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Archives (Rush album)

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Released
  
April 1978

Length
  
2:02:00

Release date
  
April 1978

Label
  
Mercury Records

Recorded
  
1973-1975

Artist
  
Rush

Producer
  
Terry Brown

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Archives (1978)
  
Rush Through Time (1979)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Hard rock, Heavy metal

Similar
  
Rush albums, Progressive rock albums

Archives is a compilation album by Rush, released in April 1978. 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. The minimalist cover art recycles the image of the "Man in the Star" from the 2112 album.

Contents

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. [1]

Although Archives has never officially been released on CD, it managed simultaneous gold and platinum certification in the U.S. in 1995.

Track listing

From Rush:

  1. "Finding My Way"
  2. "Need Some Love"
  3. "Take a Friend"
  4. "Here Again"
  5. "What You're Doing"
  6. "In the Mood"
  7. "Before and After"
  8. "Working Man"

From Fly by Night:

  1. "Anthem"
  2. "Best I Can"
  3. "Beneath, Between & Behind"
  4. "By-Tor & The Snow Dog"
  5. "At The Tobes of Hades"
  6. "Across the Styx"
  7. "Of the Battle"
  8. "Challenge and Defiance"
  9. "7/4 War Furor"
  10. "Aftermath"
  11. "Hymn of Triumph"
  12. "Epilogue"
  13. "Fly by Night"
  14. "Making Memories"
  15. "Rivendell"
  16. "In the End"

From Caress of Steel:

  1. "Bastille Day"
  2. "I Think I'm Going Bald"
  3. "Lakeside Park"
  4. "The Necromancer"
  5. "Into Darkness"
  6. "Under the Shadow"
  7. "Return of the Prince"
  8. "The Fountain of Lamneth"
  9. "In the Valley"
  10. "Didacts and Narpets"
  11. "No One at the Bridge"
  12. "Panacea"
  13. "Bacchus Plateau"
  14. "The Fountain"

Songs

1Finding My Way5:03
2Need Some Love2:16
3Take A Friend4:27

References

Archives (Rush album) Wikipedia
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