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2112
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731453462625
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Island / Mercury
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
MPN: 534626
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Island / Mercury
Release Date: May 06, 1997
Studio: Island / Mercury
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Editorial Review:
Only Rush could have pulled this off, and only in the '70s. 2112--the title suite of the band's 1976 breakthrough album--is a comically pretentious, futuristic rock opera written by a nerdy drummer and sung by a whiny-voiced geek. It also happens to be a great piece of rock & roll that lifts the listener through a variety of moods and textures from genteel acoustic ("Oracle") to thrilling metal ("The Temples of Syrinx"). Perhaps realizing that they had taken conceptualism about as far as it could go, even these guys backed off on the epic hero stuff for later releases. 2112 still stands as one of the great signposts of the prog-rock era. --Michael Ruby
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Memories of innocence
I was driving home from a friends house and listened to this CD that I had stuck in my console. I remember purchasing 2112 on a whim, as an LP, in 1977( freshman year in high school). I played this over and over and made a cassette recording to play in the under dash player I had mounted in my dad's car. It brought back ALOT of memories of fun times and innocence, a time when there were no cell phones, internet, computers,CD's, high def. etc. Going to second base in the back seat of your dad's car ... Read More
Rating:  - Good but not great
3 1/2
A very decently ambitious classic progressive rock album in my opinion, but largely overrated as one of the flagpoints in the genre. Probably unnecessarily elevated for it's conceptual arch and epic introduction suite, 2112 is still a worthwhile investment for those dabbling in prog via classic rock. The emphasis however does not lie in complex melodic manipulations and challenging time signatures but in fluid, unpretentious rock and roll with a slightly nerdier angle, undoubtedly ... Read More
Rating: - Outstanding!
I can't believe anyone would give this a 1 star review!! They must be tone deaf!!
"Attention all planets of the Solar Federation. We have assumed control!"
Rating:  - I like disagreeing with the masses
This album, if I may be blunt about it, is a complete and utter flying dog turd. The big hype is the "epic" 20-and-a-half minute self-titled track. I wanted to take it safe and just hear it on Youtube before I considered buying. WOOOOOOOOW am I glad I didn't waste my money on this garbage! Nothing stuck out at all, except for the whiny, annoyingly high-pitched vocals, and that I was completely wasting my time.
Everyone I know on Yahoo! Answers seems to rave Neil Peart's "superior drumming." ... Read More
Rating: - WOW!!
Rating ****** (I want to rate it 6 out of 5 stars)
I am a teenager, and I was mainly into led zeppelin, pink floyd, etc. I was in my loft and I saw my mom's CD, "The Spirit of the Radio" which is a greatest hits of their first 12 studio albums. I picked it up and played it and was blown away. Sure, I had heard Tom Sawyer, but I thought that was their (rush) only good song. The 3 songs that blew my mind the most was Fly by Night, 2112 Overture (Temples of Syrinx), and Closer to the heart. ... Read More
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