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"Cygnus X-1" is a two-part song series by Canadian progressive rock band Rush. The first part, "Book I: The Voyage", is the last song on the 1977 album A Farewell to Kings, and the second part, "Book II: Hemispheres", is the first song on the following album, 1978's Hemispheres. Book I is ten minutes and twenty-five seconds long (10:25), and ...
"Armageddon The Battle of Heart and Mind" [a] is the fourth movement of "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres", a suite by Canadian rock band Rush. "Hemispheres" was the side-long opening title track of their sixth studio album, released on October 28, 1978 by Anthem Records.
On the live album Rush in Rio, an abridged version of "Cygnus X-1" is performed as an instrumental. The piece consists of the "Prologue" section of the song, without the spoken introduction. The piece consists of the "Prologue" section of the song, without the spoken introduction.
Hemispheres feels a little like the lesser sibling to A Farewell to Kings–more than half of the album is taken up by “Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres,” the sequel to Farewell’s closing ...
It is the final Rush album to feature a side-long track; the 18-minute opener "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" concludes the story initially left as a cliffhanger on A Farewell to Kings, and the Apollonian and Dionysian concept addressed in drummer Neil Peart's lyrics are represented on the cover artwork
One of Rush's more recent releases is the Rush 50 box set, scheduled to be released on March 21, 2025. [3] The Rush 50 box set was preceded by similar 40th Anniversary releases of 2112 on December 16, 2016, [ 4 ] A Farewell to Kings on December 1, 2017, [ 5 ] Hemispheres on November 16, 2018, [ 6 ] Permanent Waves on May 29, 2020, [ 7 ] Moving ...
"Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage" A Farewell to Kings: 1977 ... which was the first station to play a Rush song over the air. [38] "Freewill" Permanent Waves: 1980
The album closes with "Cygnus X-1 Book I: The Voyage", a science-fiction song that tells the story of an unnamed explorer who travels to the centre of Cygnus X-1, a real black hole, in a spaceship named the Rocinante, believing there may be something beyond it. Upon approaching the centre the protagonist loses control of the ship and is drawn ...