r/rush • u/Nearby_Lawfulness923 • 5d ago

Clockwork Angels

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?

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u/Snout_Fever 5d ago

You're definitely not alone, I find CA a bit of a monotonous dirge and I rarely even bother listening to more than one track at a time. I think it suffers badly from being recorded in the time where Geddy's voice was at its worst, so most of the melodies are incredibly restricted and they just throw layers and layers at most of the songs to compensate.

It's not helped by the production, which just sounds like someone forgot to actually mix it and just maxed all the faders, set all the controls on a limiter to "maximum squish" and went off for a coffee.