Released: Mar 1976. Genre: Rock. Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 6. 2112 is widely considered by Rush fans as their first true "classic" album, the first in a string of similarly high-quality albums.

POSTED: 02/03/2005 - 03:22 am

Release Date: Sep 1977. Label: Mercury. Genres: Album Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock. Number Of Tracks: 6. On 1977's A Farewell to Kings it quickly becomes apparent that Rush had improved their songwriting and strengthened their focus and musical approach.

POSTED: 05/02/2006 - 04:03 am

Release Date: Sep 1975. Label: Mercury. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 5. When Rush finished their third album, Caress of Steel, the trio was assured that they had created their breakthrough masterpiece.

POSTED: 10/19/2007 - 07:47 am

Released: 1990. Genre: Rock. Styles: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock. Number Of Tracks: 28

POSTED: 11/20/2003 - 10:11 am

Released: Jun 12, 2012. Genre: Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal. Label: Roadrunner Records. Number Of Tracks: 12. "Clockwork Angels" is the 20th studio album released by legendary Canadian prog-rockers, Rush. Since the release of their first album 38 years have passed, which means they've been playing together longer than the vast majority of the audience of this review have been alive, and this release has still been highly anticipated by myself and millions of other Rush fans.

POSTED: 06/12/2012 - 05:06 am

Released: Oct 19, 1993. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 11. The production on Counterparts is a bit too smooth, which means that the passion that normally infuses Rush's music is weakened.

POSTED: 09/23/2005 - 04:20 am

Released: Nov 10, 1998. Genre: Rock. Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 21. Even though no material from the mid- to late '80s is included, Different Stages will delight Rush's adoring throng of fans.

POSTED: 01/11/2005 - 01:45 am

Released: Jun 29, 2004. Genre: Rock. Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Psychedelic, Guitar Virtuoso. Number Of Tracks: 8. The track list is amazing, and the cool thing is that the arrangements of these nuggets are not all ripped up and mutated, either.

POSTED: 07/27/2004 - 05:55 am

Released: Feb 15, 1975. Label: Mercury. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 8. Fly by Night may not be one of Rush's finest albums, but it is one of their most important ? it showed that the young band was leaving their Zep-isms behind in favor of a more challenging and original direction.

POSTED: 09/25/2005 - 09:35 am

Release Date: Apr 12, 1984. Label: Mercury. Genres: Arena Rock, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock. Number Of Tracks: 8. Whereas most other rock bands formed in the '70s put out unfocused and uninspired work in the '80s, Rush's Grace Under Pressure remains an exception.

POSTED: 01/14/2007 - 10:07 pm

Release Date: Oct 28, 1978. Label: Mercury. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 4. Hemispheres explores the political, social economic, and sci-fi themes prevalent on their early work, continuing the saga of "Cygnus" from A Farewell To Kings.

POSTED: 01/11/2006 - 12:55 am

Release Date: Sep 8, 1987. Genres: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock, Art Rock. Label: Mercury. Number Of Tracks: 10. "Hold Your Fire" is an album in the purest sense; infinitely greater than the sum of its parts, it gradually draws in the listener by slowly revealing its nuances and secrets.

POSTED: 10/17/2006 - 09:19 am

Release Date: Feb 7, 1981. Label: Mercury. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 7. Rush proved with Moving Pictures that there was still uncharted territory to explore within the hard rock format, and were rewarded with their most enduring and popular album.

POSTED: 02/07/2006 - 03:14 am

Released: Jan 1, 1980. Genre: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock. Label: Mercury. Number Of Tracks: 9. Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released January 1, 1980.

POSTED: 09/19/2008 - 09:36 pm

Release Date: Oct 29, 1985. Label: Anthem. Genres: Progressive rock. Number Of Tracks: 8. Versus Signals, Rush came into a great balance of synths and guitars. The lyrical content is still awesome, but now features a more fluid pairing of synths and guitars, with the band working as one again.

POSTED: 01/19/2008 - 11:31 pm

Released: Nov 21, 1989. Genre: Hard Rock. Label: Anthem / Atlantic. Number Of Tracks: 11. Presto was the culmination of everything Rush did in the 1980s - synthesizers, incredible basslines, acoustic/chorusy guitars, complex acoustic/electronic drums and mind-blowing lyrics.

POSTED: 03/07/2009 - 08:16 pm

Released: Jun 3, 1997. Genre: Progressive rock, hard rock. Label: Anthem (Canada)/ Mercury. Number Of Tracks: 15. Retrospective Vol. 2 is a complitation released in 1997 by Rush. You can call it a Greatest Hits from Rush's Synthesizers Years in the 80's.

POSTED: 11/24/2010 - 03:29 am

Released: May 5, 1997. Label: Mercury. Genre: Rock. Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 14. It was designed to replace the double-disc set Chronicles, and it is, in fact, a better compilation than its predecessor.

POSTED: 09/05/2005 - 06:45 am

Released: Sep 3, 1991. Genre: Hard rock, rock. Label: Anthem (Canada), Atlantic. Number Of Tracks: 10. This album was the first album (in possibly 8 years) that demonstrated Rush coming back together as a band.

POSTED: 01/11/2011 - 02:53 am

Release Date: Mar 1974. Label: Mercury. Genres: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 8. Rush's self-titled debut is about as uncharacteristic of their renowned heavy progressive rock as you can get.

POSTED: 10/14/2005 - 04:58 am

Released: Sep, 1982. Genre: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock. Label: Anthem, Mercury. Number Of Tracks: 8. Stylistically, the album was a continuation of Rush's foray into the technology-oriented 1980s through increased use of electronic instrumentation.

POSTED: 09/13/2008 - 12:25 am

Release Date: May 1, 2007. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 13. A return to their former glory days, Snakes and Arrows shows this seminal prog rock band reclaiming some of the sonic territory that they'd lost over the past few years.

POSTED: 05/22/2007 - 10:23 am

Release Date: Apr 15, 2008. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock. Number Of Tracks: 27. On the heels of their hugely successful 2007 ampitheater tour, Rush is now giving all their fans the chance to aurally experience the concert for themselves with the double album, Snakes & Arrows Live.

POSTED: 05/05/2008 - 06:25 am

Release Date: Sep 9, 1996. Label: Atlantic. Genres: Hard Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock. Number Of Tracks: 11. After flirting (albeit mildly) with alternative rock on Counterparts, Rush returns to classic progressive rock on Test for Echo.

POSTED: 12/14/2007 - 02:20 am

Release Date: Feb 11, 2003. Label: Universal. Genres: Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock. Number Of Tracks: 16. The Spirit Of Radio more than qualifies as a greatest-hits package, and provides an excellent overview of one of rock's most successful and innovative bands.

POSTED: 07/21/2006 - 06:53 am

Released: Nov 8, 2011. Genre: Progressive rock, Hard Rock. Label: Anthem, Roadrunner. Number Of Tracks: 26 (2CD). Like always, Rush sounds great live. One difference between this live album and the earlier ones is Geddy's voice. Obviously they are getting old.

POSTED: 11/18/2011 - 04:00 am

Release Date: May 14, 2002. Label: Anthem/Atlantic. Genres: Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Hard Rock. Number Of Tracks: 13. Vapor Trails does an amiable job of signaling the welcomed return of Rush.

POSTED: 07/28/2008 - 04:00 am