HOLD YOUR FIRE

In 1987, Rush released Hold Your Fire. The opening "Force Ten" is a decent hard-rocker, but if it weren't for Geddy's distinct voice, I doubt I would have recognized this as a Rush song. "Time Stand Still" is another generic '80s pop-rock cut, but it's notable for featuring guest vocalist Aimee Mann and for having a truly, majestically terrible music video.

I really don't have much to say about this album. This was unquestionably Rush's worst album to date, but it's not that bad. It's just a bland mush of '80s rock clichés. The synths are overdone, the slow songs are as dull as ever, and the faster songs don't particularly sound like Rush. No songs stand out, either in a good way or a bad way.

Review originally posted here: theeliteextremophile.com/2020/04/27/deep-dive-rush/