Rush
Fly By Night
Review by Gary Hill
To quote the disc’s closer, “I know, I know, I know” that many of you don’t consider Rush to be a progressive rock band. That said, we have always included them under that heading due to the strength of their more prog period (Caress of Steel, 2112, A Farewell To Kings and Hemispheres). This disc was really the one where the band began to show some of those tendencies. While not everything here is what you might call a “masterpiece,” there is no real “junk” either. This still holds up reasonably well and serves as a fine piece of foreshadowing for what was to come from Rush.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2007 Volume 1 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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