CARESS OF STEEL

This is by far one of my favourite Rush albums. Caress of Steel is the album that almost left Rush broke, before they had thier big 2112 comeback, but personally I think this album is where Rush should have struck it rich. This album was considered a disappointment to their record company. It sold one of the lowest numbers of copies of any Rush album. Why is this? I believe the reason why is that Rush were doing what they loved at the time, and not necessarily worrying about commercial success. Rush had the guts to put out what THEY wanted, and I respect this album because of that. This is real Rush fans album. All the songs sound rocky and raw. I feel Caress of Steel is unique from all other Rush albums, and it is a great addition to any prog collector.