Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Amazon.com | |
| Robert Christgau | D |
| The Daily Vault | A− |
- In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #6 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".
- Allmusic's Greg Prato gave the album 3.5 stars (of 5), saying they "had improved their songwriting and strengthened their focus and musical approach." He took notice of the synthesizers that were creeping into the arrangements; "a direction the band would continue to pursue on future releases."
- Edmund Blackadder wrote on Sputnikmusic.com that Farewell was "Rush's masterpiece (closely followed by Hemispheres)", describing the instrumentation as "absolutely brilliant, with every musician at the peak of their talents" and praised the album for its "wide variety of different song types and structures".
- Robert Christgau was much less kind. He gave the record a D rating, calling them "the most obnoxious band currently making a killing on the zonked teen circuit." He compared them to bands such as "Angel, or Kansas, or a power trio Uriah Heep, with the vocals revved up an octave."
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