Test for Echo (Remastered)
Rush
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Test for Echo | Rush | 5:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Driven | Rush | 4:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Half the World | Rush | 3:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Color of Right | Rush | 4:48 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Time and Motion | Rush | 5:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Totem | Rush | 4:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Dog Years | Rush | 4:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Virtuality | Rush | 5:43 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Resist | Rush | 4:23 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Limbo | Rush | 5:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Carve Away the Stone | Rush | 4:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
After flirting (albeit mildly) with alternative rock on Counterparts, Rush returns to classic progressive rock on Test for Echo. Cutting back many of the AOR production flourishes that hampered most of their late-'80s and early-'90s releases, the band concentrates on the sounds and styles that made albums like Moving Pictures huge successes in the late '70s and early '80s. Test for Echo is all instrumental gymnastics and convoluted song structures, all of which demonstrate each member's skills. And the key to the album is the individual performances, since each song isn't particularly memorable as a song, only as a way to showcase the solos. With Rush, such a tactic isn't necessarily a bad thing, since they have always been better at playing than writing, and they have rarely played better in the past ten years than they have on Test for Echo.
Customer Reviews
A Return To Form - Test For Echo
1996 found Rush recapturing its old selves, yet in a fresh (and current) way, on Test For Echo. The band's sound is not too unlike that of their watermark 1981 album Moving Pictures (tuneful songs within a prog-rock format), yet the band expands on that theme and demonstrates a versatility in their songwriting that perhaps wasn't there fifteen years previous. The title track is the standout, a song that isn't too far removed from their early '80's heyday in its presentation, co-written with lyricist Pye Dubois, who also helped pen Tom Sawyer. Driven is a fun odd-time ride, driven (no pun intended) by Geddy Lee's multitracked bass. The Color of Right is a tour de force of tuneful grace not unlike Limelight, and Virtuality playfully teases the emerging internet generation ("let's dance tonight to a virtual song / press this key and you can play along.") with a blistering guitar attack by Alex Lifeson. And ballads like Half The World and the very lovely Resist also give the sense that the band isn't just simply lumbering away on their instruments - they're also continuing to grow as songwriters as well, an aspect that should never be overlooked for a band that prides itself on never ending growth. A triumph.
Just plain awesome Rush...
Whomever wrote the 'stock' review needs a brain transplant, to say Rush is not adept at writing might be most ridiculous statement ever uttered or put down on paper )or scrawled with a crayon since that's probably the intelligence level involved. Seriously...who writes this stuff? Go read Rush lyrics, they're poetry, as deep as anything Simon or Dylan ever thought up.
Driven to wirght
Well, here i am again, writing another review, i must not have a life, but i dont care.This is an awesome album. Test For Echo, Driven, Half the world. Driven was terrific, same with time and motion. Those were great, like the bass drums and guitar really gelled on all of the somgs. Most people say that after grace under pressure, they went down hill. But theyre rong. ALL RUSH ALBUMS RULE!
Biography
Formed: 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
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- $9.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock
- Released: Sep 09, 1996
- ℗ 1996 Atlantic Recording Corporation and Anthem Entertainment for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
