Certain albums stand as monuments because of the influence they had on contemporary and future musicians despite having little commercial success. The Velvet Underground & Nico comes to mind. So do the early Ramones albums. And then there are albums that had just as much influence but were megahits—a much rarer thing.
One of those, surely, is Rush’s Moving Pictures, a multiplatinum seller with hits that have stayed in rotation on certain FM radio stations ever since the album’s release more than 40 years ago.
