Title: Too darn loud
Review: I love Rush sound and its evolution throughout the years. I own almost all of the CDs plus some vinils.This could be a very good CD, as the songs are good. Nevertheless, Vapor Trails is *not* a good CD.This CD is recorded so loud that does *not* sound right. The sound is so distorted that you cannot tell if the lead guitar is Alex Lifeson or your punk neighbor down the street, using a Spinal Tap-type amplifier cranked all the way to "eleven".It's is a real shame that a band this good, with such virtuoso musicians, get their work all destroyed because a dont-know-better sound engineer decided to crank the amplifier to "eleven".When I listen to Rush I want to listen to good musicians playing. If I want it loud, I have my volume control, thank you very much.I'm disturbed by this trend of cranking the volume so high that musical skill doesn't matter anymore.:(
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