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| | Gold | | | Music Artist : | | Rush | | Music Style : | | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | | Record Label : | | Island / Mercury | | Release Date : | | 2006-04-25 | | Store Price : | | $19.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $14.97 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. The Spirit Of Radio
2. The Trees
3. Freewill
4. Xanadu
5. Bastille Day
6. By-Tor And The Snow Dog
7. Anthem
8. Closer To The Heart
9. 2112 Overture
10. The Temples Of Syrinx
11. La Villa Strangiato
12. Fly By Night
13. Finding My Way
14. Working Man
Disc 21. The Big Money
2. Red Barchetta
3. Subdivisions
4. Time Stand Still
5. Mystic Rhythms
6. The Analog Kid
7. Distant Early Warning
8. Marathon
9. The Body Electric
10. Mission
11. Limelight
12. Red Sector A
13. New World Man
14. Tom Sawyer
15. Force Ten
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Awesome!!!
Submitted on: 2009-05-29 |
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| I bought this for my husband for his birthday. He was/is a Rush fan and he said this CD is definitely "Awesome"!!! |
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Amazing collection
Submitted on: 2009-04-02 |
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I love Rush, and usually greatest hits albums are so very disappointing (most only have like 10 songs), but I was in NO way disappointed by Rush Gold. All the really big hits are in here and it's on two-discs so you know you're getting a lot of bang for your buck. They also did a nice job of spreading the hits throughout the two-discs so that you are encouraged to listen to both rather than concentrate on a single one.
Rush has the most poetic lyrics I have heard in ANY band and every time I listen to their music the mixture of music and lyrics just engulfs me. They are just, simply put, the most amazing band I have ever listened to and the one band I never get tired of hearing.
This is by far my favorite collection CD of a band and I highly recommend it to new fans of Rush, and that if they find it for the price of $9.99 at any store they would be fools to pass up owning it.
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The Best of Rush
Submitted on: 2008-12-28 |
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| I have always enjoyed listening to Rush. I am a drummer and greatly enjoy the miraculous drummer that is Neil Peart. The thing is, I have never owned a CD from Rush, so I had none of their songs. Instead of having to buy 10 different albums to get their best - and not so much - collection, I could just buy this 2 CD package and get nearly ALL of their best songs. There are few songs on the CDs that I don't like, but for the most part, they are amazing. The songs are also fantastic on quality, thus giving them a great sound for more expensive and upgraded sound systems. If you are a fan of classic rock, you will love the classic hits of Rush all packaged into this 2 CD album. |
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HERE IS SOME GREAT MUSIC
Submitted on: 2008-02-22 |
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| This album has some of Rush's biggest hits , a lot of popular songs , great packaging, highly recommended . |
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Hands down the best Rush compilation out there!!!
Submitted on: 2007-12-25 |
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Rush's 2-CD set Rush Gold released in April of 2006 is what the name says, a treasure chest of classics.
Rush is one of the greatest rock bands ever (they are tied with Pink Floyd and Genesis as my all-time favorite rock band EVER). Rush, or as Redbeard of In the Studio fame once said on In The Studio for the Making of Moving Pictures in 1991 "Canada's Pre-Eminent Progressive Rock Trio", have rocked the world for 35 years and are continually gaining new fans, as well as keeping all their old ones. From hard rock to prog rock to melodic rock to grunge and back to hard rock, bass player/keyboard player/singer Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer/lyricist Neil Peart have done it all and then some.
Many retrospectives of the band's material have been released over the years starting with 1978's Archives, 1990's kind of crummy Chronicles (now out of print), the two Retrospectives from 1997 (both out of print) and The Spirit of Radio (a single disc best of) but now Rush Gold is a re-packaging of the 1997 two Retrospective discs in one set with one song change and that is Working Man replacing Something For Nothing and a new take on the Retrospectives' album art.
Disc one covers 1974-80 and is what was originally released as Rush Retrospective I (originally released in May of 1997) with a slightly amended track listing.
The band's 1974 self-titled debut are represented by Finding My Way and Working Man. The band had original drummer John Rutsey here but the songs picked from their debut on Gold are the classics and Working Man strangely was missing from Retrospective I but is thankfully restored on Rush Gold.
The band's first album with drummer Neil Peart, 1975's Fly By Night is represented by its title song, Anthem and the album favorite By-Tor And The Snow Dog. Great choices for representing the album especially with By-Tor which was inexcusably absent from Chronicles.
The band's third album, September of 1975's Caress Of Steel is represented by the great rocker Bastille Day. The album is often forgotten on compilations but Bastille Day, the great rocking opener is rightfully included.
The band's first US Top 100 charting effort, 1976's 2112 is represented by the title suite's first two parts Overture and The Temples Of Syrinx. I know Something For Nothing is missing (although it was on the original issue of Retrospective I) but c'est la vie and gives one a reason to own the 2112 album.
The band's first US Gold selling and second Top 40 effort, 1977's A Farewell To Kings is represented by the 11 minute epic Xanadu and the rock radio staple Closer To The Heart. Good choices for this set IMHO!
The 1978 follow-up Hemispheres is represented by the rock radio hit The Trees and the nine and a half minute epic La Villa Strangiato. Since the album had four songs, they represented it by putting the two long-standing fan favorites on here.
The 1980 US Top 5 charting Permanent Waves is represented by that album's two opening cuts and rock radio staples The Spirit Of Radio and Freewill. These two songs are a must on any Rush collection.
Disc two covers 1981-87 and is what was originally released as Rush Retrospective II (originally released in June of 1997).
The band's biggest selling album, February of 1981's Moving Pictures is represented by Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Red Barchetta. Nothing I can say here. Two of their biggess hits off the band's best-known album are here and album favorite Red Barchetta is included as well.
The US Top 10 Platinum selling Signals from 1982is represented by Subdivisions, New World Man and The Analog Kid. Two huge rock radio hits (with New World Man being Rush's only US Top 20 hit) and a classic album cut are included here.
The 1984 Top 10 Platinum seller Grace Under Pressure is represneted by Distant Early Warning, The Body Electric and Red Sector A. The first track was a rock radio and MTV smash, the second choice got extensive MTV play and the third became a concert favorite.
The band's 1985 Top 10 Platinum seller Power Windows is represented by The Big Money, Mystic Rhythms and Marathon.
The Big Money was one of the group's biggest hits and its video got lots of airplay as did Mystic Rhythms. Marathon is a great number as well.
The band's final effort for Mercury, the Top 20 million selling Hold Your Fire is represented by Force Ten, Time Stand Still and Mission. The former first track was a rock radio hit, the second choice was the big hit and the latter was a rock radio favorite and a great concert number.
There you have it, Rush Gold in summation. I know some complained that nothing from the band's Atlantic albums Presto, Roll the Bones, Counterparts, Test For Echo, Vapor Trails and Feedback are included but it only covers the band's Mercury Records era although it is released by Mercury and Rush's own label Anthem (which its imprint has been on every Stateside released album since 1989's Presto).
If you want to get into Rush and refuse to pay $30 plus for Chronicles, this is your best bet then buy their albums. Once you are hooked, there is no escaping the RUSH!
RECOMMENDED! |
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