Moosiqs
Caress of Steel
Rush
Released: 1975
- Genre
- hard rock
- Style
- progressive rock
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
A first dip into the heady waters of prog, Rush’s third album ends with two portentous works—“The Necromancer” and “The Fountain of Lamneth”—that push their songwriting past blues rock and into grander pastures. This is pugnacious, dramatic music with winsome interludes. The punchy hits come fast and early: “Bastille Day” is all razor-guitar and attitude, with Geddy Lee’s vocals reaching past metal raunch to folkish purity, while “I Think I’m Going Bald” and “Lakeside Park” ooze metallic funk.
Track List
1Bastille Day
2I Think I’m Going Bald
3Lakeside Park
4The Necromancer: I. Into the Darkness / II. Under the Shadow / III. Return of the Prince
5The Fountain of Lamneth: I. In the Valley / II. Didacts and Narpets / III. No One at the Bridge / IV. Panacea / V. Bacchus Plateau / VI. The Fountain
