{{Infobox album | name = Retrospective I | type = compilation | artist = [[Rush (band)|Rush]] | cover = Rush_Retrospective_I.jpg | alt = | released = May 6, 1997 | recorded = 1973–1979 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[hard rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] | length = 75:49 | label = [[Anthem Records|Anthem]] (Canada)<br /> [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] | producer = Rush and [[Terry Brown (record producer)|Terry Brown]] | prev_title = [[Test for Echo]] | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [[Retrospective II]] | next_year = 1997 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r276232}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[MusicHound Rock]]'' | rev3Score = {{rating|4|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> | rev4 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide|title=Rush: Album Guide|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=2013-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704223108/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rush/albumguide|archive-date=2013-07-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Colin Larkin|The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music]]'' | rev5Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|author=[[Colin Larkin|Larkin, Colin]]|year=2003|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 80s Music|ISBN=1852279699|publisher=[[Virgin Publishing]]|section=Rush|pp=414–415}}</ref> }} '''''Retrospective I: 1974 to 1980''''' is a compilation [[album]] by [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[rock music|rock]] band [[Rush (band)|Rush]], released in 1997. The album features songs from the first decade of the band. The set is not in chronological order.
This compilation album is now disc one of the 2006 Rush compilation album ''[[Gold (Rush album)|Gold]]'', with "Something for Nothing" replaced by "[[Working Man]]". Cover art was painted by Canadian artist Dan Hudson.<ref>[[Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road]] (Chapter 5)</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | extra_column = Original release | title1 = [[The Spirit of Radio]] | extra1 = ''[[Permanent Waves]]'' (1980) | length1 = 4:59 | title2 = [[The Trees (Rush song)|The Trees]] | extra2 = ''[[Hemispheres (Rush album)|Hemispheres]]'' (1978) | length2 = 4:45 | title3 = Something for Nothing | extra3 = ''[[2112 (album)|2112]]'' (1976) | length3 = 4:00 | title4 = [[Freewill (song)|Freewill]] | extra4 = ''Permanent Waves'' | length4 = 5:24 | title5 = [[Xanadu (Rush song)|Xanadu]] | extra5 = ''[[A Farewell to Kings]]'' (1977) | length5 = 11:07 | title6 = [[Bastille Day (song)|Bastille Day]] | extra6 = ''[[Caress of Steel]]'' (1975) | length6 = 4:40 | title7 = By-Tor and the Snow Dog" {{plainlist| *I. "At the Tobes of Hades" (0:36) *II. "Across the Styx" (0:35)" *III. "Of the Battle" (6:23) *i. "Challenge and Defiance" (2:43) *ii. "7/4 War Furor" (0:37) *iii. "Aftermath" (1:58) *iv. "Hymn of Triumph" (1:05)}} IV. "Epilogue | note7 = 1:04 | extra7 = ''[[Fly by Night (album)|Fly by Night]]'' (1975) | length7 = 8:39 | title8 = Anthem | extra8 = ''Fly by Night'' | length8 = 4:24 | title9 = [[Closer to the Heart]] | extra9 = ''A Farewell to Kings'' | length9 = 2:55 | title10 = Overture | note10 = Part I of "[[2112 (song)|2112]]" | extra10 = ''2112'' | length10 = 4:32 | title11 = The Temples of Syrinx | note11 = Part II of "2112" | extra11 = ''2112'' | length11 = 2:13 | title12 = [[Rush Instrumentals#La Villa Strangiato|La Villa Strangiato]]" {{plainlist| *I. "Buenos Nochas, Mein Froinds!" (0:27) *II. "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream..." (1:33) *III. "Strangiato Theme" (1:16) *IV. "A Lerxst in Wonderland" (2:33) *V. "Monsters!" (0:21) *VI. "The Ghost of the Aragon" (0:35) *VII. "Danforth and Pape" (0:41) *VIII. "The Waltz of the Shreves" (0:26) *IX. "Never Turn Your Back on a Monster!" (0:11) *X. "Monsters! (Reprise)" (0:14) *XI. "Strangiato Theme (Reprise)" (1:03)}} XII. "A Farewell to Things | note12 = 0:15 | extra12 = ''Hemispheres'' | length12 = 9:37 | title13 = [[Fly by Night (Rush song)|Fly by Night]] | extra13 = ''Fly by Night'' | length13 = 3:22 | title14 = Finding My Way | extra14 = ''[[Rush (Rush album)|Rush]]'' (1974) | length14 = 5:05 |total_length = 1:15:42 }}
== Personnel == *[[Geddy Lee]] – bass guitars, vocals, synthesizers *[[Alex Lifeson]] – electric and acoustic guitars *[[Neil Peart]] – drums, percussion, lyricist *[[John Rutsey]] – drums on "Finding My Way"
== See also == * ''[[Retrospective II]]'' * ''[[Gold (Rush album)|Gold]]'' * ''[[Retrospective III: 1989–2008]]''
== References == {{Reflist}}
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