Test for Echo

Infobox Album | Name = Test for Echo
Type = Album
Artist = Rush


Released = September 10, 1996
Recorded = January - March 1996 Bearsville Studios, New York & Reaction Studios, Toronto
Genre = Hard rock, rock
Length = 53:25
Label = Anthem (Canada)
Atlantic
Producer = Peter Collins and Rush
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4oj4eaw24x87 link]
* "Entertainment Weekly" (B) [http://www.musicoutfitter.com/test-for-echo/p393736.html link]
* "Mojo" rating|3|5 [http://www.musicoutfitter.com/test-for-echo/p393736.html link]
Last album = "Counterparts"
(1993)
This album = "Test for Echo"
(1996)
Next album = "Different Stages"
(1997)

"Test for Echo" is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music).

The title track reached #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart, making "Test for Echo" the band's third consecutive album to feature a chart topper. The song "Driven" would become a common bass showcase for bassist Geddy Lee during future tours. Also, "Resist" would eventually be rearranged into an unplugged "folk" song on the "Vapor Trails" and "R30" tours. "Limbo", an instrumental, 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.__NOTOC__

Track listing

All songs written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, and Neil Peart except where noted.
# "Test for Echo" (Lifeson, Lee, Peart, Pye Dubois) – 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" (Lifeson, Lee) – 5:28
# "Carve Away the Stone" – 4:05

Personnel

*Geddy Lee - bass, synthesizers, vocals
*Alex Lifeson - acoustic and electric guitars, mandola
*Neil Peart - drums, cymbals and hammered dulcimer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

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