The progressive rock-themed album with lengthy, story-based songs, complex song structures, and hard-to-grasp lyrics, made it difficult to receive radio airplay and promote effectively. The band members had enjoyed writing and recording the album, but Lifeson recalled the group in a state of confusion after the tour, sensing the disappointing reaction from crowds after playing songs from it on stage. In January 1976, Rush ended its 1975–1976 tour to support the band's third studio album, Caress of Steel. 2112 has been reissued several times a 40th Anniversary Edition was released in 2016 with previously unreleased material, including the album performed by artists including Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Billy Talent, Steven Wilson, and Alice in Chains. It is listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and ranked second on Rolling Stone's reader's poll, Your Favorite Prog Rock Albums of All Time. 2112 remains the band's second-highest-selling album (behind Moving Pictures) with more than 3 million copies sold in the United States. Rush supported the album with a tour of the United States, Canada, and for the first time, Europe, from February 1976 to June 1977. Billboard Top LPs & Tape and was the band's commercial breakthrough in the country. There are five individual tracks on side two.Ģ112 was released to favourable reviews from music critics and quickly outsold the band's previous albums. Its centerpiece is a 20-minute title track, a futuristic science-fiction song that takes up the entire first side of the album.
2112 was recorded in February 1976 in Toronto with regular producer Terry Brown. Though the label demanded more commercial material, the band decided to continue developing its progressive rock sound.
The band's international label, Mercury Records, considered dropping Rush but granted the band one more album following negotiations with manager Ray Danniels. The band was in financial hardship due to the album's disappointing sales, unfavorable critical reception, and a decline in attendance at its shows. Rush finished touring for its unsuccessful previous album Caress of Steel, in early 1976. Then one day ever since 2/1/12 the signs has been revealing themselfs to us that the gods one day in the future of 2112 in the honor of their Creator from heaven to take back the knowledge that was lost to most of us so that ''The Meek Shall Inheret The Earth'' again.2112 (pronounced "twenty-one twelve") is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on 1 April 1976 (or March 1976, according to some sources) by Anthem Records. Then one day as told in ''The Prophecy of Hermes Trismegistus'' as the messinger of the gods that was foretold to Asclepius when a day comes that the gods will not be needed anymore and they will return back to their home in Heaven and the land and the temples will be destoyed by the foreign invaders to be replaced by these New Priests and Kings that has been keeping this secret knowledge of all kinds from the remaining people since then until the present to control us for our own good they believe and not to share with our discovories. Listening to this song today brings back some lost memories of ''RUSH'' in this song ''2112:Overture/The Temples Of Syrinx'' that reminds me of long ago when on earth the gods and godesses were honored and worshiped as a place like ''Heaven on Earth'' throughout the lands through the rituals of the Priests who kept the home fires burning for the people in their individual thought to honor and worship them in the secret knowledge they held.
In understanding the past is to understand the future of ''The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth''. The genius of Neil Peart and ''RUSH'' as a band meant alot to the fans of their music in relating to the world of the 1970's in thanks to a old friend from my pass-Larry ''The Wizard'' of music and knowledge from A 2 Z.