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Rush's Clockwork Angels tops Classic Rock's list of the Top 40 albums of 2012

Wed, Jan 2, 2013@1:00PM | comments removed/disabled

Classic Rock magazine has released their list of the Top 40 albums of 2012 and Rush's Clockwork Angels topped the list at #1. Here's what they had to say:

In a year that has a special resonance for Rush, promoters offered big money for a tour based on the band's landmark 70s album 2112. But rather than trade on the past, Rush moved forward with their most ambitious project to date: a first full concept album, and a genuine late-career masterpiece.

Geddy Lee tells Classic Rock: ""I think this album really sounds like Rush, the essence of who we are. One of the things we agreed up early was, 'Let's write a trio's album.' We wanted to have moments where it was just the three of us playing the way we play onstage.

"We had so many jams on the last tour where we allowed ourselves to freeform a bit. We enjoyed it so much that I said to the guys after the tour, 'Let's try to be that band on the next record.' It feels so essential, and it's what we're about."

Thanks to John at Cygnus-X1.net for the heads up.

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