2112

Sure it's a four but is it a five. My answer is yes. It's a five not only for the excellent music contained therein but for the attitude held by the band at the time they composed it. Rush was being dictated to by the suits at Polygram and they decided to throw caution to the wind (and if that isn't one of the tenets of progressive music, I don't know what is) and release the kind of album that pleased themselves as musicians. Form imitates content here. The entire first side is about being dictated to by a totalitarian regime which has outlawed music. Come to think of it, dealing so wonderfully with that concept alone makes it an essential piece to have in one's catalogue. 2112 defends the entire concept of progressive music and the freedom it represents. To say it is merely an excellent addition is to miss the point of the album taken in its entire context.

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