CARESS OF STEEL
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CARESS OF STEEL
Caress of Steel is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1975. The album showcases the band's continued evolution to hard progressive rock as opposed to the blues-based hard rock style of the band's first album. -wikipedia
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The Odyssey
Caress of Steel is a record that is more of an acquired taste, it's definitely not for radio play and takes many listens to truly appreciate its brilliance.
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All Music
While it was Rush's first release that fully explored their prog rock side, it did not contain the catchy and more traditional elements of their future popular work -- it's quite often too indulgent and pretentious for a mainstream rock audience to latch onto.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
While it boasts a pair of stone-cold classics in "Bastille Day" and "Lakeside Park," Caress of Steel nearly killed Rush’s fledgling career before they really even got started. The album's second half is mired in overreaching prog epics, revealing that the trio wasn't quite ready for the big leagues yet.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
the stretches of beauty, rare as they sometimes seem, ultimately make the album at least passable and somewhat worth my while. Rush has done better, but they've also done worse GOOD
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Adrian's Album Reviews
The entire album is inconsistent and lacks a real cohesive atmosphere. It's still not bad in places, and it's still impressive in other places.
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Only Solitaire
Artsiness enters in a BIG WAY here. Big and bad way - if ye wanted for a close link from Rush to Uriah Heep, look no further. Badass pocketbook fantasy fiction and childish pretentions diluted over the course of 20-minute suites?
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Mark's Record Reviews
They're going for a BIG, SELF-IMPORTANT Led Zeppeliny prog sound, but there's too much space and air in the mix, so it sounds like a vanity pressing by some band that would never be heard from again.
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Progsphere
There’s an annoying disjointed feel about the record, and while the rockers are fun enough, the epics are overlong and boring as hell.
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Cygnus-X1
Epic adventures that begin the definition of early Rush
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Hokeyblog!
2015 - an appealing curiosity for those seeking to chart the band’s transition from traditional early 70s blues-rockers to the progressive hard-rock superstars of the late 70s
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Drew's Review
2018 - Caress of Steel requires listening
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Smart Bass Guitar
a bizarre album. It merges the old Rush with new progressive Rush in a way that is over the top and in your face.
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Classic Rock Review
2015 - Caress of Steel, showed the group quickly moving towards progressive rock with two mult-part suites accompanying three traditionally arranged rock tracks. These longer pieces used various textures and sonic dynamics to portray the desired dramatic effect, which worked in some places but not so much in others.
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Green and Black Music
2015 - my goal is to liberate this work of art from its undue reputation as a misfire in the Rush canon
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Don Ignacio
Geddy Lee achieves a new level of annoyingness in his singing. That, along with the general decline of quality songwriting compared to Rush's previous two albums, is what forces me to give this album a big kick in the pants.
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Quarto Knows
2016 - aress of Steel is one of the great transitional Rush albums, but then Rush only ever defined themselves by being in constant transition.
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Amino
Caress of Steel is not an instantly enjoyable album like many of the band’s subsequent releases, but if the listener gives this album a chance, they will find it is a great listening experience. GOOD
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