I wasn't initially wild about Clockwork Angels, but it really grew on me - especially after reading the accompanying novel (by Neil Peart and Kevin Anderson). In some ways, it's 2112 all over again, but in others, it's completely brand new.

Link to the novel: http://www.amazon.com/Clockwork-Ange.../dp/1770411216

As a diehard RUSH fan I have to say that every album is awesome in it's own way so the last truly great album is Clockwork Angels.

I put the line at Moving Pictures as the last "Great" Album. I do like a lot of the stuff after that, just don't feel that strong about any whole album beyond that point. Part of it has to be my leaning towards long, epic productions found on MP and prior.

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Originally Posted by Dadasaurus Rex

I put the line at Moving Pictures as the last "Great" Album. I do like a lot of the stuff after that, just don't feel that strong about any whole album beyond that point. Part of it has to be my leaning towards long, epic productions found on MP and prior.

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Headlong Flight on the Clockwork angels album went almost 7 1/2 minutes. Would that be considered long enough in your eyes?

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Originally Posted by CanuckGamer

Headlong Flight on the Clockwork angels album went almost 7 1/2 minutes. Would that be considered long enough in your eyes?

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Um, not even close.

Moving Pictures was the last Rush album to feature a song over 10 minutes in length (barely), while many other top artists in the progressive space lately seem to be in an arms race over making longer and longer material (multiple ten-plus-minute tracks are the norm in prog anymore, unless your album is just one long song cycle [see Porcupine Tree's "The Incident", Glass Hammer's "Perilous", Transatlantic's "The Whirlwind"...]).

They've become a throwback to an era that didn't ever exist except for them.