Re: Album review - Presto

frans_jonk...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> Phantom wrote:
> > To me this seems like a bit of an experimental album. Certainly all
> Rush
> > albums are different in their own way. But this is really out
there.
>
> This I don't get. Presto is as far from experimental as I can
imagine.
> It's basically a generic rock album. Maybe not something *Rush* had
> done before, but many, many others have made similar albums. All
songs
> adhere to standard pop structure. Instruments are as normal as they
get
> for a rock band and sound perfectly normal too. It's a better album
> than most of those other generic rock albums, that's true, but I
> wouldn't call it experimental!
>
> FJ

Yep, I would agree with your statement, Frans. I guess I meant
experimental for Rush. The mood created on this album is unlike most
anything they did before or since. The way the songs are crafted and
the way feelings are transmitted are not what I expected from the band.
It's like their take at Rush-ifying pop music. And the result was
surprisingly good.