PERMANENT WAVES

ok...your on an island...your solar powered cd player just burst into flames.. your straw hut with your desert island selection cds inside. you run in and mangae to save ONE cd, you better hope its permanent waves!

This album is so good my head would explode if i even began to contemplate its awesomeness! But lets try...

Spirit of the Radio - one word to describe this song... RUSH! From the opening guitar line thats so damn good (which i mistakingly thought was a keyboard). This song is about a much simpler time when there was freedom in music and radio, sadly we dont have that anymore.

Freewill - this one is realy an enjoyable little diddy with a nice scream along chorus. The lyrics are sort of meh-meh, so-and-so, whats-the-point. I guess the message is some people think they have no control over whats happening while some do, and...they...choose....freewill, is that one word or two...?

Jacob's ladder - This is one of the last long untriditional tracks that rush did, it makes my heart warm and fuzzy, at first i thought it was an instrumental sinces theres such few lyrics, they're quality. Alex's lead is great, Love the synth in the middle. Great build up towards the grand finale

Entre Nous - i cant remember much of this song, how the hell do you say it anyways?

Different Strings - man this is a nice slow number, if it were upto me freewill would be in the place of Entre Nous, because the combination of Entre Nous and Different Strings is a bit weak, love the outro wish they kept goin and let alex cut loose for a few more bars.

Natural Science - you might hear someone say, "man, if this song was the only one on the album, this would be worth it!!!" , if this is the case... they are wrong, but not far off. i find this song to be above jacobs ladder and the camera eye, the same level as Cygnus, but Xanadu remains my favourite 10 minute rush epic. None of that withstanding i really like this song, especialy that bit at around 3 20 on Rush In Rio, the cameras on Neil and he actualy smiles, i love that bit, My favourite section is III. Permanent Waves, love the vocals and Neil is outstanding on the Drums, all in all a great closer to a great Album

I'd advise people to start their rush journey with this album, i think it defiantly represents teh badn at their best. I give it 4 tide pools out of 5.