PERMANENT WAVES

The Spirit of Radio and Freewill have a good blend of the 70's sounding guitar and the 80's sounding synth. Those two songs alone are worth getting this one -- as they are defining moments. Jacob's Ladder deviates from the main stream and takes lots of unconventional chances, but diehard Rush fans savor this one for its uniqueness. Entre Nous has great lyrics. I didn't care for Different Strings at first (the way it's played, the strings really are different), but it grew on me. Natural Science was too long on the introduction, but it contains some of Rush's best moments later in the track.