me, and nothing in particular grabbed me.
naja..(.
Meh. Not for me, nothing on this I’d ever intentionally listen to again
I hate Rush. Musically they are great. However, Geddy Lee has about the worst voice I have ever heard. It absolutely ruins the music for me. Nails on a chalkboard bad.
Not brilliant.
Interesting. Didn’t like as well as moving pictures
Not bad music but kinda long songs and not particularly special to me.
you need to have severe brain fungus tot think, that writing an 20 minute song about any rend is a good idea in any way shape or form. and the rest of the album is kind of meh and forgettable.
Listening to the intro the thought struck me that I don't really enjoy long guitar-solos. Then I remembered I like heavy metal so I thought "Ok I like long guitar solos as long as it's about dragons or devils". Low and behold when lyrics started it was about devils but I still didn't really enjoyed it. Can't really put my finger what it was but it just lacked a bit of oumph. I guess I'm just not a particularly big fan of prog-rock.
I can’t see the band name RUSH without thinking of a minor character from THE GOLDBERGS, Johnny, who is obsessed with them. It’s not the band’s fault that I now associate them with a long-running sitcom joke… but it certainly didn’t help me take this album seriously. Prog rock just isn’t my cup of tea.
Klingt wie Led Zeppelin. 70er Konzept. Oft überstrapazierte E-Gitarre.
This was much less interesting than I wanted it to be. I didn't follow the rock opera as closely as perhaps I should have, and the songs on the second side seemed lame. I'm sorry, Rush-ians.
WAY TOO COMPLICATED for my simple brain.
Just ok for me. Can't listen to much of them in a row.
Music was okay but not memorable
I get the rock feel and liked the instrumentation of the music itself but was never a fan of the lead vocals. give it a 2 for good 'ole rock.
Not bad, but the length of some of the tracks is taking the piss. I think this annoyed me enough to give this score.
I know it’s not a serious aesthetic/political treatise, and that the authority being resisted is more likely your parents telling you to turn it down than totalitarianism. But even so, what a load of rockist tosh.
Tappade intresse redan vid starten på låt 1, men albumet har absolut sina fina delar! Stark 2
Aldrig hört men bra/okej luftgitarrskompatibelt 18 m intro låt gör hela albumet
Spännande med 20 min låt, men inget som riktigt passa min smak.
20 minute song too long
I didn't turn it off. I've never been a Rush fan. I'm mostly turned off by Geddy's voice. But I made it through 2112. Ok, next...
Nothing special, not a fan of the space opera story either. Perhaps interesting if you were alive during the 70s.
Didn’t make my ears bleed. Still not a fan though.
I never cared for this phase of Rush's career. I do like prog, but I've never liked Rush's take on the genre.
besides the opening song the remaining songs were not memorable imo
Not my thing
Insane that they remastered this album and didn't get rid of the stereotypical asian sample in the second song. They really wanted to release a prog rock album with the first song but then the sound changed to a normal rock album. This album suffers the comparison problem of older albums. So many albums after this one does the sound better and nothing on this album stands out to make it different from albums that do it better.
Ok, not that exciting. I was a Rush fan in high school but never loved them. This album doesn't change that
Long. Just too long prog rock. Vocals are amazing ...but it drags even if it is under 40 mins.
So sorry to Rush but this is one of the silliest concept albums I’ve ever heard. Absolute goofball shit, endearingly dorky but that’s not enough to carry the album for me.
Progressive rock. Bastante rollo.
Rush has some songs I like but this album bores me
Progressive rock. Bastante rollo.
All kinda sounds the same.
Ayn Randian progrock?
Prog rock before they made radio friendly music.
Not my cup of tea
Pretty good. No "The Spirit Of Radio (Greatest Hits 1974-1987)", but alright. I am going to listen to "The Spirit Of Radio (Greatest Hits 1974-1987)" again and skip '2112 Overture / The Temples Of Syrinx'. It's just not their best work. Could have been a top 10 album cover if it wasn't for the bum.
This album is very much Rush with electric guitar and drum solos and the unique voice of the lead singer Geddy Lee, without which the band would be nothing. However, no particular song stands out; all but one sounds exactly the same. 2112 was a bold move to have as the first song(s), as it is over 20 minutes long and doesn't have a great transition from number to number. A Passage to Bangkok, Twilight Zone, Lessons, and Something for Nothing all do the same things but with different lyrics. Tears is the only thing that is unique from the album with its melancholic melody, lyrics, and slow pacing. Overall, it seems like this album was made for live concerts with its strong and lively energy, with Tears acting as a way for the band to rest their tired voices, strumming, and drumming. However, trying to listen to this while sitting in bed is mind-numbing and boring. I did not feel moved or delighted by anything happening. It seems like Rush simply delivered shit they already knew how to do and regurgitated it multiple times to please a live audience. Maybe I'm just not a big fan of rush and may it was the 70's but I'll pass on this shit.
When you see a quick 6 song album and then realize the first song is 23 minutes
Bruh, boring-ass, bitch-ass boomer shit King Crimson better 4/10
I like what that the 20 minute intro is trying to mix it up a bit but it really isn't good enough to hold my attention that long and leaves the listener exhausted ahead of the average/mid range songs that follow
2.5
Not sure I’m a fan
Geddy Lee singing anything above a normal volume is irritating. I’m mostly listening to these albums for the lyrical content so Rush’s appeal is probably lost on me. A 20 minute song about some hacky sci-fi story? Hard pass although I hate fascists like anyone else (most people?). The last song was prolly the best on the album
To much prog for its own good. Surely Rush has better albums than this. Oh yeah they do.
4.-liebsti art vo scifi Rush sind libertarians?? S rush logo gseht us als wür de dude de rot stern atanze 1. Lied: was wenn sie on snake steppe würet? S 2. Lied fangt miteme classic orientalistische lick ah. Aber boppt no 2/5 wür sozialversicherige nöd für prog rock ufgeh.
I continue to experience ‘70s hard rock pretty neutrally, with surface-level appreciation unless I give it extra attention and try to delve more into the instrumentation and lyrics. On this listen I didn’t put in much effort, so while I understood a cinematic idea was in the works, I wasn’t enamored enough to focus on it. The lead vocals had a lot of energy and I could feel the variation in emotional tone, but otherwise I realize I won’t find myself gravitating towards thing type of music unless it’s the familiar hits or something special to me. Wonder how I’d feel if I was in an arena listening to it live. 4/10
I enjoy it overall but it is nothing special in my opinion.
It's not for me, but worth a listen
Meh, der erste Track dürfte auch auf sechs aufgesplittet werden
Meh
Middle parts of Overture are alright, don’t care for instrumentals. “Twilight Zone” is pretty good. B side mostly sounded the same
Not a fan
4/10
Progressive music has come so far. As someone that is truly in love with the genre, I'm still not a big fan of this album. I can take or leave the first half, and the second half resonates well for me.
Very boring album to listen to. There wasn’t anything special about it. It sounded like a very standard rock album from the 70s.
Quintessential Rush. First song is cool
Over blown, meandering and dull. Disappointing
I do love a few Rush songs, but a lot of this blends together as typical showy prog and screechy vocals.
The first ‘side’ (the 20 minute opening track), just didn’t do it for me at all. Pleased to see side 2 didn’t follow the same format. After surviving the cheesy faux Chinese melody of ‘A Passage to Bangkok’, the rest of the album improved. I really liked ‘Lessons’, but this was the only true highlight. 2 stars.
Not listened to too much prog before, did this have a hand in the influence of 1980's soft rock? It was pleasant enough and melodic, not sure about the lyrics, but a thing of its time I suppose. Best track was Tears. Deserves a 2 for not being Tangerine Dream.
Thought I would enjoy revisiting this more than I did. Not aged well (or I haven't...)
Once again this Rush album peaks in the first 5 seconds with the big sci-fi swoosh noise. It's a ballsy move to open with a 20 minute prog rock track when the record company is demanding a hit to keep you on their roster. Fair play for following their artistic instincts, and good that doing so brought them success, but the record isn't for me. Forgettable and standard. Sorry, Daddy Neil! Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: The Twilight Zone Date listened: 14/09/23
p362. 1976. 2 stars. The epitome of 70s prog-rock wankage. Nobody needs a 20 minute+ opening track. And Geddy Lee sounds like his testicles have yet to drop. Bonus point for the musicianship, even if it is devoid of emotion.
Expected better
Tears is a favorite
Virtuosic, but not for me.
4 for musicianship, but the songs aren't great. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pff... Really don't get why ICT collegue says Rush is best band ever. Boring from second 1 to second last.
Just kind of boring
Listenable but can't say it grabbed me.
Music is good but the singers voice ruins it.
Not my kind of music but better than I thought it would be
??
Meh
Can't fault the ambition but sadly they fail to live up to their own grandiose expectations.
Shit Pink Floyd
The worst kind of prog rock.
I get why it's on here, and I enjoyed some parts, but overall this just isn't really my thing. I don't see much reason why the 20-minute song couldn't be broken up, since it's obviously separate songs already. Also fuck Ayn Rand.
I'm not a fan - It picks up a bit once you get past the bloated, boring first track, but it's still not good. I don't really like his voice. Some of the guitars are quite nice, but still the songs aren't grabbing me at all.
So I didn’t actually like any of these songs but every one of them made me smile. Rush almost sound like a parody of Led Zeppelin’s most prog-rock leaning material. The music is shamelessly over-the-top and even though I wasn’t totally into it, I always respect a band that stays true to whatever wacky, wild, ambitious vision they have. Cheers to Rush but “2112” isn’t the album that’s gonna convert me.
This is my least favourite rush album off the top of my head, with my core memory being "what's this I've found.. a guitar... i can play it... and make muuuuuusiyiiic" and yeah it mostly sucks theres some nice guitar solos and i like the leaning into hamster geddy lee in the priest of the temple of seres that rules Rush has so many better records though!!!
Very long first song. I can listen to it but wouldn’t choose to.
rush is good, but after this album. not my cup o’ tea.
I like some Rush. This ain’t any of it, though.
Supreme musicianship, but completely hopeless as music. All mad time signatures and pointless changes of direction every 10 seconds, it drives the listener nuts. For goodness sake just choose a melody and stick to it. Theres no need to try and shoehorn 30 different ideas into one song. This fulfills every prog rock stereotype and is a gift to detractors of the genre. It's practically self-parody.
prog is so bad
esta bien pero no es de mi gusto aunque si tiene un cancion que me gusto maso
This one totally passed me by, unlike the previous Rush entry. There were a couple of decent highlights (mainly parts of that epic intro), but overall it was quite samey for me and got boring quickly. The singer reminded me too much of Robert Plant at times, but not in a good way
2 Rush albums back to back.... The chances of that happening must be pretty slim. Anyway, this was nowhere near as good as moving pictures. Their sound changed a lot in those 5 years. This felt much more dated to me. His more strained vocals grated on me too. Shan't be going back to this album, I'll stick to moving pictures!
So what is this. Is it a prog parody? Is it a poor man's Led Zeppelin. It all seems quite silly to me.
Very hot take but this album sucks. The opening song is a boring 20 minute slog through a half assed Ayn Rand ripoff. The other songs don’t really do anything interesting or have anything interesting to say.
My disdain of most things prog rock continues, and given that I love Moving Pictures, I would’ve thought that it’d be different here. I found it too unfocused - cluttered with too much space and not enough hook to attract more than a casual interest. Forgive me, Neil Peart.
I get it, sort of.... but I don't like it.
A big improvement on last week’s Pantera album but not something I’ll likely ever listen to again. Pleasant enough though.
A prog rock album is inevitably only as good as it’s side long song about some weird fantasy theme. This isn’t quite for me, but I can respect the hell out of the musicianship. Everyone knows Neil, but I think the guitar playing is what stuck with me from this record.
Not absolutely terrible, but quite possibly the longest 38 minutes ever.
Sounds like Rush but this is average Prog to me. Well played but nothing out of the ordinary.
it had some nice aspects, but in general i felt the songs/songwriting was a bit generic, so nothing stood out
It’s possible I would like this a bit more if they mixed his voice differently. When it’s just one clean vocal it doesn’t really bother me as much I guess. I
The musicianship is impressive if overly complicated The singing is grating and hard to get past It’s fine
I really don't like Rush so maybe I'm biased. I'm a big prog fan but Rush just falls so flat for me compared to Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, etc. I can't really put my finger on what I dislike so much about it, maybe it's Geddy Lee's voice or his goofy lyrics, the guitar parts are mixed weird and kinda one note, I guess Neil Peart's drums are iconic but I barely noticed them on here.
Not my thing. Talented musicians for sure, but not something I enjoyed or will return to in a rush...
I’m sure this good. But I can’t get past Getty Lee’s voice.
Hyvää musiikkia 20 min rokkiepiikki... alussa... Kiva kuunnella ei sen kummempaa..
Nah, mate. I mean I listened to it. I could tolerate it, but it did absolve nothing got me.
Apart from Neil Young I don't think there are too many Canadian bands on this list, so I'm tempted to be a bit more generous than usual here. This is only their fourth album, so somewhat still in their formative years, and Geddy is still young so his voice is even more high pitched than normal. Kate Bush is similar with almost an unbearably screechy voice for the first few albums, but they mellow out as they mature. I think their later albums are better, eg Hemispheres (with La Villa Strangiato) or Moving Pictures (with Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, YYZ and probably my fav Rush song Limelight). The opening 20 min opus could be great, but its only mediocre. Tears evokes King Crimson, and Something for Nothing has the classic Rush sound. But overall, this album doesn't have a killer track that I would go back to again.
So here we are, the other Rush album. I should be less predisposed to this on reading it was inspired by Ayn Rand, but I think I've already made my mind up about Rush multiple times already. I see the ability, I see why a lot of people love them, it just doesn't hit the spot for me. Bits of it are great. Most of it just isn't for me. The little stings in passage to Bangkok are hilariously bad and strongly remind me of Spinal Tap.
I really was not in the mood for 70s rock, and I really was provided with 70s rock. Just arrived at the second song, and 76 is way too late for this hideous exoticism and colonial smoke show. The guitar playing is good, but not very inspired—living in an uncanny valley between 80s greats like Van Halen but after the more direct and unpretentious styles of earlier 70s. Overall it’s very self serious without good reason. It feels like it wants to be a concept album but just isn’t hitting it. I wanted to like rush but I didn’t
when i was 12 and heard a rush song for the first time (tom sawyer), i wanted to listen to more music of theirs, so i looked up their scifi rock opera concept album. at age 12, i thought it was self-important, boring, and a bit fascistic. my opinion hasn’t changed. it’s higher than a 1 because of the technical skill, but only barely. fuck you geddy lee.
I honestly can't remember if I finished listening to this album or closed the tab part way. Mediocre prog-rock wankery.
Ikke lige min smag
All i knew of Rush before this was that they are classic North American Dad Rock, and yeah, that's what they supplied. I bet they are great live, however the album did very little for me, felt like it was experimental in ways that didn't quite land for me.
Didn't do much for me. I feel like this is not the album to get you into a band like Rush. I didn't mind the 20-minute-long song but wasn't fascinated by it.
I think it was pretty interesting in it’s time but now I have heard bands that do it better, namely, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Also a passage to Bangkok is hilarious, just because it seems clever doesn’t mean it is haha.
I've been very harsh with each and every Genesis album this app suggested to me to now say something positive about... Rush. That would be in poor taste. So either I change my gradings for Genesis albums, or I just judge Rush accordingly. It will be the latter--even though I readily admit this record still makes Genesis shine in contrast. As chatty as he is, Peter Gabriel is a genius with words compared to Geddy Lee or whoever wrote this dumb stuff. Anyone impressed by an Ayn Rand story is just a moron anyway. And the thing is, the music is not so good either. Many times, Rush tries to imitate Led Zeppelin, but they only come off sounding thin and derivative as a result. Their instrumentation is often clichés after clichés after clichés. *Physical Graffiti* was released a year before this, goddamnit, and it's not so hard to hear the difference. Rush also steals a lot of stuff from The Who (that riff towards the end of the conceptual title-track), but musically, they don't have the sort of imagination Pete Townshend had for his own grand opera-rock statements. You can just sense they only copied tried-and-true formulas made by *others* to have a go at the charts. Unfortunately, it worked. So it's cheesy, it's derivative, it's probably conservative, and it's stupid. In 1976, the heyday of progrock was already long gone, and thanks to this record, it's easy to see why. Here, it needs to be pointed out that modern critics trying to rehabilitate this thing are just a joke. That 20-minute title track is just awful, everyone who's a little serious about rock music knows it... As a consequence, only "A Passage To Bangkok" (in spite of its daft lyrics, once again), "Tears" and *parts* of the clunky "The Twilight Zone" on side 2 can save this one from a 1/5 grade, and this thanks to few nice guitar, vocal or mellotron harmonies. It's still something to be happy about, but clearly, it's not enough to make this record an essential listen. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 811 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 103 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 47 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 42 (including this one)
Another artist I've never listened to before. The intro was absolutely awful, just all over place, a smattering of scattered musical ideas. Then the shrill vocals came in. We're treated to a multi-part opus about a dystopian world where the citizens are forced to listen to Rush by their religious zealot overlords (or that's how I understood it). With the despotic torture over, we move on to Thailand Express, where the lads demonstrate their acute knowledge of geography as they reminisce about the best cities to light one up. The rest of the songs are mercifully brief (relatively speaking), but no less torturous. Tears being the only exception (see what happens when your singer actually tries to sing instead of doing a shitty Plant impersonation?), just barely salvaging a second star for this slog rock mess.
The lead vocals are just too much to take. Really annoying. There are some good moments, but they are tough to get to...through that voice. Damn.
Never liked Rush but I gave it a chance. His voice is hard for me to listen to and I can't tell what he's saying. Listening to this album didn't change my opinion on them
i really enjoyed the explosion noises. that's about the extents. i'm slowly starting to realise that as much as i would like to get in to metal, i just can't be arsed with this type of cheesey shit, and that appears to be a huge foundation stone of metal.
Fun fact: The band was named after professional moustache and occasional goal scorer Ian Rush.
I can't stand the singers voice, the instrumentation is great though. But it's kinda overblown and cliché and I don't like it. 2/5
Ragbrai album 2: While I know that this is a pretty famous fantasy/prog rock album, aside from the vocals, it pretty much sounded like most other rock music from this era. Plus just have never been a huge fan of rush
Overblown twaddle
I found it a bit boring.
Wank fest (Or, to put it in more conventional terms, I never understood Rush's charm, nor was I ever able to connect with it.)
A weird prog, heavy metal crossover that I didn’t get.
I get why people would like it, just not my thing.
I want to like them, but the lead singers voice irritates me. Blaring electric guitars are not a favorite either.
A passage to Bangkok mest minneverdig. Litt ensformig. Ville nok ikke satt det på selv, men det er også litt på grunn av sjangeren
I've always wished I liked Rush but I just... don't. I think it's because of Geddy Lee's voice. It's a shame
Terrific technical ability and craftmanship but a ridiculous amount of self-indulgent, incomprehensible nonsense. Classic prog.
Sjukt att sångaren i hanson brothers bildat progg-band
Eh, it was fine. 2.5
I didn't have patience to hear it all. Sounds too much glam, arranjements very baroque, not my piece of cake
2.5
not their best
Oh Not really my cup of tea, Sub Genesis/|Zep/Sabbath really. Obviously Class musicians but a hint of originality would not go amiss. Wouldn't have this in my list unfortunately. "A Passage to Bangkok" is the highlight? for me.
4/10 Short Nice energetic rock. not very remarkable
Must be a 70s American thing...
Did not care for
Nada especial
Don’t really like hard rock, I thought some songs were okay.
Not great
Won’t rush back
Some good historical piece of prog rock. Though personally, it felt a lot more metal than prog rock to me. Lovely, to a degree :)
Bubbles might have loved this but I just kept saying, stop screaming at me.
20 minutes is too long for one song
The title song/s is at least lyrically interesting. Beginning with a biblical quote, before going into some world-building, describing a dystopian society run by priests where guitars are ancient artefacts. For the fact that electric guitars are merely ancient artefacts, there's plenty of guitar noodling as you'd expect from 70s prog rock. The fact that the world presented in the first track of the album is inspired by Ayn Rand somehow ties the whole thing together for me. Tepid Canadian prog rock inspired by an author who's work would in the next decades develop the most intimate associations with conservative and neo-liberal dickheadery. This album gets 3/5 from me, merely because my last review was MGMT and in comparison I find this tolerable. (The Temple of Syrinx and Something for Nothing are alright)
Not for me. I guess I'll have to face some more Rush before this project is over. While bits of it are fine and some great bass and drum sections, that voice is grating and I prefer less insane song structures.
not very strong but not surprised. idk what made them wanna make a 20 min song what da freak
I was hoping this would be a good introduction to Rush as, though I've heard a few songs here and there, I've never taken a whole album for a spin. Unfortunately, I found the lyrics far too silly and I'm not a fan of the frail and feeble singing. And the track with the out of tune guitar had this guitar teacher literally grinding teeth. Not destined to be a Rush fan. Still, glad to have tried them out.
Too much screaming. Some songs were catchy and talented guitar playing.
not that great 2
Bisher nicht so my cup of tea. Kann mit so Rockoper Geschichten nicht wahnsinnig viel anfangen.
Yeh alright, not really my bag, so 2 stars, but could've been a 2.5 just for insane guitar skillZZZZ. First track 20 mins long. Could hear how bands like QOTSA have been influenced in some bits
Not really for me although the first few songs were good!
Rock progresivo que es en realidad heavy metal progresivo. Conceptual y con muchos cambios de ritmo. Agradable para poner de fondo.
Nothing really special
false
Had to turn it off because it was making me mad
Ok rock
Far too proggy for my taste but can appreciate the skill and influence.
Ok. Some good tunes, but singing puts me off
Too progressive for me thanks! Nothing stands out as a track I can remember and there doesn’t seem to be any sense of fun to it at all.
Once again another album that just isn’t really for me. No favorites, will not listen again.
Rushing for the off button.
I know I am less averse to 70s rock/prog than others in this group but this was a struggle
How much Prog Rock must I listen to…. Why is there a 20 minute opener…
This is dire. Thanks a bunch to whoever decided that I needed to listen to it before I die.
This was unutterably unlistenable. As I am forced to give it a barely deserved one star, it must take a place among the very very worst of the one stars. Tom.
I cannot give this zero, so I give a one.
They try so hard.
Nič pre mňa. Určite sú to skvelí muzikanti, ovládajúci svoje hudobné nástroje, ale celok ma vôbec nezaujal.
Oh good, a self-indulgent 20 minute opening track. Inspired by Ayn Rand? Perfect… I’m committing myself to listening to every album on this list, most of them multiple times in the day. 2112 only needed to be heard once.
I never liked Rush, but this sucked. Canada, let's move on from this. We got so much more to offer the world.
Awful. Like absolutely dire
28-Apr-2026 1/5 Rush - 2112 (1976) Sitting through the title track, I likened much of the sounds to big-hair, power-guitar eighties bands music. But likely my listening is not nuanced enough. Tears (Track 5) seemed like the only departure from the power-guitar riffs and ballads, and is one that I might listen to again. In general, this album is not my style or taste, but I recognize the broader appeal it has - just not for me.
fuck rush
No me gustó nada.
Honestly not really that memorable for me I’m not the biggest rock fan so you have to do something really special here to impress me
Should I do it? I'm a little hesitant, but I think I have to give this one 1 star, giving full rein to how I feel about this music (without attempting to somehow be impartial), which is: I can't stand it; never could. It's the singer's voice most of all (WHY?!). But the music, too, is (for me) a bad combo of pompous and boring. I know some people like this -- including people whose opinions I respect -- e.g., Tom, Lucas, and Elliot Brandt. But, still, for me, it's a 1.
Never been a fan. I can understand their musical prowess and that they're talented but just not tasty to me. I can't abide the singer's voice.
not for me that
Barf …have I mentioned I hate Rush… yeah they suck…just not my thing at all .
Not my cup of ☕️ tea
I was wondering why the album was so short and then I saw the first song… 20 minutes long… Not really my style tbh, never realy was a Rush fan. Great guitar solos tho ! Fav song is ‘Lessons’.
I hate Rush.
this band again. i feel like im being set up to only give negative reviews broooo why do i keep getting bad albums 😭😭😭 and also i can’t believe most of these albums are even on a list called 1000+ albums to listen to before you die. i could go my whole life not hearing any of these and i’d probably be better off for it cause my time wouldnt be wasted nothing to say tbh just a bad album
God I hate Rush
#65/1001 🇨🇦 I was always a bit neutral about Rush until one record store day, one of their fans who turned up late tried to skip the queue by asking me to buy their record. I politely declined and he buggered off to pester other people. This made me think: "wow, this band Rush must be pretty decent." Well, i was mistaken. Best Tracks: Well not the 20 minute long opener.
Schreckliches Geschrammel. Abbruch!
Nop, no mi gusto
This sucks.
common prog rock L
Not a Rush fan.
I cannot imagine a worse sounding idea than a 20 minute multi-movement futuristic space opera about some Ayn Rand bullshit sung in THAT voice
Not a vibe
Cansativo... #2 salva, vá... Eu tento, mas Rush não desce até hoje.
first track, longest, didn’t like the others are ok but not what i would choose to hear
didn’t even make it through the second track
Is this a joke? I thought once the 20 minute space opera was over it might get better, but the Bangkok drug song was worse. I've always avoided Rush because I've heard tell of long drum solos, which is a sure sign of a band disappeared up itself. I was not wrong.
Eh. Not feeling it today.
20-minute prog-rock epics about the priests of Syrinx are very much not my thing. Neither are screamy metal songs featuring offensive Orientalist stereotypes. Self-indulgent, dreary nonsense. It would have been 2 stars but then I learned it's somehow based on Ayn Rand. Fuck this shit.
More my Dad's style
I hate this album. 20minute song one is an instant no from me. And no Tom Sawyer? Strike Number 2112. I'm out.
What an odious pile of shit. Bloated, pretentious, self-satisfied. Cloth-eared production, needlessly fussy drumming, hysterically bad lyrics. Jesus, this is awful and precisely why 14 year old boys should be allowed to get this stuff out of their systems in private.
My first thought was I’m happy it’s short bc I don’t wanna listen to this. I hope it proves me wrong My dog is head tilting to the first songs sounds so now I love it lol This sounds like a video game. I get why this is awesome but I’d have to be in such a certain mood for it ITS NOT SHORT THIS SONG IS 17 MINUTES OMG If I was a guitar player I’d like this more but honestly I just hate it so much I can’t even explain how much it’s not my vibe like turn it off. I hate his voice and how much energy it has
Did not listen :/
No thanks.
Because there is no zero
Incredible that someone could turn singing like this into a 40 year career
Horrible… First time I have struggled to get through a 1001 album. Not my thing. Lost interest and couldn’t wait for it to finish. No favourite songs.
I tried. It sounds like mediocre Led Zeppelin to my ears. It’s not for me.
Not my Cup of tea, blends into the Background kinda
20 minute "song" followed by what felt like racism and their singer sounds like he's punching his nose.
nope
This was a weird experience and I didn't even joy it at all.
🤘🏻
prut
First listen Saved 1/6 Top track: 2112
Nearly gouged out my ear drums with a rusty spoon. Would’ve rather heard the other Rush album.
• mag die stimme nicht so • nicht mein ding
I’d rather stick a metal spike in my ear than listen to Geddy Lee sing.
Not my scene at all. A struggle to listen to.
Hmmm I don’t know what I thought Rush was but this is not what I thought Rush was. This is Rush? I guess it’s like bad Queen and then there’s the crushing sadness of thinking you made it through four songs but it’s still the first song 🥹
I hate Rush soooooooo very much.
I would give this two stars just for Geddy Lee's vocals, but it's worse than that. I find very little to like about this album. The drums are just silly and the kick and toms sound totally dead. The guitar is either braindead riffing or wanky solos. This was a miserable experience.
Not my music
Album did not play
My god, Rush sucks. I'd say they should never give nerds bands, but Led Zeppelin rules. One twenty minute side and then a normal B-side. Geddy Lee has the worst voice I've ever heard. This might be the worst album that people actually listen to on the list. Prog rock is terrible. At least this album is short. Ayn Rand is both long-winded and pedantic. Two words you probably don't want associated with your rock and roll album. That being said, I appreciate the desire for freedom and the line "You don't get something for nothing/You don't get freedom for free" is true and maybe they should have stuck with that one lyric on a song on an album with different song rather than a 20 minute space fantasy story based on Atlas Shrugged. One of the worst albums by one of the worst bands.
nah.. dont like
Bored me
Technical proficiency doesn’t make a band great.
Meh. Dated, shrill, boring "Moving Pictures" is much better
A serious case of musical wankery.
1.5 stars This is my 2nd Rush album. I was skeptical going into Moving Pictures but was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it. I was hopeful this would be similar and found it to be tedious prog-slog. Couldn’t get into it.
I find nothing the least bit interesting or musical about this. I like some prog rock, but this ain't it. Full disclosure, I find giving any acknowledgement or credence to Ayn Rand extremely offensive.
Jedinica iz principa. // Bila bi jedinica jer je ovo sramota za prog muziku. Death row!
It was fine to listen to. A little anxiety-inducing at times. I wouldn't listen again.
I am grateful that overall the album is short but I still don’t think that makes up for an 18 minute opening song. Some fun riffs and range of vibes musically but the use of sound effects is utterly ridiculous, the vocals are insufferable, the lyrics annoying, the overall concept deeply tiresome. Put me in mind of the worst of Andrew Lloyd Webber. My first DNF.
this album washed over my and I took literally nothing in and not in a good way. this has confirmed that rush are for boring guitar YouTubers and guitar teachers [see also: Xtreme weirdly]. really didn’t enjoy this.
"Listen to my music" no thanks! When will it end? Uneven idea to have the first half of an album tell a mystical story all in one 20 min song, then just kinda have random separate songs afterwards on the B side.
First song is way too long, kills the momentum of the album with vague noise and guitar strums and such for a vast majority of that 20 minutes
Awful. Overblown. Annoying.
Dated mess
Sämsta sortens hårdrock! Etta.
I had a feeling I was going to get a great album today and I could not have been more wrong. Prog rock is just a no go for me. This album epitomizes my confusion with prog rock... is it serious? Is it sort of a put on like professional wrestling or are the members of Rush the biggest nerds on earth? Mercifully this album was only 36 minutes long, which was surprising to me because prog rock bands tend to be enormously self indulgent in my experience.
Jeez, what a way so start the week! Not listened to Rush before, and by the sounds of this, for good reason! First side was some kind of Ayn Rand inspired nonsense berating collectivism. Rubbish.
predvidivo, dosadno, naporno, tekstovi maloumni
I appreciate what Rush has done for the culture but this style of prog rock is not for me.
+-: 2112, A Passage to Bangkok, The Twilight Zone, Lessons, Something for Nothing -: Tears 4,0/10
Not a fan. Girls don’t like rush.
No. No. No. 19 minute opening track. Takes the piss.
Incredibly underwhelming. This record features some interesting instrumental ideas behind an unlimited amount of shrill yelling. Standout track is: “Tears”
Total wank. Mediocre songs and symptomatic of just how bland Canada usually likes things to be. Just fucking awful
Good playing bad vocals
Couldn't get through the first song. Not for me.
Like the soundtrack to an especially bad musical. The worst thing I’ve heard in a while.
cum
Oh God. No.
I know Rush. I was never a big fan. High pitched voice is too irritating.
Wow, it was hard to even imagine something might sound that bad.
I will not be in a Rush to listen to this again. Terrible screechy vocals / cringe lyrics. No idea why anyone would like it
you know an album is weird when not even a sudden chinatown jingle feels out of place
Hysterical nonsense
Annoying nerd music for people who truly believe they're more intelligent than they actually are. A 20-minute opener of the most infantile hard rocking pentatonic wheedling? I lost it at the fake fucking explosion sounds, and that was before the awful fucking glam rock vocals. At least the rest of the record is mercifully short in comparison, because this sucks ass, derogatorily. No thanks.
1. overture - 1.5 2. pazzage - 1 3. zone - 1.5 4. lezzonz - 1 5. tearz - 1.5 6. nothing - 1.5
For an album that’s supposed to be a grand progressive rock statement, 2112 is shockingly uninspired in its execution. The title suite, taking up the entire first half of the record, is less an ambitious composition and more a series of loosely connected musical ideas awkwardly stitched together. It begins with a blaring overture that feels like a checklist of prog clichés—pointless guitar arpeggios, bombastic drum fills, and excessive synth stabs that scream “epic” without actually earning it. The transitions between sections are jarring, lacking any real sense of development, making it feel more like a series of isolated jams rather than a cohesive piece. Alex Lifeson’s guitar work, while technically proficient, constantly veers between lifeless chugging and wandering solos that feel directionless. Neil Peart, for all his precision, overplays nearly every section, filling every available space with unnecessary complexity rather than serving the song. And then there’s Geddy Lee, who delivers every line with a nasal screech so theatrical it sounds like he’s performing an off-Broadway rock opera about Ayn Rand’s Anthem—which, unfortunately, is exactly what he’s doing. The second half of the album is where you’d hope things would improve, but instead, it just confirms that Rush had no real interest in making their music actually engaging. A Passage to Bangkok attempts to inject some groove but plods along with a rigid structure that never quite locks in, with a main riff that feels like it’s permanently stuck in first gear. The Twilight Zone tries for atmosphere but lacks any real tension, drifting aimlessly between lethargic verses and a chorus that has no sense of impact. Lessons and Tears are Rush’s idea of ballads, but they’re so bland and melodically unremarkable that they come across as filler rather than genuine attempts at emotional depth. And by the time Something for Nothing rolls around, the band just recycles their usual loud-quiet-loud dynamics with no new ideas, relying on sheer volume to compensate for the lack of actual songwriting depth. The problem with 2112 isn’t just that it’s overlong or self-indulgent—it’s that for all its technical flash, it completely fails at the fundamentals of good progressive rock. It confuses complexity with substance, theatricality with emotion, and structure with actual composition. There’s no real flow, no build-up, no satisfying resolution—just an exhausting barrage of musical showboating tied together by a clumsy concept that takes itself far too seriously. It’s an album that wants to be a masterpiece but forgets that even the most ambitious music needs something to connect with the listener. Instead, 2112 ends up as little more than a collection of overcooked ideas drowning in their own excess.
Hate this record, hate this band, hate the corny lyrics, hate Ayn Rand, hate their fans
a 20 minute song is crazy frr
Sure... kick me when I'm down... Seriously - Rush is terrible, and this album doesn't change that opinion. There's nothing interesting or catchy with the music, and Lee's shrill vocals tear through my very soul. I appreciated that he wasn't screeching on Tears, but that moment of calm was, sadly, not enough to undo the damage on my psyche done by the rest of this rot.
I just cant get into this band
It's just not my bag. I know it's much loved, but not by me...
Rush doesn't tell interesting stories, be they fantasy or science fiction, tho Geddy Lee may think he does. This isn't weird, it's boring, and when there is a reprieve of satisfying, even at times superior, instrumentation, you’re reminded of lyrics like: 'I stand atop a spiral stair / An oracle confronts me there.' 'Atop' and its kin are bad for music, unless its The Smiths and the literary is somehow properly negotiated. And when it's more stripped down (e.g. 'Tears'), it's unbearably saccharine, evincing a no-win situation.
Nope nope nope nope
Pre-listening thoughts: my brain thought Rush E instead of Rush 😭 whoops! Post/during listening thoughts: a 20 min starter… oh boy… I love prog rock… yeah… I just adore when one song takes up over half of an album’s runtime… and I love no lyrics until 4.5 mins in… and when they do come in I love screechy vocals that make my eardrums bleed… and I love babbling brook noises and guitar tuning for mins on end… and just when I think it’s over… there’s another segment… and more babbling brook… why couldn’t they just break it up into separate songs… aughhh Ok I feel the need to yap bc if they can get away with a 20 min track I can get away with a long ass review. The oriental riff in A Passage To Bangkok?!! Caught me so off guard??? I know it’s 1971 blah blah blah I’m the friend that’s too woke but like every time a song uses that riff I am always flabbergasted. Also Golden Earring’s Twilight Zone solos this one. The singing on this album is so grating. 2.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no no no Fav tracks: Tears Least fav tracks: the behemoth of an opener and like honestly everything else
Nowhere near as good as Moving Pictures which was essentially my first time listening to Rush. This album has none of the things that I loved about that record. Shame.
First song felt like a bunch of practice sessions and finished songs bunched together. Or maybe them experimenting in the studio. The album felt kind of boring.
*just noise
Really glad this hasn't had a revival. Tedious at best.
No
Na 2 nummers gestopt. Niet te doen!
ekki gefa mer þetta
Ru(bbi)sh.
Oh dear.
the first track is 20 minutes long. what the fuck. could've been cool if I could remember the rest of it
You know that guy from your shitty home town? The one who everyone thought was cool because he banged chicks, knew where to get the best weed, an always bought beer for the kids? The one who grew up to amount to nothing? The guy who stills lives in the shitty home town, drinks copiously and complains about how today's music sucks? That same guy who's now 54 years old - and while everyone else grew up, started careers, made families, travelled, helped build society - he's on the dole, on his 20th girlfriend in as many years, probably has kids he never sees nor pays for? Rush is his favorite band and this is his favorite album. Zero stars out of five if possible.
One of my friends likes Rush, but that's not me. This is uneventful and Tom Sawyer isn't here either.
Suena a algo que mi papá pensaría que sigue estando de moda entre los chavos. La verdad solo escuché la intro de las primeras tres canciones, pero me negué a invertir un segundo más de mi vida en esta banda. Prefiero pudrirme el cerebro viendo contenido tradwife dlv en tiktok por el resto de mis días a qué escuchar este álbum entero.
la de hacer rolas de 20 minutos con referencias a sus juegos de dungeons n dragons es ahuevo ley pa tocar rock progre? y llamarse priests de algo? es ahuevo? si no no sale? solo me da ternura de ser humano a ser humano pero ugh me suenan a todas las otras bandas de vatos que creen haber descubierto la magia en el sotano de sus jefes dandose acido en los 60s y q solo terminaron aprovechando su trip pa ser mas dlv. lowkey siento q le quisieron copiar a LedZep pero quien sabe.
No gracias!!!