A FAREWELL TO KINGS

Another masterpiece from the band (one of mine favorite album by Rush), with a sound more progressive and less heavy than the preceding one, it is enriched with acoustic parts and with the sound of minimoog and bells that give it a magic and mysterious atmosphere, especially in the Wonderful song "Xanadu" based on a Samuel T. Coleridge's novel, which talks about a lost eastern land. Others great songs are the title track with a very nice acoustic baroque intro by Lifeson, their first hit "Closer to the Heart" with great lyrics and the Wonderful "Cygnus x-1", with its sci-fi lyrics, it's the longer and more complex song of the album. Good songs are also the delicate ballad "madrigal" and "Cinderella Man". Surely it's an album that recommend it for who still don't know the band!