Archives (Rush album)

Infobox Album | Name = Archives
Type = compilation
Artist = Rush


Released = April 1978
Recorded = 1973-1975
Genre = Progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Length = 122:00
Label = Mercury
Producer = Rush, Terry Brown
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8s47gjqrj6ic link]
This album = "Archives"
(1978)
Next album = "Chronicles"
(1990) |

"Archives" is a compilation album by Rush, released in April 1978 (see 1978 in music). The compilation was a complete repackaging of the band's first three albums ("Rush", "Fly by Night" and "Caress of Steel"). Originally released with a faded grey cover, it was later repackaged with a darker, black cover. [http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/Wallpaper8.htm] The minimalist cover art recycles the image of the "Man in the Star" from the 2112 album.

On the original, vinyl "Fly By Night" album, the chimes at the end of "By-Tor and the Snow Dog" were printed into the fadeout groove of side one. This meant that on older turntables the chimes would play on forever, until the stylus was physically lifted from the vinyl. On the "Archives" version, "By-Tor" is 28 seconds longer as these additional chimes were included. [http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/FBNlyrics.htm]

Although Archives has never officially been released on CD, it managed simultaneous gold and platinum certification in the U.S. in 1995. Many fans have made their own CD versions of this collection.

Track listing

From "Rush":
# "Finding My Way"
# "Need Some Love"
# "Take a Friend"
# "Here Again"
# "What You're Doing"
# "In the Mood"
# "Before and After"
# "Working Man"

From "Fly by Night":
# "Anthem"
# "Best I Can"
# "Beneath, Between & Behind"
# "By-Tor & The Snow Dog"
# "Fly by Night"
# "Making Memories"
# "Rivendell"
# "In the End"

From "Caress of Steel":
# "Bastille Day"
# "I Think I'm Going Bald"
# "Lakeside Park"
# "The Necromancer"
#*"Into Darkness"
#*"Under the Shadow"
#*"Return of the Prince"
# "The Fountain of Lamneth"
#*"In the Valley"
#*"Didacts and Narpets"
#*"No One at the Bridge"
#*"Panacea"
#*"Baccus Plateau"
#*"The Fountain"

External links

Official site | http://www.rush.com/