Rush Through Time Explained

Rush Through Time
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Rush
Cover:	Rush Through Time.jpg
Released:	May 1979 (Germany)^[1] July 3, 1981 (UK)^[2]
Recorded:	1974–1977
Genre:	Progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Length:	46:27
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	Rush, Terry Brown
Prev Title:	Hemispheres
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Permanent Waves
Next Year:	1980

Rush Through Time is a compilation album by Rush, released in Europe as a picture disc only in 1979.^[3]

In essence, it is a European issue of the Mercury US DJ-Promo disc Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted To Hear By Rush But You Were Afraid To Play from 1976, but replacing two songs from Caress of Steel with two songs from A Farewell to Kings.

The album was subsequently repackaged as a standard vinyl album with a colour sleeve and updated graphics on the back cover in 1981. According to Rush drummer Neil Peart, the album was issued by the German branch of Polygram Records without the band's input.

Track listing

"Fly by Night" (Lee, Peart) – 3:21
"Making Memories" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart) – 2:58
"Bastille Day" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart) – 4:37
"Something for Nothing" (Lee, Peart) – 3:59
"Cinderella Man" (Lee, Lifeson) – 4:21
"Anthem" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart) – 4:36
"Overture/Temples of Syrinx" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart, Hugh Syme) – 6:35
"The Twilight Zone" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart) – 3:17
"Best I Can" (Lee) – 3:24
"Closer to the Heart" (Lee, Lifeson, Peart, Peter Talbot) – 2:53
"In the End" (Lee, Lifeson) – 6:48

Personnel

Geddy Lee – Bass guitar, vocals
Alex Lifeson – acoustic and electric guitars
Neil Peart – drums and percussion
Hugh Syme – Synthesizer on "Overture”

Track Origins

Tracks 1–2, 6, 9, & 11 from Fly by Night (1975)
Track 3 from Caress of Steel (1975)
Tracks 4 & 7–8 from 2112 (1976)
Tracks 5 & 10 from A Farewell to Kings (1977)

External links

Notes and References

Web site: German tour dates poster.
Web site: Music Week. 47.
Web site: Rush – Rush Through Time (1979, Vinyl). Discogs.