Name	Artist	Time	Price
1.	Farewell to Kings	Rush	5:49	$1.29
2.	Xanadu	Rush	11:04	Album Only
3.	Closer to the Heart	Rush	2:51	$1.29
4.	Cinderella Man	Rush	4:19	$0.99
5.	Madrigal	Rush	2:33	$0.99
6.	Cygnus X-1	Rush	10:21	Album Only

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Our Review

With 1977's A Farewell to Kings, Rush continued its pursuit of sonically and compositionally complex hard and progressive rock, setting the performance standard for all hard rock bands to emulate, on the way becoming one of the most distinctive groups of the ‘70s. The title track begins with a gentle acoustic guitar and synthesizer overture before breaking out into one of the band's trademark explosions. Drummer Neil Peart never met a time signature he couldn't twist to his own desires and with his heavy rhythmic hand the band erupts into epic splendor. "Closer to the Heart" is the closest the band had come to a conventional pop song in a few years and nicely counterbalances the conceptual ambitions of the ten-minute album closer "Cygnus X-1" and the eleven-minute tour-de-force "Xanadu." "Madrigal" spotlights the band's lesser-explored softer side, whereas "Cinderella Man" pushes forth the band's aggression. The Canadian trio managed to be both obscure and accessible, pulling in an ardent following despite its unusual and unconventional approach.

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Customer Reviews

Welcome The Kings (5 stars)
Rush, one of the many incredible bands to emerge in the 1970s, by the time of A FAREWELL TO KINGS, Rush had released 4 albums (not counting live albums): Rush, A Caress of Steel, Fly By Night, and 2112. This was the most incredible Rush album to that date (and my personal favorite), by now Rush had fully developed their song writing. The album ranged from the medieval entrance and powerful end of Farewell to Kings; from the fast and slow Xan

One of The Essentials (5 stars)
If there was a Rush Essential Albums thing on iTunes this would be on there for sure. The songs are very crafty and they have a lot of power and punch to them. I love Madrigal thats a great song. All The songs on here are great. Farewell To Kings- Intense lyrics and great music Xanadu- Long but awesome maybe the best song on the album Closer To The Heart-Probably what most people think when they think of this album Cinderella Man-One of G

Kings (5 stars)
Xanadu and Cygnus alone are worth the price of admission not to mention the title track. pick it up you will love it.

Biography

Formed: 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

Over the course of their decades-spanning career, Canadian power trio Rush emerged as one of hard rock's most highly regarded bands; although typically brushed aside by critics and rarely the recipients of mainstream pop radio airplay, Rush nonetheless won an impressive and devoted fan following...

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Top Songs By Rush
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	The Spirit of Radio	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	4:56	$1.29
2.	Tom Sawyer	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	4:32	$1.29
3.	Closer to the Heart	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	2:52	$1.29
4.	Limelight	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	4:19	$1.29
5.	Freewill	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	5:21	$1.29
6.	Working Man	Rush (Remastered)	7:09	$1.29
7.	Fly By Night	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	3:21	$0.99
8.	Subdivisions	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	5:33	$1.29
9.	Working Man	The Spirit of Radio - Great..	7:09	$1.29
10.	Tom Sawyer	Chronicles	4:34	$1.29

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