RUSH

In 1974, Rush released their self-titled debut album. Rush is firmly in the same musical lane as early Led Zeppelin: high-energy, melodic, bluesy hard rock. While the individual musicians in Rush may have been flashier than many of their contemporaries in the blues-rock world, structurally, most of the songs are straightforward.

"Finding My Way" is a strong opener; "Here Again" is the first instance of some of Lifeson's distinctive clean guitar tones; and "Working Man" is an unassailable classic. However, outside some instrumental flashiness, there's not a lot to mark this record as distinct. Much of this record could have easily been recorded by any number of early hard rock acts, to no appreciable difference.

Review originally posted here: theeliteextremophile.com/2020/04/27/deep-dive-rush/