Reviews (page 13 of 15)
Poor
Ikke lige for mig.
Giving this garbage a reluctant second star entirely due to the Von Erichs.
Mucho
Look its not bad, it’s just not the type of rock I’m into
Pre Listen: I've not listened to Rush at all really. If I've heard one of their songs at some point, it's been entirely incidental. I'm excited to listen to their work, the last album reviewed on here was by Yes, and quite a few reviews with a negative opinion of them said how they favored Rush as a Prog Rock band active around similar times. So we shall see. Notable Tracks: YYZ - My favorite track on the album. Has some weaker points, especially the intro, but overall is some good ol' rockin. The Camera Eye - My least favorite track. Sort of a nothing-burger song. Goes on for much too long and is much too repetitive. Post Listen: It's an album, it's prog-rock. I don't know man, it's just sort of...music? I'm rather ambivalent to this album, more so than others I've listened to up to this point. There wasn't really anything unique I noticed about the sound. Some songs bordered on boring even. I bet it would be awesome to hear this album live at the very least? I think this is the most "Dad Rock" album I've heard in a long time. The bass player has more talent than anyone else on the band methinks. This is the first album covered on here where I didn't recognize a single song from. Understandably so. I don't really have much else to say outside of that. 2/5.
Soso
I just can’t I’ve tried
[album #7] Obviously really talented musicians but really didn’t enjoy the vocalist. i did this his voice “matched’ the instrumentals well but i just didn’t like listening to it! drumming was really great, which was the only thing i knew about rush going in to listening to this. overall not for me but did have some positives. standout tracks: YYZ, limelight. probably a 2/5 for me
Being that Rush is a big-time rock and roll band, you would think that I would really enjoy their music. I don’t. I like a handful of their tunes (Tom Sawyer is excellent! Free Will is great!) but it’s like they try too hard and end up ruining the good things they have going on. I found myself wanting to skip tracks and by then end wishing it was over.
Non é o estilo que escoito pero entendo que é bo disco. A que máis me gustou foi a de Tom Sawyer.
Inascoltabile. Non ce n'è una decente.
Buena portada. Vital signs y limelight son dos buenos temas.
4/10
Musste ich in Etappen hören weil das alles etwas viel für mich ist, musikalisch und von der Produktion und natürlich die Stimme irgendwie maximalistisch. Ich meine, ein Song wie YYZ ist schon geil, aber fuck, hör das mal nach drei Stunden Schlaf mit Migräne morgens in der Straßenbahn. Die B Seite ist irgendwie lustig.. bei Witch Hunt habe ich auf das große Gemucke vergeblich gewartet, was schade war, weil das Set Up recht gut war. Und Vital signs könnte dann auch ein besserer Police Song sein. Aber ist das ein Kompliment? 2-3, wegen Kopfschmerzen
Da ist der Name Programm. Weniger Rush, mehr Zeit für Songwriting lassen. Ja ihr könnt Instrumente spielen, cool. Das proggt nicht ...
Rush har två album i boken. 2112 har jag redan klarat av. Det här är betydligt roligare men Progg-rock är inget för mig Bäst utan att vara särskilt bra; fusionjazzen i YYZ. Sämst; den evighetslånga Camera Eye Plus för göteborgsvitsen på omslaget. En mycket svag tvåa.
A bit "dad rock" for me
I have always wanted, but have never been able, to like Rush.
does nothing for me. but they do slappa da bass big time.
school of rock type beat
Lo escuché mientras me bañaba
This was so hit or miss for me. I've never been the biggest fan of Tom Sawyer, but Limelight is one of my favorite classic rock songs of all time. I thought the rest were either fine or just sort of boring. I did sort of thing that I would like this more than I actually did.
I ride through Willowdale pretty regularly and one does not get the sense it would give birth to anything to do with rock and roll, even of the progressive rock sort. Anyhow, never was a Rush kid, never will be, but I respect that this is The Group for a lot of my fellow YYZ and GTA residents.
No es mi estilo, evidentemente es bueno pero no lo volveria a escuchar
Meh
Maybe I don’t get 80s Rock
i really dont like rush. It drives my heartbeat up for expecting something good but there is nothing good coming. Its like a never ending drum solo.
Have listened to a lot of Rush over the years. The jams are good, but Geddy's voice won't ever not be annoying.
Confirming my understanding that I am not a "Rush Guy". I started watching the documentary about them a while back and bailed because I just couldn't get on board with the personalities and music. Tom Sawyer unequivocally slaps, though, and I cannot deny Limelight. I'm not a total hater. 2 stars: I get the appeal but I don't see myself listening to this album again.
I probably did not dedicate sufficient focus to listening to this, but I didn't like it.
Sonntag, 19.04.2026 ~ Abends ~ Beim Warten im Delphi Filmpalast, weil es draußen in Strömen geregnet hat.
Dienstag, 14.04.2026 Glaube beim joggen Freitagmittag und irgendwann in der Ubahn
I love the electronic sound, it reminds me of the TARDIS ‘vworph’ sound effect. Also pleasantly surprised by the singer. Tom Sawyer: Guessing it’s about the book, which I tried to read and got bored of. Perhaps it’s a sign to reread. In an instrumental break there was a chord progression which was so reminiscent of a bunch of other songs, so I can only assume that this song is an inspiration for others. Not many artists mix electronic sounds with electric guitar so I’m very happy that they’ve done this. As well as including drums, modern music has lost drums and it’s very upsetting. Reminds me of Massive Attack. Red Barchetta: The plucking sound at the start really hits in my heart, then the guitar coming in pads it out and makes the previously ominous sound so jolly. The voice is a clear inspiration for other lead singers. The storytelling is unique. YYZ: The guitar is so insane. My only criticism is that’s it’s a bit longer for an instrumental break, and for showing off proficiency it’s not amazing. They’re definitely masters, but I’ve been more impressed in just instrumentals opposed to whole instrumentals breaks. Limelight: There’s a really nice coherency in guitar and drums. The vocals are obviously consistent. The storytelling is very similar to Bowie - this song reminding me of ‘Moonage Daydream’ and ‘Life on Mars’ for some reason. The camera eye: Resurgence of the electronic noise. I love it, it’s so mysterious and captivating. Again, it hugely reminds me of other songs which I can’t quite put my finger on. Over 3 minutes of musical introduction is hardcore but cool. The vocals are very fast and upbeat, it’s almost as if they’re on 1.25x speed and I love it. Again, the storytelling is great, but I felt it dragged on. I felt myself not as engaged as with some of the other songs. Witch hunt: This one’s different, and I like it a lot. It’s darker, gloomier, the pedal effect on the guitar is grungey and I love it. I’m a sucker for a bit of distortion and crackle. I much prefer the darker imagery that’s part of the storytelling in this one. Vital sign: Okay, woah, whiplash from the genre change. I was thinking that it was a very coherent album which followed a storyline but the previous song threw me out of whack. There is a thread linking all the songs, but the change up in genre made it harder to keep a grasp on. I like the lyrics of this one as well, as well as the cadence. It’s up beat and peppy. The voice is so satisfying. Overall, I would say a 2/5. I can see that it’s been a huge source of inspiration but it’s nothing special. Others have done better and others will continue to do better. Inspiration/sounds like: Siouxsie and the Banshees, David Bowie, Massive Attack, Queen (parts of Radio Gaga), a lot of goth/alt-subgenre songs such as Black Cathedral
It was lowk interesting cuz i dont normally like albums with this kind of sound. Hit e59 on balatro, wish I got better vouchers to go serpent hunting. Last song defo stuck out the most as the worst, really liked the camera eye. last song was just so repetitive
Rush was not what I thought. Someone could change my mind but this just wasn't for me
I really wanted to like this, I really did. Got excited at the first minute or so of YYZ, but the rest of the track didn't live up to it. If you like Prog, this might be good.
Bit too much heavy metal imo
No me gustó realmente, tiene buenas guitarras y sonidos igualmente
I love you man
A bit gimmicky
It's cool, I like that each song varies from each other drastically.
I would not hear it again, i think it has no mistery, though there are pretty good guitars i wish it had something that makes it diffrent from the rest
right imma rush to stuff em into the trashcan
When people say music in the eighties sucked they mean this kind of music.
This does not rock. AC/DC rock. ZZ Top rocks. Rush does not rock. They have heavier parts to their songs that trick you into thinking they might rock, but they don't. They switch it up to the next thing after 8 bars and maybe it's a good 8 bars or maybe it's bad but it doesn't matter 'cuz it's about to change, baby! What if we did prog rock but didn't incorporate all the other goofy shit prog does? What if we just made it with guitars and synths and drums and made some math-y type stuff because we're really good at our instruments? What if we cribbed our lyrical style from dog-eared 70s sci-fi lite trade paperbacks you can buy in bulk at a used bookstore? What if we dabbled in the anthemic parts of prog without making an anthem? What if our concept of a breakdown was soft? It's weird why this bothers me. I mostly don't dislike it (limelight is an insanely corny song, though) but I certainly don't actively like it. I'd heard Tom Sawyer and YYZ before and they're ok but put in album form the sound just wears on you. Mercifully under 40 minutes here, album length being one of the prog excesses these guys did not indulge in. Mostly I just want them to pick a lane and DO it. Stop fucking around. Your virtuosity is not what makes good music, so stop showing off. Just make the song. Although, again, Limelight as a pretty straightforward song seems like maybe they can't, that's why it's all jumbled. This isn't as bad as the 2 I'm giving it, but I think I'm a little irritated. Like I said, I've heard some songs (that I think are made worse by being a part of an album - big negative), but mostly, having never heard a Rush album, I expected...more. Sure, Neal Pert is the professor (the facilitator of some work training made us all very aware of that as he air drummed through the modules) but who gives a single shit if the music is stupid masquerading as smart? And that's the other finger in the eye: I've heard Rush fans talk about how great Rush is (and in concert, it's probably a wild show - like I said, they're virtuosos) but frankly this just doesn't rock. The distance between the technical capability/mythos with the actual product just pisses me off so I'm takin' it out on the score.
I really wanted to like this more than I did.
Классная, крутая музыка прошлого века. Вайбик имеется, но я не буду это переслушивать снова. Ни одна песня не запала в душу, не заклинила.
Not for me
i would really like to speak with whoever came up with this list. what is your criteria. what astounded you about this so badly that you had to include it. it’s not like it sucks but it isn’t so good either. i know 1001 albums is a lot but i promise you this didn’t need to be on the list. two at most and that is because im feeling generous! no downloads obvi.
To be honest I struggled with this. I recognise the amazing musicianship, and the (right-wing libertarian?) lyrics are interesting, but this is so not my thing.
vestohni chli aber tönt doch irgenwie alles glich langsam langets mit dem huere rock züg
Not one that made a great impression on me. The overall sound is fine, especially in the first half. But there’s just too much that goes along far too long. Yes, I know you can play the guitar, yes I know you have a synthesiser, we don’t need a ten minute song to show it! An example of what I don’t enjoy about prog rock.
2/5. So boring. I understand what they were trying to do, but abandoning every melody and piece of consistency, outside of the first track, really hurts the listening experience. I heard very little direction and few patterns that allowed me to grasp onto the concept of the song. This is just not my thing.
just can't come around on this. no nostalgia to lean on either.
indifferent
meh
The worst kind of music genre - soft rock beige bilge
Music for nerdy 12 year old boys who've had far too much sugar.
More like a 2.5
This sucks. Prog has the self indulgent shittiness of jazz but without any of the skill or complexity. It feels like I've been listening for hours and it's been about 25 minutes
I thought I like Rush… Tom Sawyer is great song, no doubt. However, the rest of the album is too sophisticated music with weird vocals. I like Counterparts album much more for its listener friendly sound.
I don't know what to say, i enjoyed the most of the album but only 2 songs really liked me
too much drumsss
The musicianship is good. The lyrics are thoughtful. But I can’t get along with this kind of music, with its grandiose but purposeless chord changes, overwrought drumming and intricate but dull guitar solos.
It was fun...just not a huge fan of the style. Neil sounds great and a few of those would be really fun to play to, but it was just eh for me overall
Over the top and quite annoying
Low 3 musically, but I can't stand the singers voice.
Pretty good
All right. The instrumentals are enjoyable but I don't really like the main singer's voice and nothing really stood out to me.
Meh
I’m not a prog rock fan and it really shows that I don’t like the album. YZZ was the highlight cause my guitar friends like that stuff but yeah not for me.
It was just ok
Até que passa, vibe agradável o bastante pra ouvir o álbum inteiro de uma vez.. Gostei das faixas 1, 4 e 5, quem diria.
Living in Canada means hearing pretty much every song on this album on classic rock radio. Doesn't mean I enjoy most of it though.
пресный, хз ничего не вызывает
Tom Sawyer: 3/5 Red Barchetta: 1.5/5 Limelight: 2.5/5 The Camera Eye: 1/5 Witch Hunt: 1.5/5 Vital signs:1/5 Guitar was the best part of every song, vocals suck ass, very 1980’s and boring; I had to force myself to not skip most of the songs, not my taste at all.
Album 94. Moving Pictures (https://open.spotify.com/album/55YlfsaFPB5HTlhxY114CI?si=fgNCEYroR-W1c8AYZ3VZwg) — Rush (1981) Unexpected, it was hard to listen to. I didn’t get into this prog rock music. It’s mostly bland and dull for me. The Camera Eye was long as hell, I started to hate it. 2/5 —————————————— Liked: — YYZ
Can't say that this was for me. Prog rock was always a pretty elusive term to me, but I guess this album helped focus some of its more traditional elements and definitely the things I always hear as criticisms. By the time I got to YYZ I was ready to put the album down; it just wasn't doing much to grab me. Lyrically I found the album dull. I read a lot that this album was the start of the decline for Rush, so I may need to go back to see what was going on earlier.
I can't listen to rock anymore
poor rock, maybe 2.5
Never heard anything from this album before, nor from this band as far as I know. I liked the rock elements well enough, but the synthesizery stuff is not my cup of tea.
Another band I unfairly dismissed after their first single, time for a reassessment. Walked a frozen Canadian river 3 days in a row listening to this album, nicely fit the setting. They sure create a space of sound, I didn't expect to love Geddy's bass so much, and I've learned a lot from fan videos about why their following loves them so hard. So my interest in their music hasn't grown much, but my respect has. Curious whether 2112 moves my needle a bit more, and very curious how Anike Nilles fills the Neil Peart fills.
Meh, it was fine
There wasn't a song that made me happy enough.
It’s OK, not totally my jam.
Første låt "Tom Sawyer" var bra, hadde veldig digg gitarsolo. Bra riff. Ellers var albumet litt kjedelig. Ble ganske repetitivt etter hvert.
ik was niet echt fan
pfff niet mijn ding
lame
Too many synths. Not a huge fan off a first listen
type a shit ur dad listens to while fixing that same old car he worked on for your whole childhood.
I don’t particularly like Rush, so I knew that I wasn’t going to enjoy this. I’ve heard worse. But I’d not be listening to it again.
Just did nothing for me. I liked some of the instrumentation. Didn’t find any of it gripping.
Fun album a little bit forgettable though
Too many notes!
Clever album cover, shoutout Vsauce. Didn't rly like the songs tho
Did nothing for me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There was some cool postrock stuff going on, completely ruined when they started singing though. YYZ was surprisingly good.
Sympa mais encore une fois pas trop mon style de musqiue, beaucoup de bruits etc sorry
not bad, just not my style
This is a relisten, and still doesn’t click with me, I feel the same about this as I did before. Just feel like there’s something missing from here for my tastes but I can’t quite describe it. YYZ is a cool track though.
3.5/10
A bit mid some good instrumentals but not really my style
Already listened. Did not like
I just can't stand Geddy Lee's voice, the vocal, and the lyrics. Music is good, but I just can't do it.
I couldn't stand listening to some of the songs. I don't think it's my vibe. Favorite track: Red Barchetta
Bastante guay, no es tanto mi estilo y se hacía muy repetitivo. De 7 canciones me gustaron 3 pero no hubo ninguna excepcional. Me gustó más la YYZ que es instrumental. No presté mucha atención a las letras pero sin más. Rating: 3/10
Not bad tho just not for me
Rush's 2112 was one of the first albums I got on this list, and I hated it. I still don't like them. I find their vocals particularly annoying, I don't really know why. Too high-pitched? A bit hair metal? Anyway, this was less objectionable than 2112. I like the theme of Limelight and it's an earworm, but I still don't like it as a song. And Witch Hunt starts very Spinal Tap, very Stonehenge.
Review: 2.5 Fav track: YYZ Fav lyrics: “All the world’s indeed a stage We are merely players Performers and portrayers” — Limelight
This is the band that made me think i disliked prog rock. It's not the voice so much as the pretension and the length and the lyrics all in a combination, the songs just never get anywhere. Tom Sawyer though is good.
I don't think I like Rush. As musicians, they're great. The songs don't grab me, though. It's not a matter of not liking prog. I do: I love Genesis, for instance. But this didn't grab me at all. 4/10.
Done
Not my cup of tea. Too much of only going up, drumfills and glamrock instead of psych that takes people on a journey.
Not really my vibe still appreciate it though!
Jag gillar soundet men texterna greppar mig inte riktigt. Bästa låtar: Red Barchetta (riffet påminner lite om The Cure!)
Is this the second Rush album now? Feels like it, and I still remain very confused by them. They seem like talented musicians, kinda interestingly heavy and proggy, however, the vocals are so lightweight it sort of drags the whole thing down for me. It’s all just OK, but I’m most confused by who would actually be really into this.
Rap is not my thing.
hell yeah Tom Sawyer but the rest is whatever
Synthy. Will I ever like 80s music that isn’t the smiths, the cure or talking heads? I can see why it’s on this list however.
Imagine if Van Halen was made up of castrated eunuchs.
Yeah, rock! Favorite songs: Tom Sawyer, YYZ, Vital Signs
Dig the polyrhythm, and I better understand the band now for sure. Have never loved the overall vibe.
rock un peu mieux sur l'echelle du rock 2
Some good tracks but not stand out.
A fun album that unfortunately falls off after “Limelight”.
It's just a guitar
First album on this odyssey that is entirely new to me. It's also entirely forgettable. I mean it's fine, I have no particular objections, but no particular desire to ever hear it again. It's kind of prog-adjacent but far less interesting and saddled with that horrible tinny guitar effect that was popular with soft rock bands in the 80s.
Kinda mid outside of Tom Sawyer...
This is me discovering I'm not all that into prog-rock. Some of the songs drag on too much for my liking, quite a whiny voice but some impressive guitars save it from a 1.
**An ok album, many tracks with loud vocals and banging instruments. A few pleasant easy listening tracks
I enjoyed some bits of this, screeching guitars, drums fills, tempo changes and electronic beep boops, but I couldn't get fully on board with it and couldn't finish it. But some of the instrumentals reminded me of Mariokart and I like Mariokart.
Kind of experimental, but not in a particularly interesting way. May have been something different at the time, but now feels like very generic prog rock.
Nah mate. Generic rock/metal - not for me.
it was fine, very 80s rock but nothing particularly exciting for me 4/10
I know people rave about Rush but I just don't get it.
as interesting and innovative as it is tedious and traditional. certainly didn't hate it but wanted to skip most songs about half way through, no matter how "intricate," i think their ingredients simply don't suit my taste. talented musicians, i do like the singer's voice, but the vocal melodies are quite limited (even though the singer has a very unique range) and i do love the drama and size, but the flavors don't land. The drumming is exuberant but doesnt quite move me. the guitar is pretty generic outside of solos and i'm not crazy about the tone. probably has to do too much lifting. i like the synth work and patches and textures on the album, plus the sound effects. perhaps it's a good example of what differentiates prog rock from jazz fusion maybe? even though it sounds like it should be the same thing? not bad, not for me. vital signs and witch hunt were nice surprise songs
not gonna lie, that lowkey sucked hated pretty much every second of it and couldnt finish it😭 idkkkk every song sounded the same and it just made me like really bored and yeah just not a fan
Man I don't get why people like rush
Couple classics but bad memories of Pete mares blasting this over and over freshman year at JMU
These were the Rush tunes on my high school radio station, and my verdict is pretty much the same now as it was then: some great moments, Geddy Lee's voice periodically shines through, but way too much self-important prog-ish noodling.
I can't believe I made it through an entire Rush album. It gets a couple of stars for technical skill and Geddy Lee being a mensch and a big Blue Jays fan, but don't make me do it again.
Another big nostalgia trip. Bryan LOVED these guys and this album and it was playing all the time at the Luizzi house for the 80s…never my favorite but love the memories.
the cover is cooler than the music
turns out , as I learnt from this project, I didn't love progressive rock coming in, or knew exactly what it was. It's not my fav genre, and this album was a miss for me at the start. However, after a few playbacks i came around to it more and ended up enjoying a few tracks specially on side B.
Has it aged well compared to similar bands? I'm not sure, it's just the start of my musical journey!
I thought this might be one where it was better than I remembered, but it was not :(
i understand neil peart is one of the greatest drummers of all time but i just didn’t like this and i didn’t like the vocals at all
Für mich zu hart
I've never cared for Rush and listening to this album solidified my opinion. Geddy Lee's voice sounds like sheet metal being crammed into a woodchipper. Synthesizers were annoying as well.
Meh. Couple of interesting moments
After Tom Sawyer, I lost interest in the album
Reminds me of my childhood friends’ weird older brothers. Technically, I guess it’s a good record. Technically.
Gets old
Very 80's rock is.all.I can say. Good album.for its time but nothing special.
More Rush. Still so serious. This is why we had to have punk rock.
When you want to be The Police but don't have the skills.
I don't know why, but the entire album I have only liked half of each song and then dreaded the rest. It felt like Spectrum was throttling my internet and I'm rubberbanding across a GMOD map trying to find props in prop hunt. A very specific feeling, but I'm left with a partial satisfaction with the overall album.
Not my favorite band. I find the lead's voice unpleasant.
4.2 // Rush is technically rock, but the music is too unapproachable on a technical level for me to call it rock. That's not to say it's bad; it's more of a clinic in how to drum, how to play bass, and how to sing.
I just don't like rush
This was a bit heavy for me. Not my favorite album and not really sure if I would listen to it again 5/10
One decent song (Limelight) and a lot of garbage. Lee's voice makes me want to rip my earlobes off. This album reminds me of being dragged to a Rush concert in high school, and it was just as bad then.
nothing album
Litt skuffet av dette albumet. Noen av elementene til et godt program album er der, men det groover ikke. Det høres også litt ut som at noen har blitt fortalt hva et program album er uten at man har hørt et før man lagde albumet.
Puts the 'ous' in 'pompous'.
I always think of Rush as being pretty corny. Rush does remind me of my favorite TV show of all time (Freaks and Geeks) and one of the funniest movies I’ve seen (I Love You, Man) both starring Jason Segel. I knew a couple of songs on this album (Tom Sawyer and Limelight). It was fine, but some of the songs were too long.
It was definitely a vibe, but I didn’t really enjoy listening to it that much. During my listening session to this album I saw a lot of people saying that Rush was the best thing of their lives and that its not just a band, it’s an experience, so I thought that they grew up with this band or something. I don’t really like prog rock that much but I think the singer of this band has great vocals! I would give this album a 3.7/10 tho, Tom sawyer is actually a hit and would listen to it again.
Krass echter Haie rock. Jetzt weiß ichvqas das ist
It was fine
'The world is, the world is / Love and life are deep.' Virtuosic but tedious, soulless, charmless, a mode of storytelling that neither inspires nor has its way w/ words and ideas. 'Mechanical music / Adrenaline surge.' It sure is mechanical, but an adrenaline surge not so much: it's dead in the water, it's a million sentences too deep in the sludge of wooden musicianship and barren lyricism to be a surge of anything, the opposite of a rush, more like a prolonged case of nerdism. I'll give it to them for being more pop friendly than they are on 2112, but they're still enemies of pop music. If that record is abysmal, this is really bad. +, Geddy Lee's vocals have to be the most annoying in rock music, like a helium-sucker w/o the comedy, the slapstick.
Tom Sawyer and 6 more songs that you won't care about
It's prog. I just don't get prog.
Don’t like. Don’t get. Boring riffs. Melodically bland. Holy hell. I expected to like this more. Completely forgettable.
Sounds like the soundtrack to a forgotten 1980s sci-fi rock opera starring no one and featuring nothing.
Another mid white guy album.
Meh. Never really liked Geddy's voice. I find it grating.
80s rock... nerviger gesang, gitarrensolos mehr als man zählen kann und nervige synths/elektronische Pianos die das ganze noch unerträglicher machen. Dazu kommen dann dass die Lieder zwischen 5 und 15 Minuten gehen ohne irgendwelche Veränderungen. Das ist musik die man immerhin radio hört und denkt naja ok, aber auch nur 2 Lieder davon in Folge zu hören versetzt ein besser in schlaf als jede Narkose. Van Halen hatte wenigstens skill den man anerkennen muss. Ich hasse 80s rock 2/5 dafür dass ich durchaus verstehe wer und warum man es hört aber ich es grauenvoll finde
There are moments on this album that are enjoyable (Limelight for instance), but every time I started to get into it something extremely dumb would happen (YYZ for instance).
What happens when a band like Journey becomes obsessed with Tolkien, Frank Herbert or maybe Dungeons and Dragons (perhaps all three)? Prog Rock, I guess. Look, I'm sure there's a big market for this - if I were capable of visualising I could easily picture what that market looks like - but I just don't belong to it. Some say the music is 'virtuosic' but that strikes me as a synonym for 'fast.' I can't play guitar, I don't know what goes into playing the guitar reeeeeeeally fast. Being fast might be a facet of virtuosity, but if that were the case millions of teenage boys the world over would claim that they are virtuosos in the bedroom because they...well, you can finish the joke on your own, I'm sure. Others have said that the music is philosophical, or that it is inspired by philosophy. Well, I have three degrees in philosophy (not a brag, it was not a good idea and is not especially impressive) and I can say with some authority that there was nothing notably philosophical on this record. This claim might be about Prog Rock more broadly...but, I'm doubtful. Philosophers can be classical pianists, competent strummers, passable violinists or cellists or - at a push - some sort of Jazz musician (but probably not a very good one). All of this is to say that this record was...just not for me. It wasn't painful to listen to, but I did keep looking at the time stamp to see how much longer I had to endure. But, it did occasionally have me tapping my foot, so I suppose that's something at least.
Nothing to write home about
Final Countdown by fucking Journey
Not 2112 & made in the 80’s
I liked YYZ and The Camera Eye, not a bad album, but nothing super standout for me.
When you prompt the AI: "Make me complex rock music with deep lyrics"
Meh
meh
Just so bored by this album. Meh at best
Fine
I bet the drummer in this band was a right fanny! One Rush album is enough.
Didn't like it that much Already liked the song Limelight. The album has songs of different topics, which is interesting. However, many songs don't resonate with me.
Sounds like a band that really like guitars and drums and that is all they basically do. The camera eye at least has a bit of variation, but there is still lots of compensating guitar and drum work
Rally reviews are over. Turns out trying to review half of the bullshit slop we get served on here is near impossible when trying to drive over some of the most fucked corrugation I've ever seen (thanks Gibb River Road). Anyways, back in civilisation now. What a treat to came back to. MORE RUSH, YIPPEEE (sarcasm). This was definitely more welcoming than the dreadful 2112, but Rush have this amazing ability to make a relatively short album feel like an eternity. The first half of the record was okay, but the constant dragging on towards the latter half really did me in. I refuse to go into specifics about this record, because I do not like Rush, and I do not want to listen to them a second time.
The album is not entirely enjoyable.
I understand that Rush does a good version of the thing that they do, but the thing that they do just isn't for me.
Not bad. Some nice guitar riffs but a bit dated
Liked a couple songs. It's ok, but would not want to listen to whole album very often.
Not my thing.
drums/rhythm sound nice the album is good but wouldn’t listen to it again one song is 10 minutes long so i skipped like halfway through 💀
C’mon man… these albums are getting WORSE!
talk abt Rush the way i wanted to finish this quickly
Fuck you, Rush
Gonna liveblog my thoughts as I listen Tom Sawyer: Have obviously "listened" to this song through cultural osmosis but have never sat down and actually listened. 30 seconds in and the vocals make me want to kill myself. Synths are unforgivable but I sadly must admit the chord progression around 45 seconds hit a bit harder than I'd like. Holy fuck synth solo is the worst thing I have ever heard. Guitar solo is nails on a chalkboard but bassline is actually kinda cool. I'm hearing "government" "society" and "discontent" in the lyrics, seems pretty redacted so that's cool. It's not really lingering on any one idea for too long like a lot of the world's worst prog rock does so I can appreciate that. Definitely could have ended one minute earlier without losing ANYTHING interesting. Red Barchetta: Once again, an utterly detestable synth. Kinda confused because musically the intro is like a nice jangle pop song and then the singing starts and I want to jump off a bridge. Oh okay cool now they're like rocking out which sounds pretty bad. Fuck the bridge is so terrible. Okay like in my brain I can appreciate that the musicianship feels very tight and intense but the whole thing is just so immensely SINCERE like they are staring me in the eyes and wanting me to like the music SO BADLY I just can't take it seriously...like each musical idea is like "hey now check THIS OUT BRO!" I honestly don't even hate the sound of a lot of this song aside from the vocals and the massively outdated keyboards which isn't totally their fault... but like conceptually I just cannot find any sort of appreciation YYZ: I was taking a shit during this song and don't remember a single thing. Everything going on in the bathroom was more interesting to me Limelight: This is definitely the best so far and makes me think that if they would just make over the top pop music like The Darkness I would hate them a lot less The Camera Eye: What do you want me to say? It's annoying. Bass is cool. Witch Hunt: ahaha Woah creepy dude .. Nice ..!Oh okay now its freaking epic AWESOMEE <3 Vital Signs: We just don't have a need for this music anymore. It's not useful at this point in human history. It's fine. I just don't care Fav song: Limelight
Ok, let's see what all the fuss is about. Wow, bit fricking extra. I've had enough of this I think. Better than Morrissey, but that's a low bar. Two.
Mja, ingen favorit
Rush has never landed on my radar. They sound like what the love child of led Zeppelin and queen might. This album was some kind of operatic experiment that didn’t land with me. I think this was one of their later albums so maybe I will try an earlier effort before righting them off. 2/5
This is an album and band for people that don’t care about vocals or vocal melodic lines, or lyrics. I am not one of those people
Ok jazzy and proggy, but I won't be listening to it again.
Not as terrible as I feared.
There are bits and pieces here and there that I thought were somewhat cool, but overall it's a real piece of shit. Like I feel like vomiting up my throat.
Song: Tom Sawyer this song is good but it is not a song that i usually listen to and his voice kind of sounds like a girl a little bit Song: Y Y Z this song is good but there is nobody talking how are you supposed to know when they are talking if there is only a guitar Song: limelight this song is great It is my favorite out of this album and this is kind of a song i would listen to but not quite
I don't really like the song "Tom Sawyer" only because I don't like his voice, and I also don't really like rock music. I do kind of like the song "YYZ" only because I like how the instruments and the beat really clash together and I also like how there are not as many lyrics. I like the song "Limelight", what I like about is is the instruments in the background, but I would really only have this on for like background music. I wouldn't recommend this album.
Hmm, pretty rock. A bit much for me. 2 or 3.
I won’t be rushing to listen to this again
The one memory I have of anything Rush-related is of other drummers at band camp geeking out over Neil Peart. I appreciate Peart, but I’m never going to fall in love with a band because of their drummer. Mayyyyyybe John Bonham, but that’s about it. I’ve heard Tom Sawyer on classic rock radio but have never willingly listened to it until today. And (three songs in) I’m getting exactly the vibe I expected of Rush: it’s complicated and technical, but it isn’t pleasing. Oh I’ve heard Limelight before. Meh all around.
a lot of the songs sound the same, great vibe tho
I’ve never been a fan of Rush, probably because I don’t enjoy the vocals at all and the lyrics are garbage. Even musically I find this rather unendurable. The guitar riffs are mediocre and samey. Nothing grips me at all, not even “Tom Sawyer”. I can’t stand “YYZ”, and I like most instrumentals. Was glad when the album ended so I could put something decent on. I’ll give it a 2 because I didn’t turn it off and because it’s relatively short which reduced my torture.
I have never been a fan of Rush. I like prog type music but Rush always seemed like music for men in jorts who say racist things to their friends in a garage while drinking swill beer. Not a fan of my pre-conceived notion, I can appreciate the music, but I won't go back to this record in the future or Rush's catalog. I know that it is a pretentious opinion. While I am not a fan of Rush I can see the appeal,
Not my favorite Canadian import. Geddy Lee's singing grates on my eardrums.
Trompe l’œil Zeppelin
Meh. Listened to it on Friday and already not really remembering much of this album. Didn't hate it, but nothing to see here.
Tom Sawyer and some tracks that weren't Tom Sawyer.
4/10…hard-progressive rock
First song was good. Some song in the middle was also ok.
Pre-listening thoughts: oh boy am I RUSHING to get this one over with! Rush more like mush am I right guys! Haha! Post/during listening thoughts: I’ve literally only heard Tom Sawyer. And it’s a good enough song, but is it enough to save this album from the fiery depths of 2-dom? NO!!!!!! This is like if Styx jerked themselves off musically and were also really annoying. 3.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: FUCK YOU RUSH Fav tracks: Tom Sawyer Least fav tracks: this certainly wasn’t as bad as 2112 but I hate this guys voice
I love what they are doing musically. I don't like the singing.
Not for me
Considering how much this band is lauded in I Love You, Man, I was expecting a lot more. Generic, boring rock songs.
Le dan cualquier color con Rush. A los metaleros y progs se les caen los calzones con esta banda y yo, que nunca antes los había escuchado, ahora puedo decirles que no sé qué le encuentran.
Already heard this in 2024. Two stars
La même chose avec les sons d'une décennie impaire, j'aurai aimé.
Nothing particular but not really bad
Well, good songs. Not my style
Хуйня, скучно, мне не понравилось
Self indulgent prog rock.
This is #day221 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... when I said I was looking forward to this day, I didn’t mean I was looking forward to another progressive rock entry. Thanks to this challenge, I realized that this is one of my least favorite rock genres. There are exceptions, like Pink Floyd, but I've never considered them pure progressive rock, more like art or psychedelic rock, and beyond. Now, Moving Pictures... I like the album artwork, but this is where it all ends. This over-technicality of the music leaves me completely cold. Also, I'm not a fan of the vocals, especially when the guy hits higher notes and ends up squealing. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day222. I really mean it.
I like “Tom Sawyer,” this was not equally interesting to me throughout
2.6 not my favorite Rush album.
what ever
Kinda forgettable
Rush just isn't my thing.
Great drums, beat, lyrics, etc. Not a great time though.
It's an okay early 80s prog rock. But not something I seem myself coming back to.
Very Rush
Very cool but not my thing.
Des synthés et des caisses claires qui résonnent, bordel que j'aime pas les années 80.
на разок
Desperately boring. 2 stars because it wasn’t annoying.
Prog and 1980s soft rock aren’t my favourite genres, but put them together and you get… something that’s still not my cup of tea. Good drumming though.
I'm sure there are loads of middle aged whites dads from north America that rock out to this album. Alas, I am not from north America, nor did I rock out.
rush is the most boring least proggy prog band and they suck lolipops
I never liked Rush
2 sterne
Some amazing moments... but all a bit pompous!
Vocal não curti tanto. Baixo. YYZ bem bem boa. Baixo.
Ok, but not for me 2/5
So annoying. Some cool sound effects like lasers. But the pretense is overwhelming.
Classic rock, meh
Not as repulsive as I was expecting. I can kinda see why people like these guys. I'm also pretty confident I'll never listen to this again.
I had a crush on someone who was really into Rush when I was 17. I remember making a spotify playlist on it with a ton of Magnetic Fields and Car Seat Headrest. I listened to a ton of Rush and New Order cause that person really liked those bands and these bands. I listened to Tom sawyer so much while talking to them and it reminds me of that time. They did not like me back and was extremely respectable about it. After I told them my feels and got denied the feels died down and it felt nice to know that didn't make our relationship out of that all weird. Though that may have been from my POV, either way we still talked for a while til we eventually grew apart. I was not in a good spot mentally back then and they were really nice to me and was a great friend. I can't really say why mainly because I can't remember it. All I remember is having someone to talk to and be silly with in a trying time. It's a bit strange to have such a positive emotion on a time and place based entirely off of vibes and nothing else but what can you do. This album reminds me of that time, so it gives me a ton of good feels. Despite this, I don't really like this band at all or this album much. Like i recognize it is really cool and sounds good and I can see myself liking it but I just don't. Maybe i wasn't born with the hard rock dog in me. For being a song i don't really care for too much tom sawyer has a huge part in my brain that triggers a nice memory.
Ok
I get that it's popular but I'm really not sure why. This, Billy Joel, and Queen are my top artists of people like them because they want to fit in and "everyone loves them" it's really not very good
Super nerdy. I like moments but not songs. I don't like Neil Peart's drumming.
++: YYZ +: Limelight, The Camera Eye +-: Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, Witch Hunt, Vital Signs 5,4/10
Deze heb ik meerdere keren moet een draaien omdat ik telkens weer dacht: euhm ja, wat heb ik eigenlijk gehoord? Nogal vergeetbare ska of progrock of wat het maar moet voorstellen. Het maakt allemaal geen enkele indruk.
Heyrðu... þetta rann í gegn óeftirminnilega og ég sé ekki ástæðu til þess að keyra það aftur. Tvistur og málið er dautt.
Well, sure, fun throwback. But 3-5 minutes is more than enough time for the nostalgia. After that, it gets tedious.
ich bin keein rush guy s erste album vo 1001 isch rush gsi und ha nöd so geim gfunde. tom sawyer macht vieeeel sache und d sounds insgesamt findi meeega cool. ich bin kein fan vom geddy sinere stimm afoch. red barchetta het au wieder mega verscheideni teil und sie sind sehr virtuos und so abeeeeer äääähm. jo bin kein fan. limelight bis etz s beste cooli chords cooli hihat, s tönt afoch alles goofy woner seit. the camera eye findi etz mega pleasant? so d sounds und d chords und de bass geil und melodie mega happy. witch hunt get nüüüüt gmacht bi mir. glaub da git e 2. kartoffelsalat.
When prog rock is good, it's great. When it misses, it makes me cry. This is in the latter camp unfortunately. Will not remember one song from this album. Last part, after the 10min wander, was decent though. A 2* that is unfair but displays my disappointment.
Pretty good, not a huge fan of the vocalists voice. High 2.
2.5
26/11/24 Honestly do not get the hype around this.
Hmmmmmmmmm ekki alveg my scene held ég, peppandi samt, ekki alveg að hjálpa mér að einbeita mér að efnafræðilestrinum æjæj Limelight er reyndar geggjað úlala Fíla ekki space vibeið :( Witch hunt er reyndar líka alveg cool
I dont really like
It's like someone compulsively wiping their feet on Prog Rock's doormat, only to refuse to enter. Too bad.
I've tried to listen to Rush and they can FOJDO. Not for me.
More focus on music skills than songwriting, and that is never okay in my book. It’s not bad, Limelight and Tom Sawyer is okay, it’s just really dull
Metally
Some songs were okay, some not so good
I couldn't get into this at all. If it wasn't for the youtube adds between each track it would just have sounded like a single track lasing 40 minutes, played by a bunch of teenagers on instruments they bought from the toy section of Argos. I made it all the way through so it gets 2 stars ... just!
I actually just listened to this album under a week ago, funnily enough. The only song I kinda liked was YYZ. Just did not care for this at all
The wikipedia page mentioned that with this album Rush tried to make more radio friendly songs, and I think it benefits from that. Still not my thing, but I can sort of see why it would be others.
Not for me
So this is where that riff came from. I don’t know who I’m apologising to, but I’m sorry this sounds like a collection of generic rock songs that I’d play on a Guitar Hero 2 knockoff. A decent knockoff, but still.
No issue with prog rock , but i find this mostly uninteresting and really don’t like the singers voice .
I suffer from for apathy for this sort of proggy soft rock. I didn't like the vocalists' voice. It all just passed me by in a disinterested haze. I'm not saying the musicianship and songwriting is bad, it's just boring. As it didn't make my flesh creep like some on there, it gets a 2.
Na minha conta, o valor do baterista não superar a chatice do vocalista.
I did not enjoy the song structures. I did not enjoy the lyrics. And above all, I very much did not enjoy the vocal. I knew going in that I have an aversion to this guy's voice, I find it really grating. The parts of this album I disliked the least were the bits where he moved away from the mic. There's some entertaining guitar here and there, which is why it didn't score 1, but even that wears out its welcome by going too far. I will never willingly listen to this again.
5/10, listenable, not really my jam, liked a couple of the songs but prob won’t listen to most again
Fine music that’s good to passively listen to but I wouldn’t choose to listen to it
Terrible
I didn't enjoy this one at all. Just a bit too weird and a bit slow for me.
Excellently recorded, virtuoso playing, and the vocalist isn't as screechy as I remembered. But I have no space for this in my life.
Far dorkier than I thought.
Good rock band from the 80’s. Unique songs, unique voice. Some decent songs.
Very talented musicians, respect the hell out of Neil Peart...but I just couldn't get past Geddy's vocals.
A couple of classics but somewhat boring rest of album. 2/5
Fine album with clear sounds, but nothing so special that it needed to be on this list imo
Not my cup of tea