2112

Prog Rock....noooooo!

This is the kind of bloat, self-seriousness, and terrible lyrics that people crave in their prog rock. 1812 Overture riff four minutes into the twenty minutes is a nice touch. Always appreciated how ugly Geddy Lee was. One of us!

Can I tell you a secret … I hate rock operas

Loved it at 16, outgrew it by 18. Good to hear again, but just the once.

Didn’t keep me engaged but did enjoy moments of this, the lyrics and influence of Rand are off putting.

Never been my thing

2.5

I haven't listened to this one in forever but even coming back to it especially knowing more about my taste in prog and everything... I just don't feel much for this? Like yeah the music is cool but I think compared to Moving Pictures there was more there that was catchy and interesting than here. Idk I didn't vibe with this one much (And that's without me paying attention to the lyrics which are about an Ayn Rand book....)

I mean. They're technically brilliant, and I like and respect their sound. And while it's their breakthrough album, this one just isn't very good. The only acceptable 20+ minute song is Alice's Restaurant.

threw me a bit off that more than half of the album was the first song. Otherwise solid prog and rock iin general. Not that much replay value to me, but solid. (2.5/5.0)

Die stem ... Een van de meest cheesy albums die ik ooit gehoord heb. Progrock had nooit mogen bestaan. Vooruit, "Lessons" is wel aardig. Twee sterren.

I'm with the priests of the temple of syranix on this one - "it's just a waste of time"

ehhhhh, not a fan

I know I'm supposed to like Rush, and there are a couple of radio tracks that aren't bad, but this just confirms yet again that I'm not into prog rock.

I confess that Rush triggers me. In the 70s the boys in my high school used their boomboxes to blast Rush in the hallways every day for years. It was like a hostage situation. That high pitched vocal was not my jam. I admit that on this album there is less falsetto, but still.. I do not like Rush!

Is it prog? Is it rock? It’s not a million miles away from Tarkus by ELP, and there is an early Genesis vibe on Tears. It has a very long opening track, which I was expecting to absolutely hate, but didn’t. I don’t love it either. I’m just not fond of the subject matter. And at the 14 minute mark, I was exhausted. The rest of the album is not quite so exhausting but doesn’t do anything particularly remarkable. It covers much the same ground as ELP and Genesis, and sounds more like indulgence than innovation.

h: a passage to bangkok c: tears

This album made me listen to tuning and a stereo typical pentatonic riff to represent Bangkok. It was a different time but I was expecting something less…gratuitous from literal pioneers of progressive rock (perhaps ironically so)

When I say I love Rush I realize that it’s Neil Peart I loved and that I ‘love’ about 10 Rush songs and that’s that. This album not the Rush sound I dig .. musicianship TOP but .. too Styx styley for me

Not my thing.

They got better. The songs. Not the band. They were always kick ass musicians. But the songs got better which even helped reign in Geddy's fractured Plantic shriek. But shed not a tear that falls from eyes - they're gonna be OK once the suburbs take hold.

Not bad for a prog album, the musical doodling has a little more direction, well a little more, lyrical content is .. well if it’s your connection good for you, 1 day think I switched from that heavy metal vocalisations being 'yeah' to downright annoying and now it's only songs that have some nostalgic connection that i can contemplate enjoyment, and thats not Rush. I just don’t enjoy or want to listen to the excesses of prog. not really. 2 Star

Probably been 40 years since I’ve listened to this album. Forty yrs ago I’d probably given it 4 or 5 stars but now it only to get 2 stars. The second side is just not good at all.

2.4

Not my fav

goofy. alright musically. ayn rand space opera is probably the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

Ok

why is the first song 20 minutes long? yeah, its just giving oldies rock. this is good music for a tailgate. Meh - not excited about this music. Will not listen again.

Rush. Many dismiss them or ignore them. I’m not entirely sure why that is. I like their music……well…….certain songs. This is a decent album.

Sonaba bien pero todo igual, muy repetitivo

It was ok

Not for me. I have heard about this album forever and finally heard it for the first time. Even as a fellow Canadian I just don't get the hype

Meh

This album was played on repeat in Randy Van Gelder’s car. Randy used to drive me to high school in 9th grade. His Mazda had custom installed neon lights underneath the seats. While this album brings back a certain nostalgia from those times, it makes me appreciate that I never have to rely on a ride in that car again.

This is the same guitarist from Moving Pictures?? I’m movin’ now! There were nice moments in 2112 and A Passage to Bangkok, but the back half—and Tears especially—was a hard pass.

Its was okay. Not my thang 💋✌

The album you discover in high school that makes you go 'woah, you can do THIS with music?'. Or at least that's how it was introduced to me by my mate's dad who was at home because his licence was suspended for drink driving. By virtue of having 2112 the song in my playlist, I have listened to this album many times. Sort of, I have listened to the second half once and the first half many times. At first, being 15 and the novelty of a 20 minute sci-fi short story song seems really cool. Then you grow up and find out that it's some libertarian/objectivist schlock and it feels a bit grimy. But the instrumentals are still very cool even. I still can't really tell if there are parts of the song I dislike from how many times I have sat through it 'meek shall inherit the earth' line, Geddy Lee's over the top vocals in the part where the protagonist kills himself, whatever. Having said all that, the III. "Discovery" and V. "Oracle: The Dream" parts of the song are banging. The very end of this is kind of cringe though, can't explain it but the last voice-over feels very lame and I always skip the song before it comes on. The only thing I can recall from the second side after a couple of listens from this album is how corny A Passage to Bangkok is. Other than that it's entirely forgettable and I'm unsure if it's because of how the second half lives in the shadow of the first or if it's genuinely boring music (it's probably both). Overall, 2112 is a cool song but AS AN ALBUM this kind of sucks. There's no reason you would own this album instead of just listening to the song on a streaming service unless you were a member of the Ayn Rand fan club/NAMBLA. Highlights: 2112

Wasn’t a huge fan. Talented musicians and fine production, but none of it really resonated.

pretty silly

They got me, I listened to it. I won't be doing it again though

Music immediately no, but… I can’t stop looking at the cover. So two stars for that.

A 70s Prog Rock album inspired by Ayn Rand sci-fi..what could go wrong? I suppose it was somewhat interesting to hear the influence of Zeb and Deep Purple from their albums I had heard earlier in the list - although I wasn't really into where they went with them.

The most exciting thing about this album was discovering it was only 38 minutes long. Listening to it before dying has not made my life any richer in any discernible way. There are so many mediocre 70s rock albums on this list that bring little to the process and this one sits anonymously amongst them l.

not my favorite Rush record.

I listen to it wasn't sure what was going on 3 out ot 10

Why did they do that first track its the pretentious nonsense that makes it so hard to love Rush albums, it has several fantastic potential Ideas for songs but mushed into a mess. All the tracks after that are fantastic tight examples of classic rock and love them, which makes it hard to score as an album.

Okay guitar wankery. Only liked The Twilight Zone

eh, okay

группа РАШ доводит меня до уныния, хоть она и довольно бодрая

I'm not really sure what to rate this. I was close to turning it off within the first few minutes. It gradually got better after that. The last couple of tracks were very repetitive. It gets 2 stars.

Hortera y no me ha parecido muy inspirado. 2

Although it was interesting in the musical arrangement it was not enjoyable though not enough to hate it.

I only knew of Rush as a rock band so the first song on this album being over 20 minutes long took me by surprise. It has a lot of twists and turns and while I don't know what genre they are categorized in I would put this heavily in stoner-rock. Its definitely an album that you have to close your eyes, lean back, and just take in. It was a great ride though. I liked the first song more than the other 5.

2112

No band better fits the idea of “clearly very talented musicians, but not for me” than Rush. If only they made songs I liked.

Not my thing at aaaall

mid. didn’t really make an impression on me

All a bit too Spinal Tap-y for my taste!

Rush! Not my classic rock of choice. (13 known/24 new)

Top tier air guitar album, but Ayn Rand can go fuck herself

é um álbum legal. Mas nenhuma música me chamou a atenção. Acho que esse é um dos albums que teria que assistir o artista tocando live. Tanto que a primeira música e as versões lives foram mais interessante. Gostei de Something For Nothing.

Not my style of music, can still appreciate the musical talent though

The palindromatic 2112 gave me the same feelings as the previous Rush album; really good music with the lead singer way out of his range. Highest I can go is (2.4*s)

Another decent entry from Rush but I'm not fully onboard with Peart's nod to Ayn Rand. I'm all for anti-totalitarianism but these influences feel like a young person's phase and aren't really necessary. The album (and specifically "Overture") standalone as art and don't need all this symbolism to be good. Still, first half is better than the second. I don't love "Passage to Bangkok" but B-side improves a bit afterwards. Downgrading a smidge for the album art which isn't great stylistically but also just doesn't work with the original naked man removed (it's contrasting individuality and the masses so it needs the hero and the Solar Federation Red Star to work). A better album than a concept, I think we've all learned some "Lessons" here, and Rand is certainly no genius. 2.25

I'll give Rush credit for ignoring the critics/management and doubling down on their progressive rock path but this one was no where near as good as Moving Pictures. Side A was kinda cool but I wasn't vibing as much with the instrumentals compared to MP. I found "The Temples of the Syrinx" a bit lame. Side B was a bit better but "A Passage to Bangkok" cheesed it up with the Siamese chimes. "Lessons" lead the pack. I'm not really on board with this album as a must listen before death. Still not terrible...2.112 stars.

I like the build up and the entrance of the heavier instrumentals but lost the way a bit in the end.

First track is 20 minutes and some of it just sounded like they were tuning up. It had already lost me by this point

I will defend Rush's right to make music like this but you can't make me like it

Doesn’t sound inspired to me :(

13th of 1001 albums to hear before I die Rush. 2112. Here we go. I am supposed to like Rush. I’m Canadian. Like rock and metal. Play drums. Yet… I really don’t like them. This old lady I used to work with loves rush. Her son did and she did because of that. She thought I did and would always talk about Shane loving this band so much. However , I do not love this band. Song songs are great. Geddy is a great bassist and Peart is obviously amazing. But I never really liked them or listened to them much. I actually thought 2112 was the same song at the beginning of frizzle fry. But I was wrong. That’s YYZ. Great song but not on this album. I found this one boring tbh. Greatest musicianship. Boring 2/5

I'm not listening to Rush

No thanks. This Rush-album is sorted into the crate of rejects from my dad vinyl collection collecting dust.

This is definitely a high-quality album. I'm just rating based on personal enjoyment, and this just isn't my thing at all.

Meh. I don't care for Rush

I understand Rush's appeal. Extreme musicianship at a time in the mid 70s-80s when that sort of thing was rewarded. For me, however, their music lacks soul. I mean, "Tom Sawyer", sure. "Limelight", ok. "Fly By Night", alright. But beyond that it's gonna be a pass for me. Sorry Rush-heads.

Meh.

Cool, Not mine

I get that they are technically talented, but it just doesn't sound good to me

okay

*Oh, let me check how far I have progress in the album. ONLY THE FIRST SONG? 20 MINUTES LONG??? BROOOO* Not doing much for me 2/5

Mid

There's no need to push 7 songs together to make it 20 minutes long

sure

Dobry prog rock, fun, raczej nie wrócę, chyba, że w piwnicy rodziców oświetlonej blacklightem. Top track: A Passage to Bangkok - smoke weed everyday, eeeee

This can't be the most influential Rush album...

I fucking hate the trope that the POWER OF ROCK AND MUSIC AND INDIVIDUALITY will conquer some oppressive regime. And since these morons are objectivists the regime they’re overthrowing is all about…equality and the meek inheriting the earth. How fucking oppressive?? Stupid. But the music is fun. Rush is better in smaller doses.

Fun vibe, but not something I'd come back to.

That's what I call "hard rock cafe rock". Lame. Boring. Not something that I would love to hear all the time.

Top-notch musicianship of course, and I usually dig prog rock, but....this one went *whoosh* right over my head and I just could not get into the headspace required to enjoy it. I know prog rock is all cheesy, but there is something especially so about Rush and this album in particular that makes me roll my eyes more than usual.

Not my cup of tea.

En mycket svag tvåa.

American rock. Not for me

No matter how hard I try to get into Rush, I just can't.

I’m just not a big Rush guy. After many attempts, live and otherwise

Rock, 1976 -> 2

Rush are a band that I’ve never listened to and tbh I don’t see myself becoming a big fan. I’ve given it a couple of listens and it has grown on a little, so I’ll likely revisit it. However, not entirely convinced it’s a must hear album.

Np

It did not move me, personally

in the year between rush making a very amateurish and full-of-visable-seams (but endearing!) stab at prog, and the oiling up of their prog ideas into a respectable machine (albeit one that has a couple tendencies not to my personal tastes), they put out this weird transitional album that for me lacks the strengths of whats on either side of it but is positioned at just the right point to be inevitably remembered as a classic for people more sold on the band than me. i was determined to force the B-side to make an impression on me but nothin doin i suppose!!!! it takes a couple more records for me to get a lot out of rush's "normal" songwriting abilities,,,i cant quite articulate what doesnt work for me other than continuing fan fiction of bands i dont super like, and a certain structural choppiness thats in a LOT of the band's material (its p much my biggest problem with them) but is less irksome in the context of the big multipart epics. speaking of which the title track's fine lol, but honestly i kinda end up preferring the super rough yet Cute prog attempts on caress of steel. i dont wanna say its not growth, it definitely is, but its growth in just the right space to be less to my tastes. deffo not my favorite band as u can tell lol but they are capable of making great music, i am (very) slowly working thru their discog

The more rock albums this site pushes to me, the more demanding I feel for one of them to stand out

Listened to this yesterday morning and can’t for the life of me remember it. Didn’t hate it.

Singer has an annoying voice, turned me off the album entirely.

Rush is one of those bands that you either make your whole personality or you kinda shrug your shoulders at. I’m shrugging my shoulders. It’s mostly just fine. I think the rock vocals are good, the instrumentation is interesting, but every song sounds the same to me. 2.5/5

Not my jam. Well produced, and the sound is cohesive.

I dont like that kind of music, sorry!

I must admit I don't know Rush. But the sound is very 70s, not so unexpectedly. Probably great if you grew up with them. But not for me.

Like excessively long guitar solos and high pitched voices on your frontmen and a dazzling synthesizer noise mixed in from time to time? This is for you. Not for me.

mehhhhhhhhhh

dgaf 5/10

Excited when it came up then disappointed. Thought I love rush, guess just the hits

meh

I'm sorry, but I'm not about to listen to 20 minutes of overindulgence, get the fuck out of your own ass Rush. A few more acceptable songs after the opener, but I just can't stand his voice, and that's a dealbreaker.

As bland as unsalted potato chips

Go away with your pretentious 20 minutes rock overtures.

Geddy Lee’s voice is an acquired taste, as is the slightly fussy kind of arrangements that Rush deliver – very accomplished, of course, very well executed, but – for me – all heading towards being clever-clever.

Fav: Tears Least Fav: A Passage to Bangkok

88 years earlier, it didn't impress much much at all. Favorite Track: "2112"

Was not bad, just doesn’t know what it wants to be, Kiss or Pink Floyd

rush is always solid. this just didn’t quite hit. could i write poetry to this? n

If you knew me, you'd probably assume I was one of those guys who won't shut the fuck up about how great Rush is. And I probably would be if I didn't hate Geddy Lee's voice.

20 minute medley? No thanks.

I just can’t do Geddy Lee’s voice, but it was less grating on this album. Prog is fine, this just went on for too long with nothing to keep it exciting.

Vocal style doesn't seem to fit the music - the music demands something richer but the vocalist sounds a bit like a folk singer trying to sing to loud

What in the world did I just listen to

I genuinely enjoyed Moving Pictures, but I think it's safe to say I'm not ever going to be a huge Rush fan. Much respect, but this one wasn't for me.

No, Rush...

I don't see what all the fuss is about. "Tears" is very nice.

If the singer never sung, this would have been great. Not a fan of his voice at all.

Not my bag

Was weird: sometimes screechy, sometimes self indulgent, sometimes really pretty, but nothing made me want to listen to it again.

2112 A prog rock comeback album? Sounds so pure, male and navy blue. Who's music is this? Is it corporate or corporal? The first 5 or so minutes of the 20 minute opener are good (if never ending) but in then end it left me so cold, this is more ranting riff than review. How is it so boringly familiar and yet troubling...? Ayn? “Breakfast of champions” music for young aspiring hard right politicians?. ... The insecure kind; who want Authoritarian figures to usher in reassuring economic Feudalism (as late-stage-capitalist fades away in a non-televised denouement). In 2024, we have some real Dr Strangelove-esque leaders rising in many western democracies. And they are jealous of the chief Oligarch. They want the same. Maybe ...This is their music? For fist punching the air. Saluting themselves in the mirror. Before occupying the high ...tower in the sky. Great cherry faux American soundtrack for an opening to a post apocalyptic dystopian dictatorship series. Encore, Non! Je Name pas!

I have to say I took no notice of Rush after reading an interview in either MM or NME in the late 70’s, in which they espoused the writing of Ayn Rand. I listened to this - musically talented, but not big on the vocals.

Lo veo y entiendo, pero namas no me pasa. Chance en otra vida me gustaría. 2/5. La segunda mitad mucho mejor.

title track maybe too long, concept is interesting, wouldn't be against listening to it again but wouldn't go out my way to play it again

Sopivan mittainen rock-ooppera. Aistin tulevaisuudenvisioita? Päätellen nimestä ja siitä vähästä, mitä kuuntelin sanoituksista. Sopivasti vähän kikkelihevulaulannan suuntaan ja psykeen, kuitenkin rockia. Itsestäänselvyydet kuten sen ”Aasia-pimpelipompelin” olisi voinut jättää välistä, haiskahtivat tympeiltä ja mielikuvituksettomiöta. Tosiaan: oliko tässä paljoa omaperäisyyttä, tenhoa? Melkein kolmonen, mutta kaatuu tuohon.

Ok, he uskovat, että koukut voi korvata sovittamalla useampi biisi-idea sinfoniaksi. Olen silti vastaanottavainen heidän kitarasoundilleen ja bändin soinnille. Niin, soitto kuulostaa ihan hyvältä, siis.

Lyden er som den nu er. Og den lyd er ikke lige mig. De topper op en et 20 minutters uendeligheds epos som start nummer...

I didn’t think Rush were too bad when I got one of their albums way back at the start of this journey but maybe that was just a fluke album, or maybe I was more full of optimism and hope for this list of albums. Either way, this one isn’t doing it for me, plus the vocals are even squeakier than I remember so I’m marking off a star for that

Meh

Interesting guitars

Hard to care for an album when half the runtime consists of an overlong song with banal storytelling and bland sounds. The second side has some strong songs outside of that - though this seems to run contrary to the consensus - mainly The Twilight Zone, Tears and Something for Nothing.

It's Rush. No more. No less. Not very exciting. You dont need to hear it. No songs about radio towers on this album. At least it didn't give me yet ANOTHER fuckin' Yes album.

I can’t say there’s NEVER been a good 20+ minute track. But…

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

Just couldn't get into it

I'm a fan of prog-rock, but I'm not a fan of this album and can't see what all the fuss is about.

I think if it wasn't for rushes unique voice, rush would not be as big as they are

The meandering weirdness of rush amd geddy lee.

A 20 minute song to start is outrageous. I enjoyed "Twilight Zone" and instrumentally it's decent but kinda bland and the vocals are just not my taste.

Cock rock with extra steps

Good band from the 70’s-80’s. This album not their best stuff. Some nice hits, though.

First 5 minutes: ugh, this is such a slog. Next 15 minutes: wow, this is incredible! “A Passage to Bangkok”: this is pretty good, but that riff is kinda racist, isn’t it? The rest of side 2: ugh, this album just died. When does it end?

Ei ihmeellinen mun makuun. Ihan hyvää soittoa joo

20 minute song right up front? Alright I’m in. I understand why people love Rush and thought this was a good album but I couldn’t pick a song that stood out.

i think i dissociated through this bc all i remember was hitting play, returning to work, and then the beach boys being back on

I think I would have liked "Something For Nothing" if it wasn't after everything else.

*BIAS ALERT * I give the production an “Eh” I give Neal Peart’s drumming an “Eh plus” But otherwise I will never not see Rush and Geddy Lee as silly. 2112 Overture was not over soon enough. One listen to this album is sufficient.

It's a great sound, they're obviously amazing players. I like it when it's on, but when it's finished I don't feel any need to recall it or listen again.

2.5 that 1st song lasted a day and the Ayn Rand lyrics at the end were funny. Freedom isnt free!

Hadn’t heard of any of these tracks, but I didn’t hate it!

Impressive musicianship but doesn’t really do it for me.

Some weird prog/heavy metal sci-fi story about a found guitar and a priest destroying it. Falsetto voices bombastic guitars, it felt very 70's. My buddy said he made a movie about it in high school. I luckily missed this growing up.

The opening track is nothing more than 4 or 5 different songs. I guess the story meant to be told is the connecting parts, but the music wasn't much, especially when you have fade outs and back ins for the next part. Felt like an unnecessary 20+ minute song. The rest of the album was pretty subpar.

What's up with the voice of Geddy Lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he talks like an ordinary guy? Either way, he's corny and Neil Peart can only do so much

Probably listened through about 5 times before. 2x this time. Good album, but not great. Somewhere between 2 and 3 stars, but I'm leaning toward 2.

Objectively, not good. Songs are ridiculous, Geddy Lee’s voice is awful. These guys got better, but without the benefit of knowing that, this album would never see the light of day.

So never liked Rush, singing sounds like screaming

As a proud Canadian, it is my duty to love Rush. I have fault my country. I fucking hate Rush. Rush is like that team of all stars who less than the sun of their parts. The band is unquestionably insanely talented (see Neil Peart) but they go nowhere with it. 4.0/10

Quite enjoyed listening to this. More of a 3 for me, but rounding down because Ayn Rand

# 211 : Can listen to this but it's not real good, had nothing I liked and I even skipped some of that 20 Minute opening track! Nothing stood out and I wouldn't go back to it. What an annoying sound!

That was a lot.

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.