Test for Echo

Artist: Rush
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075678292521
EAN: 0075678292521
ASIN: B000002JAI

Release Date: 1996-09-10

Test for Echo

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Tracks:

Test For Echo
Driven
Half The World
The Color Of Right
Time And Motion
Totem
Dog Years
Virtuality
Resist
Limbo
Carve Away The Stone

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Customer Reviews:

Musical masterpiece, with some patchy lyrics.......2006-07-06

If you're a Rush fan and you don't have this album, I'm sure you've heard all the whining about Dog Years and Virtuality and how bad they are. The songs themselves are actually very catchy and memorable, but the lyrics get a bit patchy... For instance, the chorus in Virtuality mentions "net-boys" and "net-girls", which I just laugh at because I imagine it sounded cool at the time... Like platform shoes in the 70's... Dog Years actually isn't that bad lyrically. It has some bad moments like "Dog years, for every sad son of a b----..." I imagine Geddy singing that line, then turning his head and laughing. There are a couple awkward phrases in the title track, but I think they were intentionally awkward because that's how the people described often are: "Tough-talking hoodboys in Pro-Team logo knock-offs"

Other than that, the lyrics aren't that bad. Half the World PERFECTLY describes how the world is today. Resist's lyrics are quite good. Now that's about all I have to say about lyrics.

If you liked Counterparts and Vapor Trails musically, you will like this. This is basically Vapor Trails, but with better production and guitar solos.

And come on... Buy it for the cover art!!! Isn't it the coolest?

That's all my time for now.

The best Rush album I've heard so far........2006-07-02

I heard more than one song from plenty of Rush's albums, but haven't listened to all of them from start to finish, and this is the best one I've heard so far. Highlights include the singles Test For Echo, Driven, and Half The World, plus Time And Motion, and Resist. Great album. Highly recommended!

" Very Impressive", classic Rush! .......2006-06-18

Being a lifelong Rush fan, and a drummer as well. "Test for Echo", although underrated, stands for the excellance in music that the group has maintained for over 30 years. Early on in the cd, the song, "test for echo" opens with Neils unmatched drum skills being highlighted,....then from "driven", to "carve away the stone",..to my favorite, "virtuality", featuring a fantanstic guitar solo by Alex, ..not even to mention Geddys vocals, and intricate bass lines, makes "Test for Echo" a "must have" for any Rush fan. You won't be dissapointed!!!
Bart Sweitzer, Roanoke, Virginia

this gets a bad rap, but it is very special.......2005-02-18

I can understand if people don't like some of the badly written songs on the album, like dog years and virtuality, but honestly listen to it. Those are the only 2 songs I don't like, but the rest of the album is very good and quite exceptional for Rush. I find it similar to moving pictures in its mood, and everything really came together on this album to make it their best one from the 90's. (counterparts was good, but there were honestly some bits of songs on there that made "dog years" sound like "stairway to heaven!" for instance, "we'd elect each other president" has got to be one of Neils worst lyrics! corniness cannot be forgiven!)

I have had my friends who don't really like rush at all listen to this disc, and they have all thought it was really good. This is why I think it is the best intro to Rush, if you are a teenager especially.
this was my introduction to Rush, and I liked it because it had a feel to it that I had never experienced on any other cd. this is good for a canadian winter in a log cabin with big windows, wool socks, and a wood stove. I think that Resist is one of their greatest ever songs, especially live! Just check it out, listen before you buy, etc. But don't overlook it just because others say it is bad. Also check out Neils video set "a work in progress" where he demonstrates the drums for all of the songs. It reaffirms his belief that this is his best drumming album, after he refined his technique just for this cd!

This album is a lot of fun!.......2004-11-28

It is so amazing to me. Rush has been in the game for 30 years now, and every album they make is outstanding. T4E continues the more straightforward rock that Counterparts started, but T4E is more progressive than Counterparts is. Some songs on here I like better than others, but not one song is bad. Highlights include:

Test For Echo: I love the vocals and the somber nature of this song. Being a drummer, I really like the drum part after Geddy says "Here we go...." Cool song with great musicality.

Driven: A very driven (no pun intended) rocker. Very progressive with weird time signatures and stuff. Cool lyrics.

Time And Motion: How can anyone not like this song? I love the synthesizer parts accenting between the 12/8 and 10/8 time, the lyrics are very well crafted, and there is a perfect balance between heavy and light.

Totem: Some say they don't like this song. Well, that's you and this is me. This song is awesome. Very catchy, and I love the background vocals in the chorus.

Virtuality: Ha. This is it right here. I can't help it, whenever I hear this song, I HAVE to crank it up. That guitar riff kicks so hard, and the bridge contains use of Neil's cowbells and his newly-practiced traditional grip for fast press rolls on the snare. I'm not all for the lyrics (they're sort of cheesy though true) but that music rocks very hard.

Resist: Immediately after the headbanging Virtuality is the tear-jerking Resist. This song is so beautifully crafted, so lyrically moving, and musically moving too. Seeing Alex and Geddy play this song acoustically on "Rush In Rio" was a real treat for me and was very appropriate for the song, but every time I hear it at all it moves me in so many ways.

Limbo: Back to the rocking. Very cool instrumental with some tribal-esque mumbo-jumbo mumble here and there. Gotta love it.

If you're a big Rush fan and haven't heard this yet, check it out! It's cool!

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