Product Overview
Rush – Snakes & Arrows / Featuring Far Cry On Tour All Summer / Atlantic Audio CD 2007 / 7567899904
UPC 075678999048
Product Details:
1. Far Cry
2. Armor And Sword
3. Workin’ Them Angels
4. The Larger Bowl
5. Spindrift
6. The Main Monkey Business
7. The Way The Wind Blows
8. Hope
9. Faithless
10 Bravest Face
11. Good News First
12. Malignant Narcissism
13. We Hold On
Reviews:
Back when Metallica were still cool, their Garage Days Re-Revisited EP paid tribute to the hardcore and British metal bands that had inspired them early on. They followed it up with 'And Justice for All, an album full of convoluted, hyper-technical nine-minute songs. Likewise, Rush looked back to tunes by the Who, the Yardbirds and others on the 2004 EP Feedback. Now Snakes & Arrows, album number 18, looks to be Rush's most unashamedly progressive album in years. Unlike ...AJFA, it's got Foo Fighters producer Nick Raskulinecz to help cut the tech-outs with big radio choruses. Plus there's bass on it! In fact, lead single "Far Cry" is driven by a bass-heavy, subtly tricky verse that could have come from one of today's prog/instru-metal bands or even a post-hardcore band like Quicksand, while the chorus is pure pop. Snakes & Arrows also features three instrumentals (a first for a Rush album), putting them even more in line with the young bands that owe their existence to "YYZ," and that's probably smarter than anything Metallica have done post-Justice.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Far Cry | 5:18 |
| 2 | Armor And Sword | 6:36 |
| 3 | Workin' Them Angels | 4:46 |
| 4 | The Larger Bowl | 4:07 |
| 5 | Spindrift | 5:23 |
| 6 | The Main Monkey Business | 6:01 |
| 7 | The Way The Wind Blows | 6:28 |
| 8 | Hope
Performer – Lerxst Lifeson |
2:02 |
| 9 | Faithless
Strings – Ben Mink |
5:31 |
| 10 | Bravest Face | 5:11 |
| 11 |
Good News First | 4:51 |
| 12 | Malignant Narcissism | 2:16 |
| 13 | We Hold On | 4:12 |
More Details:
- Arranged By – Rush
- Art Direction, Design, Illustration, Illustration ["Workin' Them Angels" Created By] – Hugh Syme
- Bass, Pedalboard [Bass Pedals], Mellotron, Vocals – Geddy Lee
- Composed By – Lifeson, Lee (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 13)
- Drums, Cymbal, Percussion [Electronic], Tambourine – Neil Peart
- Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar [Electric And Acoustic], Mandola, Mandolin, Bouzouki – Alex Lifeson
- Engineer [Additional], Mixed By [Additional], Arranged By – Nick Raskulinecz
- Engineer [Mixing Assistant] – Scott Moore (2)
- Engineer [Preproduction Assistant] – Inaam Haq
- Engineer [Preproduction] – Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee
- Engineer [Recording Assistant, Allaire Studios] – Matt Snedecor
- Engineer [Recording Assistant, Grandmaster Recorders] – Andrew Alekel
- Engineer, Mixed By – Richard Chycki
- Executive-Producer – Andy Curran, Pegi Cecconi
- Executive-Producer, Supervised By [Equipment Supervison] – Lorne Wheaton
- Illustration ["Bravest Face" By] – Andrew MacNaughtan, Hugh Syme
- Lyrics By – Peart* (tracks: 1 to 5, 7, 9 to 11, 13)
- Management – Ray Danniels
- Mastered By – Brian "Big Bass" Gardner
- Painting [Cover] – Harish Johari
- Photography By [Band] – Andrew MacNaughtan
- Producer – Nick Raskulinecz, Rush
- Supervised By [Equipment Supervision] – Russ Ryan
