请输入您要查询的百科知识：

　

词条 A Farewell to Kings
释义

  1. Critical reception

  2. 1997 remasters

  3. Track listing

  4. Personnel

      Rush    Additional personnel    Production  

  5. Charts

      Album    Singles  

  6. References

{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2016}}{{Infobox album
| name = A Farewell to Kings
| type = studio
| artist = Rush
| cover = Rush A Farewell to Kings.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1, 1977
| recorded = June 1977
| venue =
| studio = Rockfield Studios in South Wales, UK
| genre = Progressive rock
| length = 37:13
| label = {{hlist|Anthem|Mercury}}
| producer = Rush, Terry Brown
| prev_title = All the World's a Stage
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Hemispheres
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = A Farewell to Kings
| type = studio
| single1 = Closer to the Heart
| single1date = October 1977
| single2 = Cinderella Man
| single2date = 1978
}}
}}

A Farewell to Kings is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on September 1, 1977 by Anthem Records in Canada and by Mercury Records in the United States. It was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and was mixed at Advision Studios in London.

Frontman Geddy Lee has said that the album was an important one for him, because "I learned a lot; I was learning a lot.

I was always challenged and I was very stimulated and the end result was A Farewell to Kings, so I guess it was a pivotal record in that regard."[1]

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[2]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = D[3]
|rev3 = The Daily Vault
|rev3score = A-[4]
|rev4 = PopMatters
|rev4score = {{Rating|8|10}}[5]
|rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev5score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[6]
|rev6 = Classic Rock
| rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[7]
}}

In the Q & Mojo 2005 Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came in sixth in a list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums."[8] AllMusic's Greg Prato gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying they "had improved their songwriting and strengthened their focus and musical approach." He took notice of the synthesizers that were creeping into the arrangements, "a direction the band would continue to pursue on future releases." Of Xanadu, he said "...remains an outstanding accomplishment all these years later".[2] Conversely, Village Voice critic Robert Christgau gave the record a D rating, calling Rush "the most obnoxious band currently making a killing on the zonked teen circuit." He compared them to bands such as "Angel. Or Kansas. Or Uriah Heep, with vocals revved up an octave. Or two."[3]

1997 remasters

A remaster was issued in 1997.

  • The tray has a picture of the star with man painting (mirroring the cover art of Retrospective I) with "The Rush Remasters" printed in all capital letters just to the left. All remasters from Rush through Permanent Waves are like this.
  • The remaster has all of the original vinyl packaging, including the back cover (all black with puppet strings) and inner sleeve photos of the band on stage. The star with man logo was reinstated after its absence on the original CD issue.
A Farewell to Kings was remastered again in 2011 by Andy VanDette as part of the three-volume "Sector" box sets, which re-released all of Rush's albums recorded for Mercury. In addition to the standard audio CD, A Farewell to Kings was also included on an audio DVD in the Sector 2 set, remixed into 5.1 surround sound.[9]A Farewell to Kings was remastered for vinyl in 2015 by [https://web.archive.org/web/20150710184513/http://www.abbeyroad.com/Engineers/Engineer/27/Sean-Magee Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios] as a part of the official "12 Months of Rush" promotion.[10] The high definition master prepared for this release was also made available for purchase in 24-bit/96 kHz and 24-bit/192 kHz formats, at several high-resolution audio online music stores. These masters have significantly less dynamic range compression than the 1997 remasters and the "Sector" remasters by Andy VanDette.[11]

Furthermore, it was remastered in 2017 and released for a fourth time, this time coupling it with the complete Hammersmith concert (which had partly been on Different Stages) and a selection of covers by Dream Theater and others.[12]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Neil Peart, except where noted
| all_music = Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee, except where noted
|extra_column= Music
| headline = Side one
| title1 = A Farewell to Kings
| extra1 = Lee, Lifeson, Peart
| length1 = 5:51
| title2 = Xanadu
| length2 = 11:05
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title3 = Closer to the Heart
| lyrics3 = Peart, Peter Talbot
| length3 = 2:54
| title4 = Cinderella Man
| lyrics4 =Lee
| length4 = 4:20
| title5 = Madrigal
| length5 = 2:35
| lyrics6
| title6 = Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage
  • I. Prologue – 0:00
  • II. 1 – 5:01
  • III. 2 – 5:45
  • IV. 3 – 7:13

|length6 = 10:25
  • 5:01
  • 0:44
  • 1:28
  • 3:12

}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2017 40th Anniversary Edition bonus disc 1
| title1 = Bastille Day
| note1 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length1 = 6:03
| title2 = Lakeside Park
| note2 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length2 = 4:30
| title3 = By-Tor and the Snowdog
| note3 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length3 = 5:07
| title4 = Xanadu
| note4 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length4 = 12:21
| title5 = A Farewell to Kings
| note5 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length5 = 6:19
| title6 = Something for Nothing
| note6 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = Cygnus X-1
| note7 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length7 = 10:26
}}{{Track listing
| collapsed = yes
| headline = 2017 40th Anniversary Edition bonus disc 2
| title1 = Anthem
| note1 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length1 = 4:54
| title2 = Closer to the Heart
| note2 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length2 = 3:26
| title3 = 2112
| note3 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length3 = 19:30
| title4 = Working Man
| note4 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length4 = 4:08
| title5 = Fly by Night
| note5 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length5 = 2:04
| title6 = In the Mood
| note6 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length6 = 2:36
| title7 = Drum Solo
| note7 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length7 = 6:43
| title8 = Cinderella Man
| note8 = Recorded on February 20, 1978 in London at the Hammersmith Odeon
| length8 = 4:48
| title9 = Xanadu
| note9 = Performed by Dream Theater
| length9 = 11:12
| title10 = Closer to the Heart
| note10 = Performed by Big Wreck
| length10 = 3:25
| title11 = Cinderella Man
| note11 = Performed by The Trews
| length11 = 4:28
| title12 = Madrigal
| note12 = Performed by Alain Johannes
| length12 = 3:26
| title13 = Cygnus X-2 EH
| note13 = Previously unreleased instrumental studio outtake of sound effects
| length13 = 4:09
}}

Personnel

Rush

  • Geddy Lee – vocals, bass and twelve-string guitar, Minimoog, bass pedal synthesizers
  • Alex Lifeson – electric and acoustic six- and twelve-string guitars, classical guitar, bass pedal synthesizers
  • Neil Peart – drums, orchestra bells, wind chimes, bell tree, vibraslap, triangle, tubular bells, temple blocks

Additional personnel

  • Terry Brown − spoken vocals on "Cygnus X-1"

Production

  • Arranged and produced by Rush and Terry Brown
  • Recorded at Rockfield Studios (Wales) during June 1977 by Terry Brown and Pat Moran
  • Mixed at Advision Studios (London) by Terry Brown, with assistance by Declan O'Doherty and Ken Thomas
  • Originally mastered by George Graves; Remastered by Bob Ludwig and Brian Lee at Gateway Mastering
  • Cover photography by Yosh Inouye
  • Art and graphic direction by Hugh Syme
  • Sleeve photograph by Roger Stowell, with liner photos by Fin Costello

Charts

Album

YearChartPosition
1977Billboard 20033[13]
UK Albums Chart22[14]

Singles

Information
"Closer to the Heart"
  • Released: 1977
  • Written by: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart and Peter Talbot
  • Produced by: Rush and Terry Brown
  • Chart positions: #76 US Hot 100; #36 UK
"Cinderella Man"
  • Released: 1977
  • Written by: Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
  • Produced by: Rush and Terry Brown

References

1. ^https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-real-story-behind-how-rush-made-a-farewell-to-kings
2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-farewell-to-kings-mw0000195592|title=Allmusic review|work=AllMusic|accessdate=20 September 2014}}
3. ^1 {{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|accessdate=March 9, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=721 |title=A Farewell To Kings |publisher=The Daily Vault |first=Christopher |last=Thelen |date=1999-04-16 |accessdate=2012-07-31}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/rush-a-farewell-to-kings-2525727065.html |title=A Farewell To Kings |publisher=PopMatters |first=Christopher |last=Thiessen |date=2018-01-16 |accessdate=2018-01-24}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide |title=Rush: Album Guide |publisher=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2013-02-21}}
7. ^{{cite web |url= https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/rush-a-farewell-to-kings-40th-anniversary-album-review|title =Rush - A Farewell To Kings – 40th Anniversary album review|last=Jeffries |first=Neil |authorlink=Neil Jeffries|website=Classic Rock|accessdate=5 December 2018}}
8. ^Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/11/andy-vandette-on-remastering-14-rush-albums|title=Andy VanDette On Remastering 15 Rush Albums|publisher=Themasterdiskrecord.com|accessdate=20 September 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823055546/http://www.themasterdiskrecord.com/2011/11/andy-vandette-on-remastering-14-rush-albums/|archivedate=23 August 2014|df=}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=12 MONTHS OF RUSH: 14 ALBUMS FROM MERCURY ERA FOR RELEASE IN 2015|url=http://www.rush.com/12-months-of-rush-14-albums-from-mercury-era-for-release-in-2015/|website=Rush.com|accessdate=10 July 2015}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Rush – new 2015 vinyl and hi-res reissues thread|url=http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/rush-new-2015-vinyl-and-hi-res-reissues-thread.399367/|website=Steve Hoffman Music Forums|accessdate=10 July 2015}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.rush.com/a-farewell-to-kings-40th-anniversary-release/|title=A Farewell To Kings 40th Anniversary Release|website=Rush.com|accessdate=26 January 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-farewell-to-kings-mw0000195592/awards |title=A Farewell to Kings chart position in the US |publisher=Billboard}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/rush/ |title=Rush chart positions in the UK |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}
{{Rush}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Farewell To Kings, A}}

9 : Rush (band) albums|1977 albums|Anthem Records albums|Atlantic Records albums|Epic Records albums|Mercury Records albums|Sony Music albums|Albums produced by Terry Brown (record producer)|Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios
随便看

　

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

　

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间：2024/9/26 4:32:04