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 | Title : Vapor Trails
Author : Rush
Release Date : 20020514
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
The songs on Vapor Trails may not be as instant or accessible as those on their previous albums, but the Canadian trio is definitely playing harder and bolder than they have in years. Layers of guitars have replaced most of the keyboards, setting Alex Lifeson free to explore new territories and textures. Geddy Lee is also given more playing space, such as on 'Peaceable Kingdom,' where his bass parts take the role of rhythm guitar. The arrangements are intricate and interesting throughout, yet never overwhelming. 'Secret Touch' twists and builds from melody to a monsterous jam, while Neil Peart's awe-inspiring drums give extra power and dynamics to the album's heavier numbers, such as 'Nocturne' and the bombastic lead cut, 'One Little Victory.' Lee's vocals and harmonies add great depth to 'Earthshine,' while the airy 'How It Is' soothes with nice open chords and jangling guitars. Rush has taken one step forward while keeping one foot back in a rawer sound, all the while continuing to evolve musically.
Buyer Reviews :
Vapor Trails rocks. It is by far the best album to come out this year (not kidding!) and I'm not a huge Rush fan, although I do like them a lot. One Little Victory is actually one of the weaker tracks on the CD. Once I heard the entire CD for the 1st time, I was kinda surprised that they released that as their first single off the album. I would have released Earthshine or Secret Touch. I hope they eventually get released as singles though. We have to face the fact now that the days of Moving Pictures Neil Peart are over. Neil is strictly a Jazz drummer now as was seen beginning on CP. It progressed on T4E and now he has really adopted the style exclusively save for a few instances on VT. His sound though is much tighter and rhythmic than it was on either CP or T4E. It is his best effort since RTB. What can one say about Alex Lifeson. He never ceases to amaze the ear. When you think his best days were behind him, he slyly drops this performance on us. He puts in a nice blend of CP style playing (How It is, Sweet Miracle) and then just pounds out Tool-esque jams in Earthshine, Nocturne and Freeze. Alex is truly the one that shines in this album even though he really doesn't have any solos, which is a Rush trademark. The lack of keyboards really enhances his performance throughout. Geddy hasn't lost anything, in fact he just keeps getting better and better. He really seemed to learn a lot about himself (vocally and production-wise) in My Favorite Headache and it translates very well to VT. By completely dropping keyboards all together they had to find another source to fill in the 'holes'. Geddy's background voicetracks were more than up to the task. There is no finer an example of this than in the last two minutes of Freeze. This is the best that he has sounded vocally ever. His voice was extremely composed and structured, very surprising for a rock vocalist approaching 50. In the next few months when this album is poked and prodded by critics I think it will be remembered as the one of Rush's best right up there with Moving Pictures. A true benchmark that all Rock albums should try and look up to in this weak Rock market of 2002.
(by John Hoertz)
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