Whereas most people take a few years to hone their sound down, Rush felt the musical version of Pandora's box opened after a ...

Read our take on a newly expanded 40th-anniversary edition of 'Hemispheres,' Rush's 1978 prog-rock masterpiece. ... Much as with 2112, the album’s centerpiece is its multipart Side One suite, ...

There were a lot of naked male buttocks on prog-rock album covers at the tail end of the '70s — namely, Yes' Going for the One and Rush's Hemispheres.But it was all a coincidence.

Rush bassist Geddy Lee turns 58 today (July 29), and we're celebrating by taking a look at some of the band's best work. With 18 albums under their belt so far, which ones are "best" is a fiercely ...

Hemispheres is simultaneously the apex of Rush’s full-blown prog style and a curtain call for that particular era. After that album, you recorded Permanent Waves , which fittingly kicks off the ...

While they may never make music together again, the members of Rush are making sure that the sound that they did make during their 50-year lifespan remains in circulation. To that end, the ...

Hemispheres (1978) Hemispheres feels a ... but it’s the first Rush album where the shorter, punchier songs are consistently as cleverly constructed as the artsy deep cuts. 4. Fly by Night (1975) ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “My favourite Rush song would have to be Jacob’s Ladder from the Permanent Waves album ...

Rush would never be as over-the-top again and the ensuing change of direction apparent on the next album, 1980’s Permanent Waves, led to true global fame. 4. Limelight (Moving Pictures, 1981) ...

Hemispheres, Rush’s sixth studio album, was originally released in October 1978, and it built upon the adventurous sonic template the band established on its acclaimed 1977 effort, A Farewell To ...

Hemispheres feels a little like the lesser sibling to A Farewell to Kings–more than half of the album is taken up by “Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres,” the sequel to Farewell’s closing track.