Title: How the mighty have fallen...
Review: Vapor Trails is a mess, bad sound quality, not a memorable song in the bunch. I was horrified at how bad this disc is, at first I thought something had gone wrong with my stereo system. This is one of those 'all levels peaked at once' recordings which translates into a wall of noise with very little soundstage. The high-end/clarity is missing. It's sounds like it was recorded in a garage. Neil Pert's drumming is lazy and lackluster and sounds as though it was his cheapest drum kit, again no soundstage. Geddy Lee's vocals are buried in the mix, not that it matters with a [bad] performance as this one. Alex Lifeson's raw and U2 sounding grungy guitarwork is painful to listen to. Vapor Trails reminds me of another sorry release of theirs: 'Presto', I hated that one right off. I don't what has happened to Rush, I thoroughly enjoy their earlier work in their Polygram days but this is a sad outing for what was once a very talented band....
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