HEMISPHERES

This record has got to be the most underATED RECORD OF ALL TIME! If not that the greatest prog-rock album in the history of mankind. The band usually has the best balance of all time, and this is as far as they would ever take it. First off, "Cygnus X-1", is the greatest prog rock song of all time. Cheers to the last album side. The perfect balance of both heart and mind, to form a perfect sphere. Sphere as in hemiSPHERE. Does he become Cygnus? Or is it a random god. The ballad at the end is good. "Circumstances" is an omage to the early days. "The Trees" is by far my number one fan favorite. I mean, C'MON THE IDEA OF RACIAL PREJUDICE IS SUBSTITTUTED BY TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HOW SICK IS THAT? AND IT'S EVEN MORE BRILLIANT BECAUSE "THE TREES ARE ALL MADE EQUAL BY HATCHETT AXE AND SAW" . CHEERS TO NEIL. "La Villa Strangiato", is a deep cut. It's supposed to represent the virtuostic talents of Geddy, Alex, and Neil. (Alex put those hilarious subtitles in.) As we Rush freaks know, Alex is Lerxt. Geddy is Dirk, and Neil (god bless his soul) is Pratt.

This record is yet another perfectly balanced attempt. It has a little bit of everything. The best of the prog rock years.(Well, 2112, really, but you know wot I meen) The early pedestrian rock days. A great message/conceptual song. An instrumental highlighting individual talents.

A CLASSIC INDEED! EH?