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THE SPIRIT OF RADIO: GREATEST HITS 1974 - 1987
Rush
(Anthem/Universal)
There are some bands whose careers can't be summed up in a single best-of CD.
With about 30 years and 20 albums under their belt, Canuck prog-metal legends Rush are obviously one of them. Especially since their songs tend to be longer than the average three-minute pop fluff.
Given all that, it's hard not to be disappointed by the hits set The Spirit of Radio. Yes, it has CanCon mainstays like Closer to the Heart, Freewill, Limelight, Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, New World Man and Subdivisions.
Trouble is, so many of Rush's best tunes were never hits -- Finding my Way, Anthem, A Passage to Bangkok, Bastille Day, Xanadu, Lakeside Park, Something for Nothing, Cygnus X-1, By-Tor and the Snow Dog, La Villa Stran ... sorry, we geeked out for a second there. Anyway, you won't find any of those songs here. Curiously, you won't even find their first single In the Mood, which was a hit by anybody's measure.
So no matter how you slice it, The Spirit of Radio is poorly programmed. (More on Rush)
Track Listing
1. Working Man
2. Fly By Night
3. 2112 Overture/Temples of Syrinx
4. Closer To The Heart
5. Trees
6. The Spirit Of Radio
7. Freewill
8. Limelight
9. Tom Sawyer
10. Red Barchetta
11. New World Man
12. Subdivisions
13. Distant Early Warning
14. The Big Money
15. Force Ten
16. Time Stand Still