TEST FOR ECHO

This is easily my least favorite Rush album. While there are a few classic Rush songs here ("Driven" and "Resist"), most of the album is full of bland and frankly, rather boring songs. The beginning of the album gets off to a good start with the good title track followed by "Driven," a really good Rush song. After that, the album this plummets. I can barely tell everything from "Half The World" to "Totem" apart because they're just so bad. I do know I'm out of that part of the album when "Dog Years" comes on- definitely the worst Rush song ever. "Virtuality" has a pretty cool riff, but the lyrics are just way too cheesy. "Resist" is a great song, but the live acoustic version Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee have been performing on Rush's 2002 and 2004 tours is a million times better than this, the studio version. Buy "Rush In Rio" to hear it instead. I don't really care about the last two songs. Like with all Rush albums, the band's performance is great. It's just that what their performing isn't all that great. Most of the songs here just sound generic and are not really that memorable. They may have been trying to return to their roots as this is a very guitar-driven rock album, but it didn't work. Their debut is better. Oh well. With this in mind, make this your last Rush purchase.

Standout songs: "Driven"