℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
| Released | May 14, 2013 |
| Originated | 2011 |
| Duration | 37m 27s |
| Record Label | Mercury Records |
| Genre | Rock |
A Farewell To Kings (Remastered)
Rush
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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A Farewell To Kings (Album Version)
Rush |
5:55 | |||
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1.2
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Xanadu (Album Version)
Rush |
11:10 | |||
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1.3
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Closer To The Heart (Album Version)
Rush |
2:56 | |||
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1.4
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Cinderella Man (Album Version)
Rush |
4:23 | |||
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1.5
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Madrigal (Album Version)
Rush |
2:37 | |||
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1.6
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Cygnus X-1 Book One - The Voyage Prologue (Album Version)
Rush |
10:26 |
UK Albums Chart - #22, 1977
Billboard 200 - #33, 1977
UK Singles Chart - #36, 1977 - Closer To The Heart
"... Rush cemented lasting fame on the strength of albums such as A Farewell To Kings ..."
- Toronto Star
"... found the band juggling various aspects of their sound ... saw Rush adding the synthesizers that over the next few years they would use more and more ..."
- Rolling Stone
"... just might have been the most crucial release of their young career ... the mind-melting Peart continued to expand the vocabulary of rock drumming ... remains a versatile, technically dazzling and mostly unpretentious experience ... proved these prog-rock amigos were invested in the genre for the long haul ..."
- UltimateClassicRock.com
Rush's biggest American commercial success to that point, 1977's A Farewell To Kings became Rush's first gold album in the US (it was eventually certified platinum) and the first time the band enjoyed a real hit with the UK top 40 single Closer To The Heart. Rush recorded this album in Wales and mixed it in London, the first time the band made an album outside of Canada.
"It’s the only one of our albums apart from 2112 that I can really live with. I’ve yet to look at it and start finding fault with it, pick it apart, you know ... it still sounds so positive."
- Geddy Lee
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Mercury Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.02 -0.10 to 0.00 | -15.22 -20.67 to -13.07 | -11.23 -17.40 to -9.20 | 9 7 to 14 | |
| 1 | A Farewell To Kings (Album Version) | 0.00 | -13.91 | -9.8 | 8 |
| 2 | Xanadu (Album Version) | 0.00 | -13.07 | -9.2 | 7 |
| 3 | Closer To The Heart (Album Version) | 0.00 | -15.54 | -10.9 | 10 |
| 4 | Cinderella Man (Album Version) | 0.00 | -14.05 | -10.5 | 9 |
| 5 | Madrigal (Album Version) | -0.10 | -20.67 | -17.4 | 14 |
| 6 | Cygnus X-1 Book One - The Voyage Prologue (Album Version) | 0.00 | -14.09 | -9.6 | 7 |