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Rush

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Progressive rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formed 1968.

Official Website:
http://www.rush.com/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Geddy Lee
Bassist
29-Jul-1953   Bassist for Rush
Alex Lifeson
Guitarist
27-Aug-1953   Guitarist for Rush
Neil Peart
Drummer
12-Sep-1952   Drummer for Rush

DISCOGRAPHY

Rush (1974, Mercury)
1Finding My Way
2Need Some Love
3Take A Friend
4Here Again
5What You're Doing
6In The Mood
7Before And After
8Working Man

Fly By Night (1975, Mercury)
1Anthem
2Best I Can
3Beneath Between & Behind
4By-Tor & The Snow Dog
5Fly By Night
6Making Memories
7Rivendell
8In The End

Caress of Steel (1975, Mercury)
1Bastille Day
2I Think I'm Going Bald
3Lakeside Park
4The Necromancer
5The Fountain of Lamneth

2112 (1976, Mercury)
12112
2A Passage to Bangkok
3The Twilight Zone
4Lessons
5Tears
6Something for Nothing

Faint strains of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture can be heard in the 2112 overture. The song is noted: "...to the genius of Ayn Rand", as it is based on her novelette Anthem.

All The World's A Stage (1976, Mercury)
1Bastille Day
2Anthem
3Fly By Night/In The Mood
4Something For Nothing
5Lakeside Park
62112
7By-Tor And The Snow Dog
8In The End
9Working Man/Finding My Way
10What You're Doing

Rush's first live album was recorded in Toronto, in June of 1976. It completes the first Rush Cycle, each of which consists of 4 studio albums followed by one live one.

A Farewell to Kings (1977, Mercury)
1A Farewell To Kings
2Xanadu
3Closer To The Heart
4Cinderella Man
5Madrigal
6Cygnus X-1

The lyrics to "Xanadu" are based on the poem "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Hemispheres (1978, Mercury)
1Cygnus X-1 Book II
2Hemispheres
3Circumstances
4The Trees
5La Villa Strangiato

During "La Villa Strangiato" Rush momentarily lifts the riff from "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott.

Permanent Waves (1980, Mercury)
1The Spirit Of Radio
2Free Will
3Jacob's Ladder
4Entre Nous
5Different Strings
6Natural Science

Moving Pictures (1981, Mercury)
1Tom Sawyer
2Red Barchetta
3YYZ
4Limelight
5The Camera Eye
6Witch Hunt
7Vital Signs

Exit...Stage Left (1981, Mercury)
1The Spirit Of Radio
2Red Barchetta
3YYZ
4A Passage To Bangkok
5Closer To The Heart
6Beneath, Between & Behind
7Jacob's Ladder
8Broon's Bane
9The Trees
10Xanadu
11Freewill
12Tom Sawyer
13La Villa Strangiato

Rush's second live album was compiled from various Canadian and U.K. concerts in 1981.

Signals (1982, Mercury)
1Subdivisions
2The Analog Kid
3Chemistry
4Digital Man
5The Weapon
6New World Man
7Losing It
8Countdown

The lyrics to "Losing It" are a reference to the latter years of writer Ernest Hemingway.

Grace Under Pressure (1984, Mercury)
1Distant Early Warning
2Afterimage
3Red Sector A
4The Enemy Within
5The Body Electric
6Kid Gloves
7Red Lenses
8Between the Wheels

Power Windows (1985, Mercury)
1The Big Money
2Grand Designs
3Manhattan Project
4Marathon
5Territories
6Middletown Dreams
7Emotion Detector
8Mystic Rhythms

Hold Your Fire (1987, Mercury)
1Force Ten
2Time Stand Still
3Open Secrets
4Second Nature
5Prime Mover
6Lock and Key
7Mission
8Turn the Page
9Tai Shan
10High Water

"Time Stand Still" features vocals by Aimee Mann, the first time a Rush album had featured vocals by anyone outside the band.

A Show Of Hands (1988, Mercury)
1Intro
2Big Money
3Subdivisions
4Marathon
5Turn the Page
6Manhattan Project
7Mission
8Distant Early Warning
9Mystic Rhythms
10Witch Hunt (Pt. 3 of Fear)
11Rhythm Method
12Force Ten
13Time Stand Still
14Red Sector 'A'
15Closer to the Heart

The tracks off of Rush's third live album were selected mainly from US shows in 1988.

Presto (1989, Atlantic)
1Show Don't Tell
2Chain Lightning
3The Pass
4War Paint
5Scars
6Presto
7Superconductor
8Anagram (for Mongo)
9Red Tide
10Hand Over Fist
11Available Light

Chronicles (1990, Atlantic)
Disc 1
1Finding My Way
2Working Man
3Fly by Night1
4Anthem
5Bastille Day
6Lakeside Park
72112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx
8What You're Doing (Live)
9Farewell to Kings
10Closer to the Heart
11Trees
12La Villa Strangiato
13Freewill
14Spirit of Radio
Disc 2
1Tom Sawyer
2Red Barchetta
3Limelight
4Passage to Bangkok (Live)
5Subdivisions
6New World Man
7Distant Early Warning
8Red Sector 'A'
9Big Money
10Manhattan Project
11Force Ten
12Time Stand Still
13Mystic Rhythms
14Show Don't Tell

Rush's first best of compilation

Roll the Bones (1991, Atlantic)
1Dreamline
2Bravado
3Roll the Bones
4Face Up
5Where's My Thing? (Part IV: "Gangster of Boats" Trilogy)
6The Big Wheel
7Heresy
8Ghost of a Chance
9Neurotica
10You Bet Your Life

Counterparts (1993, Atlantic)
1Animate
2Stick It Out
3Cut To The Chase
4Nobody's Hero
5Between Sun and Moon
6Alien Shore
7The Speed of Love
8Double Agent
9Leave That Thing Alone
10Cold Fire
11Everyday Glory

Test for Echo (1996, Atlantic)
1Test For Echo
2Driven
3Half The World
4The Color of Right
5Totem
6Dog Years
7Virtuality
8Resist
9Limbo
10Carve away The Stone

Retrospective I: 1974-1980 (1997, Mercury)
1The Spirit Of Radio
2The Trees
3Something For Nothing
4Freewill
5Xanadu
6Bastille Day
7By-Tor and the Snow Dog
8Anthem
9Closer to the Heart
102112 Overture
11The Temples of Syrinx
12La Villa Strangiato
13Fly By Night
14Finding My Way

A compilation focusing on Rush's work during the 70s

Retrospective II: 1981-87 (1997, Mercury)
1The Big Money
2Red Barchetta
3Subdivisions
4Time Stands Still
5Mystic Rhythms
6The Analog Kid
7Distant Early Warning
8Marathon
9The Body Electric
10Mission
11Limelight
12Red Sector 'A'
13New World Man
14Tom Sawyer
15Force 10

A compilation focusing on Rush's work during the 80's

Different Stages (1998, Atlantic)
Disc 1
1Dreamline
2Limelight
3Driven
4Bravado
5Animate
6Show Don't Tell
7The Trees
8Nobody's Hero
9Closer to the Heart
102112
Disc 2
1Test for Echo
2Analog Kid
3Freewill
4Roll the Bones
5Stick It Out
6Resist
7Leave That Thing Alone
8The Rhythm Method
9Natural Science
10The Spirit of Radio
11Tom Sawyer
12YYZ
Disc 3
1Bastille Day
2By-Tor and the Snow Dog
3Xanadu
4A Farewell to Kings
5Something for Nothing
6Cygnus X-1
7Anthem
8Working Man
9Fly by Night
10In the Mood
11Cinderella Man

Rush's fourth live album was taken from two shows in Chicago and one in London

Vapor Trails (2002, Atlantic)
1One Little Victory
2Ceiling Unlimited
3Ghost Rider
4Peaceable Kingdom
5The Stars Look Down
6How It Is
7Vapor Trail
8Secret Touch
9Earthshine
10Sweet Miracle
11Nocturne
12Freeze (Part IV of "Fear")
13Out of the Cradle

The Spirit Of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974-1987 (2003, Mercury)
1Working Man
2Fly By Night
32112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx
4Closer to the Heart
5The Trees
6The Spirit of Radio
7Freewill
8Limelight
9Tom Sawyer
10Red Barchetta
11New World Man
12Subdivisions
13Distant Early Warning
14The Big Money
15Force Ten
16Time Stands Still

A compilation album covering Rush's first 14 years.

Rush in Rio (2003, Atlantic)
1Tom Sawyer
2Distant Early Warning
3New World Man
4Roll the Bones
5Earthshine
6YYZ
7The Pass
8Bravado
9The Big Money
10Trees
11Freewill
12Closer to the Heart
13Natural Science
14One Little Victory
15Driven
16Ghost Rider
17Secret Touch
18Dreamline
19Red Sector A
20Leave That Thing Alone
21O Baterista
22Resist
232112
24Limelight
25La Villa Strangiato
26The Spirit of Radio
27By-Tor & The Snow Dog/Cygnus X-1
28Working Man
29Between Sun & Moon
30Vital Signs

Reproduces in its entirety a 2003 show the band performed in front of 40,000 in Rio de Janeiro.

Feedback (2004, Atlantic)
1Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran/Blue Cheer cover)
2Heart Full of Soul (The Yardbirds cover)
3For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
4The Seeker (The Who cover)
5Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield cover)
6Seven and Seven Is (Love cover)
7Shapes of Things (The Yardbirds cover)
8Crossroads (Cream cover)



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