Their debut, with the late John Rutsey on drums sees the boys doing a bit of hard, English blues along the lines of Cream or Led Zepplin. This is Rush for drinkin' brews and shootin' pool.

Makes my top 5 list of Rush albums. A fairly raw one. Geddy really seems to be pushing hard on the vocals. A bit of philosophical humor on I Think I'm Going bald and a Rush classic with Lakeside Park. The Necromancer and Fountain of Lamneth are great concept pieces. I really love some of Alex's solos on this one. First album cover by Hugh Syme who has continued to do them since.

Rush live and raw. This album set the patern of four studio albums and then a live album they would follow for most of their career. I love the bass-heavy version of What You're Doing. I think their live albums are a great place for new Rush fans to start.

Considered by many Rush fans to be their crowning achievement. The title track is one of their best concept pieces. The instrumental La Villa Strangiato features Alex at his finest.

This is the album they will always be remembered for-their calling card. If you've heard a Rush song on the radio it was probably from this one. Every track is a classic and the album is about as solid and sound as it gets. The Camera Eye marks the end of Rush going long form with their songwriting.

The band starts to work more heavily with keyboards, guitar effects and electronic percussion. My favorite studio album. The Analog Kid may be my favorite Rush song and Countdown is great on headphones.

Typical of the Rush albums of this run, lots of electronics. Alex's guitar work continues to get very textural with a great deal of effects. Many bands lost me when they went keyboard-heavy in the 80's but Rush's songwriting and musicianship were still strong.

The live album that more or less wraps up the 1980's run for the band. Many of the songs show a little more muscle then their studio versions.

Perhaps one of the most misinterpreted album titles ever. (It refers to rolling dice, not that other stuff. See A Passage to Bankok for that one) Rush even experiments with rap on the title track to this one, and as usual they pull it off in their own signature style.

What was nearly Rush's final studio album, due to personal tragedies in Neil Peart's life, (See his book Ghost Rider for details) Strong, solid songwriting, great riffs. Typical of albums that end each of the classic four studio album runs it sort of sums up the previous three.

The return of Rush with a raw,rhythmic, and sometimes dissonent album that features their most personal lyrics. With each new album it always takes me a few listens to get on the same page as the boys, but this one took a little longer then usual.

In recent years Rush have leaned heavily on live offerings. This one is a nice triple album capturing then infront of a huge crowd in Rio, fairly good mix of material from through out their career.

I admit I haven't picked this one up yet. It's nice to see a couple of old gems dug out of the vaults.

Solo offering from Geddy. Kind of feels a little like Rush-lite, but contains some excellent songwriting.

Ditto.