Title: Straight-ahead Rush!
Review: Finally, after 6 years a new Rush studio album! Rush is my favorite group so my vision is admittedly clouded, but I enjoyed this album on the first listen and I never like a new Rush album on the first listen. I've always wanted them to tone down their sound, and they've successfully accomplished that with Vapor Trails. The sound is stripped-down, no keyboards. Only bass, drum, guitar and Geddy's wailing voice! This album is hard-driving, straight-ahead infectious rock like they've never done before. The usual Rush syncopated rhythms and blazing guitar solos are absent, it's just driving rock from the best band in the world that delivers hard rock with brains.
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