I struggle to know how to review Hold Your Fire. It fills me with a lot of joy when I here it, because as a deep overthinker, I get a lot from the lyrics. I swear I really connect with the more introverted, personal side of Rush than I do their more epic and OTT side. This is a beautiful pop album, with great arrangements, melodies and in all honesty it is to my ears one of the bands greatest achievements. But I do struggle to review it.
An album full of highlights, and to my ears major career highlights.
But it does take a slight detour in the last two tracks. For this reason, I feel it works ever so slightly less well as a complete album than other, even more eclectic albums (Moving Pictures comes to mind). For this reason, I shall give it two ratings:
Personal rating: 10/10
Objective rating: 8/10
Final rating: 9/10
Best tracks: Time Stand Still, Open Secrets, Lock And Key
Worst: Tai Shan, High Water
Edited by Segue Myles, 11 December 2018 - 09:07 AM.