Caress of Steel
Studio album by Rush
Released	September 1975
Recorded	June-July 1975
Genre	Progressive rock Hard rock Heavy metal
Length	44:51
Label	Anthem Records (Canada) Mercury Records
Producer	Rush and Terry Brown
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Rush chronology
Fly by Night (1975) Caress of Steel (1975) 2112 (1976)

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The album is often considered notable for the inclusion of the band's first epic piece, "The Fountain Of Lamneth", which runs to nearly 20 minutes and comprised the whole of side two of the original vinyl release. Intended to be Rush's breakthrough album, it sold lower than their previous record and was considered a disappointment by their record company, with the tour becoming known as the "Down The Tubes Tour". The next year's follow-up album, 2112 would pave the way for Rush to super-stardom with its own 21 minute epic. For the year 2112, see 22nd century. ...

This album shows more of Rush's adherence to the standards of progressive rock. Long pieces, pieces broken up into parts, and solo passages of speed and agility are all included. For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ...

A necromancer is one who practices necromancy, a type of divination involving the summoning of Operative Spirits to discern information about the future. "The Necromancer" starts with heavy influence from the Lord of the Rings with Frodo, Samwise, and Gollum as the "three travellers" and Sauron as the Necromancer. The song obviously departs from the story of the book as Part III sees the return of By-Tor from Fly by Night, this time as a hero and not a villain. "Return of the Prince" was also released as a single in some countries. Necromancy (Greek νεκρομαντία, nekromantía) is a form of divination in which the practitioner seeks to summon operative spirits or spirits of divination, for multiple reasons, from spiritual protection to wisdom. ... For other uses, see Divination (disambiguation). ... Rush (1974) Fly by Night is the second studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in February 1975 (see 1975 in music). ...

The final song on the album — "The Fountain of Lamneth" — predates epics like 2112 and the Cygnus X-1 series, and is only 34 seconds shorter than 2112. It also forms a complete story, this one about a man in search of the Fountain of Lamneth, presumed to be the Fountain of Youth and chronicles the individual occurrences of his journey, presenting all of them, in the end, as being negative and merely impeding his progress. Rushs Cygnus X-1 Duology consists of Book I: The Voyage and Book II: Hemispheres. ... For other uses, see Fountain of Youth (disambiguation). ...

Regarding "Didacts and Narpets" (which consists mostly of a drum solo), in the October 1991 news release from the Rush Backstage Club, Neil Peart said: "Okay, I may have answered this before, but if not, the shouted words in that song represent an argument between Our Hero and the Didacts and Narpets - teachers and parents. I honestly can't remember what the actual words were, but they took up opposite positions like: "Work! Live! Earn! Give!" and like that." A didact is a teacher, and "narpet" is an anagram of "parent". This song was never played live^{[citation needed]}. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A parent is a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian // Mother This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Rush's Led Zeppelin influence is still prominent on this record, most obviously in the song "Bastille Day", though it is apparent on all three of the shorter songs on the album. Bastille Day made a re-appearence on the R30 CD and DVD as part of the instrumental R30 Overture. For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album). ...

Originally, the album cover was supposed to be in silver hue to give it a "steel" appearance. A printing error resulted in a copper color for the album cover.[1]

Despite its relatively poor sales, the album charted higher in the US than Rush's previous release Fly by Night (as stated in the liner notes to Rush's The Spirit of Radio Greatest Hits 1974-87 album). The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1993.

Track listing

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1. "Bastille Day" – 4:37
2. "I Think I'm Going Bald" – 3:37
3. "Lakeside Park" – 4:08
4. "The Necromancer" – 12:30
   • "I. Into Darkness" – 4:12
   • "II. Under the Shadow" – 4:25
   • "III. Return of the Prince" – 3:52
5. "The Fountain of Lamneth" – 20:03
   • "I. In the Valley" – 4:18
   • "II. Didacts and Narpets" – 1:00
   • "III. No One at the Bridge" – 4:19
   • "IV. Panacea" – 3:14
   • "V. Bacchus Plateau" – 3:16
   • "VI. The Fountain" – 3:49

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Miscellanea

• The lyrics for the song "Bastille Day" clearly refer to the French Revolution.

• I Think I'm Going Bald was written for Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell, who at the time was the frontman of the band Max Webster.

• It is also stated in the book "Contents Under Pressure", that the song "I Think I'm Goin' Bald" was written as an homage to KISS' "Goin' Blind".

• Mentioned in the song "Lakeside Park", the 24th of May is Victoria Day, a Canadian holiday. Lakeside Park itself is a park in Port Dalhousie, St. Catharines, Ontario, where lyricist Neil Peart grew up and worked as a teenager during the summer.

• Referenced from the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, "The Necromancer" is one of the pseudonyms of Sauron. This is the second reference to the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien in the Rush catalog. This is also the second song in which the character By-Tor is used (the first being "By-Tor & the Snow Dog" from Fly by Night). In "The Necromancer," By-Tor is perceived as the protagonist, whereas in "By-Tor and the Snow Dog," he is the antagonist.

• The liner notes for Caress of Steel include a memoriam for Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone.

• Some cassette printings of this album had "Didacts and Narpets" and "I Think I'm Going Bald" switch places (possibly due to cassette tape length and to balance out both sides), and all of the movements of "The Fountain of Lamneth" were listed as separate songs.

• On the inside gatefold of the album, just below the lyrics to "The Necromancer", the latin phrase "Terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus" appears. This translates (loosely) to:

"[as] The hour ends the day; the author ends his work".

• "The Fountain of Lamneth" is the first of three sidelong epics Rush would write. It is broken into six smaller parts; however, unlike later extended songs such as "Xanadu" or "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres," the individual parts "The Fountain of Lamneth" do not segue seamlessly, but rather each segment fades out as the next fades in.

• A few measures of the "No One at the Bridge" section of "The Fountain of Lamneth" can be heard on the song "The Universe in You", by fellow Canadian band I Mother Earth. Additionally, Alex Lifeson is credited with a guest appearance on their second album, Scenery and Fish.

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Credits

• Geddy Lee - bass guitar and vocals
• Alex Lifeson - 6 and 12 string electric and acoustic guitars, classical guitar, steel guitar
• Neil Peart - lyrics and percussion

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Charts

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Singles

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Remaster details

A remaster was issued in 1997.

• The tray has a picture of star with man painting with THE RUSH REMASTERS printed in all caps just to the left. All remasters from Rush through to Permanent Waves are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective I.
• The remaster adds the album's back cover and gatefold (which included band pictures and lyrics) to the packaging which was not included on original CD.