Product ReviewsRush : Chronicles CD 2 discs (1990)

No faults to find! 5 star BEST OF Collection

CHRONICLES is a tremendous 2 Cd BEST OF collection from legendary Canadian rockers RUSH that has it all! From early classics to late 80s/early 90s hits, I simply cannot find a fault in this release. CHRONICLES features such early RUSH as "Finding My Way," "Working Man," "Fly By Night," "2112," "The Trees," "Freewill" and "Spirit Of Radio". And it has their great later work to from "Tom Sawyer," "Red Barchetta," "Subdivisions," to "Time Stand Still" & "Show Don't Tell". I think only a RUSH fanatic could find a missing piece or two, but for 99% of fans, CHRONICLES is the RUSH Best Of Collection to hit in your Cd collection. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.Read full review...

Greatness in Digital

These are some of the greatest songs by Rush gathered together a single collection. While I prefer some of the early jamming Rush tunes, the later songs have a character themselves that feature the talents in unique angles that demands a new appreciation. While when it comes to the best of the best songs, I prefer Triumph to Rush - I fully concede Triumph's 'great' songs is a short list compared to the number of great Rush songs. Anthem, La Villa, Tom Sawyer, 2112, and Red Barchetta.... simply incredible songs. If you are any kind of Rush fan, unless you have all of their discs already - this is a great compilation to cover a great deal of their music. Now don't be mad because I like Triumph's Fight the Good Fight slightly better than Rush's greatest hits, like I said, Triumph's truly great songs only numbers three or four while Rush's can't be put on a single disc thus the two disc set here. But many other of Rush's greatest hits compilations are lacking for this very reason, because they attempt to fit the songs onto one disc and then fall short by including some 'new unreleased' song on a greatest hits collection.Read full review...

Perfect addition to your collection

Really just a great compilation. More of an "icing on the cake" for most who already have a good collection but great for the person who likes a lot of the more mainstream (radioplay) songs. No need to go into the talents of Lifeson, Getty or Peart... You're a Rush fan... you obviously already know of their spectacular abilities. BTW, have this already on many machines, cloud and phone... Bought it hard again because I haven't learned to not loan out my CD's unless I want it returned damaged. SMH, bought this, listened to make sure it plays fine and probably will never play the DISC'S again.Read full review...

A Solid Compliation

The 2-disk set "Chronicles" by Rush covers the years 1974-1989. True to the title, the disks are arranged in chronological order with about two cuts from the Rush debut through Presto.

The album has all of the essentials including "Working Man," "Closer to the Heart," "The Spirit of Radio," "Tom Sawyer," "Limelight" and "Subdivisions", though it is missing some awesome songs like YYZ, By Tor & The Snow Dog, Xanadu, Cygnus X-1 & 2, Marathon, Open Secrets, and others.

Bottom line is Chroincles is a great start for anyone just discovering Rush, or to complete the collection.Read full review...

Non remastered sound make this the best package....

Great compilation. Highlights from the Mercury years plus Show Don't Tell from Atlantic era. Sound quality is main reason to get this, because it sounds as good if not better than my German Atomics. I don't believe this set has ever been remastered, and that's a good thing ! Highly recommended...Read full review...

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Chronicles (Rush)

A hard hitting album with plenty of hardcore hits a Rush fans must the hard driving "Working Man" deep thinking "The Trees" "Closer To The Heart" is another deep thinking song "Lakeside Park" reminds us of our teen or young adult years "Tom Sawyer" also takes us back & "New World Man" says it all in just the title but Chronicles is a good taste of what Rush is about then & more recently.Read full review...

...their best collection I have!

I'm a great fan of Rush but never liked that much their first records. I decided to buy this collection as it had a few of the oldest 'greatest hits'. It turned out 'the oldies' were still not my favorite part of Rush, but most of the songs were newer, from my very favorite records - like Hemispheres or Hold Your Fire. It was really great to sit down and, over the couple hours these 2 CD's took, travel in time and notice how the style of Rush changed!

Out of 28 songs I would perhaps change 3 or 4, but most of them are really some of the best. I think it's a must=have for all Rush fans!Read full review...

A must have for all fans.

I was looking for a copy of the album from the bands backyard and I couldn't even find one there so I came here of course. It is the boys' (as we fans call them) first career spanning compilation even though it wasn't their idea. It was mainly to close out their international contract with PolyGram (who would release other compilations as would successor Universal and later non-Canada record company Warners). This includes classics like Finding My Way, Closer to the Heart and Limelight to name a few. Even Show Don't Tell closes out the collection used under licence from Atlantic away from home.Read full review...

Buying now better than first time!

I enjoy Rush and the last time I bought this CD collection was in 1990 when it first came out and I was not sure I could buy any more to replace scratched CDs I have. I surely did not expect to pay only $16! Esp since I paid @ $20 for it in 1990. New CDs excellent! Read full review...

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Great compilation

If you are new to RUSH… this gives you a great glimpse of the band from their start to about 1990. It’s two discs in a handsome double case with a small booklet that has a short essay. For longtime fans… it’s a great compilation if you are on the go. Buy it!! Read full review...

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