Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

Sometimes in confusion, do you feel lost and disillusioned? Contact us for help at [email protected]. We’ll give you confidence to go up against reality!

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Hemispheres”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: The Open as Cold as Oaken Oppression

0:23: Scripted Open: Book 2: Reprise: More Scripted Open

0:59: How Fucking Great? Pretty Fucking Great.

1:20: Side B, Track One: “Circumstances”

12:39: Side B, Track Two: “The Trees”

28:50: Side B, Track Three: “La Villa Strangiato”

46:01: How to pick the best track on a perfect album?

51:20: Wrap it up, for there is synth inbound, and it is plentiful.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

The people were delighted, coming forth to claim our contact information: Contact us with rain, wolves, and cold starvation at [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Hemispheres”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: An Open as Cold as Apollonian Logic

0:24: Did you notice that Raf’s part rhymed just like the song?

3:07: A Brief Simon LeBon Interlude

6:27: Cyngus Basics

7:13: Hugh Syme’s Hemispheres are both male buttcheeks.

16:18: The Rapscallion Terry Brown, & The Ruins of Rockfield

20:08: Is this Rush’s best album from soup to nuts?

23:37: Side A, Track One: “Cygnus X-1 Book 2: Hemispheres”

1:05:02: So ends this Hemidisk. Until the next Hemidisk.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

In the constellation of Cygnus there lurks our mysterious, invisible email: [email protected]. Use it before you are atomized at the core.

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “A Farewell to Kings”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: A completely untrue cold open that references agriculture.

0:27: What’s better than a scripted open? An edited one!

1:03: A brief prelude prior to diving right in.

2:18: Side B, Track Three: “Closer to the Heart”

18:30: Side B, Track Four: “Cinderella Man”

26:28: Side B, Track Five: “Madrigal”

33:20: Side B, Track Four: “Cygnus X-1: Book 1: The Voyage”

55:44: Best and worst tracks on the album.

57:02: Wrap it up into the unfathomable depths of the black hole.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

Help! We’re trapped within our pleasure domes, and we’ve decreed you get in touch. Contact us with honeydew, paradisiacal milk, corrections, requests, or visions of splendor. Our email address is [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “A Farewell to Kings”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: An open colder than the cold expanse of space.

0:26: What’s that east of Lyra? Our scripted open!

2:51: Err, ah… eras; “the Bristol Beat;” Monmouthshire; Ambition!

15:59: “That guy’s got an absolutely Hugh Syme!”

18:12: We discuss the album’s commercial performance.

20:49: Side A, Track One: “A Farewell to Kings”

39:15: Side B, Track Two: “Xanadu”

58:54: Wrapping up the side, ya’ll. See you on the flipside.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

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LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “All the World’s a Stage”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: So Cold It’s Hot

0:15: All the World’s a Shitty Scripted Intro

2:35: First Irregular State of the Podcast

8:33: Special Guest, Guitarist of Snowblind, Leeburg’s Uniter (Not a Divider) Ara Bagdasarian!

15:40: A thoughtful discussion of the first four studio albums, and the regionality of Rush.

32:30: Finally, we discuss the fucking album.

47:18: Our panel looks ahead ahead to the next four studio albums.

1:04:10: What are the best and worst albums from the first set of four? Find out!

1:10:40: Wrap it up, nits.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than legendary Canadian power trio Rush.

What would touch us deeper? A message from you! Contact us with complaints, gripes, annoyances, or artfully rendered man-asses. Our email address is [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM: Rush “2112”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Cold Open to the Ones Without It

0:37: Our Awkward Scripted Openings Suck

3:45: 2112’s Mystery Release Date & the Achievement of Rushiness

6:18: Origins of the Album Title

8:08: Cover Art, the Red Star of the Solar Federation, Hugh Syme, Man Ass & Space Kimonos Revealed

14:43: Production & the Artistry of Terry “Turn That Frown Upside” Brown

21:12 Track One, Part One: “2112: Overture”

29:14: Track One, Part Two: “2112: Temples of Syrinx”

35:30: Track One, Part Three: “2112: Discovery”

42:49: Track One, Part Four: “2112: Presentation”

49:55: Track One, Part Five: “2112: Oracle: The Dream”

55:05: Track One, Part Six: “2112: Soliloquy”

1:05:15: Track One, Part Seven: “2112: The Grand Finale”

1:09:49: Track Two: “A Passage to Bangkok”

1:21:48: Track Three: “The Twilight Zone”

1:28:08: Track Four: “Lessons”

1:35:20: Track Five: “Tears”

1:44:18: Track Six: “Something for Nothing”

1:50:30: Best and worst tracks on the album.

1:54:02: Wrap it up or I’m going to spill my lifeblood ovah.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rush.

Space is a cold and lonely expanse, so we want to hear from you! Contact us with etudes, odes, corrections, reflections, or requests for inspections. Our electronic mail address is [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Caress of Steel”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Jammin’ on the 1.

0:29: Look Upon Our Scripted Open, Ye Listener, and Despair

2:40: Third album curse?

5:47: Vital Stats

6:27: Cover art? More like cover fart!

13:04: Engineering, production, and Hairy Terry Brown.

19:36: Track One: “Bastille Day”

33:10: Track Two: “I Think I’m Going Bald”

47:23: Track Three: “Lakeside Park”

59:26: Track Four: “The Necromancer”

1:13:49: Track Five: “The Fountain of Lamneth”

1:33:30: Concept albums, pretension or lack thereof, and the possibility of re-sequencing “FbN” and “CoS.”

1:36:45: Best and worst tracks on the album.

1:40:09: Wrap it up. You reek of ambergris.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rush.

Space is a cold and lonely expanse, so we want to hear from you! Contact us with etudes, odes, corrections, reflections, or requests for inspections. Our electronic mail address is [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Fly By Night”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Sing it.

0:17: Scripted open brought to you by the team that brought you “The World’s Wildest Police Chases.”

3:08: Tell us about your infant ears, Raffi.

4:22: Cover art, ya’ll.

11:08: Production, and that rapscallion Terry Brown.

17:27: Raf once again tries to argue that Led Zeppelin is not good. SAD!

18:35: Track One: “Anthem”

33:32: Track Two: “Best I Can”

41:24: Track Three: “Beneath, Between, Behind”

50:16: Track Four: “By-Tor and the Snow Dog”

59:00: Track Five: “Fly By Night”

1:07:35: Track Six: “Making Memories”

1:14:42: Track Seven: “Rivendell”

1:22:26: Track Eight: “In the End”

1:34:25: Coming in for a landing with best and worst tracks.

1:37:00: Wrap it up, losers.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS:

Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where two old friends take a second listen to influential bands' catalogs. For our first season, we've selected none other than Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Rush.

We want to hear from listeners… dear God, please! Contact us with comments, corrections, hilarious anecdotes, solicitations for bitcoin, and your favorite Rush concert photos. Our electronic mail address is [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Rush”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: The opening so cold you’d better grab your mittens.

0:36: “These scripted intros are ridiculous!”

3:30: Tell me of your homeworld, Usul.

4:06: Production, Studio, and that 8 Track Sound

5:08: This is first of many discussions about Led Zeppelin, and their influence on the band.

6:08: Band Personnel

7:44: Cover Art

9:07: Track One: “Finding My Way”

22:48: Track Two: “Need Some Love”

30:30: Track Three: “Take A Friend”

41:40: Track Four: “Here Again”

48:12: Track Five: “What You’re Doing”

1:04:57: Track Six: “In The Mood”

1:14:29: Track Seven: “Before and After”

1:23:56: Track Eight: “Working Man”

1:38:12: Discussion of contemporaneous albums, influences, and Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.”

1:42:35: Best and worst tracks on the album.

1:44:05: Wrap it up, nerds.

ERA CHEAT SHEET PLAYLISTS:
Bell Bottoms 1974 - 1976
Space Kimonos 1977 - 1981
Skinny Ties 1982 - 1987
Black Tees 1989 - 1997
In the End 2002 Onward

SOCIALS: