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Rushes (album)

Rushes
Fireman Rushes.jpg
Studio album by The Fireman
Released 21 September 1998
Recorded Early 1998
Genre Ambient techno
Length 61:20
Label Hydra/EMI
Producer The Fireman
The Fireman chronology
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
(1993)
Rushes
(1998)
Electric Arguments
(2008)
Paul McCartney chronology
Standing Stone
(1997)
Rushes
(1998)
Run Devil Run
(1999)
Singles from Rushes
  1. "Rushes"
    Released: 21 September 1998
  2. "Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes)"
    Released: 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3/5 stars

Rushes is a 1998 ambient techno album by The Fireman, a duo composed of Paul McCartney and producer Youth.

One line of lyrics included in the song "Palo Verde" was taken from an unreleased track of McCartney's, titled "Let Me Love You Always". Similarly, bits from another unreleased song, "Hey Now (What Are You Looking at Me For?)", was used in "Bison", "Auraveda" and "7 a.m.". Both unreleased tracks were recorded at some point during 1995, at McCartney's The Mill studio. In an edition of Club Sandwich magazine, two more songs were mentioned: "Plum Jam" and "Through the Marshes". All of the tracks featured on the album were recorded early 1998.

Better received than predecessor Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, Rushes is distinguished by not relying so much on McCartney's previous recordings.

Rushes was released in the UK on Hydra on 21 September 1998, while in the US it was released on 20 October 1998. The album was also released on double vinyl. Two 12" singles were released from the album, both mixes of "Fluid". The first 12", released on the same day as and with the same name as the album, contains the tracks "Fluid", "Appletree Cinnabar Amber", and an extended version of an album track titled "Bison (Long One)". The second 12" was released in 1999, as a limited edition of 3000, titled Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes), and features three remixes of "Fluid" ("Fluid (Out of Body and Mind Mix)", "Fluid (Out of Body Mix)" and "Fluid (Out of Body with Sitar Mix)") and the album version of "Bison". Like the duo's first album,Rushes was a no-show on the charts and is also no longer in print.

All songs written by The Fireman.


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