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Aug 3, 2012100Clockwork Angels is an extremely accomplished piece of music composed and performed absolutely flawlessly.
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Jun 19, 201291The highs are higher, the lows are lower, and the dynamic is even more exhilarating.
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Jul 6, 201280This is the three-piece's most solid and compelling set of songs in years.
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Jun 25, 201280It's modern sounding, and everything seems to fall into place; the lyrics, the concept, the music, the band chemistry, even the booklet artwork is great.
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Jun 22, 201280It is a killer rock record with a great story.
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Jun 18, 201280Clockwork Angels sounds as mighty as its concept, with the well-balanced interaction amongst Lee, Lifeson and Peart.
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Jun 18, 201280A geekier and nerdier Rush? Yes, which is actually a very good thing.
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Jun 18, 201280Clockwork Angels demonstrates why, after 36 years, Rush's fan base continues to grow. Its musical athleticism and calisthenic discipline are equaled only by its relentless creative drive and its will to express it in a distinct musical language.
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Oct 3, 201270While Clockwork Angels is energised and intense, it neither sounds nor feels like heritage rock or a return to first principles. [Sep 2012, p.70]
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Jul 6, 201270No amount of production dross can obscure the fact that Clockwork Angels still constitutes the strongest collection of Rush songs since the mid-'90s.
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Jun 21, 201270They've produced the best LP they've made in over twenty years; I can easily see this attaining a cult following amongst devoted fans.
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Jun 18, 201270[Not only] one of the band's Rushiest; it's also very good – frenetic and heavy, low on prog thought puzzles, high on power-trio interplay that could put guys half their age in the burn ward.
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Jul 27, 201260The songcraft is so taut that whether this howls, drifts, pummels or floats, it remains utterly engaging. [Aug 2012, p.102]
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Aug 9, 201240Synthesizers are set to beverage warmer – nearly nil – but where a back-to-basics drums/bass/guitar bash continues since peak return Vapor Trails, pinpoint production to extract hooks from hard rock homogeneity continues to elude them.