Rush "Test For Echo" (SYEOR 2025) 2025-09-05 Pitchfork wrote that "the music

Pitchfork wrote that "the music just isn't strong enough to warrant or excuse the band's bothersome attitudes

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” simultaneously King Diamond’s most tender ballad and their most explosive onslaught

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while the ballads "Shine" and "Freelove" are as beautiful as the classic "Somebody" (but entirely unburdened by saccharine sentimentality)

Rush "Test For Echo" (SYEOR 2025) 2025-09-05 Pitchfork wrote that "the musicRush released their sixteenth album, Test for Echo, in 1996, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard chart and the title track taking the No. 1 spot on the Mainstream Rock Track chart.