HOLD YOUR FIRE
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HOLD YOUR FIRE
Hold Your Fire is the twelfth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released on September 8, 1987. It was recorded at The Manor Studio in Oxfordshire, Ridge Farm Studio in Surrey, Air Studios in Montserrat and McClear Place in Toronto. Hold Your Fire was the last Rush studio album released outside Canada by PolyGram/Mercury. -wikipedia
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Decibel
2017 - completely justifiable not as metal but as mood music, the band crafting an album that, in all seriousness, is a fantastic document of much that was good about ’80s hard rock. Er, rock. Er, soft rock
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Odyssey
2017 - the album has some really strong moments
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Cygnus-X1
More thought provoking lyrics behind increasing musical talent.
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All Music
Geddy Lee employs lush textures which, when coupled with a greater rhythmic and melodic presence from guitarist Alex Lifeson, results in a far warmer sound than in recent efforts. Of course, drummer Neil Peart is as inventive and exciting as ever, while his lyrics focus on the various elements
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Hokey Blog!
2015 - has its moments as a Rush album, but ultimately it breeds a little bit of muzzled praised and a fair host of indifference
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Smart Bass Guitar
2014 - The highlights were overshadowed by the lackluster, filler songs and the band very clearly sounds tired of the keyboards and 80s sounds.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
this album is much worse than its individual components, which overall aren't that impressive to begin with
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Mark's Record Reviews
unfortunately about half of the hooks they come up with here (especially on the exceptionally weak second side) are either lobomotizingly dull or more corny than any song Survivor ever recorded
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Saint Louis University
an excellent album with a cohesive sound and feel to it
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Only Solitaire
Chockful of stale cliches ('there was magic in the air, the clouds surrounded the summit, the wild blew cold and strong...'), trying to communicate something really deep but failing, it is the typical reaction of an ecstatic, but dumb geek tourist.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
By the time Hold Your Fire arrived, most fans were growing tired of Rush’s slick, synth-driven ‘80s sound, and these songs are rarely revived in concert these days – proving that they're still not thought too fondly of decades later.
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Don Ignacio
If you look at my track reviews, you'll notice that I gave out mostly C's. Plain scores for a plain album.
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Power Windows
There's nothing cold or cliched here. Unlike Deep Purple and their half-croaked contemporaries, Rush have long since dropped the grubby melodrama and woken up to the late '80s.
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The Escapist
2014 - but the way this album develops what Power Windows started betrays their identity. Plus, the songs don't even strike much in terms of imagery.
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Amino
The songwriting is inconsistent but when it is good, it contains insightful lyricism and exquisite instrumentation.
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Metal Storm
Despite the definite eighties sound, Hold Your Fire remains a solid progressive rock album with classic moments such as "Lock and Key" or "Mission". The amazing trio might not be famous for this specific release but it is definitely a solid album in my opinion.
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