MOVING PICTURES

Rush. Being from Canada, I hear a lot of Canadian bands and I must say that most of them, past or present, don't really impress me. I always knew Rush existed but I never really paid much attention to them until I started liking the genre that is Progressive Rock. Now, they're my favourite Canadian band. One day I decided to add some Rush to my collection. This was one of the three albums I chose.

"Tom Sawyer" is an absolutely brilliand track. The synthesizers and the guitars and the bass and the drums (THE DRUMS!!!) are perfect. The song is so tight that I still wonder how they were ever able to play it so perfectly in concert.

I know everyone says this, but "YYZ" reminds me of King Crimson instrumentals, mostly "Red". Only Rush can pull this off and not be ccused of ripping off KC.

"Witch Hunt" has got to be my favourite Rush song. The synth is perfect, vocals great, the song just SOUNDS amazing. The first time I heard it I got chills.

Overall, this album is probably THE best prog album of the 1980s, except for perhaps 'Misplaced Childhood' by Marillion.