Rush – Clockwork Angels

R1-176561-A S-81560 226984E1 1002514
R1-176561-B S-81561 228984E2 1603583
R1-176561-C S-81562 228984E3 1002524
R1-176561-D S-81563 228984E4 1603594

This pressing is pretty good, but suffers from some distortion on a lot of the vocals.

I bought this on release, it has all the same information on the sleeve and in the dead wax as this release page and no way is this 200g!! I put it on my scale and sides C/D is 182g and sides A/B is 188g. Nowhere on the release is it stated that the vinyl is supposed to be 200g. Not on the hype sticker nor upon initial release ments.

I lost track of Rush sometime after Roll the Bones and, honestly, their later music started to sound the same to me. But recently, I started reading about Clockwork Angels and it seems almost universally loved. So I picked up this beautifully packaged LP in the hopes I would be wowed.

The album itself certainly invites repeated listening. It’s complex and the concept is intriguing. I’m reserving judgment on the album until I give it more time.

Unfortunately, the mastering did not wow me out of the gate. I don’t know if the record had ever been cleaned (it’s 10 years old), so I gave it a good cleaning and the sound did improve. It shines a little more at higher volumes, but I just feel there should be more high end. I want some of those colors in the guitar to twinkle more. There’s also just a general lack of warmth, in my opinion. It may be the mix, honestly, and no amount of cleaning or hifi upgrades is going to fix it. :/

4/5

Flat, clean and quiet. No issues here. Quite happy with this purchase.

Someone has been selling the 2022 reissue of this for $32.70, many multiple copies of them but listed as the 2012 original. That has totally skewed the actual value of of an original pressing of this album. Should probably be reported to Discogs, but I have no idea how to go about doing that. That aside, what a great swan song of an album!

A theory:

The clock on the cover displays 21:12 - that's already well documented.
I just queued up the last four tracks in Strawberry (a Linux-based music player), and the running time clocked in at 21:12

Was "BU2B2" deliberately created to clock in at 1:27 and create an easter egg?

My copy also has no card but still a great record

A very strong career ending from the beloved RUSH. For me, its the best Rush album since Counterparts.

I must have gotten lucky. Both Lp's were clean and quiet. I think it sounded good, it didn't make the hair stand up on my arms, but it sounds pretty damn good to me. I mean, I knew going in this isn't analog, so it kinda sounds CDish, but better