- rock, progressive rock, hard rock
- 38 min
- 8 tracks
- Mercury Records
Fly by Night is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 14, 1975, by Mercury Records. It was the first Rush album to showcase elements of progressive rock for which the band has become known.
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Grave, earnest, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/8
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 ★
- The Essential Rock Discography6/10
- MusicHound Rock2.5/5 ★
- Music Emissions4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
- The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Anthem4:26
- 2Best I Can3:28
- 3Beneath, Between & Behind3:05
- 4By‐Tor & the Snow Dog: I. At the Tobes of Hades / II. Across the Styx / III. Of the Battle / IV. Epilogue8:40
- 5Fly by Night3:22
- 6Making Memories3:05
- 7Rivendell5:00
- 8In the End6:48
8 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rush
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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