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Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

A certain measure of righteousness, a certain degree of email: backtrackingrox@gmail.com.

Rush "Test for Echo" (1996), Side C: Virtuality, Resist, Limbo Aug 21, 2024

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Rush's 1996 album "Test for Echo", Side C: "Virtuality", "Resist", "Limbo" and "Carve Away the Stone".

We also discuss how college is the leading cause of divorce from Rush, what the real version of "Vapor Trails" is, and the end of an era for the band and for this episode.

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Rush “Test for Echo”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Dry Raf for once.

0:28: Smash it!

1:00: Raygun & Fuck the Olympics

2:15: College is the leading cause of divorce from Rush.

4:04: Housekeeping, & what is the real version of “Vapor Trails?”

7:49: Side C, Track One: “Virtuality”

18:51: Side C, Track Two: “Resist”

33:48: Side C, Track Three: “Limbo”

41:53: Side C, Track Four: “Carve Away the Stone”

47:40: Backtracking: Backtracking

49:53: Besties & Worsties

51:54: The End of Rush & The End of the Episode

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Rush "Test for Echo" (1996), Side B: Time and Motion, Totem, Dog Years Aug 14, 2024

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Rush's 1996 album "Test for Echo", Side B: "Time and Motion", "Totem" and "Dog Years".

Plus the mystery of the three-sided vinyl and an aside about dumb comments. Your kernel of truth is not an ear of corn.

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Rush “Test for Echo”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Where’s that boondoggle?

0:44: Test for Scripted Open

1:15: The Mystery of the 3-Sided Vinyl

3:33: Side B, Track One: “Time and Motion”

10:24: An aside regarding dumb comments.

13:26: Side B, Track Two: “Totem”

25:55: Side B, Track Three: “Dog Years”

36:25: “Your kernel of truth is not an ear of corn.”

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Rush "Test for Echo" (1996), Side A: Driven, Half the World Aug 07, 2024

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Rush's 1996 album "Test for Echo", Side A: the title track, "Driven", "Half the World" and "The Color of Right".

We cover mixer Andy Wallace, Peter Collins's last stand as producer, the inuksuk on the cover, and whether Collins's final Rush album is a secret masterpiece.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

Rush “Test for Echo”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Analog kids, amirite?

0:29: A particle of mercy makes the scripted open right.

3:27: Here it is, global citizens: The Meat.

10:39: Inuksuk? Gesundheit!

15:39: “Handy” Andy Wallace, and Collins’ Last Stand.

24:38: Side A, Track One: “Test for Echo”

33:10: Side A, Track Two: “Driven”

43:20: Side A, Track Three: “Half the World”

50:07: Side A, Track Four: “The Color of Right”

58:30: Collins’ final Rush album is a masterpiece?

1:00:45: Rappin’ that shiznit up, yo.

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Summer Break Update: Rush "Test for Echo" Is Next Jul 31, 2024

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A quick summer break note: we're on vacation, and our first Rush "Test for Echo" episode arrives next week.

Hang on to your enormous rock statues.

Rush "Counterparts" (1993), Side C: Double Agent, Cold Fire Jul 24, 2024

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Rush's 1993 album "Counterparts", Side C: "Double Agent", "Leave That Thing Alone", "Cold Fire" and "Everyday Glory".

Plus how a three-sided vinyl even works, and "Counterparts" reconsidered. Grab a Gatorade; it's a marathon.

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Rush “Counterparts”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: On the edge of sleep, I hear voices in the cold open….

0:21: Scripted!

0:52: How does a three-sided vinyl work, anyway?

1:52: Side C, Track One: “Double Agent”

12:13: Side C, Track Two: “Leave That Thing Alone”

20:38: Side C, Track Three: “Cold Fire”

27:28: Side C, Track Four: “Everyday Glory”

35:35: Counterparts, Reconsidered

39:20: Counterparts vs. Counterfarts

40:45: Time for a Gatorade, ya’ll, because that was a marathon.

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Rush "Counterparts" (1993), Side B: Between Sun and Moon, Alien Shore Jul 17, 2024

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Rush's 1993 album "Counterparts", Side B: "Between Sun and Moon", "Alien Shore" and "Speed of Love".

A short one by our standards. It moved at, you guessed it, the speed of love.

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Rush “Counterparts”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: “Well ...that’s sad.”

1:22: Dirty 30!

2:17: Side B, Track One: “Between Sun and Moon”

17:37: Side B, Track Two: “Alien Shore”

26:20: Side B, Track Three: “Speed of Love”

33:15: That episode moved at… the speed of love?

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Rush "Counterparts" (1993), Side A: Animate, Nobody's Hero Jul 10, 2024

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Rush's 1993 album "Counterparts", Side A: "Animate", "Stick It Out", "Cut to the Chase" and "Nobody's Hero".

We remember producer Peter Collins, talk about college and drifting away from Rush in 1993, and ask whether this is a new era or a grunge-influenced interlude.

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Rush “Counterparts”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: The phosphorescent wave on a tropical sea is a cold open.

0:18: For you and me, sex is not a scripted intro.

3:08: RIP Peter Collins

5:45: 1993, college, and being estranged from Rush.

11:45: A new era? Or a grunge-influenced interlude?

23:49: Hugh Syme nailing it. Or bolting it? Or is it nutting it?

27:50: Three sides live?

28:41: Side A, Track One: “Animate”

37:20: Side A, Track Two: “Stick It Out”

47:30: Side A, Track Three: “Cut to the Chase”

1:00:33: Side A, Track Four: “Nobody’s Hero”

1:18:15: Not exactly cutting to the chase, but there you go.

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Rush "Roll the Bones" (1991), Side B: Heresy, Ghost of a Chance Jul 03, 2024

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Rush's 1991 album "Roll the Bones", Side B: "The Big Wheel", "Heresy", "Ghost of a Chance", "Neurotica" and "You Bet Your Life".

Also: how was this album so popular? The Best and the Worst, and the bones come up craps.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:

Rush “Roll the Bones”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: I Will Drink and Dance with One Hand Free

0:21: Un Scripted Momento

0:50: A Thoughtful Discussion on Legalization

4:34: Side B, Track One: “The Big Wheel”

12:29: Side B, Track Two: “Heresy”

25:44: Side B, Track Three: “Ghost of a Chance”

41:27: Side B, Track Four: “Neurotica”

48:40: Side B, Track Five: “You Bet Your Life”

56:10: How was this album so popular?

58:05: Ye Beste and Ye Wurst

1:00:50: The bones came up craps.

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