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I kind of imagine these guys on stage with a miniature Stonehenge.
I can’t tell if his voice is supposed to be satire or not. When I say I don’t want to listen to old music, this is what I mean. Tom Sawyer gives me flashbacks to high school when the annoying sub who was hit by a train called the radio station to have them play the song during class. The only song I liked was the beginning of The Camera Eye because it sounded cool and there was no singing.
OH HELL YES. this is my FAVORITE Rush album! YYZ is one of the best instrumental songs of all time. fun fact: YYZ is the airport code for Toronto’s International Airport! neato, huh?? Red Barchetta is about a world where cars are banned and a kid takes his grandfather’s hidden car, a red Barchetta, on a joyride! FUCKIN’ NERDS. but i love this record. i got super into it a few years ago and it became a favorite for me. blaze up and listen to this classic Prog banger!!
Eh, it was decent. I think I’m a hits guy when it comes to Rush.
This was a fun listen. That about sums it up. It still impresses me that they’re only a trio, but history has proven time and time again that Canadian bands are just better. I’m definitely still a “Greatest Hits” fan of this band, but it’s nice to finally say I listened to a Rush album in its entirety. But most of the songs sounded exactly the same.
This is Rush at their peak. Some might say they sold out their prog roots a bit with the shorter more radio friendly songs. Can it even be a prog album if at least one entire side of an LP isn't just one song? Seriously?! Whatever you think, this is a great album.
This was my older brother's favorite band growing up, and I never really gave them a chance, even after learning about Neil Peart and knowing that I should have listened to them. Well, I was missing out. They rock pretty hard, and while I don't think I'll be going back to this (one of those bands where I can't understand what anyone is saying...) I do feel I missed out on some good teenage bangers.
6/10 YYZ The Camera Eye
4.8/10 = 2.9/5 Decent 80's rock album. The Camera Eye and YYZ are very good.
Strong instrumentals and an overall consistent experience. They play their instruments well, but that's just about it. I like YYZ and Camera Eyes though.
Big fat no from me. Silly without giving me any joy. Makes Bubbles happy though, so there’s that.
What all rock bands imagine they sound like after 6 beers. Fun, silly and a great voice. Like Van Halen in that you know what you’re gonna get but I enjoyed this way more.
excellent album.
Tom Sawyer is like the only good song on this album. Also, there’s lots of instrumental songs, but those aren’t interesting to me.
When you want to be The Police but don't have the skills.
Already liked Tom Sawyer and Limelight going into this, rest of the album is a mix of good and bad, the camera eye goes on a bit too long for what it is and yvz ain't great.
Pretty interesting and love the really long build ups. Very good and shutout to Canada. Favourite Song: The Camera Eye Honourable Mention: YYZ
interesting. pretty good
My mind was blown as a child, in the way a child's mind is apt to be blown, when I understood the triple entendre of the title: yes, the moving crew is literally moving pictures on the cover, and also films are colloquially called moving pictures, and, when a film is particularly emotionally affecting, well, that's a moving picture! And this is quite the cinematic record, living in the limelight, under the sharp focus of the city's camera eye. Anyway: very nostalgic album for me, having chiefly experienced it when I was a kid (my last.fm has my last full listen to the album in 2009, when I was 13?!). Still feel like I know it beat-for-beat, and I've certainly absorbed many of these songs in the half-a-life-plus I've lived since, through media and radio and being around my dad. Side A is perfect, the rest I could take or leave. I'd be happy if I never had to fly through YYZ again. Which is to say I support Doug Ford's planned expropriation of Toronto Island and subsequent Billy Bishop Airport expansion.
? = heisst noch nie vorher gehört oder davon gehört. Vieleicht war ich die letzten Beiträge zu kritsch oder das Genre Rock/Gittaren mit allen Facetten ist mir doch, bis auf die absoluten Klassiker, zu langweilig? Vermisse die stilistische Vielfalt der ersten Tage...-> King crimson als prog Rock Verbindung sagt mir was, aber Rush? Komische Stimme. Halt irgendwie so Bombast rock, von mir aus .Höre statddessen King Crimson -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1LofJ21_V0&list=OLAK5uy_ltB-335pMvCfMNuDK0hdd6rdF_HknSFaI&index=10...c (liest du noch mit?)
Bangers from start to finish. Niel Peart is the man.
These guys never miss!
Almost perfect. I love this shit. Straight to the point!
I don't think it's possible to hate Rush. Even if it's not your thing, it's still good.
Algún altibajo durante el disco pero en general me ha sorprendido mucho para bien. Buen descubrimiento.
this is a great one! a bit dated (or maybe I just listened to this too much in middle school) but excellent tracklist
Incredibly impressive instrumentals and vocals, had a lot of fun listening to this. My favourite song was The Camera Eye.
Mostly instrumentals, but then they’re famous limelight, and Tom Sawyer
Classic Rush
“Today’s Tom Sawyer’s not taught in school, it says the N-word and that’s not cool”
4.5 actually. Good flow and good songs
I like doing this project because I find out that Rush is actually a really fun band despite some weird bias I had in my brain they’d just be some other rock group on the list.
The hits are fantastic - Tom Sawyer boys like a bomb, Limelight rips - but the rest is just not my cuppa. Can’t get into their music on any long-term basis. But I kind of understand why their fans are legion.
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.
Certainly a rock classic with some great songs but just not in the same league as classic bands like Zepplein,
Classic but all kinda felt the same
Solid classic rock album.
Not my favorite band. I find the lead's voice unpleasant.
Rush weren’t “great once” or “important to prog” or any of that revisionist crap. They started shit, stayed shit, and with Moving Pictures they finally codified their shitness into something so polished and empty it became the Ikea flatpack of prog: sterile, cheap-looking, and impossible to enjoy unless you’re already dead inside. “Tom Sawyer” is their so-called “classic.” No, mate it’s a migraine with an intro. That synth stab at the start is literally prog rock’s death rattle. The lyrics? Like fortune cookies written by a 14-year-old who’s just discovered Nietzsche. “His mind is not for rent to any god or government.” Neither’s my attention span, because this is dogshit. Geddy Lee sings like he’s being castrated in slow motion. “Red Barchetta” proves Rush could make even a car chase boring. Imagine Yes doing a track about Tolkien, but all the elves work in a garage and the orcs are MOT testers. That’s what this is. If driving fast in a sports car sounds dull in a song, you’ve failed as musicians. “YYZ” is what happens when nerds discover cocaine. “Oh look, we’ve written a song in 5/4 based on an airport code!” Yeah, brilliant lads, because nothing screams rock and roll like Heathrow departures. It’s not music—it’s a maths exam with distortion pedals. “Limelight.” Christ. Neil Peart, sitting on his drum throne, crying into his Ayn Rand books because fame is soooo hard. Boo-fucking-hoo. It’s like watching a billionaire complain his jacuzzi isn’t bubbly enough. And musically? A half-decent pub band with delusions of grandeur. “The Camera Eye.” Ten minutes of describing cities. TEN. MINUTES. Not exploring alien worlds, not summoning the apocalypse just rambling about New York and London like a geography teacher who’s lost the will to live. “Witch Hunt.” They tried to be “dark” and “atmospheric” and ended up sounding like a Halloween episode of Blue Peter. It’s Poundland King Crimson. “Vital Signs.” Rush do reggae. That’s it. That’s the whole joke. Canadians with mullets trying to skank. It’s like watching your dad at a barbecue saying “yah man” after two beers. If prog wasn’t dead before, this is the shotgun blast to the back of the head. So no, there’s no tragedy here, no “fall from grace.” Rush were never climbing Mount Olympus—they were scraping around in the bin outside Olympus, nicking old fishbones and hoping no one noticed. Moving Pictures didn’t betray prog rock it confirmed prog was already being mugged in a dark alley, and Rush were the ones holding the knife. This isn’t just their shittest album it’s the shittest anyone could manage to churn out while still keeping a straight face. Rush were never kings. They were never visionaries. They were the sound of three IT technicians cosplaying as wizards, and Moving Pictures is their crowning achievement: a monument to how utterly dreadful a band can be and still somehow sell records. This album isn’t a masterpiece—it’s a tombstone. Here lies Prog Rock Rush killed it.
Short and sweet. Limelight was definitely the best song on the album. Despite it's short duration it jad a lot of variety.
I don’t think I 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 five minute instrumental stretches, but I respect it. Some absolutely great tunes on this record. Best Track: Limelight
060925 18:03 3.5
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.
One day, a pretentious edgy wannabe wrote a whole fucking story about him not liking an album. He was wrong, though, as this record is fucking amazing, and so is a good chunk of the rest of the band's discography.
It was a tough listen at first, the sounds were a little jarring but after listening again a couple times it really grew on me. Overall a decent album imo
Track 1: Tom Sawyer - Lyrics are a portrait of a modern day rebel, striding through the world with purpose. Tom Sawyer was a character in Mark Twain's 1876 novel 'The adventures of Tom Sawyer' about a mischievous young boy living in a town along the Mississippi river, the cahracter is based on a real person who was described as a hero for rescuing 90 passengers after a shipwreck. One of the themes of the novel is that Tom was much more moral than the rules of the society he lives in. Track 2: Red Barchetta - Lyrics tell a story set in a future where many types of vehicles have been banned by a 'motor law'. The narrators uncle has kept one of these now illegal cars and has been hiding it for about 50 years at his secret country home which was a farm before these laws were put in place. Every Sunday, the narrator sneaks out to go for a drive in the car. During one of these drives, he encounters the equivalent of the police 'gleaming alloy car', which culminates to a car chase until he drives down a one lane bridge, too narrow for the air cars and returns safely to his uncle's farm. Song inspired by short story 'A nice mourning drive' by Richard Foster in 1973. Track 3: YYZ - instrumental interlude, named for Toronto's Pearson International airport, represented by the code YYZ. Band has described it as a song 'about coming home'. Track 4: Limelight - Expresses discomfort with Rush's success and attention from the public. Paraphrases Shakespeare's 'all the world's a stage' from the play 'as you like it' in the opening lines. Track 5: The camera eye - Uses the 'camera eye' to talk about observation of the cities of New York (first verse) and London (second verse). Inspired by the 'USA Trilogy' novels of John Dos Passos. The sound effects are used to evoke essence of vibrant city. Track 6: Witch hunt - Recorded the same nigh John Lennon was shot. The first of four songs in whats been called the band's 'fear' series - 'The weapon' (from Signals, 1982), 'The enemy' (from Grace under pressure, 1984) and 'Freeze' (from Vapor trials, 2002). Lyrics describe a vigilante mob gathering under torchlight, feeding on xenophobia and bigotry. The song is a call against ignorance and prejudice. Track 7: Vital signs - Uses electronic and reggae influences to explore themes of individuality and the pressure to conform. Drew inspiration from the language of computers to parallel the function of humans. Favourite Track: Limelight Album Cover: Depicts movers who are carrying paintings (moving pictures), photographed outside the Ontario Legislative Building. The pictures that are being moved are the band's starman logo - which was featured on the back cover of their 1976 album '2112', a picture of dogs playing poker - titled 'a friend in need', and a painting that shows Joan of Arc being burned at the stake.
Probably Rush’s best album. Not a big Rush fan but this has Limelight, YYZ, and Tom S Sawyer.
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
Shorter, more compact songs. Some hits but I like the older stuff more.
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.
#691. Fantastic. 5/5 yarp
almost gave them -1 for the fact that the 5 minute guitar interlude is a tribute to toronto pearson airport (cursed and terrible place)
Interesting and fun
I thought it could of had 5 potential. Maybe if I listened to it more
неожиданно приятный альбом. интересный вокал. и даже инструментальные отступления в тему. найс
best A side of all time????
Awesome album, Cameras Eye is a sleeper. Solid 4.3/5
The decision to hit the same moog pedal note so many times in quick succession during Tom Sawyer is legitimately baffling.
good shit
Good group.
Thim Sawyaaaa
Amazing album, i never thought i would enjoy is this much, love the riffs and the lead singer voice is unforgettable and powerful. Plus Tom Sawyer as an intro to this album fit so amazingly and is really a beautiful introduction to the album
Not really my thing, but I can see the appeal
nothing album
Interesting album, rock with new experimental elements. Also has a meaningful message conveyed in typical weed smoking rock ways.
Classic album
I had never heard of Rush, it was pleasant without being outstanding!
So tight. Incredible drums.
If Ed, Edd and Eddy made a rock band, this is what I imagine it would sound like.
Great album with some great songs, very relaxing listen
Fantastic.
é galera esse aqui é bom mas realmente, tem um ladinho hard rock meio chato
ESSE É O ALBUM 300 AEEEEEE PERSEGUIÇÃO ALUCINANTE PELO PRÉDIO!!!!!!! doideira que eh MUITO puxado pro hard rock né as partes de prog são bacanas. as de hard rock nem tanto... eh a oitentização do rock progressivo. mas é bacana!!
Groovy
I'm sure it is a great example of this style of prog rock but I just don't get it.
Sett bort ifra flere timer med YYZ i Guitar Hero 2, har jeg aldri vært helt med på Rush-bølgen, men det her er egentlig ganske bra? Det er (som forventet) cheesy og litt runkete, men balansen mellom cheese og groove heller for det meste mot sistnevnte. Positivt overrasket uten at jeg er helt overbevist. Transisjonen til refrenget i Tom Sawyer treffer hver gang. 80s chills. Hadde B-siden vært like sterk som A-siden, hadde den fått 4 chilli cheese nuggets av 5 mulige.
Super good. Crazy that they are only 3 guys. Super enjoyable, fabulous musicans. 9/10
8/26/25: Listened to this album on my way home and made a couple stops along the way. Definitely an old geezer 80s album! Tom Sawyer is a classic and I enjoyed the last song, Vital Signs, as well. Appreciated the instrumental/ guitar solos too.
Are you kidding me? Rush virgin and this is a Gordie Howe hat-trick.
This shit is perfect man.
Er varierende resultater når prog beveger seg inn i new wave-land, men her funker det svært godt.
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.
Bjork Chops.
Prog-Rock Libertarians with wonky time signatures, excellent writing and overall musicianship. What's not to love?
Epic rock album.
Not my cup of tea but there are some very fun songs on here.
Already listened to. I love Rush and I love this album. "Limelight" is my favorite song off this album, I think.
Fine enough
1. Tom Sawyer - 11 An all time classic. Guitars fit so nicely between the lines of lyrics in the opening verse before they all join in with the drum creating an excellent transition into the chorus. Lyrically the song is so insanely strong. The tone shifts are not something I'm a fan but they're so measured and eased into on this track it makes it work to perfection. Gem of a song. 2. Red Barchetta - 8 Solid track, especially instrumentally. The guitar in the middle part of the track is very good, even if it's drowned out the lyrics. Overall, a good track. 3. YYZ - 8 Solid sounding track. Important to note this is a purely instrumental track and that there are no vocals on it at all. Having noted that, it's a great sound but a bit all over the place at times. Still, a solid track. 4. Limelight - 9 Guitars sound excellent on this track but it's the drums that really shine. They are fantastic and it culminates with excellent vocals and lyrics. Very solid track. 5. The Camera Eye - 7 Alright song with a great bridge into the outro but the track goes on to long and isn't lyrically strong enough to justify eleven minutes. Instrumentally it's good and the drums and guitar lead it well. Without the ending solo it's a 5 out of 10. 6. Witch Hunt - 8 Solid track. The drum and guitars have an excellent sound that compliment each other the whole way and guide the constant tone of the lyrics perfectly. Just a fantastic track. 7. Vital Signs - 8 I don't like the intro to the track but once you get past that part it's solid. A tad too repetitive at times, the guitar and bass are superb on this album and really help the track become quite enjoyable. Drum is as ever so excellent on this track as it is on the rest of the album. Average Rating: 8.43 Adjusted to 5-Point Scale: 4.21 Rounded Down: 4 Stars
If you give this album less than 5 stars, they revoke your Canadian citizenship. I don't make the rules, I just obey them, like a good Canadian.
This is what happens when technical proficiency dominates in rock music. Totally devoid of emotion, energy, excitement, swagger, swing, groove, edge, fun, attitude, aggression, subtlety or beauty. And he has a very silly voice. Horrific.
I enjoyed the more prog rock tracks. YXZ was pretty nuts in a good way. I liked some of the unconventional time signatures, and the drumming throughout was pretty epic. Not so much a fan of the singing or lyrics though, it would be better as an instrumental album.
20★
Puts the 'ous' in 'pompous'.
grew up listening to rush a lot because of my dad and am slightly fatigued from them. I still really like Limelight.
poopy
It was good. Synthy. Better than i remember. Reminds me of pa.
I’d always only ever heard of rush… i wish it was still heard of…. Instead of hearing this
limelight is far and away their best song, rest of the album is great too
This is not a hi-fi album. If you listen on good headphones, it's pretty flat and uninteresting mix-wise. But that's ok, because they weren't mixing for 2025 audiophiles. This is mixed for radios with a physical tuning knob so you're never quite on the right spot. For tape decks, and best case scenario your buddy's sick aftermarket speakers his uncle helped him put in. You listen to this on tape, and it's a 10/10 iconic album. Otherwise sorry, but you're missing out
Ok
40 minutes of great music. My favorite Rush album, by far. Great stuff. 3.75 / 5 stars = 4 stars
Цей альбом мені подобається. Досить приземлений прог-рок, з деякими піснями, що спокійно можуть на Радіо Рок грати. Забавно, що початок YYZ це практично джент)
Not my style
Masterpiece of 80s prog rock. Top track: Red Barchetta
One of the best prog rock albums ever. Start to finish, not a misplaced note!
Love Rush! This doesn't disappoint.
No doubt these were fantastic musicians. But I just didn't care.
what more is there to say
What a drummer.
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.
This is so General Inzanity from Bob’s Burgers.
YOOOO BUDDY LET'S GOOOOO
Pretty chill calm. Comfortable
Moving Pictures is a pristine and potent sonic experience. The level of audio quality here is as sharp and poignant as the band’s instrumental abilities. The drum sound on this album is simply immaculate and the band is able to massage in synths with shimmering brilliance. Oh, and is there a better A-Side in the history of rock music? One of my favorite albums of all time by my favorite band of all time. 9.5/10
The hits were amazing, but I don't find a lot of the other stuff all that accessible.
Rush: Moving Pictures: Holy shit. This is an amazing album. It is intricate, intense, and incredibly fun to listen to. It is flawless. Every song grips you. The drumming and guitar work is insanely good, and the vocal melodies are also fantastic. Really just amazing honestly. 10/10
Nope
Rush’s best work, 40 minutes of musical mastery
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: 22/1001 What an iconic opening to set the tone for the album. My favorite part of this journey has been contextualizing the music I grew up listening. Hearing tracks like Tom Sawyer and Lime Light tucked between the stellar instrumentation of YYZ and hooky nature of Red Barchetta just amplified a love for the sound Rush captured here. The first half of the album is an absolute masterpiece of sophisticated lyrics, unique sound, and captivating, powerful music. Through the second half, I find less resonance, but was still enthralled with the cohesive quality that was constantly evolving and ever captivating. Podium: 1. Tom Sawyer 2. Red Barchetta 3. Limelight Honorable Mention: YYZ This is all the hallmarks of a good album and would improve any listening session. I think I gravitate towards the first half of the album out of familiarity, but it's so consistently good and cohesive throughout that any song on here is worthy of its own listen. I give Moving Pictures by Rush 4.5/5 stars for those reasons.
My old drum line teacher (like most everybody's old drum line teacher) loved Rush. There's plenty of stuff to like on here (Limelight is my favorite), but it's still pretty goofy. The lyrics and singing are both just pretty dorky.
bisschen zu viel rock
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One of my mom's favorite albums. One of my uncle's favorite albums. So, it's always been one of my favorites, too. Literally just seeing the cover art made my heart skip. I fucking love this one. Easily in my top three rock albums, ever. Neil Peart: greatest rock drummer in history. Geddy Lee: perhaps the greatest rock bassist in history. Alex Lifeson: also there. Drags a little with "The Camera Eye" and "Vital Signs" doesn't do much for me. But this is probably the strongest side A in any rock album I've listened to to date. Fave songs: - Tom Sawyer - Red Barchetta - YYZ - Limelight - Witch Hunt
Not my style so much. Very good song structure though.
This is perfect timing to review a Rush album, since the band just announced a huge, "Fifty Something tour" across America, their first since drummer, Neil Peart passed away in 2020. I can't say I'm a big Rush fan, but they have a special place in my heart for being the first (big arena) concert I ever attended. They aren't known as a band with hit singles, but some tracks off of Moving Pictures are as close as they come. These tracks and this album broke them to fans outside of Canada and Americans can't get enough of the song, Tom Sawyer. The only Rush album I own (okay, I taped it) is Permanent Waves, their previous release and I thought it was pretty decent. Moving Pictures is better, but I don't know if it's their best because honestly, I've only listened to albums pre-Moving Pictures, so I'm missing out on 31 years of album releases. If I get a free ticket for their tour I'll go and I'll bet plenty of songs from this album from 44 years ago, will be represented. No post-2000 stuff, please.
So Rush has a strange place in my heart due to an old coworker Kelly (toolowfrontrow) that I used to work with at Cresta. She had a strange condition that unfortunately took her life years ago. She was a great soul and a HUGE Rush fan that I barely listened to. I will enjoy listening to this though. Album Cover - I quite love it. It almost looks like a funeral but to different art. I'm assuming the art could be their different albums and they're being put away and family's mourn for it? Tom Sawyer - Really love the drums on this. Very powerful. The vocals do add quite a unique sound similar to how AC/DC has a unique vocal sound. Didn't really listen to lyrics much but loved the sound of the song. Might need to relisten cause that was their most plays on the album next to Limelight Red Barchetta - I get the sound they have for this album and I do love it. Very passionate. May be the time difference of the lyrics but I do enjoy it despite not really understanding it currently? I enjoy interesting lyrics but I think the time difference may be causing confusion at times? YYZ - I believe I have heard this song. POWERFUL start and memorable sound. Very powerful musicality here. While not on the most popular end, I'm PRETTY SURE I've heard this one a lot. Regardless, totally love this song. No lyrics, just pure sound. Limelight - Love the message. it feels like you're in the limelight with the song but definitely something talking about the limelights caveats. Alienation in the limelight. The Camera Eye - 11 minute song almost. We'll see how it goes lol Will listen on the side. Great pacing and changes of the song. Almost ethereal Witch Hunt - Love the intensity of the beginning, guitar riff at beginning was usual 80s rock but LOVE it. Slower but focus on lyrics and message. Very rebellious. Vital Signs - Love the craziness of this one. Final song in the album and a body check. Seems to be self empowerment with the ending just going "everybody got to elevate from the norm" to "deviate from the norm". Great message. Overall interesting album, not a favorite or anything but really enjoyed it. 3 stars.
Cool album, not as good as “Here, my dear”, but still timeless. Witch Hunt is my favorite
A classic. The whole thing is brilliant and brilliantly-played.
neal peart is a beast
3.7 Better than I remember Rush being. I've never really good into the vocals, but really enjoyed some of the instrumentation here that I made myself get over it and hear it for what it is. It feels like 70s/80s version of Tool, which is high acclaim. Might explore more in future
Woah! A tight 7 song album, I really like the mystical quality to the tracks. An epic, synthy sci-fi journey. My favorite track was the instrumental “YYZ” into “Limelight,” though was also impressed by the album’s kickoff, “Tom Sawyer.” Would need to be in the right mood to put this on — a late night road trip or maybe house cleaning session — but it’s got sticking power. Also I love the triple pun of the album artwork
Rating system is purely by how many songs get added to my Liked list. I had this one on vinyl in high school, instant 5 star for me.
Has some interesting titles like Tom Sawyer and YYZ, nice start into the Album, only has 7 songs and goes 39 minutes, a little funky but great for some background music. YYZ has a crazy beginning and is just a little more wild ig. The camera man also got a crazy and quiet interesting beginning, followed by a funky bridge into an interesting instrumental part which is fading into the rest of the song, which is btw 10 minutes and 59 seconds long [•v•] (<- bird).
I like Tom Sawyer but this kind of rock isnt for me
I hate prog rock with a passion. If an album takes multiple listens for you to get the “tune” then it’s not for me. Not a single track is in what you would call ”normal” timing. That said, the drumming on this album is unreal. Good musicianship, shite songs.
I'd heard Tom Sawyer and Limelight and a few of the other songs on Moving Pictures before. I don't know someone couldn't if they have been alive during a time where classic rock radio was playing. Usually bands that have a focus on being technical and virtuosos are gonna get a thumbs down from me but Rush keeps it in the spirit of making the song what they want it to be. They are their own distinct thing and it's not always for me but I appreciate them.
A prog rock masterpiece. Tom Sawyer, YYZ and Limelight are classic rock songs.
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.
Tom Sawyer is a classic Overall solid nothing insanely great but i enjoyed it. between a 3 and 4 out of 5 for me.
really good instrumentals but for most of the music, i’m not fond of the voice
Widely accepted as their best work and listed at 379 on the 500 Greatest Albums of all time, #43 on the 100 greatest Heavy Metal albums of all time. Certainly my favorite and very very close to a perfect album.
Schon gutes Album! Aber nicht immer alltagstauglich
Krass echter Haie rock. Jetzt weiß ichvqas das ist
Pretty good.
One of the albums of all time
Epic prog-rock that puts an equal emphasis on big hooks, guitar heroics, and complex, orchestrated songs. "Tom Sawyer" is such a banger of an opening track. Glancing at the Wikipedia, that song wasn't released as the first single, which means most people put this record on and heard that song fresh for the first time in that moment. I can't imagine how incredible that must have felt as a Rush fan. "Limelight" is another classic rock radio staple. And I honestly enjoyed every other song here. I'm not a big Rush fan, so this was great to hear a tight 40-minute album of excellent music from them. That dub/reggae bounce on "Vital Signs" was a surprise. It's almost a Police song.
I grew up really not liking Rush because they were too nerdy for me; there was never an edge or heavy qualities and that's what I was really attracted to. I also have always thought that Geddy Lee's voice was so tough to easily enjoy, it almost sounded like a cartoon character. As I've grown up though I've really come to appreciate the band and the compositions, and his voice has grown on me. These songs slap. They are technical, they are catchy, they are impressive on a whole. All members of this band are masters at their instruments and are not only masters but are so creatively rich. "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight" are certified rock bangers. I actually had forgotten that this album also has "YYZ" on it, which is one of my favorite prog rock songs ever. This album is a 5/5 for me. The songs are packed with good ideas and fun moments to make for a complete and exciting experience. Listening to it through nice studio monitors plus headphones today was a real treat. They are masters at making tasteful technical rock.
4 out of 5. Guitar Hero flashback aside this was good time. Say what you will about Rush but so far their albums have been an experience.
not that special
Loved this album
Yea good eh
Okayyy prog rock era a bittt!! While his voice isnt my all time fave i appreciated this album because led to a great prog rock discussion with my dad. Tom Sawyer I knew and already liked and the synths in this album are cool and so 80s which i love! YYZ is my other fave - fully instrumental and naming it after their airport is GENIUS it so gives rushing thru security to get to your gate on time! Fully just instrumental rock music with no vocals is really growing in me i really appreciate it while im doing day to day things! Great change of pace for me as im about a week into this challenge and i have loved hearing so much new music already!!!!
It's RUSH. It's Moving Pictures. It's arguably the best side a in Prog Rick history. Does it sustain all the way through? To my ears, no. But still a banging fucking album.
Amazing prog rock!
Rush is a band that I know is very good, but I’ve never made them one of my favorites. There’s a lot about Rush that I like and that should make them one of my favorite “classic” rock bands, but they usually end up as a band that I like but don’t love. All that said, Motion Pictures is a ridiculously good album. It sounds amazing: I’m not a music producer or sound engineer but my ears tell me this is an expertly recorded and mixed album. Tom Sawyer is a stellar banger, and YYZ always brings back great Rock Band memories. Limelight is great as well. This was a reminder that I should dive deeper into Rush, maybe I’m old enough for them to become a band I love.
Very good album! The quality eventually declines, but it's still a great album!
Never heard of them
I never gave Rush a chance before. That was a mistake I’m glad to have corrected. It’s a hard album to rate – first because it’s uneven, and second because it sounds like three or four different genres at once. The vocal parts are annoying. Not only because of the singer’s poor voice, but more generally because I think they’re dated and irrelevant. They add a layer of cheesiness this album really didn’t need. The instrumental parts are, however, awesome. YYZ is an incredible piece of prog rock, and the orchestration on The Camera Eye is absolutely epic ; some moments almost made me think of Magma. I’m amazed that it’s such an old album. Parts of it sound super modern, I can totally see how they contributed to shape prog rock. I’ll definitely look up their other works. Would have rated it a 4* for the instrumentals alone, but the vocals made me drop a star. It was a hard choice though, I may edit my rating later after I give it another listen.
though it's prog sensibilities make me want to like it more, this is really a product of it's times and that's okay, but im not crazy about it
198/1089 - Geddy's voice is at a lower pitch than in 2112. Fantastic musicianship from the trio and cool OB-X effects and layers. YYZ is a really fantastic song and this album reminds me that there's cool music in every genre. Even though I may not like prog rock and metal very much, I do like this album a lot which has elements of both genres.
When I was a kid I thought Tom Sawyer sounded like the coolest song in the world. I still feel that way at 25
It was fine
Good, with solid bangers, but the end just kinda fades away...
'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.
Its the quintessential rush to most people and i think it mostly lives up to the title. The first half is insane. Just line up the hits and profit. Good stuff. After that it kinda looses me a bit. Just long ass songs. But its still decent. The playing on the whole record is top notch. Just some of the best at the time doing it the best. Getty is a bass machine. Neal bangs em out like hell. And the guitar guy who I always forget put up some catchy and fun riffs. Just a solid good time all around.
I thought this would be long and self-indulgent but instead it was oddly familiar. I think it's the influence. I'd describe its sound as being like early 1990s incidental TV music. Not on a bad way (because, we assume, Rush probably originated the sound) but in the way that music evolves. I also like the song titles based on mathematical symbols - maybe an inspiration for Ed Sheeran!
Tom Sawyer and 6 more songs that you won't care about
Pretty great
Excellent. One of the best ever
The best
Brilliance personified!
This album was my introduction to Rush in high school by one of my oldest friends. Since then, as I've aged I've gained more appreciation for their music and it was so good to come back to this. Its prog rock at its finest.
When I was in grade 12 I was doing a report in English class about Macbeth. I wanted to quote Limelight (All the worlds indeed a stage and we are merely players) at the start of the essay and didn’t know how to cite it. My teacher totally kept a straight face when I told her the quote and how I wasn’t sure if I should credit it to Getty Lee or Neil Peart. So Mrs H, wherever you are, thanks for not making me feel stupid when I attributed a literal Shakespeare quote in a Shakespeare essay to Rush Also this album slaps so fucking hard
Some good songs but a bit cheesy
4.5 Stars Guitar work is legendary Neil Peart is god Rush is incredible
Woah, details later. This album is incredible for an entirely nofa reason.
It's prog. I just don't get prog.
This was great. Took me a kitt bit of effort personally to see past some of the sound design choices. It all feels very 80s and very metal in a try hard way. That voice is a very distinct sound too and when there are so many strong choices it can get hard to really listen to the music itself. So much great progressive imaginative creations though. Yyz is ear catching and then so good. Track 2 is a beautiful progression between something poppier and the avant garde. Never thought before how they must have influenced coheed and cambria.
This album starts off with the one Rush song I have heard before so that was a great start to show what I should expect. While the album has its good song (amongst 7 songs it swings a lot) and some that I would probably skip in the future it was still a great time listening through it. Good rock music with a singer who has a unique voice.
A very good album, overall. I'd say almost a 5, if it were for a song or two that didn't hit; they mainly didn't work just because they were too long. The sound presented here is just so fantastic, Rush knows how to construct a song and execute it in a way that's interesting. Favorite songs: Tom Sawyer YYZ Limelight Witch Hunt
A classic album. First heard it back around 40 years ago, as Tom Sawyer was constantly played on the radio. It still shows Rush as accessible, technical, epic, and lyrically clever, just like their previous albums combined.
One of the best Prog Rock bands with a classic record. I really enjoy it every time I listen to it. RIP Neil Peart
Don’t like. Don’t get. Boring riffs. Melodically bland. Holy hell. I expected to like this more. Completely forgettable.
I like this so much more than the last one, there's less dreadful Robert Plant rip-off singing. Looks like they took some inspiration from people like King Crimson and Siouxsie and the Banshees, the latter only on a few songs, but still there imo. Some of the synth bits are quite cheesy, like the flangers in the first song, I just don't think those have aged well. But I do really like some of the synths, like the modulated filter thing on the really long song. The long song also feels like a proper, developing song, rather than the long one on the other album, which just felt like 7 or so songs without boundaries. I'm still have quite mixed feelings about the vocals, which are fine in places, but a bit annoying at times. Some of the distorted guitar parts feel quite different, a lot more like some of the 90s grunge/pop. Favourite songs: all of them. Overall around 7/10
Phenomenal album. Top to bottom. Absolute classic. Musically, lyrically… Neal Peart was a genius. This is an all-time great.
I've listened to this many times over the years.
It's still quite extraordinary after all these years that there were only ever three band members. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart were elite musical technicians, cranking out spectacularly crafted progressive rock songs and then cramming them into their most commercially consumable album that they released to the public. The album doesn't overstay its welcome, and each track shows off their expert musicianship. This is top shelf RUSH and probably their best album from start to finish. Is this review a bit biased? Maybe, but that doesn't take away its validity.
Iconic album. Solid songs and musicianship all the way through. Loved listening to this, so I did so twice.
Something actually good by Rush? Wild
Sounds like the soundtrack to a forgotten 1980s sci-fi rock opera starring no one and featuring nothing.
Prob rock, I’m not the biggest fan of it. Feels jokey! YYZ was ok. Tom Sawyer was laughable. The rest was fine but didn’t scratch the itch. Fell short for me 3/5
Honestly I've always slept on rush and never given them a proper listen. I think the vocal performance never did it for me and that's kind of the first thing you hear. Damn shame though, this album is sick AF
Awesome. A must listen.
Shoutout dad
Another mid white guy album.
3.2/it's fine but they're not pink floyd
I remember the first time I heard this album. It had a huge impact. I never thought a rock band could sound like this. Everything is very intelligent, creative, and well-played. Neil Peart is a special case. Any arrangement he puts on the drums is like a brushstroke on a painting by a genius of visual arts.
Enjoyable listening. A couple of good/classic songs. 4+ stars, but not quite a 5.
This album gets a 3 solely because of YYZ, if an album can have that kind of song then it's got something at least. The rest of the album is a 2, don't like the singer and not in love with the synths.
7/.510
okay but a bit rowdy for me
me gusta el rock progresivo asi con toques pesados y esos sintetizadores le le dan el toque
Masterpiece!
Rush refine their progressive roots into something sharper, smarter, and more streamlined on 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴. The album blends complex musicianship with radio-ready structure, delivering career highlights like the explosive 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘢𝘸𝘺𝘦𝘳, the instrumental masterclass 𝘠𝘠𝘡, and the introspective 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. Not every track hits equally (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘌𝘺𝘦 feels overlong), but this is Rush at their most balanced and accessible. A defining moment in prog rock’s evolution.
Another masterpiece from Rush, these guys really are the GOATs.
i mean it has limelight and tom sawyer so insta-5
Fantastic album. The drumming is superb. Standout tracks are: Tom Sawyer, Limelight, & YYZ. Cool artwork as well. 1001 album worthy: Yes - 100/184
Songs 1-4 are an absolutely elite lineup. Hearing YYZ makes me realize I'm right to dish out as many 3s as I do, because that's what musical talent really sounds like.
This was fine. The instrumentals were good and you can tell they are talented but it doesn't do much for me.
I am huge fan of a band called Opeth who list Rush among their influences. This was very evident and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.
2,5
What a Rush!
This might be the only Rush album I really like. Blown away by many of the songs.
écoute à 3h33 après un spike de depression et motivation,découverte totale,pas fan de la voix aigue du chanteur Tom Sawyer : 3/5 Red Barchetta : 4/5 envie d'être dans un montage d'un générique d'un film sympa américain un peu oublié YYZ : 3/5 instrumental uniquement solo sympa de guitare mais un peu long Limelight : 5/5 Certifié Bangr The Camera j'ai pas noté un peu oublier et focus sur des trucs mais la vibe était très bonne mais pas mon style de musique au départ Limelight reste très bien cela dit
Objectivly good but that 80s synth situation just isn't my thing tbh
A top 10 for me. 5/5 without reviewing. Although I did be listen for the pleasure of it.
There are two kinds of music fans - those that know that Rush is the most talented group of musicians in the last 50 years and everyone else (who are objectively incorrect). I will concede that Geddy Lee’s voice is polarizing (but I’m all in). Moving Pictures is an automatic 5⭐️ for me - not only formative in my high school years for myself and my friends, but clearly a (not the) high water mark in Rush’s long musical journey. It also produced more of the radio-friendly hits that are still staples today, including Tom Sawyer, Limelight, Red Barchetta and YYZ.
The first 4 songs of this album are unreal. What a start to the album. The last three songs are solid. This is a classic. I grew up with these songs and they do not get old. Easy 5 stars.
n.l.
Okay, it's cool. better than the earlier one. I feel like this would be in a deodorant commercial in the 1980s
5/10 NERDS!!!!!!!!! 7-13-2025
Pretty good but wouldn't reach for it again
A classic album from a classic band.
Perfectly pleasant to listen to, but it felt somewhat removed from me??? Maybe too polished, idk.
It’s actually really Damm good. I really like witch hunt because it describes today’s world.
Can’t get past the vocals
No, no, no...no. How to write a rush track... 1. Start with a drum beat. 2. Realise that a sick drummer is all you have going for you. 3. Have entirely forgettable guitar parts. 4. Stick some palid vocals over the top. 5. Somehow get very popular with a certain type of music fan.
Never really heard much Rush - one of those bands that was bigger in the US than the UK. I suppose I can see why people like them, but it didn't really do much for me. It felt a little like it fell between two posts - too proggy to really rock out, but not strange enough to really keep my interest. Nothing too offensive, but nothing to grab me. Tom Sawyer was clearly the best track, and i get why musicians love the oddness of YYZ, but beyond that? Nothing much for me.
Absolute classic. Stellar album. Hits that keep delivering 40 years later. Pop prog rock with sing along lyrics and epic grooves.
Meh. Never really liked Geddy's voice. I find it grating.
Three first-rate tracks – don't need to say which – but the rest is mostly meh (one's sixth-grade self was right to skip those mostly). On the upside, there are Shakespearean and Twain references and a steady resistance to the most common prog pitfalls (noodling into blind alleys and black holes). On the downside, there are the mostly odious politics (on which, do we really need their guidance?) and, relatedly, they seem to have come to consider Ayn Rand's a great writer. Still three great songs and pure, warm sixth-grade musical enthusiasm feels sustained, when Shakespeare just beginning to matter and well before Ayn Rand would have done. Editors are right: cover is "a lame visual pun."
man it’s rush of course it’s 5 stars. literally nothing wrong with this album. ever second is amazing. some of my favorite songs ever are here
Good
4/5. It’s Rush, man. Canadian royalty. Funny how even though I haven’t listened to a lot of Rush I have such strong memories of avid Rush fans. They really do inspire such devotion from their fans. I like the thoughtful lyrics, the vocals.
Nostalgia feel, especially for Tom Sawyer and Limelight. Cohesive sound held the album together.
Having never listened to Rush, and not being a fan of Prog, I wasn’t looking forward to this. But Geddy Lee’s voice wasn’t as marmite as some make out, musicianship (especially drums) solid, as you would expect, if soulless. Not as overwhelmingly synth heavy as I thought it would be, some genuinely heavy parts, more like a math-y Led Zeppelin than Yes.
One of my favorite albums of all time.
The absolute greatest Canadian Prog-rock band ever to exist. This is not my favourite Rush record(Fly By Night and their self-titled debut are both next level masterpieces) Every instrument on this record is genuinely perfect. Sonically, it’s mixed so well that you almost forget it was all recorded analog. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart are all extremely influential, and I don’t think I know a single Canadian musician who hasn’t been inspired by or looked up to at least one of these three. I was happy to pull out my vinyl copy of this one for a listen. 4.5/5
Canada's finest prog rock. This is a good album. "Tom Sawyer" and "Limelight" were the lead singles from this album, and I'm going to start with them. "Tom Sawyer" is a great opening track and a great track in general. I think lyrics are a weak point for this song, but the musical tracks are just fantastic and Geddy Lee's singing is really fun. It's just a classic. "Limelight" has a lot of the same elements that make "Tom Sawyer" so great, and in isolation I'd probably like "Limelight" a lot more. But the way the tracks are ordered on 'Moving Pictures' puts "Limelight" right after the instrumental "YYZ", which is a far more complex, dynamic and exciting track for me. By comparison, "Limelight" feels very simple and poppy, almost like a musical theater number. But what cannot be denied of this or any Rush song is the quality and tightness of the production and instrument-playing. Other than "YYZ" mentioned above, my favorite track on this album is "Camera Eye". This is the only song on this record to get what I think the album as a whole suffers from: room for the songs to space out and breathe. This is the only major complaint I have about 'Moving Pictures'. An average runtime of ~4:30 per song on a classic prog rock album is just crazy to me. And they don't all need to be 11 minutes like "Camera Eye"... but 4:30?!?! When you listen to "Camera Eye", in my opinion, it becomes evident that allowing the other songs on this album to expand a bit more would probably make them better. The remainder of side two, especially "Vital Signs", is also quite strong. The low point of this album for me is "Red Barchetta" from side 1. Overall, I think this is a very good album, but I don't know if I quite feel that it enters the pantheon of all-time prog rock greatness that many seem to place it in.
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
...
I think this album has every Rush song on it that I know (thanks Guitar Hero for YYZ) except Free Will, so I had a good time with it. I have to be in the mood for prog rock and this caught me at a good time. Plus, Rush is one of the best in that oeuvre, so this one gets 5 stars from me.
I wanted to skip my graduation to see Rush. I made the mistake of telling my Mom what I was going to do. You would have thought I ran over Grandma she was so mad. She was mad about it until I walked with my class. I still regret not going to the show. That said Rush is amazing and this album is one of their best. This is one of those classic albums that most of it is played on classic rock stations damn near every day. If you enjoy this look up the song Subdivisions from the album after this.
7/10 - Love the guitar solos. Had that classic 80’s vibe.
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.
A pretty good prog album mostly lifted by Tom Sawyer and YYZ. 3/5
Nope
As a teenager, Rush had such a mystique about them. A nuch talked about Canadian, who deftly straddle the line between Rock and Prog Rock. Alas, when I took the plunge and bought a couple of LPs (Yes, I;m that old) I found them disappointing. This was one of those LPs andit's been unplayed in the 40 years since. Listening again today... same basic conclusion. Over-rated.
Good album, better than expected
אלבום מצוין יש בו איזה שניים שלושה פילרים אבל אני לא יכול להתעלם מהbangers שיש בו שיר אהוב - Tom Sawyer אני לא יודע למה אני לא רוצה לתת לזה חמש מתוך חמש... השיאים כל כך גבוהים בהשוואה לתחתיות...
Never been a big Rush fan but this album does have some gems.
Not something I’d typically listen to. My dad LOVES Rush, and I’d never really given them a chance. I did enjoy this album, but not quite for me.
I like it
I have listened to this album many times. Rush is my favorite band and Moving Pictures is top 5 for me.
Unique vocals always solid musicians.
Iconic! So so good. Geddy Lee is my hero
The cover captures the ethos of Rush perfectly, placing them on the "clever-clever" end of the line between "clever" and "clever-clever" There are some splendidly propulsive drum parts here, and loads of well-thought out bass and drum parts, but nothing in the way of a song. Everything is bitty - "wait, here's another bit!" - never settling in to a section for any time because the next on-edge staccato section is on its way. Geddy Lee's vocals are one of a kind, and while I can see the effort that has gone into trying to make a pop album on prog-rock principles, it is one star from me. An exhausting listen.
Memorable songs but didn't really feel me in
The demonic fleetwood mac
Never really liked it growing up and glad I gave it another listen. This is a great album showcasing the diversity and creativity of the trio.
heck yeah canada
This is my all time no. 1 - close to perfection.
Me ha encantado este disco. Creo que debí escucharlo hace mucho tiempo y no me gustó en su momento. Es verdad que no es el tipo de rock que me suele gustar, pero musicalmente es chulísimo y esas líneas de bajo no hay quien las evite. Mi favorita creo que ha sido Witch Hunt, que suena bastante a caza de brujas por un páramo.
One of my favorites. An absolute masterpiece in my opinion. Comes out swinging with Tom Sawyer and keeps it going. Limelight is an all time favorite song of mine as well. Beautiful
When you prompt the AI: "Make me complex rock music with deep lyrics"
I want to like it more
Never was a Rush fan but they deserve their due. Their sound is unmistakably original and that counts for a Star or 3.
Good to listen to while doing something that doesn’t require your 100% attention
Драйвовый альбом, слушается отлично. 7,5 из 10.
Intricate and interesting but didn’t hold myvattrntion
So many outstanding songs on one album!
Dope
A lot of gems on this album that I was already familiar with but hadn't listened to in a long time. These guys have the impressive ability to write a catchy tune and also perform it with virtuosic technical skills without it seeming like they are only showing off how good they are.
Easy five stars. Love Rush, and this is among their best.
This is a no-brainer! I first heard this album when I wad 8 years old and when my brother dropped the needle on Tom Sawyer for the first time, my mind was blown and the trajectory of my musical life began.
classic
8.5/10 Mesmerizing basslines make for a very pleasant listening experience. There is not a single bad track on here.Whats missing for me is a song thats truly exciting or evocative beyond just sounding good. If Subdivisions or Marathon had been on here it would have been an easy 5. Now its a very high 4. Highlights: Tom Sawyer The Camera Eye YYZ Limelight Witch Hunt
Meh
I like a couple of these songs a lot, and I like Rush, and this is kind of their best album, but I just can't quite push it up to a 4. It's just a bit of a drag on Side B and I don't think there was enough impact and significance of this album to give it extra credit. RIP guys. VERY high 3.
I have to dock them one star because of their social/political leanings… the lyrics are just so dumb.
meh
Absolutely love this one, amazing musicianship, a little less dense than some of the earlier albums (which are also great).
"musically they're amazing but the vocals are so bad I can't get into it." Going to be a copy and paste for way too many early prog rock albums, at least this one has Tom Sawyer and YYZ.
Limelight still rocks.
Just so bored by this album. Meh at best
Fine
sooo noooo
I'm a casual fan of Rush at best. But there is no denying these guys' technical prowess as musicians. True Rush fans would disagree, but this is the only album of theirs I consider essential. 4/5 #98
I listened to this record twice before making a review. It's just so damn good. Perhaps the most commercially successful record from Rush. And rightfully so. It has hit after hit. It doesn't stray away from the proggy roots that Rush are known for. Lifeson, Lee, and Peart are firing on all cylinders. I find it fascinating that Rush isn't considered one of the best bands in the world. They are to people who listen to this sort of music... But I honestly feel that there isn't a better band out there. Especially for their time. Rush has stood the test of time too. Say what you want about their more synth heavy 80s catalog, but you can not deny that they took the tools in front of them, moved with the technology that was offered, and created music unlike no one else has. Still think Lifeson is one of the most underrated guitsrists of all time. 10/10
Masterpiece. There's not a single wasted second here. Each song is a banger. I have a lot of great memories of playing this whole album on Rock Band
Grave cool j’ai beaucoup aimé. Du rock qui part un peu en couilles par moments
Favorites: Tom Sawyer, YYZ, Limelight Everything that Rush touches is just magic, and while I didn't expect to like Moving Pictures all that much on relisten, it still holds up as one of the most engaging prog records of the 80s. Maybe one of the best rock records of the 80s as well!
The only Rush album I like for the singles + the prog rock madness.