PERMANENT WAVES

First i have to say that Permanent Waves has without a doubt, the most stylish Rush album cover ever, and one of the most stylish ones all the way. Black and white for life. The ever-green Spirit Of The Radio works as an excellent opener for the album. The intro is a classic one and Peart's lyrics one of his best. The 'machinery' part blows your mind everytime and Alex's wild solo one of his greatest. Geddy singing is magnificent as always and Pearts trademark fills fill the empty spaces like a glove, heh heh..

Freewill is another cheerful song and it has one of the best Geddy basslines ever. The chorus is a bit cheesy with the lyrics and stuff but they fitt well in this song and i truly like it. And yet again, another whacky and lifefull lead by Lifeson.

Jacob's Ladder, now this here is a bit unusual song by Rush, at least dring this perioid. Very gloomy and dark, but still full of feeling. This one is the King Crimson song by Rush. Actually this one is the 'weakest' piece of the record but still, a one hundred percent rectum kicker. Entre Nous, another cheerfull self-searching lyrics bit by the Professor. The vocal melodies are pretty clever and the athmosphere of the song reminds me a bit from Freewill.

Differerent Strings is one of the most beautiful Rush ballads and one of my all-time favourites on this album. The nice piano and Geddy's vocals, amazing. It could last a bit longer though, much longer, well, you can't get everything.

Now this a bit short record itself is coming to it's end. As a closer, we have the trademark Rush epic Natural Science. The lyrics are typical Peart but work properly. The song itself it's divided into three parts, which all are a bit similar to each other but still enoughly different to keep you interested. Not the all-time epic of Rush but stands on its own two feet next to the ultimate Rush epics like Xanadu, 2112 and Cygnus.

After this one, Rush made Moving Pictures and soon after that, one, and truly the greatest era of their career would be over. Though even today they still kick maximum butt, no one can disagree with that. I'l give this one full points. I yet haven't heard even the majority of Rush's catalogue but at this moment Permanent waves would be my favourite, right after Farewell To Kings.