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Rush began life as a power trio in the Led Zeppelin/heavy rock mode.
Over the years the band refined their musical vision as they gained both instrumental and conceptual facility.
1978's HEMISPHERES marks their transition from heavy riff-mongers to full blown art-rockers.
Lee, Lifeson and Peart employ a number of tricks from the prog-rock bag here; (very) extended songs, multi-part suites, long instrumental passages, rapidly shifting tempos and time signatures, complicated unison riffs and synthesizer orchestrations.
It's to Rush's credit that these elements enhance their sound instead of obscuring it.
In fact, "La Villa Strangiato" would become one of the band's best-loved '70s efforts and a long-standing concert favorite.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CircumstancesGeddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart | Rush | Play | 03:40 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | The TreesGeddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart | Rush | Play | 04:42 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres | Rush | Play | 18:04 | 41 MB | 118 MB |
| 4 | La Villa Strangiato (An Exercise In Self-Indulgence) | Rush | Play | 09:34 | 21 MB | 63 MB |
| 36 mins | 82 MB | |||||
| 36 mins | 236 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry Brown | Producer |
| 2 | Geddy Lee | Composer |
| 3 | Alex Lifeson | Composer |
| 4 | Pat Moran | Engineer |
| 5 | Neil Peart | Composer |
| 6 | Rush | Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |