Test for Echo

by Rush

Overview

After flirting (albeit mildly) with alternative rock on Counterparts, Rush returns to classic progressive rock on Test for Echo. Cutting back many of the AOR production flourishes that hampered most of their late-'80s and early-'90s releases, the band concentrates on the sounds and styles that made albums like Moving Pictures huge successes in the late '70s and early '80s. Test for Echo is all instrumental gymnastics and convoluted song structures, all of which demonstrate each member's skills. And the key to the album is the individual performances, since each song isn't particularly memorable as a song, only as a way to showcase the solos. With Rush, such a tactic isn't necessarily a bad thing, since they have always been better at playing than writing, and they have rarely played better in the past ten years than they have on Test for Echo. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/20/2004
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0075678373923

Tracks

1. Test for Echo
2. Driven
3. Half the World
4. The Color of Right
5. Time and Motion
6. Totem
7. Dog Years
8. Virtuality
9. Resist
10. Limbo
11. Carve Away the Stone

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rush   Primary Artist
Alex Lifeson   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Mandola
Neil Peart   Drums,Cymbals,Dulcimer,Hammer Dulcimer
Geddy Lee   Vocals,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Peter Collins   Producer,Arranger,Producer,Arranger
Alex Lifeson   Composer,Producer,Arranger
Paul Northfield   Composer
Everett Ravestein   Pre-Production
Pye Dubois   Composer
Andy Wallace   Mixing
Simon Pressey   Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Clif Norrell   Engineer
Geddy Lee   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Rush   Arranger,Producer
Dr. John   Composer
Chris Laidlaw   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Hugh Syme   Design,Art Direction,Digital Illustration
Neil Peart   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Andrew MacNaughtan   Photography
Tom Heron   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Anthony Frederick   Photography
Liam Birt   Executive Producer
Paul Marconi   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Hugh Syne   Design,Art Direction,Digital Illustration
Dimo Safari   Photography
Pegi Cecconi   Executive Producer
Richard C. Negus   Photography
Eugene Fisher   Photography