Today’s the day… Can’t wait to get my hands on Snakes & Arrows and give it it’s first full listen. Sucky thing is that I’ll have to wait until later tonight when everyone is asleep. That’s the only way I’ll be able to listen to it uninterrupted. It’ll be interesting to read the various forums out there… to see what the general consensus is.
Also received notification that my Musictoday tickets have shipped.
Life is good!
May 4th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
First time posting on this blog…I subscribed to the feed a few weeks ago, and I’m just now getting around to posting! There aren’t too many good Rush blogs out there.
Anyway, I picked S&A up the day it came out, and it is definitely growing on me. So far, Workin’ Them Angels is my favorite, with several others coming in a close second: Good News First, The Larger Bowl, all the instrumentals, and Far Cry.
May 5th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for the kind words.
S&A is growing on me as well… I think what I’m missing is the faster tempo material — everything seems to be a smooth, even, mid-tempo pace. Not that that’s bad, but I think some of the instrumentals could use to be a bit more “manic”.
The chorus of Workin’ Them Angels pops into my head a couple of times a day and it’s not even my (consious) favorite. I’m leaning towards Spindrift as my current fav. Someone on alt.music.rush posted that the five songs in a row, beginning with Spindrift, is a great stretch. I’d say I agree with that.
It’s mature sounding and very well done. I don’t feel there’s any clunkers so far, but it’s missing some of the rousing anthems of days gone by.