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A Farewell to Kings

Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1977 Ratings: #84 / 124
User Score
Based on 361 ratings
1977 Ratings: #64
Liked by 62 people
September 1, 1977 / Release Date
LP / Format
Anthem, Mercury / Label
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MickyT
90

Discography Diaries #3: Rush
Album #5: A Farewell to Kings
Genre: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock,
Date: 18/07/2020
Time: 1:30 PM

As we continue Rush's discography we see ourselves at their 5th album, A Farewell to Kings. To say the least I've pretty much been loving the last 2 albums from Rush Caress of Steel and 2112 quite a bit, they just keep outdoing themselves in terms quality constantly and I was thinking to myself after I heard 2112 "how are gonna follow this up?", and I'll tell ... read more

ThomasGuy
56

A farewell to good music.

Doofy
45

What about the voice of Geddy Lee? How did it get so high? I wonder if he speaks like an ordinary guy?

thenonbinarydot
100

best album ever

Shlomie
92

This album absolutely kicks ass. Rush continues to get better and better, as this album is more creative and flows better than 2112. "Xanadu" and "Cygnus X-1" are more prog classics for Rush to add under their belt, and everything else is just incredibly satisfying icing on the cake. I don't even know what else to say about this thing, it's awesome!

Tielur
90

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Track List

1A Farewell to Kings
5:53
90
2Xanadu
11:06
96
3Closer to the Heart
2:52
87
4Cinderella Man
4:20
83
5Madrigal
2:35
73
6Cygnus X-1
10:27
92
Total Length: 37 minutes
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Added on: May 8, 2014