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Rush: Song by Song
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 the band's progress. From humble beginnings, near failure, critical disappointment, international success, and one of the most inspirational come-back stories in Rock; this is a must have book for any Rush fan.
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 the band's progress. From humble beginnings, near failure, critical disappointment, international success, and one of the most inspirational come-back stories in Rock; this is a must have book for any Rush fan.
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291 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 3, 2019
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November 5, 2019
Loved it. The author takes some licenses while giving his opinion about some songs, but in general is a nice reading. For old fans like me, reviewing every song and sometimes discovering new details that I wasn't aware of was really, really nice.
September 2, 2019
There's even something in here for a Rush fan of 40 years like me :-)
February 29, 2024
Body's superb verbal descriptions were lacking in the last few album reviews. It was as if he hadn't listened to the material enough to comment. As a committed life-long RUSH fan, I learned a few things.
January 8, 2020
Great book which gives quite a bit of detail on each and every album/song put out by Rush.
March 29, 2020
This book gave me some interesting insights into one of my all-time favorite bands and into their music. It's a fast read and made me that much more eager to listen to these guys.
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