Few bands have released as many consciously curated compilations as
Rush
:
Chronicles
,
Rush 30th Anniversary World Tour Live
R40
, and more than two-dozen live and studio comps. That said,
50
eclipses them all, offering a four-decade-plus career arc. Not a rarities collection though it includes several unreleased tracks, and not even a greatest-hits set, though many of their best-known tunes are here. It travels chronologically, drawing from every
studio album (with the first-ever reissue of their debut 1973 single) accompanied by contextual live material, including the last medley the trio performed at The Forum in Los Angeles in 2015.
is available in a four-CD set, a seven-LP vinyl edition, and a super deluxe version comprising all CDs and LPS, a 104-page book (in all editions), new
Hugh Syme
artwork, song illustrations, unreleased photos & liner notes and exclusive to the latter, 20 illustrated song lithographs and a 100-page hardcover graphic novel detailing the evolution of
's sound.