RUSH - IN RIO

Something happened to Lerxst in the mid-90's. He turned into some sort of death metal wanna-be. (get his solo effort Victor, if you don't believe me...) This transformation seems to be somewhat mollified when he is working with the other two, (Hey, I really like Vapor Trails... heavy, but very well produced) but left to his own devices he takes things to far to extremes.

It appears Alex wanted to capture a very raw, natural, ballsy organic sound on this one. That's commendable, I guess... but Rush is not Nirvana. (thank god) Their music begs finese and subtlety, not Marshall stacks pegged at 11. Different Stages (produced by Geddy and someone else) has a pleasently heavyish, natural sound to it... far more so than the preceding A Show o f Hands. But the RIO CD is just overkill in this regard. The audiance is too blamed loud and, sorry Lerxst, so is the guitar.

I was really glad to get the DVD, 'cause I enjoyed the hell out of the Vapor Trails show that I saw. But on the CD end, I really can't but recomend Different Stages over this one by a large margin. Still, may be worth it for several of the more rare songs such as the bonus Vital Signs and Between Sun and Moon.

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