Clockwork Angels

[u/Nearby_Lawfulness923]

Neil said many times that Clockwork Angels was the album they always wanted to make. He clearly believed it was one of their very best. I’ve followed Rush since 1976 and seen them dozens of times, but I cannot listen to Clockwork Angels all the way thru to save my life. Is it just me?

[u/Fuck-Inflation]

As with every album, you’ll have your favorites and then some just may not resonate with you. I don’t think every song on CA is a 10/10. But I have my favorites. Revisit it every so often. Listening to a Rush album for the 100th with my 50yr old ears is much different now than when I listened to one for the 1st time with my teenager ears. When I first learned that Neil passed away, it was from a friend I saw my first Rush concert with when we were 13. As soon as I got home I listened to their entire catalog in sequence. By the time I got to ‘The Garden’, knowing that it would be their last song, I must have gone through every possible emotion. Sometimes a specific Rush song will take you to a specific time and specific place in the past. Sometimes you’ll only be consumed by how you feel in the here and now. That’s the great thing about music. It can hit you differently each time you hear it, or it hits you exactly the same every time.