I'm not going to comment on the songs. They are all great, the executions are all great. But my Goodness, the sound.... it is beyond bad. I'm a drummer, recording engineer and audiophile. Dear RUSH, one piece of advice: Let go the computer. Make a commitment to NOT use any more plug-ins just for the sake of it. Where is Mr. Paul Northfield? He is the one who knows how to record and mix RUSH. I bought the CD, didn't "download" compressed crap, thinking it would sound as good as the RUSH CDs from the 90's and before. Sadness indeed. Didn't happen. Go re-record this album using a 2 inch analog tape machine, go Neve or SSL consoles... transfer it to the computer if you want, but for crying out loud, let Mr. Northfield do his magic. PLEASE.
UPDATE: I have been listening to this album a lot, and again... I can't accept the sound quality. Over use and abuse of compressors during mixing. I BET this album has been entirely mixed using in-ear reference monitors, on tired ears. The problem with this approach is that the unexperienced mixing engineer will undoubtedly abuse EQ as well. Excess low end, and excess of high end frequencies. This album sounds dull, insanely over compressed, no dynamics. This is, without a doubt, the worst RUSH album of their career, in regards to sound quality. They need to get the original flat recordings and give them to someone that knows how to mix and master.
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I'm sure they'll take good note of your adivce. But yea the production could be better.
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Album Rating: 4.5
"They need to get the original flat recordings and give them to someone that knows how to mix and
master."
Agree. Rush are a band that deserves good production. Vapor Trails was a total fuk up, Snakes&Arrows
sounds flat and CA is hardly any better, crap production compared to their old analog stuff.
Presto/RTB were tinny as fuk too.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
yea
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Yeah, the production is the album's only real flaw. It's not terrible though.
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The Garden is so good.
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Seven Cities rules so hard too
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Agreed.
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I need to 4.5 this soon
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Yeah bro, this was a 4 for me at first but it grew.
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Album Rating: 4.5
don't like Wish Them Well, 1 dud out of 12 aint bad tho
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I like Wish Them Well, it's not one of the best tracks but it's still good imo.
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Yeah, it's got a lot of energy but repeats too much
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Album Rating: 2.5
This album is awesome after the last song. I downloaded this album and burned it on cd and it was so bad I threw it out the window. I dont get why people like it? I would never pay money for this album and yeah .. Its not worth paying a cent
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yea
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Album Rating: 5.0
Based on the nature of some of Insurrection's comments, I'm satisfied to see that he is a big Protest The Hero fan
Now it makes sense
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
amazing troll account jay i see u put a lot of effort into it
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
to many gd trolls cant keep up
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
better at suckin dix maybe but rockin? bro dont even try
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
and booty shorts
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