No One At The Bridge Rush

No One at the Bridge Album: Caress of Steel (1975)
by Rush

Caress of Steel is the third studio album by Canadian band Rush, released on September 24, 1975, by Mercury Records. It was recorded immediately after the band concluded touring in support of their previous album, Fly By Night.

III. "No One at the Bridge" is the third act of the one song on side two.

"The Fountain of Lamneth" is the band's first of three side-long tracks, the others being the title track of 2112 in 1976 and "Cygnus X-1, Book II: Hemispheres" from Hemispheres in 1978. It consists of six parts and tells the story of a man in search of the Fountain of Lamneth as he chronicles the occurrences on his journey. The second part, "Didacts and Narpets", consists mostly of a drum solo. In 1991, Peart said that the shouted words heard are an argument between the central character and the Didacts and Narpets (the latter being an anagram of "parents"). He could not remember what the words were, "but they took up opposite positions like: 'Work! Live! Earn! Give!' and like that."

1. "The Fountain of Lamneth"
III. "No One at the Bridge" – 4:21

The album cover for Caress of Steel was intended to be printed in a silver colour to give it a "steel" appearance. A printing error resulted in giving the album cover a gold colour. The error was not corrected on subsequent printings of the album. The cover artwork for Caress of Steel was designed by Hugh Syme, the first Rush album to feature his work. Syme has designed the cover artwork for every Rush album since.

On the inside gatefold of the album, just below the lyrics to "The Necromancer", the Latin phrase "Terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus" appears, which translates (loosely) to:

"[as] The hour ends the day; the author ends his work."
The source of this phrase is Christopher Marlowe's play Doctor Faustus (1592).

Geddy Lee – vocals, bass guitar
Alex Lifeson – 6 and 12-string electric and acoustic guitars, classical guitar, steel guitar
Neil Peart – drums, percussion, lyrics