RUSH

Clockwork Angels joins Rush’s precise rhythms, shape-shifting bass, inventive guitar and science-fiction storytelling in a full concept work.

Snakes & Arrows brings Rush’s intricate construction and accessible hooks together in a measured sonic frame.

Vapor Trails marks Rush’s return after a long silence, built almost entirely from the drive of guitar, bass and drums rather than from the synthesizer-heavy approach

Test for Echo brings Rush’s three-piece feel to the front, building songs from hard guitar, defined bass and precise drumming.

Counterparts finds RUSH in a phase that keeps Rush’s advanced musicianship while shifting emphasis toward drier guitar, thicker rhythm and more direct song delivery.

Roll the Bones steps slightly away from Rush’s synth-centered 1980s design and brings Alex Lifeson’s guitar and the trio’s interplay back into sharper view.

Presto finds Rush turning away from display for its own sake and toward lighter arrangements and clear melodic lines.

Hold Your Fire brings together the synthesizer color Rush refined in the 1980s and the dense precision of its three players.

Power Windows keeps Rush’s guitar-rock foundation while expanding its use of keyboards and electronic texture.

Grace Under Pressure increases Rush’s use of synthesizers while sharpening the precision of its three-player ensemble.

Signals brings more synthesizer color and electronic texture into Rush’s precise rock foundation.

Moving Pictures compresses Rush’s intricate musicianship into shorter, clearer songs.

Permanent Waves channels the technical confidence Rush built through its 1970s epics into shorter, more open songs.

Hemispheres is a 1978 RUSH album that ventures deeply into progressive rock without losing the memorable riffs and forward motion that keep its large-scale designs alive.

A Farewell to Kings keeps Rush’s hard-rock momentum while opening the music to a larger sense of story and space.

2112 joins Rush’s large-scale storytelling to the focused power of three musicians.

Caress of Steel takes Rush further away from blues-based hard rock and puts long structures and fantasy-driven storytelling at the front.

Fly by Night finds Rush gaining a new language through the arrival of Neil Peart.

Rush is the debut on which the group that would later build elaborate suites and conceptual worlds first appears as a direct, hard-rocking three-piece.