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.

Does it all seem so one-sided? The future predecided? Provide us your opinions, detached and subdivided to: [email protected].

LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
Rush “Signals”

CHAPTERS:

0:00: Maytag!

0:35: Electricity? Biology? Seems to me it’s the scripted open!

3:00: How pegged the pants, how skinny the ties!

6:25: The Basics

10:18: Hugh’s Masterwork? Raf is a cat person.

19:28: The Swan Song of Terry “Downtown to China” Brown

26:26: Side A, Track One: “Subdivisions”

42:44: Side A, Track Two: “Analog Kid”

50:20: Side A, Track Three: “Chemistry”

1:00:56: Side A, Track Four: “Digital Man”

1:11:55: Side A transmitted, message received.

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