RUSH - IN RIO

Expansive live album, accompanying the DVD of the same name. Of course, the DVD has the advantage of the visuals, which perhaps helps the vibe in those moments when the crowd noise gets quite loud in the mix - which happens fairly frequently, enough so that it starts to bug me. The band are on impeccable form, of course, but precisely because of that this can come across as just a polished rendition of the studio versions of the song with intrusive crowd noise breaking in here and there to undermine it. Alright if you want a whole lot of Rush songs spanning their entire career (as it stood in 2002) all in one place, but not their best live effort to my ears.