- rock, progressive rock, hard rock, classic rock
- 36 min
- 4 tracks
- Mercury Records
Hemispheres is the sixth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on October 24, 1978, by Anthem Records in Canada and Mercury Records elsewhere. After the commercial and critical success of A Farewell to Kings (1977), the band returned to Rockfield Studios in Wales to record the follow-up with long-time co-producer Terry Brown.
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Grave, earnest, epic and demanding.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- The Essential Rock Discography6/10
- MusicHound Rock2/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
- Sound & Vision5/5 ★
- Sounds3/5 ★
- The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music2/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres: I. Prelude / II. Apollo: Bringer of Wisdom / III. Dionysus: Bringer of Love / IV. Armageddon: The Battle of Heart and Mind / V. Cygnus: Bringer of Balance / VI. The Sphere: A Kind of Dream18:07
- B1Circumstances3:42
- B2The Trees4:46
- B3La Villa Strangiato9:36
4 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rush
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Released
- 1978
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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