A Farewell to Kings

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A Farewell To Kings is the fifth studio album by the Canadian band Rush, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales and mixed at Advision Studios in London.

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Album - Canadian - Rush - 1977 - 1977 in music - Wales - London

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The lyrics of the long cut "Xanadu" were inspired by the 56-line poem Kubla Khan, written in 1798(?) by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this respect there is a link to Welcome To The Pleasuredome by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

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Lyric - Kubla Khan - Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

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The lyrics of "Cinderella Man" are based on the Frank Capra film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

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The final track is about a fictional space voyage to Cygnus X-1 (often abbreviated to Cyg X-1), an X-ray source in the Cygnus constellation, and considered to be one of the most likely black hole candidates in the universe. It was discovered in the early 1970s by Canadian scientist Tom Bolton using the facilities of the David Dunlap Observatory at the University of Toronto. The theme of the track would be reused for "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres", the lead and title track of Rush's next album, Hemispheres.

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Cygnus X-1 - Tom Bolton - Hemispheres

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