Rush-Caress Of Steel-1975-ALW

Artist ........ Rush

Album ......... Caress Of Steel

Ripper ........ nickman

Release Date... Dec-23-2003

Quality ....... VBR / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo

Grabber ....... EAC

Encoder ....... Lame







Birth Information







When Rush finished their third album, Caress of Steel,

the trio was assured that they had created their

breakthrough masterpiece. But when the album dropped

off the charts soon after its release, it proved

otherwise. While it was Rush's first release that

fully explored their prog rock side, it did not

contain the catchy and more traditional elements of

their future popular work — it's quite often too

indulgent and pretentious for a mainstream rock

audience to latch onto. And while Rush would

eventually excel in composing lengthy songs, the

album's two extended tracks — the 12-and-a-half-minute

"The Necromancer" and the nearly 20-minute "The

Fountain of Lamneth" — show that the band was still a

ways off from mastering the format. The first side

contains two strong and more succinct tracks, the

raging opener, "Bastille Day," and the more laid-back

"Lakeside Park," both of which would become standards

for their live show in the '70s. But the ill-advised

"I Think I'm Going Bald" (which lyrically deals with

growing old) borders on the ridiculous, which confirms

that Caress of Steel is one of Rush's more unfocused

albums.







Life Span







01 bastille day 04:41

02 i think i'm going bald 03:41

03 lakeside park 04:11

04 the necromancer 12:32

05 the fountain of lamneth 15:05



Total Album Time: 40:10 min