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Artist ........ Rush
Album ......... A_Farewell_To_Kings
Ripper ........ nickman
Release Date... Nov-26-2003
Quality ....... VBR / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Grabber ....... EAC
Encoder ....... Lame



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On 1977's A Farewell to Kings it quickly becomes
apparent that Rush had improved their songwriting and
strengthened their focus and musical approach.
Synthesizers also mark their first prominent
appearance on a Rush album, a direction the band would
continue to pursue on future releases. With the
popular hit single "Closer to the Heart," the trio
showed that they could compose concise and
traditionally structured songs, while the 11-minute
"Xanadu" remains an outstanding accomplishment all
these years later (superb musicianship merged with
vivid lyrics help create one of Rush' s best all-time
tracks). The album-opening title track begins with a
tasty classical guitar/synth passage, before erupting
into a powerful rocker. The underrated "Madrigal"
proves to be a delicately beautiful composition, while
"Cinderella Man" is one of Rush's few songs to include
lyrics penned entirely by Geddy Lee. The ten-minute
tale of a dangerous black hole, "Cygnus X-1," closes
the album on an unpredictable note, slightly
comparable to the two bizarre extended songs on 1975's
Caress of Steel. A Farewell to Kings successfully
built on the promise of their breakthrough 2112, and
helped broaden their audience. — Greg Prato,
Allmusic.com



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01 a farewell to kings 05:53
02 xanadu 11:07
03 closer to the heart 02:55
04 cinderella man 04:22
05 madrigal 02:36
06 cygnus x-1 10:22

Total Album Time: 37:15 min

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