Style: progressive rock, hard rock
Year: 1981
Home: Ontario, Canada
Members: Geddy Lee ~ vocals/bass/organ
Alex Lifeson ~ guitars
Neil Peart ~ drums/percussion
Additional: Hugh Syme ~ synthesizers
Moving Pictures is the spotlight album for many Rush fans & I would agree. It manages to include some very commercial songs ('Tom Sawyer' & 'Limelight') but also includes a stellar instrumental ('YYZ') & some non-chart toppers that almost make the aforementioned songs seem like filler. It's also a good mix of the oncoming '80's New Wave with hard rock but yet staying within the known heavy prog Rush sound. What's interesting is that both New Wave & hard rock were in development at the time this album would be made with both trends coming into their own within a few years. It's hard to say if the styles influenced Rush or if Rush influenced the styles listening to this album. Sadly, Rush would go on to have too much keyboards in the mix in forthcoming albums, but Moving Pictures is the perfect moment for a band to show who they were & who they could be & bringing in the best of all influences in a fusion that would make other bands jealous. Until hearing this album I always thought all Rush songs sounded the same, which might have something to do with Geddy Lee's tenor, but that would be a large misjudgment of a great band. If you don't know Rush this is a good starting point. What started as curiosity now is pushing me to listen to more of their albums.
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