Rush


LIST OF ALBUM REVIEWS:

Rush (1974)
Fly By Night (1975)
Caress of Steel (1975)
2112 (1976)
All the World's a Stage (1976)
A Farewell to Kings (1977)
Hemispheres (1978)
Permanent Waves (1980)
Snakes and Arrows (2007)

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Brief album summaries:


Rush (1974)

Hark rock. No Peart. Baby.

Overall Album Score: 8.0 out of 10

Average Song Score: 7.9
Album Tilt: 8.0
Artist Tilt: 8.0

Link to the full review:
Blush


Fly By Night (1975)

Bring onnnnn the proggggg

Overall Album Score: 7.5 out of 10

Average Song Score: 7.6
Album Tilt: 7.5
Artist Tilt: 7.5

Link to the full review:
Bobby Knight


Caress of Steel (1975)

Here, Rush gives us a good reason they went prog!

Overall Album Score: 7.4 out of 10

Average Song Score: 7.6
Album Tilt: 7.5
Artist Tilt: 7.0

Link to the full review:
Caress of Eels


2112 (1976)

Everybody who loves this album is ... um ... I can't think of anything witty.

Overall Album Score: 7.4 out of 10

Average Song Score: 7.6
Album Tilt: 7.0
Artist Tilt: 7.5

Link to the full review:
2112 1/2


All the World's a Stage (1976)

This group KICKS live. MUCH better than the studio albums up until this point. Oh yeah!!!

Live Album Score: **** 1/2

Link to the full review:
All the World's a Grape


A Farewell to Kings (1977)

Barf. Barf. Barf. Barf. Barf.

Overall Album Score: 6.3 out of 10

Average Song Score: 6.4
Album Tilt: 6.0
Artist Tilt: 6.5

Link to the full review:
A Farewell to Music!


Hemispheres (1978)

Wha-? Either I've completely lost it, or this album is freakishly awesome.

Overall Album Score: 8.5 out of 10

Average Song Score: 8.4
Album Tilt: 8.5
Artist Tilt: 8.5

Link to the full review:
Blemishpheres


Permanent Waves (1980)

This is a typical Rush album except it's enjoyable. Rush were sucking the life-force out of the '80s!!!

Overall Album Score: 8.8 out of 10

Average Song Score: 8.8
Album Tilt: 9.0
Artist Tilt: 8.5

Link to the full review:
Germinate Knaves


Snakes and Arrows (2007)

Just an extremely enjoyable late-career Rush album.

Overall Album Score: 8.5 out of 10

Average Song Score: 8.6
Album Tilt: 8.5
Artist Tilt: 8.5

Link to the full review:
Cakes and Sparrows


All reviews are copyrighted by Michael Lawrence. Ughhh. Acid reflux.