Rush - 2112 CD (album) cover     Heavy Prog  4.08 | 1395 ratings
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website  Prog Reviewer 4 stars I'm as guilty as the crooks in
Congress for thinking that, because high-quality prog rock being
made by any artist or group in the western hemisphere was as
rare as getting struck by space junk, I had every right to
nourish my biased skepticism of the Canadian band Rush. That's
just one of many stupid reasons I had for ignoring them over a
span of decades (for a more detailed but no less excusable
explanation for my ridiculous attitude see my review of "Fly By
Night") but I've finally come around in my old age to deciding
to honestly give their albums a fair listen. My becoming aware
of how determined this trio was to be true to themselves and to
follow their progressive-minded muse even if she led them
perilously close to entering the bleak lands of obscurity where
groups who got dropped from their labels went to die had a lot
to do with my decision to as