HEMISPHERES

One of Rush's finest album, if not the best. It's a shame it's so short. Starts with the magnificient epic, known as Hemispheres (Cygnus X-1 Book II). The song starts with some outstanding heavy rock intro and keeps interesting all the time (3 minutes). Geddy's vocals might sound pretty weird in the beginning (not so aggressive as in 2112) but they really are great. Divided in 5 parts (was it?). I haven't looked a lot to the lyrics but I think this song tells about mankind and the important gods of Ancient Greece, and the story how Dionysos became a god. All the parts are interesting and especially the ending is outstanding. Stunning song.

Circumstances is a basic heavy rock Rush song, well not basic. Cause it's damn good. Lasts for a 3 interesting minutes. The riff is awesome by they way. The Trees is a "calm" song. The worst song in this album, not very bad but not very good. I can only wait for La Villa Strangiato.

La Villa Strangiato, maybe Rush's best instrumental song, which lasts for over 10 minutes. NO boring spots, imagine. Usually in some instrumentals there are some weak spots but here is none. Love it.

Hemispheres is an entertaining album. But I had to make a choice between 4 and 5. But it's always nice to give higher ratings, isn't it? And the first song is outstanding.