VAPOR TRAILS

As a newer addition to the Rush fan-base, and avid bassist, I have a difficult time saying anything poor about This band. Obviously, I am an extremley biased individual on Rush's Behalf, but I'll admit, Vapor trails isn't my "most favoritist" Rush album. It's got it's points: I like Vapor trails, and absolutly love Ghost Rider. It's probably the most Dynamic piece on the album. However, while listening to the CD, I couldn't stop thinking about a friend of mine, a guitarist and a big Lifeson fan, who it brutally opposed to turning up the tone on her guitar. She calles the bright edge "tinney," and apparently enjoyes the muddied and dull sound of an entirely muted circuit. Obviously the Producer of VT shares this view, and In my humble opinion: He should be shot.

The best rush songs have litterally no bottom end. YYZ, Trees, Tom Sawyer... the list goes on. As i listened to this song in my car, i thought it was my speakers, but you could really tell there were subtleties, and intracacies, and lots of them. it's just they were totally burried under that horrible muddied tone. I encourage people to give it a shot, because there's certainly nothing to lose by listening to a rush CD, but do not expect to be blown away.