Rush (album)

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This article is about the album by the band Rush. For the soundtrack by Eric Clapton, see Rush (soundtrack).

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Rush

Studio album by Rush
Released	March 1974 (Moon Records) July 1974 (Remix) May 6, 1997 (Remaster)
Recorded	1973
Genre	Hard rock
Length	40:07 40:04 (Remastered Version)
Label	Moon Records Anthem/Mercury Records
Producer(s)	Rush
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Rush chronology
	Rush (1974)	Fly by Night (1975)

Rush is the first studio album by the Canadian band Rush, released in 1974 (see 1974 in music) and remastered in 1997.

Rush's first release shows much of the Hard rock/blues sound typical of many of the popular rock bands emerging from Britain earlier in the decade. Rush were fans of bands such as Led Zeppelin and Cream and these influences can be heard in most of the songs on this debut.

Due to a limited budget, the sessions were scheduled during the late night 'dead' time in studios which, due to lack of activity at those times, had lower rates. This is a common theme among rising rock stars (Queen was forced to do the same for their debut album). Originally, the album was produced by Dave Stock who had worked on the band's debut single (a cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" with an original composition "You Can't Fight It" on the B-side). These songs (plus what may be the unrecorded original song "Fancy Dancer" and/or "Garden Road" with "Fancy Dancer" being more likely) were going to be included on the album but were scrapped to make room for "Finding My Way", "Need Some Love" and possibly "Here Again".^[1] However, the band were unhappy with the result so manager Ray Danniels scraped together an additional $9000 for Terry Brown to improve the quality. Originally the album was released on Moon Records and only a thousand copies were pressed. It was picked up by WMMS, a radio station in Cleveland, Ohio. Donna Halper, a DJ working at the station, selected "Working Man" for her regular play list. The song's blue collar theme resonated with hard rock fans and this new found popularity led to the album being re-released by Mercury Records in the U.S.

Original drummer John Rutsey, unwilling to tour, left the band after this album was released. Rutsey wrote some lyrics for the debut, but never submitted them to the band and some new lyrics had to be thrown together.^[1] Rutsey's departure was pivotal for the band, as his replacement Neil Peart's distinctive drumming technique and flair for lyric writing proved to be crucial to the band's evolution as evidenced by their second album, Fly by Night.

The original logo was red, but a printing error made it appear more pink in colour. [1] This is one of two Rush albums where the cover artwork had printing errors (the other album is Caress of Steel).

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Chart Positions
4 Sales Certifications
5 Singles
6 Discography
7 Remaster details
- 7.1 References
- 7.2 External links

[edit] Track listing

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(All tracks by Lee and Lifeson, except "In the Mood", by Lee. All song lengths refer to the remastered version)

"Finding My Way" – 5:06
"Need Some Love" – 2:19
"Take a Friend" – 4:24
"Here Again" – 7:35
"What You're Doing" – 4:22
"In the Mood" – 3:34
"Before and After" – 5:34
"Working Man" – 7:10

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Chart Positions

Country	Chart	Position
U.S.	Billboard 200	105

[edit] Sales Certifications

Country	Organization	Sales
U.S.	RIAA	Gold (500,000)

[edit] Singles

All chart positions are U.S. Billboard - Mainstream Rock Tracks unless otherwise stated.

Cover	Information
	Finding My Way Released: Chart Position:
	In the Mood Released: Chart Position:

[edit] Discography

Country	Label	Format	Catalog
U.S.	Mercury	Vinyl	SRM 1-1011
Canada	Moon	Vinyl	MN 100
Canada	Anthem	Vinyl	SRM 1-1011
Canada	Capitol	Vinyl	ANR 1-1011
U.S.	Mercury	CD	534623
Canada	Anthem	CD	ANC 1-1001
Canada	Anthem	CD	WANK 1001
Canada	Anthem	CD	ANMD 1001
Canada	Mercury	CD	ANMD 1075
Canada	Mercury	8 Track	MC8 1-1011
Canada	Anthem	8 Track	8AN 1-1001
Canada	Mercury	Cassette	MC4 1-1011
Canada	Anthem	Cassette	4AN 1-1001
Canada	Anthem	Cassette	4AN 1-106

[edit] Remaster details

A remaster was issued in 1997.

The tray has a picture of star with man painting with THE RUSH REMASTERS printed in all caps just to the left. All remasters from Rush through to Permanent Waves are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective I.