GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

After the excellence of the previous album, we descended the heights a little with this. Less synth here, and lots more guitar. Alex is in superb form throughout this album! Two standout tracks on here - Afterimage and Between The Wheels. The rest is ok, as Rush don't really write bad songs. But the whole album left me feeling cold when I first heard it. A sort of futuristic/robotic album, where technique outplays feeling. It took me a long time to purchase it. (I heard it at my mate's house first.) Eventually I bought it and adapted to it. Not one of their best though. Not an essential.