| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/mercury | | UPC: 00731453462625 | | Release Date: 5/6/1997 | | Buy.com Sku: 60099977 | | Item#: MHXCF5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 38 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group Inc.
(C) 1976 The Island Def Jam Music Group Inc.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Rush: Alex Lifeson (guitar); Geddy Lee (bass, vocals); Neal Peart (drums). | | Additional personnel: Hugh Syme (keyboards). | | Recorded at Toronto Sound Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. | | Ultradiscs are mastered from the original master tapes using Mobile Fidelity's proprietary mastering technique, then plated with 24 karat gold and housed in a stress-resistant lift-lock jewel box. | | Lyricists: Geddy Lee; Alex Lifeson; Neil Peart. | | Personnel: Geddy Lee (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Alex Lifeson (guitar); Hugh Syme (keyboards); Neil Peart (drums, percussion). | | Recording information: Toronto Sound Studios, Toronto, Canada. | | Photographers: G?rard Gentil; Yosh Inouye. | | Arrangers: Rush Brown; Rush; Terry Brown. | | 2112 is archetypal high-concept heavy/art-rock, featuring an interconnected suite of songs and a futuristic science fiction-inspired lyrical theme (courtesy of drummer/sole lyricist Neil Peart). When it came to '70s sci fi rock epics these guys were capable of giving Hawkwind and Jefferson Starship a run for their money. The first half of the album features "2112" proper, a series of interrelated tunes that paint a portrait of a 1984/Brave New World-style future, where music and emotion are outlawed. Ultimately, our hero discovers a guitar and uses it to fight the powers that be, all to the accompaniment of vaguely Led Zeppelin-derived heavy rock riffs and daunting time signatures. The final five tunes are unrelated to the concept piece but continue in a similar musical vein, though a little balladry is mixed in towards the end. |
Producer: Rush Brown; Rush; Terry Brown |
Engineer: Terry Brown |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/06/1997 | | Original Release Date : 1976 | | Catalog ID : 534626 | | Label : Mercury | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 38m : 46s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00731453462625 |
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