VAPOR TRAILS

Rush

Heavy Prog

3.43 | 954 ratings

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Poole

For me RUSH have always thrown down the musical gauntlett to their fans. Unlike certain other multi-decade bands they don't follow the safe and secure road.

I think history will paint this particular album as a classic but on first listening this won't be apparent. It marks yet another major shift in the bands style. Typically these shifts occur every four or five albums.

I've come back to Vapor Trails after watching the Concert in Manchester UK and find something new in the album at every listening.

I would stand by the other reviewers who critisise the production. The whole point of RUSH is that their music is complex and intricate. So what exactly is the point of a muddy production that drowns out all the subtleties?

Alex Lifeson plays the Mandola on Earthshine. Well without some form of sound processor you aren't going to hear them. If you turn the bass right down you get a whole new album.

It says it all that the boomy over bass live sound in the M.E.N arena was superior to the production on this album.

| 3/5 | 2004-9-15

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