{"id":1762,"date":"2014-08-01T05:01:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T12:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/?p=1762"},"modified":"2025-07-07T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:12:40","slug":"rush-their-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinneal.com\/blog\/rush-their-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush \u2013 Their debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rush recently celebrated the 40th<\/sup> anniversary of their debut album, ‘Rush’, as well as their first tour to promote the album.\u00a0 In honor of such a great memory for this fantastic band I offer my review of Rush:<\/p>\n

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Prelude to Rush album<\/strong><\/p>\n

The self-entitled album, Rush, released on March 1, 1974 is still my personal favorite Rush albums among all the other great Rush albums.\u00a0 In retrospect, later Rush albums are still absolutely great but there was a different sort of energy to those masterpieces versus \u2018Rush\u2019.\u00a0 One of the main reasons why this album\u2019s sound, lyrics and attitude might be slightly unfamiliar to a casual Rush-fan is the fact that Neil Peart was not the drummer on this particular album.\u00a0 Yes, that\u2019s right, for any Rush fans that are reading this now and might be in shock.\u00a0 John Rutsey was the drummer on Rush and he\u2019s clearly got mad-skills as you can hear on the album before leaving the band with complications due to diabetes.\u00a0 John set the bar extremely high and, of course, Neil has proven over the years that he is one of the world\u2019s finest drummers himself but all-due respect to John.<\/p>\n

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This album was the perfect debut that any band could have hoped.\u00a0 It was loud, obnoxious and bold.\u00a0 If there was one word to sum up this debut it would be \u2018Sexy\u2019 which is not very Rush-ish these days but this album certainly was that.\u00a0 A song list is listed below and even some of the song titles give you a hint into what I mean by \u2018Sexy\u2019.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nLength<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Finding My Way<\/a>“<\/td>\n5:03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Need Some Love”<\/td>\n2:16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Take a Friend”<\/td>\n4:27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Here Again”<\/td>\n7:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/td>\n“What You’re Doing”<\/td>\n4:19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“In the Mood<\/a>“<\/td>\n3:36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Before and After”<\/td>\n5:33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n“Working Man<\/a>“<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\"Rush-in-concert_color\"<\/a>Rush\u2019ing \u2018Till the End<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTake Yourself a Friend, Keep \u2018em Till then End, Whether Woman or Man, It Makes you feel so good\u201d<\/em> is part of the lyrics for song #3 (\u2018Take a Friend\u2019) on \u2018Rush\u2019 and probably accurately represents the great positive overall attitude of this album.\u00a0 The lyrics and sound of Rush are simply majestic, although raw.\u00a0 The song and sounds blend perfectly.\u00a0 \u2018Rush\u2019, the album has the highest rating of all time for Steeler Star ratings and the band \u2018Rush\u2019 is a required activity to go-see if they are ever near your vicinity.<\/p>\n

Overall listening to \u2018Rush\u2019 is a great experience.\u00a0 \u2018Working Man\u2019 clearly became one of the most popular rock songs of all time but the seven other songs on this album all had similar pedigree.\u00a0 They were worthy as well.\u00a0 This is certainly one of those times where any sort of Music Review does a serious injustice to the power of the music so, therefore, I would just suggest listening to the title track \u2018Finding My Way\u2019 and see if this kind of music is of interest to you.<\/p>\n

Enjoy and congratulations to Rush on 40+ great years,<\/p>\n

Rush Fan<\/p>\n


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