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Rush
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.6401
Rush Album Rankings
1
In an age where even the most pathetic band or artist can get a "greatest hits" compilation moments after reaching the top of the charts (and subsequently flaming out), it's almost unbelievable that t
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2
Moving Pictures, the 1982 release from Canadian hard-rockers Rush, marked a series of changes for the group - many of which had actually been in place for some time, and simply came to fruition with t
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3
Whereas Rush's first two releases, their self-titled debut andFly By Night, helped create a buzz among hard rock fans worldwide, the more progressive third release,Caress of Steel, confused many of th
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4
Well, so much for using synths as counterpoint rather than as the main attraction.
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5
SinceNeil Peartjoined the band in time for 1975'sFly by Night, Rush had been experimenting and growing musically with each successive release.
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6
Sometimes, I wish that Rush had broken the "four-studio-one-live" album pattern at some point in their career.
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7
How draining was tax season this year for me? Not only did it empty my wallet, but it took almost all my energy to listen to anything this week.
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8
When I was a writer for HitsWorld, I managed to piss off people in a couple of countries by daring to slam Rush's latest release.
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9
Chances are, if you're a casual Rush fan, the only thing you know about their 1975 releaseFly By Nightis the title track.
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10
ASOLID double-live album, one that demonstrates every good side of the earliest epoch of Rush and virtually none of the bad.
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11
When you try to feature as many different bands as possible on this site, it's really easy to forget about great albums by groups who have been fortunate to grace our pages.
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12
Retrospective, Vol. 1 (1974-1980)was designed to replace the double-disc setChronicles, and it is, in fact, a better compilation than its predecessor.
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13
The more time one spends with Vapor Trails, the richer and more nuanced it becomes. Consider this an absolute triumph.
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14
Now this is good. A Farewell to Kings could have been a sign of Rush's emminent and possibly permanent decline, but it wasn't.
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15
Thundering drums open this Rush album. The guitar does a little rock jig, so to speak, and Geddy Lee comes in sounding stronger than he had in years.
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16
Amasterful comeback. The songwriting is at least somewhat up to snuff again, but what's most important is how this sucker SOUNDS.
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17
Rush was planning on releasing a live album after thePermanent Wavestour, but managerCliff Burnsteinconvinced the group that they were peaking musically, and should go straight back into the recording
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18
After being slagged off for the electronic ambience of its predecessor releases such as 1985'sPower Windowsand 1984'sGrace Under Pressure, Rush bounces back with their 13th release,Presto.
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19
First things first. It sounds better than much of their mid to late Eighties output! Secondly, this album rediscovers in places their way with melody! Only in places, mind.
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20
I may be committing some sort of crime now, but I don't always take Rush seriously. Here they are starting to move into the murky waters of progressive rock.
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21
I made the ultimate mistake when it came toRush In Rio, the fifth live release from Canadian hard rockers Rush.
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22
It's been some time since we took a look at Geddy Lee and Rush...
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23
For a while in the '80s, Geddy Lee and the other guys in Rush seemed to be performing Olympian feats with their music.
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24
After 30 years, even an above-average band is typically clinging to the shreds of past glory, playing smaller and smaller venues and releasing yet another "Best Of" album.
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25
Although an actual description does not exist as to what songs can comprise a greatest-hits collection, it is generally assumed that the disc will contain the biggest and best-charting singles that ha
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26
Lifeson’s variation on the new album is like suddenly switching to Technicolor after a decade of monochrome.
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30
On their fourth live album since their inception in the early '70s, Rush's three-CD Different Stages: Live is similar in approach and feel to their first in-concert release, 1976's All the World's a
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31
This CD is an audio interview with the band's guitarist Alex Lifeson. The interview was recorded during the media push for the group's Hold Your Fire album in 1985.
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