MOVING PICTURES
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MOVING PICTURES
Moving Pictures is the eighth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on February 12, 1981, on Anthem Records. After touring to support their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980), the band started to write and record new material in August 1980 with co-producer Terry Brown. They continued to write songs with a more radio friendly format, featuring tighter song structures and songs of shorter length compared to their early albums. -wikipedia
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Classic Rock Reviews
2016 - their musical masterpiece and in all ways would become the most popular album they ever released
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All Music
Not only is 1981's Moving Pictures Rush's best album, it is undeniably one of the greatest hard rock albums of all time.
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Odyssey
2017 - It is the perfect mix keyboards, guitar, bass, and drums, as none of the instruments dominate the album and all have a huge effect on it. I absolutely love it.
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Noisey
2014 - Rush found a way to balance their progressive rock proficiency with the accessibility required for rock radio, resulting in their most successful recording to date
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Louder Sound
Moving Pictures, an oddball mix of heavy riffs, new wave shapes and 80s technology, closed the door on the satin kimonos and sci-fi epics that defined Rush in 70s, and embraced a brave new world.
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Cygnus-X1
Powerful and timeless songs. A musical and lyrical masterpiece.
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Hokey Blog!
2015 - solidified Rush as an arena rock band, a classic rock band, an FM rock band… all of that, and yet, still undeniably, unmistakably, inimitably RUSH
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Cryptic Rock
due to the timelessness of Moving Pictures, it is hard to consider it a period piece as it does not fit the style of the era in which it was released. That is part of what made this album such a special and intricate part of the body of work the band has produced over the twenty albums it has released over its career.
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Icon Fetch
2010 - it’s their best collection of songs, beginning with their crowning achievement, “Tom Sawyer,” a perfect blend of hard rock and the progressive metal they had been tinkering with over their previous albums
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Amino
2016 - I find lyrically the album takes on a lot of great themes but the music either doesn't match up or the music just isn't good.
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Wilson & Alroy's Reviews
their best album
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Don Ignacio
I love it!!! It’s almost magical, actually.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
all in all, a solid album
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Mark's Record Reviews
Musically, it features the same intriguing mix of instrumental prowess and tight poppy construction that we all so enjoyed on Permanent Waves, but unfortunately doesn't feature anywhere near the same number of interesting different parts per track
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Saint Louis University
Other than The Who's Quadrophenia, perhaps the best rock album ever. It all came together here: the sound, the songwriting, the playing, everything. Without a doubt, the best bass and drum sound I've ever heard.
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Only Solitaire
a cool album somewhat marred by the inconsistency of the second side, but still, it's one of those rare cases when Rush manage to lift the lid off their cauldron of mediocrity and for a brief shining moment combine pop, prog, metal, and New Wave elements in an exciting synthesis
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Ultimate Classic Rock
A true masterpiece of the era.
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Mike Ladano
The great musical academic, Tom Morwood, once called Moving Pictures “the greatest album of the 1980’s”. I think he has an arguable position.
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Harmonix
2009 - t's albums like this that remind us what music can be.
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Big Picture Big Sound
[Blu-ray] The PCM 5.1 surround mix is excellent, but the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track makes it sound like you are back at LeStudio in rural Quebec; it is as enveloping a surround mix as you will ever hear. Everything has its place and the music just overpowers you.
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Record Collector Magazine
Look no further for the best bridge Rush ever constructed between their own insane virtuosity and the makings of a pop sensibility.
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Hi-Res Edition
2011 - Rush proved with Moving Pictures that there was still uncharted territory to explore within the hard rock format, and were rewarded with their most enduring and popular album.
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Renowned for Sound
The songs on here run the emotional gauntlet from paranoid and self-conscious through to intense and badass without jarring listeners and the sum total is a tightly packed album that manages to garner respect from listeners in spite of its geeky tendencies.
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Smart Bass Guitar
2014 - Rush’s masterwork: the perfect balance of classic rock, classic songwriting and progressive rock at it’s most accessible.
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TDS Telecom
This album is 40 minutes of awesome for me. I could put this on every day and not get tired of it. It’s a straight up jam record
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