2112 reached platinum status on February 25, 1981, shortly after the release of Moving Pictures in 1981, the latter being their highest selling record to date. 2112 would eventually be certified gold on November 16, 1977, along with the band's then current releases A Farewell to Kings and the live All the World's a Stage. 2112 was released in March 1976 and peaked at #61 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart, becoming their first album to reach the top 100. Caress of Steel contains two multi-part epics: the twelve-minute "The Necromancer" (side one) and the side-long epic "The Fountain of Lamneth" (side two).īy their own recollection, the band ignored this advice and stuck to their principles the resulting album would become their first major commercial success, and ultimately a signature record. The album Breakthrough ĭue to the relative commercial failure of their previous album, Caress of Steel, Mercury (their record label at the time) pressured the band not to do another album with "concept" songs. The DVD and Blu-ray included the audio of the album in three different HD formats, as well as on-screen lyrics, liner notes, and a digital comic book depicting the story of the title track. The CD featured the entire album remastered, as well as three live bonus tracks from their 1981 concert at Northlands Coliseum.
The Toronto dates of the 2112 tour were recorded and released as All the World's a Stage in September 1976.Ī deluxe edition of the album was released in 2012 as both a CD/ DVD and a CD/ Blu-ray. In 2012, the album came in at #2 on Rolling Stone's list of 'Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time', as voted for in a reader's poll, being one of three Rush albums included on the list (the others being Moving Pictures and Hemispheres).
In 2006, a poll of Planet Rocklisteners picked 2112 as the definitive Rush album. Rush repeated this arrangement on the 1978 album Hemispheres.Ģ112 is one of two Rush albums listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (the other being Moving Pictures). The album is sometimes described as a concept album although the songs on the second side are unrelated to the plot of the suite. Released in 1976, the album features an eponymous seven-part suite written by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, with lyrics written by Neil Peart telling a dystopianstory set in the year 2112. 2112 (pronounced " twenty-one twelve") is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush.
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