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Snakes & Arrows | 
| Artist: Rush
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  496 reviews
Sales Rank: 2481
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 135484
UPC: 075678999048
EAN: 0075678999048
ASIN: B000NVIXFK
Release Date: May 1, 2007
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Condition: Brand New - Factory Sealed - Shipped from Florida via USPS First class mail. We ONLY sell what we have in stock. NO back orders here.Import Edition
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| Tracks:
| • | Far Cry | | • | Armor And Sword | | • | Workin' Them Angels | | • | The Larger Bowl | | • | Spindrift | | • | The Main Monkey Business | | • | The Way The Wind Blows | | • | Hope | | • | Faithless | | • | Bravest Face | | • | Good News First | | • | Malignant Narcissism | | • | We Hold On |
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Album Description
Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush return with its first new collection of original material in nearly five years, entitled "SNAKES & ARROWS." The album was recorded in the fall of 2006 with Gammy Award-winner Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver) and Rush co-producing. "It's hard to describe," Geddy Lee recently told Revolver re: "SNAKES & ARROWS.""It's big, it's bold, and I think it's some of the best work we've done in years. I'm really pleased with the quality ofthe songs, and there's lots of playing on it. " Rush - Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart - will trumpet the release of "SNAKES & ARROWS" with a full-scale North American tour, the renowned trio's first since 2004's "An Evening with Rush: 30th Anniversary Tour."
Album Description
Japanese pressing of this 13 track full-length album. This pressing is packaged in a digipak with obi-strip. Warner. 2007.
Amazon.com
A return to their former glory days, Snakes and Arrows shows this seminal prog rock band reclaiming some of the sonic territory that they'd lost over the past few years. It's not certain what contributed to this artistic rebirth, but Rush has crafted a historical and emotional odyssey that shows many both where they've been and where they're going--from the baroque soundscapes of "The Main Monkey Business," reminiscent of their earliest work to the seductive almost folkloric urgency of "The Way the Wind Blows," which is as dangerous, anxious, and prophetic as anything that Arcade Fire or Mars Volta is doing currently. Main Lyricist Neil Peart has spent the last decade getting over the death of his wife and daughter, and those tragic events have given his songwriting more depth and gravity as he explores the strengths and limitations of faith in both metaphoric and literal detail. While never didactic or ponderous, this disc is really an instruction manual for how one conducts themselves with grace and hope through unendurable pain and the vagaries of life. Gone is much of the shrillness of their earlier incarnations--Geddy Lee's trademark high pitch shrieks have mellowed considerably and Alex Lifesong's guitar playing has an assurance and freedom that can only come with age. --Jaan Uhelszki
Amazon.com
With songs such as "Far Cry" and "Workin' Them Angels," Rush has, with Snakes And Arrows crafted one of its finest albums of the decade and this new MVI DVD edition of the title allows you to experience the album in all its splendor. The MVI format (which works in all computers and DVD players but not in conventional CD players) allows you to hear the entire album in 5.1 surround sound (a must, especially for "Malignant Narcissism" and "Faithless"), to catch an in-depth documentary about the recording of this latest outing and extras that allow you to create your own ringtones, make wallpapers and much more. In order to fully enjoy the experience you may have to do some minor maneuvering with your stereo system or computer in order to fully appreciate what the MVI edition offers but any almost immediately proves worth the effort. Obsessives will want to buy the album in this format as it captures Rush in its true multidimensional element and everyone should own a small slice of Rush at this point in the game.--Jedd Beaudoin
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| Customer Reviews: Read 491 more reviews...
 Their best in over 20 years! September 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Five years after the decent, yet sonic catastrophe that was Vapor Trails, Rush returns with this masterpiece, their first since Power Windows, back in 1985. With repeated listenings, this album will open up to you - like a blooming rose.
 Vapour Trails is a much better album August 22, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't understand all the hype and all the praise over "Snakes & Arrows"... IMO "Vapour Trails" is waaaay better... there's nothing here (on S&A) as strong as "One Little Victory" or "Earthshine" (to name just two)
Good Music Belaboured Message. August 19, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm like everyone else, impressed that they could pull off a 13 song CD of solid music, at this stage of the game. I thought that in the final mix the drums could have got get a little more prominence. The bottom line is that this is a strong album of good music pillar to post. The curse of having one of the best rock albums of all time [Moving Pictures] is that everyone still living in the past will want to compare the new stuff to that benchmark, which is really unfair and silly. As a Rush fan, this work definitely complements every thing before it.
Now about the main monkey business, the theme. I don't believe it is in the realm of science to give me my meaning of life. To replace one religion [Christianity] for another [Darwinian naturalism]. Some songs come across critical of religion,[Armor and Sword, The Way the Wind Blows], some like Faithless, come across as a lonely call of the loon. I can relate to both "emotions".
I took my sons to see Rush live twice for this tour, in Calgary last summer and Regina in May. I wish they would have played Ghost Rider. But I was thrilled to hear Witch Hunt, and Red Barchetta, Subdivisions etc. What an arsenal of great rock tunes they've amassed.
"There is no fear in perfect love." The thousand cuts a child is heir to, comes from a loveless world of neglect. Something I haven't found in my Church. But you'd have to step inside and listen to more than one sermon from more than one church to learn that. A bit of an inconvenience, if your rigid in your "religion". That's a bit off topic, but freedom of speech for everyone is a core tenant of Christianity. Seems to me that's where rock was allowed to thrive and grow. The Christian West.
My first time with Rush August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rush was one of those bands I couldn't latch on to right away. After listening to it twice, I started to get into it. I see why many bands look up to them. From the groups I'm used to hearing, there is one or two musicians that are halfway worth a damn. But these guys are serious!
All three of them are incredible with their instruments of choice. Maybe the bassist from Mudvayne listened to Rush once upon a time.
pretty good June 26, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
About half of the songs on this album are very good actually but I could skip the other half especially the slow songs. I would say this is a departure from previous albums. Songs I like are Far Cry, Armor and Sword, Workin' Them Angels, The Larger Bowl, Spindrift, Malignant Narciscism.
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