Rush
All The World’s A Stage
Review by Gary Hill
OK, so a lot of this CD isn’t really progressive rock. The truth is, though, we always put Rush under prog rock based on the strength of their decidedly prog rock period of several albums. That period came right after this live album. This disc captured a period of the band and actually started a tradition for Rush. It was the live album that followed four studio releases – and presaged a shift of musical direction. This became a pattern for the group. The studio versions of a lot of this music has already been reviewed at MSJ, so please see those album reviews for more detailed track by track descriptions as the ones here apply more to the song as presented on this disc than the composition itself.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2008 Volume 6 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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