GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

Too many keyboards? Sure. Uninspired 'flip side' (Body Electric, Red Lenses ...)? Probably. Not as groundbreaking as the previous three? Agreed. Yet - GUP has some of the best songwriting Rush ever did. The first four songs are plain terrific. There has never been a better first side to a RUSH LP than on this one - 'Pictures' and 'Waves' included. And, finally, each of us has a song which introduced them to RUSH, and some may have another one which made them die hard RUSH addicts. Enter Red Sector A. Enter Afterimage. They didn't get any better.