What do you think of these albums....

I do not have Clockwork Angels - the last Rush album I have is 'Roll The Bones', then I lost interest.
Tull's 'Roots To Branches' - I received the CD as a gift that came highly recommended by my friend Daniel, and it is my fave Tull since Broadsword. Many excellent moments throughout.
Naturally I jumped on the VDGG reunion release (being a long-time fan) and was instantly impressed with it - especially some of the improv pieces - took me right back to when I discovered Pawn Hearts (in 1990).
I had a taping of Magnification from a mate since its release - I listened a few times and thought it was O.K. Now I have the (3 sided) dbl LP in purple vinyl and having lapped it up the way I prefer, it is a wonderful album.
Really not sold on 'modern' Rush though.....

Edited by Tom Ozric - November 30 2013 at 07:51

Present is an excellent return from nowhereland for VDGG. A slightly more modern take on what you'd expect from later period VDGG. At times aggressive, at times beautiful, at times soaring. I agree with MS that it's the best album since their reunion.

Roots To Branches is a continuation of things they've been doing through the 80s. Straighter, more rock, less adventurous than the Tull of the prog days. That said, it is better than pretty much everything they've done since BATB, but doesn't really touch the prog stuff. Solid and if your a big fan worth owning.

Only heard Magnification once, never had a desire to again.

Roots To Branches is a decent album......Clockwork Angels is also pretty good....certainly not the best work by either band. Haven't heard Mag, stopped listening to Yes  after GFTO,.....nor The Present.

Magnification is good  The Keystudio material is much better.

Snakes and Arrows and Vapor Trails (remastered or not) is miles past CA.

chopper wrote: Clockwork Angels is good, but like someone else said, there's something about the production which makes it hard to listen to in one go.

What is with all this good talk about Clockwork Angels. Initially, I liked it a lot but it is growing old fast.I have been listening to it often over the past year and Im thinking that it is probably their worst of the new millennium. I'm liking Vapor Trails and Snakes & Arrows more now. Its decent but it gets boring quickly


Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - November 29 2013 at 06:20

Present sounded pretty good to ne (I heard it once). Better than Trisector, but my favourite post-2000 VdGG album is A Grounding in Numbers.

Clockwork Angels is, as far as I heard their albums, obviously the best they did since Signals. A rock solid 4-star album which indicates that Rush have not grown old yet.

I have not heard the other two.

Roots to Branches has 3 or 4 classic songs on it...Rare and Precious Chain, Beside Myself and the mind boggling This Free Will. The rest of the tracks range from 3 or 4 good tracks (Valley, Roots To Branches, At Last Forever) to 2 or 3 awful offerings (Stuck in the August Rain, Another Harry's Bar). I rate it a 3.5 star album....it's well worth getting.

Edited by BarryGlibb - November 29 2013 at 16:43

Horizons wrote: Clockwork Angels is bad, and that's coming from a man that cites them as their favorite band.

I must admit you're the first person I've heard say/write that. Most Rushians like or love it. What is it about it that turns you off and what do you think of VT and S&A?