David Reuben (author) David Reuben (author) David R. Reuben (born November 29, 1933) is a California psychiatrist, sex expert, and author of several books, such as "Any Woman Can!" and "How to Get More out of Sex". He is most famous for his book "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)", published in 1969. That book inspired a film by Woody Allen, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972). He also authored three other books in 1975, 1976, and 1978 about diet and nutrition. These books might have been in
Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush... But You Were Afraid to Play partly due to both the increasing length and complex nature of the material. "2112" had been a surprise success in 1976, but still had not received much airplay. The band were working on a fifth studio album to be released later in 1977, so presumably the compilation was intended to promote some of the more radio-friendly tracks from the albums in between. Incidentally, the album's back cover has a blurb from "Circus" magazine with the headline "'Closer To The Heart' Will Be The Group's Sixth LP". Though no rare material is included, two songs were excerpts from their corresponding full-length