Rush: Song by Song

Rush: Song by Song

by Alex Body
Rush: Song by Song

Rush: Song by Song

by Alex Body

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Overview

The Canadian power trio Rush has been called the world's biggest cult band. Though critical favor eluded them for many years, the band has gained the admiration of legions of fans and sold over forty-million albums worldwide. In this unique book the reader is guided through each album, song by song, from the band's eponymous début in 1974 right up to 2012's Clockwork Angels.

Every album (both live and studio) is explored in detail with rare insight into the circumstances in which the band wrote and recorded each song. The book also carefully tracks the band's rise from a small suburb of Toronto to the arena filling giants they would become. This book explores every studio album, every live release as well as the solo projects of Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. Each album is covered in unprecedented detail and the band's prolific output provides numerous milestones with which to chart their progress. From humble beginnings, near failure, critical disappointment, international success, and one of the most inspirational comeback stories in Rock; this is a must have book for any Rush fan.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781781557297
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Publication date: 07/26/2019
Series: Song by Song
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 504,692
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Alex Body is a life-long Rush fan and musician. After first seeing the band on the Roll the Bones tour in 1992 he has seen Rush multiple times on every tour since and been a devoted Rush fan ever since. Passionate about music and aviation he has written about both (though not yet at the same time). He lives in Ipswich, Suffolk with his wife and daughter and can regularly be found performing in his own rock-trio, Habu.

Table of Contents

Foreword 3

Acknowledgements 5

1 Rush 9

2 Fly by Night 16

3 Caress of Steel 23

4 2112 30

5 A Farewell to Kings 36

6 Hemispheres 41

7 Permanent Waves 46

8 Moving Pictures 52

9 Signals 59

10 Grace Under Pressure 67

11 Power Windows 73

12 Hold Your Fire 81

13 Presto 89

14 Roll the Bones 96

15 Counterparts 102

16 Test for Echo 108

17 Vapor Trails 114

18 Snakes and Arrows 123

19 Clockwork Angels 130

20 Live Albums, Solo Albums, and Curiosities 138

Endnotes 154

Bibliography 158

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