HEMISHERES
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HEMISHERES
Hemispheres is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in October 1978 by Anthem Records. After touring to support the band's previous studio release, A Farewell to Kings, which saw the group gain popularity in the UK, Rush started work on its next album. As with the band's previous studio album, Hemispheres was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and Trident Studios in London with longtime engineer and arranger, Terry Brown -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
2018 - Part of Hemispheres‘ greatness lies in its consistency; there’s no drop-off whatsoever once the title opus ends.
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Rolling Stone
1979 - Overall, especially in “La Villa Strangiato,” Lifeson, Peart and Lee prove themselves masters of every power-trio convention. In fact, these guys have the chops and drive to break out of the largely artificial bounds of the format, and they constantly threaten to do so but never quite manage.
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All Music
Lee, Lifeson and Peart employ a number of tricks from the prog-rock bag here; (very) extended songs, multi-part suites, long instrumental passages, rapidly shifting tempos and time signatures, complicated unison riffs and synthesizer orchestrations. It's to Rush's credit that these elements enhance their sound instead of obscuring it.
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Classic Rock Reviews
The music is complex and flowing with a lush production.
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Consequence of Sound
2018 - All in all, though, fans who don’t already own an early vinyl pressing would do well to consider the remaster quality of the deluxe edition worth the price of admission alone.
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Odyssey
Rush makes their most flawless record yet that is still mind blowing to this day
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Spill Magazine
Hemispheres certainly packs a punch as Rush reintroduces one of their strongest records to the world. Hemispheres remains an essential classic and with the addition of their 1979 Pinkpop set, Rush perfectly encapsulates their sound in and out of the studio from this era of their career.
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Cygnus-X1
Dazzling lyrics, powerful music. Rush does it again. It's Rush, once again, at their finest. Epic and intense, this is one that you can not miss.
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Smart Bass Guitar
Hemispheres is another Rush album that feels very complete. At 4 songs and just over 30 minutes of combined play time, the album feels like it gets out everything it needs to say.
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Music Tap
2018 -- But it is a good ride, an often neglected ride, and on heavyweight vinyl adorned with new art by longtime graphics associate Hugh Syme, it looks and sounds fantastic.
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Planet Mosh
2015 - Album closer ‘La Villa Strangiato’, Rush’s first instrumental is a master class in heavy, progressive rock. It really has it all signed, sealed and delivered in 8 glorious minutes.
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Amino
Hemispheres is a progressive rock masterpiece that gets better with every listen.
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Louder Sound
2016 - An almost impenetrable opening side, a flawless side two, a 'perfect' instrumental and a naked man standing on a brain. Rush's Hemispheres, what's not to like?
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The Midlands Rocks
2018 - revisiting the album and looking at its place in the history of the band has highlighted what an interesting part it played in their career, not mention being a fascinating record as well
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U Discover Music
2018 - The album perfectly captured where their heads were at the time and showed the trio’s ability to construct an extended conceptual aesthetic, brought to life with skilful and inventive musicianship.
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The Moshville Times
2015 - Hemispheres is a tale of two sides: the first side is not that bad (damning with faint praise!); but the second side, starts off by being brilliant and gets better with each track!
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
I cannot deny the high quality of the album. No Rush fan should be without it. It's kinda short, but there's a good remedy for that; play it twice.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
The album is ok, pretty good overall.
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Only Solitaire
All in all, Hemispheres is just like a transitional album for Rush should look like. There's the "minimalistic fantasy prog" side, which is on the wane, and the "synth based avantgarde prog" side, which is on the rise.
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Mark's Record Reviews
Hemispheres finds Rush once again creeping forward into greater diversity, songwriting beauty and instrumental prowess.
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Saint Louis University
In the process, Rush explores rock, jazz and everything else in between. Alex's guitar work here is extraordinary and the other two ain't whistling Dixie either.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
The second half of Hemispheres is an absolute tour de force with the sublime "Circumstances," nerdy "The Trees" and the instrumental masterpiece "La Villa Strangiato."
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Andrew Sharp Blog
The story telling is phenomenal, and while there is not entirely too much lyrics, the songs really thrive off really great instrumentation.
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The songs are structured better than ever. Rush has for the first time in their career released an entertaining and non-awkward progressive rock album.
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