Talk:Roll the Bones
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[edit] "Communist-based songs"
The last sentence is poorly constructed and factually inaccurate. Plenty of Rush's anti-communist songs don't contain the word "red" in the title. Freewill, Tom Sawyer, The Trees, 2112, Anthem. I am going to remove the sentence if no one objects. 153.104.16.114 21:30, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Chart status
If Roll the Bones peaked at #3, then there had to have been 2 others above it, right? So how is it that "only ... Metallica's Metallica ... prevent[ed] it from hitting #1 in the US"? There should be another album in the way too. So, what is that other album? --Patrick T. Wynne 18:58, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
I was just going to post the exact same question. Clashwho 22:16, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Face Up hit #3 on radio?
The article mentions that in 1992, Face Up hit #3 as a Mainstream Rock Track. I believe this may be a mistake as Ghost of a Chance was popular on the radio around this time and is not mentioned as a radio single in the article.
You are correct. Ghost Of A Chance was the single that was released at the time and it hit #2 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. U2 prevented it from going to #1 as "Mysterious Ways" held that spot for about 2 1/2 months.
[edit] Heresy was not released as a single
I changed the part where it says that "Heresy" hit #24, first off Heresy was never released as a single and never charted. Second it was "Bravado" that was released to radio at this time and it hit #13 on the Mainstream Rock Chart.
It should be noted that none of songs on Roll The Bones were released as singles, they were "album cuts" meaning they were only released to radio for airplay and never for commercial sale (in stores). It was because of this that no Rush songs from this album charted on The Hot 100 as they were not released as retail singles which was Billboard's rules until 1998 when record companies did away with most singles altogether.
Stick It Out from Counterparts was the only 90's song by Rush to be made a retail single and thus charted at a low #76 on the Hot 100.
[edit] rolling stone review
The article says Rolling Stone reviewed the album and gave it 2.5 stars, but the link doesn't seem to work and searching on rolling stone's website seems to indicate that they didn't review it. Can anyone confirm one way or the other? If not I'll remove it soon. -- Zarvok | Talk 20:42, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Rap
The title track contains a rap of sorts. Can anyone work that into the article
Barrett Ross (talk) 01:37, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Who performed the rap? 24.189.35.249 (talk) 23:25, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
