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Rate the Rush album part V: Permanent Waves


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  1. 1. Rate the album Permanent Waves

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Probably my most fave Rush record. 5 stars with an ease.

I would always pick this album over Moving Pictures. For me this album has no filler, while MP has one.

 

Your rating of this album and top 3 tracks?

My top 3: 1.Natural Science

2.Jacob's Ladder

3.Freewill,

but I like all of them and there is no weak track on this album at all IMO.

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A true 5 star Rush album. Perfect. Natural Science and TSOR are my 1-2 punch of favorite overall Rush songs. The R40 video made me much more of a Jacob's Ladder fan. Entre Nous is a favorite as well. Different Strings is underrated. Freewill is signature Rush...

 

It's all greatness.

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The Spirit of Radio: 10.0 (out of 10)

Freewill: 9.9

Jacob's Ladder: 9.9

Entre Nous: 9.4

Different Strings: 8.7

Natural Science*: 9.4

 

That averages out to 9.5. Good enough for 5 stars!

 

*NS is tricky because it's so much better live than in the studio. Like, it's a 10 live and a bit less than 9 studio. So I averaged it out to about 9.4.

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This will get me flamed but, for me, its only a 3 star album.

 

Its has Freewill & The Spirit of Radio (both 5 star songs - Freewill is easily a top 10 song for me, TSOR most likely a top 15 song). Its also has Enrte Nous, a strong 4 star song.

 

Then the album drops off - big time. As Disk98 said, Natural Science is tricky because its so much better live than in the studio. If we were talking about a live album it gets a 5 star ranking - its that good. But we are not. We are ranking the studio album. As a song on a studio album I can only give it a 3 star ranking.

 

The things get worse. Jacob's Ladder & Different are at best 3 star and more likely 2 star songs.

 

So, the 3 good songs are great, their is 1 decent song and 2 I don't care for. That adds up to a strong 3 stars for me.

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