Love everything RUSH until Signals. Do you ever think that we will ever have a rock/pop band doing 8-15 min songs again? Will we ever have albums like 2112 or Pink Floyd The Wall again? Very cool.
Permanent Waves was their first commercial album and it has been downhill ever since. Bytor, Xanadu, La Villa Stragnata....and then we get washing machines.
What a poor ending for them. Sales are at an all time high but creativity at a dismal, commercialized, LOW.
Oh c'mon, really. They are making and playing some of their most accomplished music ever these days. PW, while a fine classic Rush album, is not the end all, be all record they ever made.
Cerrot's post is harsh and actually mainly incorrect.
Yes I'd agree CA is overrated I though Snakes was probably just as good but both albums are decent. The main point though is they are not commercial records-elements of Rush's early 80's output had much more of a commercial influence-the new stuff hasn't indeed it's pretty much what the hardcore would want to hear.
I didn't like the last tour as much but they are doing very good shows and I have seen a lot of shows since '79.
But above all what were the band supposed to do? The stuff that is classic is still there in your collection probably nobody in the rock era has surpassed their earlier output when in their 50's or 60's....some great albums have been made by Dylan, Springsteen et al BUT they have not overshadowed their earlier output.
Oh and the washing machines were f&*king brilliant...:-)
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