Random question:
Wondering what everyone thinks about the album Working Man - A Tribute to Rush.
This album was released over 20 years ago and features covers of 13 "classic" Rush songs (all from the debut album through Signals, plus Mission). The album was released on Magna Carta Records. Only one song (I think it was only one) was performed by an actual band (Closer to the Heart by Fates Warning). Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy played bass and drums on about half the songs, and Stu Hamm was on a handful. Singers included guys like Jack Russell, Mark Slaughter, Sebastian Bach and James Labrie. I didn't know who most of the other players were (and I still don't, although I have come to recognize many of the names). For the most part, I thought it was a very subpar effort, and most of the production sounds very sterile. Most of the vocals, in particular, were pretty bad. The one that always stands out is Natural Science, which features Devin Townsend on vocals. It's one of my favorite Rush songs, but he just butchers it. I didn't know who he was at the time, and that performance has kept me from even checking out anything else he's done. Terry Brown was involved in the mixing, but not as a producer.
What do you all think?