Rush Albums lavishly illustrated with some fun commentary and critique. It was a lot of fun to follow Rush through the years. This book will please any Rush fan and even casual fans. Enjoy this book with a stack of your favorite Rush Vinyl.

I've been a huge Rush fan for over 30 years, and this book goes in-depth on all the albums from the terrific trio. Some of the stores I had heard before, many other I had not. Fun read - pick it up if you are a Rush fan, or if someone you know is, pick it up for them!

Rush was formed in the early 70's in Canada, then moved to the UK. The band consists of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. I have basically listened to this band pretty much all of my life, or at least as long as I can remember. I love so many of their songs. I'll bet pretty much everyone knows at least part of the lyrics to Spirit of the Radio. I was thrilled to have a chance to check out this book. The book is amazing. it has so much information not only about the band but their albums, their songs and more. The pictures are awesome as well. This really is a great book, perfect for anyone who loves Rush or just loves music in general.

I received this book from the Author or Publisher via Netgalley.com to read and review.

A fascinating journey through the band's back catalogue - album by album, song by song, with famous musicians like Kirk Hammet or Mike Portnoy talking about their favourite Rush tracks, solos or moments in history as if they were mere fanboys.

Martin Popoff interviews musicians including Metallica's Kirk Hammet, Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater) and Mr Big's Paul Gilbert among others - all who were influenced by the music of Rush. Interesting insight to the band is added by Rush's first roadie Ian Grandy, along with fans like Douglas Maher, who has followed and written about Rush for many years.

The good thing about these sort of 'Album By Album' books is that they provide a source of endless debate between fans. Nicely illustrated throughout with band photos, album covers, tour posters etc.

Ideal for a die hard Rush fans covering all the band's studio albums, both informative and entertaining.

The title tells you everything you need to know: a bunch of Rush fans got together to shoot the breeze about each of the many studio albums. . . except these guys are either incredibly familiar with the band from working with them, or are musicians—some in tribute bands—music journalists, or similar.
Intriguing forward by the author, but then I’d expect no less when it comes to my favorite band. Oddly, the book isn’t all that long, even with tons of photos, from album covers to concert fliers to pages from comic books! (As graphic novels were called back then, kiddies.)
Not a fan of Dream Theater, but Mike Portnoy seems like a fun guy to hang out with: “The way most kids my age were staring at a Playboy centerfold, I was looking at a Modern Drummer centerfold and salivating over the whole kit.”
The one downside for me was a lot of musical verbiage that went way beyond my understanding, especially about drumming. Was also surprised by how short the Moving Pictures section was, considering everyone calls it the band’s seminal album. As I’m sure every reader/fan will think, they spend too little time talking about my favorites and too much on those songs I hardly ever listen to, if at all. Still, there are nice things said about The Pass and Bravado—yes, among my faves—especially Geddy claiming the latter is his fave to play live. There’s also a great feeling when someone says something I’d already thought of, such as the addendum in Ghost of A Chance. Most of all, the agreement of The Wreckers being such a beautiful song made me smile.
The last 15 pages or so list the contributors, offer a bibliography, and end with a pretty thorough index.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

3, 5 Stars
I'm not a Rush fan, but I adore music in general and rock -of any kind, really- is my bread and butter. So, when I found this gem on NetGalley, about a huge prog rock/metal band and written by the renowned Martin Popoff, I just had to grab it!!!

Although the writing style isn't substantial nor my favorite and I had a few problems with the author's narration, still, the book was quite interesting and highly detailed. Of course, he exaggerates a lot about the meaningfulness and the power their artistic work has but we talk about three great musicians here. Even if they are better as individuals than as a trio.

I liked the in depth discussion between industry people, the tidbits regarding the recordings and how neatly every album was presented. Everything is in chronological order and accompanied by photos.

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BOOK

- I would recommend it to people who love RUSH.
- And those who care about music philosophy.
- It entails the perspectives of musicians, fans, producers.
- I was expecting the writing to be better. Also, I was expecting rare and interesting photos and that wasn't the case.

I have been listening to Rush since I was in high school. They were my first real rock concert and I was overwhelmed, to say the least. Their presence on stage is second to none. This book goes through their history by going album by album. There was a lot I did not know, and the pictures were wonderful. It was great to read how other musicians who have worked with them recalled them. From a fan's perspective, this book is great. It offers so much history and information. I loved it.

A very comprehensive look at the Rush Music catalogue. This book will definitely appeal to those diehard fans of the legendary Canadian band. Lots of interesting information about each release.