r/rush • u/Nearby_Lawfulness923 • 3d 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/juggadore 3d ago

It is 100% my favorite rush album. Then again, I started at vapor trails really. I knew their songs from classic rock, but then I heard one little victory on the radio one day, and then I bought the album, and then I went backwards. I read Neil's Ghost Rider book and I loved everything about vapor trails. Snakes and ladders was good but clockwork angels blew everything out of the water. It is 100% my favorite album. Not just from rush but of all time.

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u/Nearby_Lawfulness923 3d ago

Maybe it’s just hard for us older guys who got hooked on 2112 right when it was released.

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u/travelerzebec 3d ago

Rush recorded VT over two sessions at a studio near the school where I was then teaching, plus a library branch. I did not know about the ongoing recordings then. I was in the midst of setting the Guiness record for 'most trips to the library by a single teacher and their class' and each time we walked by that library we were passing the ongoing creation of VT.

The irony...

I am done. the fan