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Title: What happened to the dynamics?
Review: I had to force myself to listen to this album more than once to be certain: every song is at one level, that is, ear-splittingly loud, from start to finish. I've stayed faithful to Rush for two decades, even when they experimented with ideas I didn't much like, because I know they are all about remaking themselves and embracing change. But now that they lack the slightest bit of dynamic variation, I've had enough. I even saw them on this tour at the San Jose Civic, CA, and while I loved their choice of vintage songs (even doing 2112 and Natural Science in their entirety), I could barely hear them due to the lousy venue. In retrospect that was the perfect venue to support this unlistenable album.
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