Name: Test For Echo (Remastered)
Brand: Rush
SKU: 316392
Price: 6.92 GBP
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Test For Echo (Remastered)

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Album: Test For Echo (Remastered)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Test for Echo	More Info...
2)	Driven	More Info...
3)	Half the World	More Info...
4)	The Color of Right	More Info...
5)	Time and Motion	More Info...
6)	Totem	More Info...
7)	Dog Years	More Info...
8)	Virtuality	More Info...
9)	Resist	More Info...
10)	Limbo	More Info...
11)	Carve Away the Stone	More Info...

Album: Test For Echo (Remastered)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Test for Echo	More Info...
2)	Driven	More Info...
3)	Half the World	More Info...
4)	The Color of Right	More Info...
5)	Time and Motion	More Info...
6)	Totem	More Info...
7)	Dog Years	More Info...
8)	Virtuality	More Info...
9)	Resist	More Info...
10)	Limbo	More Info...
11)	Carve Away the Stone	More Info...

Performer Notes

Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, synthesizer, bass); Alex Lifeson (acoustic & electric guitars, mandola); Neil Peart (drums, hammered dulcimer).
Recorded at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York and Reaction Studios, Toronto, Canada from January to March 1996.
Rush: Geddy Lee (vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar); Alex Lifeson (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandola); Neil Peart (hammer dulcimer, drums, cymbals).
In 20-plus years together, Rush has rarely varied from its basic formula--two parts musical chops, one part lyrical smarts, and one more part musical chops. This power trio knows its strengths. Drummer Neil Peart writes intelligent lyrics here about global subjects ranging from the Internet ("Virtuality") to comparative religion ("Totem"). But it keeps coming back to the trio's musical interplay, and Rush's ever-ready willingness to experiment with it. Alex Lifeson adds a nice touch to "Half The World" with a mandola, while Geddy Lee's synthesizer flourishes and off-kilter rhythm on "Time And Motion" are vintage Rush.
The most exciting demonstration of Rush's group synchronicity is on the instrumental "Limbo." It starts with the sounds of clinking chains and a bubbling cauldron, before charging forward--occasionally soaring--on waves of guitar, synth and disembodied voices (including a sample from "The Monster Mash"). This is the sound of an intellectual band smart enough not to take itself too seriously.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (10/04/96, p.62) - "...by clearly out-funking the likes of Yes and ELP, Rush prove, at long last, that art rock needn't be lethal."

- Rating: B

Mojo (Publisher) (p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[The album] witnessed the re-birth of Rush as a hard rock band....There's a warmth here that had long been missing from Rush's work."