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This is it. The album that changed my view of what music is. I was introduced to Rush by my drum teacher, who found out I had listened to stuff like "A show of Hands" and "Presto", which were CDs my dad listened to. But my teacher told me that the REAL Rush comes from 1976 and he told me to listen to this album. So I went on and bought. I was 10 years old at the time and it was a shock to me to hear such a sound coming from this guys, since I had the impression of listening to the same vocals that appear on presto. Also the idea of a 20 minute song was crazy!! The agressive almost metal sound and the almost screaming vocals by Geddy simply blew me away. I was also blown away by Neil's drumming, back then I was not used to virtuosism in playing so it was quite a shock for me to listen to all those breaks and, MAN!, Alex's guitar solos are amazing on the tittle track. Back in 1995, I liked pop music like Micheal Jackson, and I rememberd buying the HIStory album. Back in school everyone was talking about stuff like cartoons and more of the sort (I was 10 years old,let me remind you), and there I was,listening to some bad ass music by this great Canadian (I love that country) trio. So this was my first contact with progressive rock and with the band that will later become my favorite band to this day. Neil Peart became my inspiration for playing drums and, well, Rush became my inspiration for making prog music and to go on and find more prog artists. I've seen them on tour twice and I think those have been the best days of my life, honestly.