Rush

What a stunning little piece of work this is! From the moment you start this up you're blasted to the other side of the galaxy - literally! This album really is brilliant, Rush were one of the greats of the 70's and they manage to show it in this album, and not just this album either, but several...

Hemispheres is no less than a PROG Rock record, yet it's just not the side I particularly enjoy from Rush, and well it's not that it's a excellent PROG Rock record either, A Farewell to Kings deserves that position. More about RUSH at Progarchives.com

In this album we saw Rush take a very big leap in their music, and the track 2112 is the result of that leap. I'm not going to analyze this album further, but there is one thing i have noticed with Rush music. It really catches the ear of the listener. I have many friends who dislike prog in general, b...

I think for some people the choice of material would be off-putting, and whilst I agree the setlist is not faultless (the setlist from Exit Stage Left is perfect) you have to appreciate this is right up- to-date, hence the setlist, and in my view this is a top-notch concert DVD. It's thorough...

How to rate this? Fans probably already have all their albums, so this isn't for them. Collectors? Maybe, but most likely not. Newcomers to Rush? I would prefer they get the studio albums from their peak period. Completionists? Well... that's what they do, so they'll want this. The music isn't ba...

Moving Towards a Softer Act?Sorry if this review will provoke some shock for fellow Prog fans, but I still don't get how this is Rush's most acclaimed effort on the Prog realms. A Farewell to Kings was for me Rush's peak on the creative side of music as well as instrumentally, showing very wel...

Roll the Bones is the fourteenth full-length studio album by Canadian progressive rock act Rush. The album was produced by Rupert Hine who was also the producer on Presto (1989) and released through Atlantic Records on the 3rd of September 1991. The band had great commercial succes with th...

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While they have all but discarded their sleeve worn influences, I can't help but feel as if they are letting those very things silently control them. The compositions are by no means traditional rock format, and it is quite deep and involving at times. Not to mention there is more band member...

They rely so heavily on somewhat complex hard rock, that it damages the overall diversity, not to mention the hard rock can feel quite plain at times, and Geddy wants to be the best Plant he can. stars RUSH Music Online: recommended progarchives.com worldwide prog rock stores

That being said, this definitely shows much promise for Dream Theater as a highlight of progressive metal for years to come. The songs are complex, diverse, emotional, and highly impassioned, at times. Pull Me Under doesn't show the entire arsenal this band has at its disposal. Many songs v...

Permanent Waves is a very good album, it is not as progressive as Rush's earlier work, but it's very enjoyable and moody. I think Permanent Waves is a very good start of the 80's for Rush, though I'm not really sure which album I like more, this one or Moving Pictures, which would be released on...

I got the feeling the band needed a record to promote at the R30 gigs when they released this cover album. They did some of the songs on this album on the R30 tour and I guess my point was proven. Which in my view was a travesty because there is a lot of hidden gems in the Rush discography they could ha...

Madrigal comes on and it's the shortest song on the album. It's a keyboard ballad. One melody is repeated over and over. The lyrics are bad: back to fantasy crap. In fact, most of the lyrics on here are a return to fantasy ideals, and they're a regression for Peart. The music is unmemorable. What hap...

A transitional effort. This album is often lauded for it's progressive ambitions, but then poo pooed for the fact that the band still does a lot of hard rock. Let's face facts: at this point in time, the band was best at hard rock. Tracks like Anthem, Beneath Between and Beneath, Fly By Night, an...

It's important to remember that about this album. It's fun. It's the only Rush album that I can call "fun." The lyrics here were written mostly by Geddy and Lifeson (if I'm not mistaken) and they are very down to Earth. "I get up by seven, yeah, and I go to work by nine..." "I've been here, I've been ther...

The Fountain Of Lamneth is less succesful, but I think that's mostly because of the length. And the fact that it has more lyrics. I always cringe when Geddy sings in early Rush, but not because of his voice: it's because of the lyrics. And these are typical Peart fantasy nonsense, too blunt to be...

Despite disliking a considerable part of the album, it is impossible not to notice its influence in progressive rock, progressive metal, popular culture and music in general. Thus, Moving Pictures is an essential album, due to its importance, with boring music inside.

Geddy's Giddy Heights I was put off Rush in my formative years by a school buddy who used to play 'All the World's a Stage' at every available opportunity just because he knew I loathed the singing. Ever since that trauma, I have approached the vocal entreaties of Geddy with some trepidation...

“War Paint” Powerful music gives way to cheesy synthesizer on this one, unfortunately. The lyrics are also fairly substandard. Despite those shortcomings, Peart’s drumming is outstanding. RUSH Music Online: recommended progarchives.com worldwide prog rock stores

This was one of the first Rush albums that I bought after listening to my parents' Chronicles compilation all my life, as I had heard from someone that this is one of their most essential albums. In a sense I disagree, as I consider the following three albums some of the greatest musical work o...

The reason for my mediocre rating is ''The Fountain of Lamneth''. This twenty-minute giant is probably one of the most boring Rush songs I've ever heard. There's very little to speak of in terms of great musical moments because most of the music sounds like the generic music you hear on Civil...

What The Hell Is This?'The answer is: a bland collector's item. If you make a living off of collecting rare Prog releases simply for the sake of 'owning' them and having the satisfaction of having something that not many people have, then look out for this. However, it's not in massive stock,...

The news this past week was of course dominated by the Tuesday release of Rush's Atlantic-era greatest hits package Retrospective 3. Geddy Lee was on the radio interview circuit this week promoting the release and I've been keeping track of these in my radio interviews roundup post. He was...

 OH Volume 2 covered 1981 - 1987, Moving Pictures to Hold Your Fire, while this new one packs in the long era from 1989 - 2007, and the albums from Presto on to the most recent Snakes & Arrows. As such, it showcases the Rush transition away from their more ...

It's not correct to indicate Permanent Waves as an album where Rush leave the prog-rock structures. Because those structures are still present and not less then the last three album 2112, A Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres. But surely is right to say that it is the first step to a more radio-...

As far as song choice goes, theres a great selection of their Progressive-era material. The only two songs I'm not in love with are 'Closer To The Heart' and 'Beneath, Between and Behind' which are skillful in their own right. Rush is careful to include some of their most popular prog-era wor...

Kid Gloves- This song hasen't ever really stuck with me. I think it is a little too country/new wave/sci-fi for me, a bad mix. The slinky solo in this song is pretty good, but I don't think that the overall music, lyrics, and music flucuation really work for me. I think it would be great if the keys...

By David Bowling I sort of lost track of Rush about 15-20 years ago. I’m not sure why as I was a big fan in the '70s and '80s and their vinyl releases remain in my collection. Snakes & Arrows Live provided a good way to catch up and renew old acquaintances.Showcasing Rush at their best, this almost four-hour, t...

By address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Stefan) RUSH For the new Rush fan I would not recommend it. "Different Stages" would be a much better intro to their live work. It showcases their more recent work as well as the pre-"Hemispheres" albums on that fantastic third concert disc. 3. Subdivisions

A meme has developed in certain fan circles over the past few decades: Rolling Stone hates Rush. Ever since RS ran its review of Hemispheres in 1979, we've gotten more letters from Rush fans than perhaps anyone else. Most input runs along the lines of: "RS obviously hates Rush" or "Why hasn't...

By Chris Holmes Despite the typical New Jersey summer weather (temperature in the low 90s as the show opened), the group's energy rarely waned during the marathon three-hour set. The crowd for the most part was enthusiastic, although the classics ("Freewill", "Subdivisions", "The Spirit of Radio", a...

Rush's concert featured everything you'd expect from a progressive rock band of 1970s vintage: a laser light show, fireballs, prodigious riffage, sci-fi keyboards. It would have been an exercise in nostalgia but for one thing: Rush just released a new album, "Snakes & Arrows" (Atl...

Rush's concert featured everything you'd expect from a progressive rock band of 1970s vintage: a laser light show, fireballs, prodigious riffage, sci-fi keyboards. It would have been an exercise in nostalgia but for one thing: Rush just released a new album, "Snakes & Arrows" (Atl...

By Paul Roy Set 2: 12. Far Cry 13. Workin' Them Angels 14. Armor And Sword 15. Spindrift 16. The Way The Wind Blows 17. Subdivisions 18. Natural Science 19. Witch Hunt 20. Malignant Narcissism 21. Drum Solo 22. Hope 23. Summertime Blues 24. The Spirit Of Radio 25. Tom Sawyer

By Paul Roy Exit Stage Left captures Rush at their creative and performing peak and is a must see for any fan of this magnificent Canadian export. Set List 1. Limelight 2. Tom Sawyer 3. The Trees 4. Xanadu 5. Red Barchetta 6. Freewill 7. Closer To The Heart 8. YYZ

By Paul Roy Last summer Rush released the three DVD/CD box set Replay X 3, which includes remastered versions the three previously released VHS concert videos Exit Stage Left, Grace Under Pressure Tour, and A Show Of Hands, as well as a previously unreleased live CD of the Grace Under Pressure show. I...

By T. Michael Testi The CD contains 13 tracks whose listing can be found below. Rush is made up of the legendary trio of Geddy Lee on vocals, bass and mellotron; Alex Lifeson on guitars, mandola, mandolin and bouzouki (a Greek long-necked lute); and Neil Peart on drums, percussion, and tambourine. All songs we...

By Marty Dodge Rush return with their best album since Power Windows is the short review of this CD. Forget all the naysayers -- this is a great album from a band back at their creative best. Neil Peart seems to have worked through all his troubles and is back on cracking form. There is not a duff track on this her...

By El Bicho Complex lyrics blended with the intricate and ever-changing instrumental structures have always been the mark of a good Rush album, and S&A has them. "The Larger Bowl" is a pantoum, a rare form of poetry where the second and fourth lines of each stanza are repeated as the first and thir...

By Bob Cesca And fortunately for the cause of reason, it hasn't fallen upon deaf ears. It premiered this week at #3 on the Billboard Top 200, beating out Avril Lavigne, ex-Idol doofus rocker Chris Daughtry, and ex-Idol cupcake Carrie Underwood. Here's to hoping (there's a warm Alex Lifeson acoustic in...

While the period since drummer/lyricist Neil Peart lost his wife to cancer and 19-year-old daughter to a car wreck yielded two stellar live projects, "R30" and the CD/DVD "Rush in Rio," as well as a successful tour, it was justifiably a period void of top-form songwriting.

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By Tom Johnson Rush - Snakes & Arrows: It's here! It's finally here! Five years on from Vapor Trails, Rush returns with their 18th studio album (19th if you count the Feedback EP, released in the interim.) This is one time when I get to play my "fan card" and just fully admit to my bias. I'm going to listen t...

By Josh Hathaway The big news for this week? That idiot DJRadiohead has stopped running this feature and has turned it over to me. There are a few of you who will get that joke. The rest of you would do best to keep reading forward, as there are some great entries in this week's Listening Room.Speaking of great ent...

By Josh Hathaway In reading Rush drummer Neil Peart's Ghost Rider, I've developed a new respect for this song, so often overlooked and dismissed by fans as one of the lesser Vapor Trails offerings. Here, as in the book, we get a more humble, simpler Peart, a man facing a change in his life and opting to, for onc...

By DJRadiohead This performance was recorded around the time of his studio album Cold Day in Hell, which was released sometime in 1976, presumably after this January show.  Rush, Levis, Stroger, and Green had either just finished cutting the album or would soon head into the studio.  Five of the 12 tracks...