Test for Echo
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| Test for Echo | ||
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| Studio album by Rush | ||
| Released | September 10, 1996 | |
| Recorded | 1996 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock | |
| Length | 53:25 | |
| Label | Anthem Records (Canada) Anthem/Atlantic | |
| Producer(s) | Peter Collins and Rush | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Rush chronology | ||
| Counterparts (1993) | Test for Echo (1996) | Different Stages (1997)
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Test for Echo is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music).
The song "Driven" would become a common bass showcase for bassist Geddy Lee during future tours. Also, "Resist" would eventually grow into an unplugged "folk" song on the Vapor Trails and R30 tours. "Limbo" would become the band's most recent instrumental; it also marked the third Rush album in a row to feature one. By this point, Rush's song lengths were decreasing slightly, but still remained at 4-5 minutes on average. The album also marks the final Rush work prior to the events in Neil Peart's life that halted the band for half a decade.
[edit] Track listing
- "Test for Echo" – 5:55
- "Driven" – 4:27
- "Half the World" – 3:42
- "The Color of Right" – 4:48
- "Time and Motion" – 5:01
- "Totem" – 4:58
- "Dog Years" – 4:55
- "Virtuality" – 5:43
- "Resist" – 4:23
- "Limbo" – 5:28
- "Carve Away the Stone" – 4:05
[edit] Personnel
- Geddy Lee - bass, synthesizers, vocals
- Alex Lifeson - acoustic and electric guitars, mandola
- Neil Peart - drums, cymbals and hammered dulcimer
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | The Billboard 200 | 5 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1996 | "Test For Echo" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1996 | "Half the World" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 5 |
| 1997 | "Driven" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 3 |
| 1997 | "Virtuality" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 16 |
| Rush |
| Geddy Lee | Alex Lifeson | Neil Peart |
| John Rutsey |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Rush | Fly by Night | Caress of Steel | 2112 | All the World's a Stage | A Farewell to Kings | Hemispheres | Permanent Waves | Moving Pictures | Exit...Stage Left | Signals | Grace Under Pressure | Power Windows | Hold Your Fire | A Show of Hands | Presto | Roll the Bones | Counterparts | Test for Echo | Different Stages | Vapor Trails | Rush in Rio | Feedback (EP) |
| Compilations: Archives | Chronicles | Retrospective I | Retrospective II | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 | Gold |
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