Rush Band

Not many bands have had the audacity to release a best of their live albums and even fewer have had the sort of recent live career that Rush have done. 35 years into their career and Rush are still releasing new albums and are probably as relevant musically as they have ever been - 'Snakes & Arrows’ boasted three or four tracks that are already Rush classics. 'Working Men’ features numbers from three of their various live albums from the recent past – tracks from 'Rush In Rio’, 'R30’ & 'S&A Live’ plus a previously unreleased version of 'One Little Victory’ that was probably recorded on the Snakes & Arrows tour last year. But is it any good? Well – yes. Rush live are a wonderful experience and they are justifiably proud of their back catalogue and it is true that every tour has its own identity. But it is also true that these tracks have been collected more times that a Paris model’s knickers and most diehard Rush fans will already have the three live albums this collection is culled from. It is really useful to have the three live sets reduced to a single CD and hearing '2112’ from the 'Rush In Rio’ set alongside 'Working Man’ from 'R30’ or a stunning version of 'Tom Sawyer’ from the 'S&A Live’ set it a good way to hear the progression of the band. If you aren’t a diehard fan then this is simply a bloody good live set fromone of the best live bands on the planet.