Classic Rock Revisited has issued a new interview with RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson, in which he discusses the band's first studio album in five years, Clockwork Angels. An excerpt follows:

In reality, Clockwork Angles began years ago but Rush’s touring schedule kept the project from being completed. Lifeson comments on working over such a long period of time, “We spread this one out over a couple of years and it ended up being a very nice way to work. It gave us a bit of breathing space, as we wrote in groups of songs. I think that always helps to get a little bit of variety. When you get into the studio and you record everything together then it brings that consistency through it. I think we really achieved an interesting dynamic. We have a lot of songs that are different from each other. I think a lot of the songs are very cinematic and part of the story. The first batch we did consisted of five songs that we wrote several years ago. When I think of the songs on the album I think of them in the little groups that we wrote them in.”

Read the full interview at this location.

More chart positions have been revealed for Clockwork Angels. The album has now achieved the following positions:

Canada - #1

US (Billboard) - #2 (Top 200), #3 (Digital Albums), #1 (Rock Albums), #1 (Hard Rock Albums), #1 (Taste Makers Albums)

Japan - #2

Norway - #10

Germany - #11

Holland - #11

Switzerland - #21

Clockwork Angels is out now as a regular CD, digital download and deluxe double-vinyl version.