![]() ![]() Neil Peart states: “All those paeans to American restlessness and the American road carried a tinge of wistfulness, an acknowledgment of the hardships of the vagrant life, the notion that wanderlust could be involuntary, exile as much as freedom, and indeed, the understanding that freedom wasn’t free. “Something for Nothing” closes out the album. “The Twilight Zone” was written and recorded in one day. “A Passage to Bangkok” and “The Twilight Zone” are songs typical of this time period of Rush. Hugh Syme, who would play keyboards on a number of Rush songs in the future, (e.g., “Different Strings” on Permanent Waves and “Witch Hunt” on Moving Pictures) contributes a multi-tracked Mellotron string and flute part to the track. “Tears” would be the first Rush song to feature an outside musician. The other songs on the album stand alone from the title track, with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson writing lyrics for one song each (“Tears” and “Lessons”, respectively). On the album, Neil Peart credits “the genus of Ayn Rand.” Rand, a Russian-born American novelist and creator of the philosophy Objectivism, wrote a novella entitled Anthem (itself adopted as the title of another Rush song, from the album Fly By Night) from which Peart borrowed the broad strokes of the plot. As he dies, another planetary battle begins resulting in the ambiguous ending “Attention all planets of the Solar Federation: We have assumed control.” (This spoken section was created by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reportedly “messing around with a tape recorder”.) Upon awakening he becomes distraught and commits suicide. He goes into hiding and dreams of a world before the Solar Federation. When he goes to present this to the priests of the Temples, they destroy the guitar. By 2112, the world is controlled by the “Priests of the Temples of Syrinx”, who determine the content of all reading matter, songs, pictures – every facet of life.Ī man discovers a guitar and learns to play different music. In the year 2062, a galaxy-wide war results in the union of all planets under the rule of the Red Star of the Solar Federation. 2112 reached Platinum status on February 25, 1981, shortly after the release of Moving Pictures in 1981, the latter being their biggest selling record to date. 2112 was so certified on November 16, 1977, along with the bands then current releases A Farewell to Kings and the live All The Worlds a Stage. ![]() 2112 was released in March 1976 and landed on the Billboard Hot 100 album chart, becoming their first album to reach Gold status. Caress of Steel contains two multi-part epics: the 12-minute “The Necromancer” (side one) and the side-long epic “The Fountain of Lamneth” (side two).īy their own recollection, the band stuck to their principles and recorded what would become their first commercial success, and ultimately something of a signature record. In 2006, a poll of Planet Rock listeners picked 2112 as the definitive Rush album.ĭue to the relative commercial failure of their previous album, Caress of Steel, the record label is said to have pressured the band not to do another album with “concept” songs. Rush repeated this arrangement on the 1978 album Hemispheres.Ģ112 is one of two Rush albums listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (the other being Moving Pictures). Technically it is not, as the songs on the second side are completely unrelated to the plot of the suite. Since the album is named after the suite it is sometimes described as a concept album. The suite tells a dystopian story set in the year 2112. The album 2112 features an eponymous seven-part suite written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, with lyrics written by Neil Peart. The Toronto dates of the 2112 tour were recorded and released as All The Worlds a Stage in September 1976. Producer, Arranged By, Engineer – Terry BrownĢ112 (pronounced “twenty-one twelve”) is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1976. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram, Inc. Lee *ī5 Something For Nothing 3:56 Lyrics By – Neil Peart Written By – G. Lifeson *ī4 Tears 3:29 Lyrics By – Geddy Lee Written By – G. Peart *ī3 Lessons 3:48 Lyrics By – Alex Lifeson Written By – A. Peart *ī2 The Twilight Zone 3:14 Lyrics By – Neil Peart. Peart *ī1 A Passage To Bangkok 3:30 Lyrics By – Neil Peart. Peart *Ī-VII Grand finale 2:18 Written-By – G. Peart *Ī-VI Soliloquy 2:23 Written-By – G. Peart *ĪV Oracle: The Dream 2:00 Written-By – G. Peart *Ī-IV Presentation 3:40 Written-By – A. Peart *Ī-III Discovery 3:30 Written-By – A. ![]() Peart *Ī-II The Temples Of Syrinx 2:13 Written-By – G. Genre: Progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metalįormat: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold SleeveĪI Overture 4:32 Written-By – G. Recorded: Toronto Sound Studios in Toronto, February 1976 ![]()
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