Feedback (EP)
{{Short description|2004 EP by Rush}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Feedback
| type = EP
| artist = Rush
| cover = Rush Feedback.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2004|06|29}}
| recorded = March–April 2004{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | title = Driven | edition = 1st | publisher = ECW Press | year = 2021 | pages = 279 | isbn = 978-1-77041-537-9}}
| studio = Phase One, Toronto
| genre = Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock
| length = 27:08
| label = Anthem
| producer = David Leonard, Rush
| prev_title = Rush in Rio
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour
| next_year = 2005
}}
Feedback is an EP by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 2004. The record features eight covers of songs that were influential for the band members during the 1960s. The outing marked the 30th anniversary of both the release of Rush's debut album, which featured the original lineup of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and John Rutsey, and of Neil Peart's joining the band in the wake of Rutsey's departure. The tour in support of the Feedback album was called the R30: 30th Anniversary Tour. The record was remastered and reissued in 2013 as a part of the box set The Studio Albums 1989–2007. In 2016 it was reissued after being remastered by Sean Magee at Abbey Road Studios following a direct approach by Rush to remaster their entire back catalogue.{{cite web|url=https://www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/sean-magee|title=Abbey Road - Engineers - Sean Magee|access-date=2021-04-02|archive-date=2020-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214135425/https://www.abbeyroad.com/engineer/sean-magee|url-status=live}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r695101|tab=review|last=Jurek|first=Thom|access-date=June 22, 2011}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}
| rev3 = The Essential Rock Discography
| rev4 = Stylus Magazine
| rev4score = F{{cite magazine|url=http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/rush/feedback.htm|title=Rush - Feedback - Review|last=Randolph|first=Bjorn|magazine=Stylus Magazine|date=July 27, 2004|access-date=February 23, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510022156/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/rush/feedback.htm|archive-date=May 10, 2012}}
| rev5 = USA Today
| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2004-07-12-listen-up_x.htm|title=For Rush, positive 'Feedback' (Rush, Feedback)|last=Barnes|first=Ken|newspaper=USA Today|date=July 13, 2004|access-date=September 30, 2013|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407091448/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2004-07-12-listen-up_x.htm|url-status=live}}
}}
Rhapsody praised the EP, calling it one of their favourite cover releases.[http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/02/great-covers-albums.html Rhapsody’s Favorite Covers Albums] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731012250/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2010/02/great-covers-albums.html |date=July 31, 2010 }} Referenced August 1, 2010 AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek called the track list "amazing" and said "None of these tunes are done with an ounce of camp. What the listener encounters is a Rush that has never ever been heard before."
Track listing
{{track listing
| extra_column = Original artist/Inspiration
| total_length = 27:08
| title1 = Summertime Blues
| writer1 = Eddie Cochran/Jerry Capehart
| extra1 = Eddie Cochran, Blue Cheer, The Who
| length1 = 3:43
| title2 = Heart Full of Soul
| writer2 = Graham Gouldman
| extra2 = The Yardbirds
| length2 = 2:52
| title3 = For What It's Worth
| writer3 = Stephen Stills
| extra3 = Buffalo Springfield
| length3 = 3:30
| title4 = The Seeker
| writer4 = Pete Townshend
| extra4 = The Who
| length4 = 3:27
| title5 = Mr. Soul
| writer5 = Neil Young
| extra5 = Buffalo Springfield
| length5 = 3:51
| title6 = Seven and Seven Is
| writer6 = Arthur Lee
| extra6 = Love
| length6 = 2:53
| title7 = Shapes of Things
| writer7 = Paul Samwell-Smith/Keith Relf/Jim McCarty
| extra7 = The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group
| length7 = 3:16
| title8 = Crossroads
| writer8 = Robert Johnson
| extra8 = Robert Johnson, Cream
| length8 = 3:27
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Personnel
- Geddy Lee – lead vocals, bass guitar
- Alex Lifeson – guitar
- Neil Peart – drums, percussion
Singles
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! Information |
"Summertime Blues"
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Charts
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!Chart (2004) !Peak |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|5|artist=Rush|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|59|id=24965|artist=Rush|album=Feedback|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2020}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Rush|rowheader=true|access-date=July 3, 2020}} |
References
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{{Rush}}
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