Rush Power - Windows

NEW VINYL LP ON MERCURY 2016

180 GRAM VINYL INCL. DOWNLAOD.

Like much of the band's '80s output, Power Windows finds Rush juggling their hard-rock heritage with new technology to mixed results. With Alex Lifeson choosing sparse, horn-like guitar bursts over actual crunch, Geddy Lee's synthesizers running rampant, and Neil Peart's crisp, clinical percussion and stark lyrical themes (evoking cold urban landscapes), the result just may be the trio's "coldest" album ever. Still, it does boast its share of important tracks in "Marathon" and "Manhattan Project," while offering an energetic, tongue-in-cheeck hit single in "The Big Money." In an album that rewards patience (repeated listens are the key), the most gripping moments are saved for last, with the beautifully eerie textures of "Mystic Rhythms," a song that was later used as a concert drum solo showcase for Peart.

Tracklist

A1     The Big Money     
A2     Grand Designs     
A3     Manhattan Project     
A4     Marathon     
B1     Territories     
B2     Middletown Dreams     
B3     Emotion Detector     
B4     Mystic Rhythms