A FAREWELL TO KINGS

A Farewell to Kings IMO is second best in the rush discography, only to Hemispheres. The sound is brillant and so are the songs. it opens with an excellent fingerpicked acoustic thanks to Lerxst, and then opens up into a rockin' song with plenty of geddys shrieking vocals and interesting time changes. next is my favourite song ever by Rush, Xanadu. the volume swells in the beginning build to an awesome repeated riff with the wind sound in the background, and the result is excellence. the rest of the song is just as good, and features Alex on the doubleneck, using the 12 for the quieter parts. Closer to the heart is one of the band most well-known songs, and everythig is perfect about it. Cinderella Man is the most underrated song on the album, and it has a crazy wah solo by alex. Madigral for me is just a filler song, but it is a change of pace and fits in nicely between Cinderella man and Cygnus. Cygnus X- 1 is the first half in an epic that would continue on to the next album (Hemispheres), and it is my favourite song about flying spaceships into black holes. All in all, this is one the most unique and diverse albums Rush has ever made, while still keeping a general sound that they are known for. if you don't have this album, find it because you wont be dissapointed.