MOVING PICTURES

Rush

Heavy Prog

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Minkia

RUSH - MOVING PICTURES

This album is one of the best by the band. When I first heard it, I could not believe the time signatures within it. The production is top notch (actually ALL Rush albums are well produced, with the exception of their first two, perhaps) and the choice of songs is overall good.

It contains live classics like 'Tom Sawyer' and 'YYZ' which has got to be one of the finest instrumentals ever released by ANY band: Neil Peart's drumming on this track is absolutely out of this world and quite shocking, it's that good! And the band on the whole are as tight as the alliance of a Yorkshireman and a Scotsman!

There's no point in saying that the band sound very tight, as they always did, anyway, but 'Moving Pictures' was the catalist of all their qualities: all songs vary from each other and what's more there is the song 'Witch Hunt' which should silence those who accused the band for being neo-nazis. I mean, the words on 'Witch Hunt' are NOT right wing whatsoever and, are pro-liberalism and for the freedom of speech.

Another positive attribute about this album is that Geddy Lee decided to stop singing high pitch and started singing with a more..baritonal tone and Peart's lyrics had achieved a more mature approach.

I know that this album was, at the time of its release, included among 'New Wave Of British Heavy Metal' kind of style of genre; however, as we all know, that was not the case. Rush were always a step apart from other contemporary peers.

'Moving Pictures' is an excellent addition to any rock collection, not just progressive. I have rated this album only four stars as, in my opinion, previous more 'gothic' releases by the band (see 'A Farewell to Kings' and 'Permanent Waves') are better.

Minkia | 4/5 | 2006-5-25

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