GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

"Distant Early Warning" is great! I have always liked that song. The lyrics are great and the song is very very cool. The rest of the album never quite hit it for me. This is the era where they seemed to be really into sounding like The Police, which, I guess if you were The Police, is one thing. I know they were both trios and I am more than sure there was more than a passing influence in that regard, but this is where they really lost me. Aside from "Distant Early Warning", which once again, I think is an amazing song, it was the end of my interest in Rush. I still to this day keep an ear out for what they are doing and still rank them high, but this whole 80's/hair cut/synth driven/Police inspired trip was not for me. The back cover photo is funny...it looks like some kind of class photo after they all got new haircuts. The 80's were not kind to a lot of 60's and 70's rockers. The 80's were not a good period for music in general, except for the underground rock & roll that was happening then.