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A Farewell to Kings

Progressive rock
Progressive rock

A Farewell to Kings is a Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Yes, Angel, Kansas and Uriah Heep. Those roots explain a lot about how A Farewell to Kings arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 2112, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Primus, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around A Farewell to Kings, reaching back through Yes and forward to Primus. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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A Farewell to Kings is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on Anthem Records on August 29, 1977. The album reached No. 11 in Canada and marked a growth in the band's international fanbase. It became the band's second Top 40 album in the United States, after their 1976 double live album All the World's a Stage, and was their first Top 40 album in the United Kingdom.

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A Farewell to Kings grew out of Yes, Angel, Kansas and Uriah Heep, shares an orbit with 2112, went on to shape Primus. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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