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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.
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
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.
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 ...
It also led to two sequels… and two more hits: 2001’s Rush Hour 2, Chan’s highest grossing of all time ($226 million in the U.S., $347m worldwide) and 2007’s Rush Hour 3 ($140 million in ...
R40 Live is the last live audio album release and the last live video release of Canadian prog-rock band Rush, recorded on their high-grossing R40 Live Tour.Both formats were released November 20, 2015.
On Rush's Clockwork Angels Tour, the band definitely meant for the strings to be featured and acoustic." [ 15 ] Though the band's 1976 and 1978 albums 2112 and Hemispheres are often referred to as concept albums, Clockwork Angels is the band's only true concept album as the album features a continuous theme with the lyrics telling a story that ...