VAPOR TRAILS

Rush

Heavy Prog

3.43 | 954 ratings

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vincentfeitsma

In spite of the lot of bad reviews here, I'm just gonna tell my own story and leave it up to the reader to decide.

I ran into Rush rather late, just after Hold Your Fire. At that time I felt it was a wonderfull album, with lots of great synth based tracks and melodies, all standing apart from each other in their own unique way. Somewhat later I heard Rush with Roll The Bones en the earlier Presto and I guess I just wasn't up for it. I didn't grasp me as much as H.Y.F did. Only years after I learned to apreciate the different faces which belong to Rush while listening to Counterparts. At that time it felt it was becoming clear to me that Rush wasn't really a band which wanted to stay put where it was, they were and still aren't a band which you can easilly categorize.

Vapor Trails Proves this again. It also took a couple of listening turns for me to become aquainted with Rush again, but now I know the tunes a lot better I seem to understand much better what Rush is all about: progression not only in musical scheduals but also in musical identity. For some people it might seem Rush changes its face with every couple of albums, but to me this IS the face of Rush: the ever changing musical direction. This is what Rush truly is all about and what a TRUE Rush fan knows. Do not expect Rush to stop developing one style of its own, the very diversity of styles Rush has mastered (and I truly mean MASTERED) is the style only Rush has, and ONLY RUSH!

All in all Vapor trails is a true masterpiece to me. It has its own identity, it's own mastertracks. it is because I do not hold on to a certain style Rush has shown earlier that I can say this. Because I did let go of all the expectations I had of Rush could I enjoy the album to its fullest en discover the many layers of sounds and melodies. Vapor Trails (at least in my opinion) is one of Rush's richest album, I hope Rush fans also become richer because of it.

| 4/5 | 2004-6-15

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