History Music / ClockworkAngels

A novelization co-written by Kevin J. Anderson was published in September 2012, accompanied by an audiobook read by drummer Neil Peart. Anderson, a longtime friend of Peart, worked from his storyline for the album and incorporated snippets of Rush lyrics throughout the book.

* EasterEgg: If you look at [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Rush_Clockwork_Angels_artwork.png the cover]] and assume the normal placement of numbers, the clock reads 9:12. 9:12 PM is "2112" when read as a 24-hour reading.

* EasterEgg: If you look at [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Rush_Clockwork_Angels_artwork.png the cover]] and assume the normal placement of numbers, the clock reads 9:12. 9:12 PM is "2112" in military time.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Ranging from 2 ("Halo Effect") to 8 ("BU2B").

* GriefSong: [=BU2B2=] is not explicitly a song spurred by the loss of a human life. The liner notes, however, mention that it is an(alogous to an) internal monologue based upon all the things that the protagonist has lost, a concept that could be interpreted liberally enough to include such a loss.

A novelization co-written by drummer Neil Peart and his long time friend Kevin J. Anderson was published in September 2012, accompanied by an audiobook read by Peart.

A novelization co-written by drummer Neil Peart and his long time friend Kevin J. Anderson is in the works.

* DarkReprise: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVtVC82y8C0 BU2B2]], which dispenses with the heavy rock instrumentation of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mu6-jeydvo BU2B]] in favor of strings, and is all about the belief mentioned in BU2B failing the protagonist.

* NonAppearingTitle: "The Anarchist", "Carnies", "Halo Effect", "The Wreckers". Taken very literally, also "The Garden" (though it refers to "''a'' garden" many times) and "BU2B" (it stands for "Brought Up to Believe", a line that ''does'' appear many times in this song).

A novelization co-wrote by drummer Neil Peart and his long time friend Kevin J. Anderson is in the works.

CityOfGold

* NonAppearingTitle: In standard Rush fare.

''Clockwork Angels'' is the 20th studio album and first full-fledged ConceptAlbum by cult Canadian ProgressiveRock band {{Rush}}. Its basic plot follows the highlights and lowlights taken from the lifetime of an [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] man living in a ClockPunk and SteamPunk inspired alternate universe.

A novelization co-wrote by Neil Peart and his long time friend Kevin J. Anderson is in the works.

* GriefSong: [=BU2B2=] is not explicitly a song spurred by the loss of a human life. The liner notes, however, mention that it is an(alogous to an) internal monologue considering all the things that the protagonist has lost, a concept that could be interpreted liberally enough to include such a loss.

* [[DualMeaningChorus Dual Meaning 'Chorus']: Subtly down. Carnies has two repeatedly repeated sections that change meaning over the course of the song.

A novelization by Kevin J. Anderson, long-time friend of Neil Peart, is in the works.

* GriefSong: BU2B2 is not explicitly a song spurred by the loss of a human life. The liner notes, however, mention that it is an(alogous to an) internal monologue considering all the things that the protagonist has lost, a concept that could be interpreted liberally enough to include such a loss.

* GriefSong