PERMANENT WAVES

uhmmm The first time I listened to it I felt dissapointed in the sense that the previous album was just great... though in the first place I realized there were 3 songs that stands out from the average (is that what we ask for such a band?): Jacob's Ladder, Natural Science and Freewill. These three tunes just called and call my attention... they're excelent. Jacob's Ladder & Natural Science belong to the best side of Rush... Progresiveness in its best... well constructed tunes, with good lyrics (enough to be good lyrics) they have the quality to call the attention since they have content... and "something"... and the third one Freewill represents the freshness of rush... within this kind of "tired album" in which in spite the fact that there are good songs and it's obvious it was a transitional album... I "see" some tiredness in the whole aspect of it, probably because of the "other songs": The Spirit Of Radio (a good rock song), Entre Nous (boring!) and Different Strings (the best of "this side" of the album).

Well, I think this album is a good one within the whole Rush catalogue, but there are obviously better than this one... it's just a transitional good album. 3 stars (Good, but non- essential)