![]() Test for Echo possessed neither the overall hardness of the 1993 album nor the denseness of a Power Windows (1985). “Everybody needs an ‘echo,’ some affirmation to know they’re not alone.” “Test for Echo,” Peart explains, was a means of Rush both asking and assuring its fan base that neither was alone. We worked we traveled we lived our lives and it was fine.” The title of the album even reflects the time away from one another and from their fans. “During that time,” Peart notes in the official tourbook, “Geddy and his wife produced a baby girl, Alex produced a solo album, and I produced a tribute to the big-band music of Buddy Rich. Arriving a full three years after Counterparts, Rush fandom had never had to wait so long for a new album from the band. Test for Echo, the band’s sixteenth studio album, is an anomaly and a beautiful transition from the first full stage of Rush (1.0) to the final stage of Rush (2.0). In the meantime, here’s an excerpt–a raw, unedited version of my section on Peart and Rush in 1996-1997, just before all of the tragedies hit. I’m hoping to come up with something better. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta.Īt the moment, the place-holder title is The Neil Peart Generation. The book will come out this fall (2015) from WordFire Press under the editorial expertise of Kevin J. So, if you’ll permit me, I’ll do it here.Īnd, I’m having a blast, not surprisingly. ![]() While I’ve mentioned this in passing, i’ve yet to announce formally that I’m writing a book on the words and ideas of Neil Peart. ![]()
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