2112

Rush

Heavy Prog

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Witch

There is no point in beating around the bush about it, 2112 is immensely good fun.

The stage is set for a serious and contemplative work, the concept of the title track being a meditation on individuality set to the tale of a free thinker who attempts to bring music to an oppressive dystopian future.

With all due respect to the intellectual prowess of thinking drummer Neal Peart ? it wouldn't matter if it was a song about the best way to eat a banana, blindfolded, while riding a unicycle*, what matters is that it is great. With an explosive assault of an introduction Rush batter away any suspicion that the concept could crush the life out the music with its weightiness. We are treated to a 20 minute extravaganza of soaring bass, crisp guitar work and thunderous drum fills. Fists clench, feet tap and hands drum, unbidden by the brain. The sheer musical enthusiasm gets under your skin and raises a smile in all but the most rock- phobic listener.

The enormous noise and energy that Rush achieve in the side-long title track does wane slightly in parts of the second half of the album. 'The Twilight Zone' and 'Lessons' are good tracks, but don't live up to the excellence of '2112'. 'Tears' is a worthwhile attempt at a slower number, but it doesn't quite ring true and sounds a little out of place. 'Passage to Bangkok' and 'Something for Nothing', on the other hand, are both blazingly brilliant. The former driven by a deceptively powerful eastern tinged riff, the latter being a classic high tempo rocker.

2112 isn't quite a perfect album, but it could be forgiven any multitude of sins by its enormous energy, you'd be hard pressed to find a more entertaining and fun album anywhere.

* the best way is blended through a tube attached to a bladder in a rucksack, obviously.

Witch | 4/5 | 2009-7-14

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