1 album cover in our archive
Rush is featured in Behind the Covers' archive with 1 album cover from the 1970s. Released on Mercury Records, the artwork sits in the rock, metal tradition. Each cover is documented in our archive with design notes covering illustration, graphic design, logo, conceptual, gatefold, typographic. Below you'll find the full story behind each Rush cover — designers, photographers, label history, and the visual choices that defined the release.
The red star glaring out of a field of stars almost cost Rush their record deal. Mercury nearly dropped the band, granted one last album, and got the one that saved them. Here's how Hugh Syme and Neil Peart turned a pentagram and a naked man into rock's most recognizable accidental logo.
