One of the most striking albums Rush

The tendency since the beginning of their albums to work 80 increasingly also with synthesizers Rush said "Grace Under Pressure" in 1984 perfected this oft-quoted work phase and released one of their herausragendendsten albums. Just once nearly 40 minutes include the most striking and least . copyable Rush- sound ever Ostensibly remain instantly keyboards significantly used as a driving rhythmic element in the ear, whereas artificially created soundscapes fall discreetly out enough not to superimpose the delicate overall atmosphere The supercooled and sterile sound spaces are partly only long out of the seconds. Hall of a guitar chord of Alex Lifeson as at the beginning of "Distant Early Warning" or "The Body Electric" - the unique guitar sound Rush is used probably chosen on no other album like this, and who are Lifeson Guitar rock uncharacteristically often in the background. held, where they do not reveal even the hundredth hearing some new details. Whether precisely used well dosed with loose chords or a constant rhythm to perform work bribe sensitivity and detail, if at times rhythmic and melodic aspects merge. For this purpose, "Distant Early Warning", one of the most influential songs in the complete Rush- discography, an equally impressive demonstration as a prime example of Geddy Lee's grandiose bass lines.
Clear in the foreground of the music is Geddy Lee's vocals sounding perfect, who has rarely been so excellently great heights associated with down to earth expression.
Thematically, the lyrics of Neil Peart are very direct when it comes to the nuclear threat of the Cold War (Distant Early Warning), death and mourning (Afterimage), fears (The Enemy Within), or pressure and uncertainty (Between The Wheels). "Red Sector A" is even concrete of concentration camp inmates of a futuristic Holocaust, reacted with a deliberately monotonous Drive, Neil Peart's cool Drums and vocals hochemotionalem Geddy Lee.
Musically counts each of the 8 songs for absolute nobility progressive rock of the 80s. "Grace Under Pressure" has goose bumps melodies (fantastically: the Head Bridge in "The Enemy Within"), driving rhythms (eg fabulous rhythm changes in "Kid Gloves" whose verse a bit of "Red Barchetta" recalls) and exciting expression change as in "The Enemy Within ", whose energetic Drive ends after the refrain in surprising break, or" The Body Electric ", whose verse is supported by a magical atmosphere. While songs like "Distant Early Warning", "Red Sector A" and "The Enemy Within" absolute classics of the band are holding "Grace Under Pressure" but at the very end with the melancholy-tinged, at the beginning almost menacing "Between the Wheels "still a tremendously strong song ready with also a lot of deepness. In their 2004er- world tour for 30-year band anniversary, Canadians have this song again, dug up ', giving it a compelling performance.
"Grace Under Pressure" is certainly one of the greatest and most challenging albums in large circles of Rush- classic atmosphere and expressiveness of the album to be copied from anything or anyone;. This atmosphere will remain unmatched forever.