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CARESS OF STEEL

Rush

 

Heavy Prog

3.55 | 1431 ratings

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Gatot
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4 stars Through this third studio album Rush had proved their existence as an excellent rock band with some exploration into more progressive style by creating a long duration epic with approximately 20 minute long of music. It's actually not the song duration that matters it's more on how diverse the music has changed from traditional mainstream rock music. And for this reason only, the band has proved even through its opening track "Bastille Day" (4:36) here I can sense that Alex Lifeson's guitar riffs are completely different with hard rock style. "I think I'm Going Bald" (3:35) is still dominated by heavy guitar riffs with excellent guitar solo. "Lakeside Park" (4:07) is an excellent track combining excellent acoustic guitar work, solid bass lines, good vocals and dynamic drumming. "The Necromancer" 12:30 is an epic that comprises three parts: I. Into the Darkness (4:20), II. Under the shadow (4:25), III. Return of the prince (3:51). The first part is ambient in nature and it has strong influence from blues. It's a very melodic part especially when it's combined with Geddy Lee's voice. At the end of first part there is a narration by a male voice followed with drum solo and guitar riffs that remark the music entrance into second part. The guitar solo is truly stunning. The music turns into a relatively complex arrangements followed with a sudden break to indicate the part 3.

The concluding track of this album is an almost 20 minute long epic "The Fountain of Lamneth" (19:50) that comprises 6 parts: I. In the valley (4:17), II. Dialects and narpets (1:00), III. No one at the bridge (4:15), IV. Panacea (3:12), V. Bacchus plateau (3:12)., and VI. The fountain (3:48). Even though the basic music is hard rock but this epic has demonstrated that Rush, since this album, embarked their musical journey into progressive style. This epic proves well on this. It perfectly combines rock and blues with good composition.

Overall, it's an excellent addition to any prog rock collection. If you are die-hard fan of Rush, owning this album is a must, I think. Keep on proggin' ..!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW

Gatot | 4/5 |

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