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| A Farewell to Kings | ||
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| Album by Rush | ||
| Released | September 1977 | |
| Recorded | June 1977 | |
| Genre | Progressive Rock | |
| Length | 37 min 13 sec | |
| Record label | Mercury Records | |
| Producers | Terry Brown and Rush | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| RollingStone | 2½/5 | link |
| Artistdirect | 3/5 | link |
| Rush Chronology | ||
| All The World's a StageAll the world's a stage is the phrase that begins a famous soliloquy from William Shakespeare's As You Like It spoken by the melancholy Jacques. The speech compares life to a play, and catalogues the seven stages of a man's life: infant, school-boy, lover ( 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s) | A Farewell to Kings ( 1977) | HemispheresHemispheres is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales. This album continues Rush's trend of using the fantasy and science fiction lyrics written b ( 1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet.) |
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The lyrics of the long cut "Xanadu" were inspired by the 56-line poem Kubla Khan, written in 1798(?) by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this respect there is a link to Welcome To The Pleasuredome by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
The lyrics of Cinderella Man are based on the Frank Capra film "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."