After celebrating over 40 years together with the same trio line-up, UMe continued the celebration of the RUSH catalog with the release of this 40th Anniversary expanded edition of the band’s classic album “2112“, featuring an awesome new remaster by Abbey Road Studios.
Also with a newly designed artwork by longtime Rush art director Hugh Syme, “2112 / 40th” includes an additional CD of rare, live and previously unreleased material including newly-recorded tracks from 2112 featuring Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters along with Nick Raskulinecz, Billy Talent, Steven Wilson, Jacob Moon and Alice In Chains.
The epic “2112” album which guitarist Alex Lifeson described as “the first record where we sounded like Rush,” is widely regarded as a crucial landmark in Rush’s body of work. Although it was the band’s fourth album, it’s generally considered to be the one on which the band’s epic sound and ambitious conceptual approach blossomed.
Resisting record-company pressure to focus on shorter, more radio-friendly songs, the band stuck to its guns and constructed the album’s seminal seven-part, 20-minute title piece, a conceptual suite set in a dystopian future.
In addition to its status as a creative landmark, “2112” was also Rush’s commercial breakthrough, becoming the band’s first album to reach the Billboard LP chart and the first Rush album to achieve Gold sales status in the U.S. (subsequently certified Platinum).
“2112” is one of two Rush albums listed in the book ‘1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die’, and it ranked second on Rolling Stone’s 2012 readers’ poll of “Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time.”
On Disc 1 you have a sumptuous remaster, the best version of “2112” we ever heard, warm lush waves of music flowing from the speakers. Geddy’s bass sounds superb, bubbling away underpinning the perfection that is Neil on drums with Alex never sounding better.
An excellent job done by by Abbey Road Studios.
01 Overture
02 Ii. The Temples Of Syrinx
03 Iii. Discovery
04 Iv. Presentation
05 V. Oracle: The Dream
06 Vi. Soliloquy
07 Vii. Grand Finale
08 02. A Passage To Bangkok
09 03. The Twilight Zone
10 04. Lessons
11 05. Tears
12 06. Something For Nothing
01 Bonus-cd: Solar Federation
02 Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins And Nick Raskulinecz - Overture
03 Billy Talent - A Passage To Bangkok
04 Steven Wilson - The Twilight Zone
05 Alice In Chains - Tears
06 Jacob Moon - Something For Nothing
07 2112 - Live At Massey Hall 1976 Outtake
08 "something For Nothing" - Live At Massey Hall 1976 Outtake
09 The Twilight Zone - Live 1977 Contraband
10 2112 1976 Radio Ad
01 Bonus-dvd: Live At Capitol Theatre 1976:
02 Bastille Day
03 Anthem
04 Lakeside Park
05 2112
06 Fly By Night
07 In The Mood
01 Overture: Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins And Nick Raskulinecz
02 A Passage To Bangkok: Behind The Scenes With Billy Talent
03 2112 - 40 Years Closer: A Q&a With Alex Lifeson And Terry Brown
Rush – 2112 – 40th Anniversary 2016
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