Editing Rush (Rush album) (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rush-mw0000650731 |title=Rush – Rush |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |access-date=June 17, 2011 |archive-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611084515/http://www.allmusic.com/album/rush-mw0000650731 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 7/8<ref name="martin" >{{cite book |last=Popoff |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |section=Rush — Rush (Moon '74)|date=October 2003 |page=236|isbn=978-1-8949-5902-5}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/_NNmFiUnSmUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Rush%22|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Essential Rock Discography]]''
| rev4Score = 6/10<ref name="Strong">{{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles  |title=The Essential Rock Discography |edition=8th |year=2006 |publisher=Open City Books |isbn=1-84195-860-3 |page=938–939 |chapter=Rush }}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[MusicHound Rock]]''
| rev5Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Graff|editor1-first=Gary|editor2-last=Durchholz|editor2-first=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|section=Rush|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=965}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide |title=Rush: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=February 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704223108/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide |archive-date=July 4, 2013 }}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music]]''
|rev7Score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|author=[[Colin Larkin|Larkin, Colin]]|year=2003|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music|ISBN=1-85227-969-9|publisher=[[Virgin Publishing]]|section=Rush|pp=414–415}}</ref>
}}
''Rush'' received positive reviews upon its 1974 release. Writing for the ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', Bill Provick gave praise on the band's "immediate acceleration" and "driving, crisp sound", although he felt that "the energy needs a bit more channeling and the arrangements need a touch more refining".<ref name = "Ottawa Citizen">{{cite web |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19740530ottawacitizen.htm |title=Rush Rock Sound Crisp And Strong |last=Provick |first=Bill |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |date=May 30, 1974 |access-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019202756/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19740530ottawacitizen.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' wrote that it "serves up a dose of good hard rock highlighted by the often Robert Plant-like lead vocals of Geddy Lee and the powerful guitar work of Alex Lifeson and solid drumming from John Rutsey."<ref name = "Billboard">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19740824billboard.htm |title=Rush Album Review |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=August 24, 1974 |access-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019202608/http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/transcripts/19740824billboard.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

However, critical reception in later years has been more negative. Greg Prato of [[AllMusic]] stated in his review of the album that it was weaker than some of the band's later works, such as ''[[Hemispheres (Rush album)|Hemispheres]]'' and ''[[Moving Pictures (Rush album)|Moving Pictures]]'', because [[Neil Peart]] was not yet a part of the band. He finished his review by saying, "While longtime Rush fans can appreciate their debut because they never returned to this style, newcomers should stick with their classics from later years."<ref name="allmusic"/>