PERMANENT WAVES
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PERMANENT WAVES
Permanent Waves is the seventh studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in January 1980 on Anthem Records. After touring to support the band's previous album Hemispheres (1978) ended, the band members took a short break before they regrouped to work on new material. The album marked a departure in the band's musical style towards tighter song structures and songs more suitable for radio airplay -wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Rolling Stone
1980 - But this band is among the very best in its genre. And if the Top Five status of Permanent Waves is any example, it’s a genre wherein critics don’t count at all.
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All Music
an undisputed hard rock classic, but Rush would outdo themselves with their next release
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Cygnus-X1
Outstanding Lyrics and Music. Catchy and thought-provoking songs. Near-perfection.
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The Odyssey
2017 - It is the perfect mix of radio friendly tracks and progressive tracks.
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Power Windows
1980 - features six cuts, three a side, and it's undeniably their most praiseworthy effort to date
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The Moshville Times
2015 - There are songs about relationships; about science, nature and art; about religion; about responsibility. Rock and Roll! Well, Rush and Roll, and as far as I’m concerned, that’s always worth listening to.
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Pop Matters
2013 - Even though it will forever be overshadowed by the masterpiece that followed, Permanent Waves is, in many regards, the most important album Rush made.
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Hokey Blog
2016 - Permanent Waves triumphs as the herald of a new band, as Rush bursts forth into the 1980s reinvigorated and renewed. The album exemplifies this shift with shorter songs, tighter melodies, and a more polished production sound that hits that sweet spot for most rock between 1980 and 1982
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Andrew Sharp Blog
2018 - RUSH is still in their prime on Permanent Waves. The album is a masterpiece, but what’s next to be reviewed is something even bigger.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
The result is a fluid album that relentlessly explores new musical highways, from the persistently cerebral but remarkably radio-friendly songs like "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill" to side-by-side prog masterpieces like "Jacob’s Ladder" and "Natural Science."
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Only Solitaire
but this is their quintessential mediocre album, want it or not
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Saint Louis University
A must have for anyone trying to understand this band and anyone who loves hard rock.
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Mark's Record Reviews
This is a dammed fine album incidentally. The production is light beers better than before
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Adrian's Album Reviews
It's a decent album, but somewhat controversially, not a remarkable one listened to years after it won over a whole new legion of Rush fans previously uncatered for by the band.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
I find this album weaker than I used to, but it's still great by Rush's standards. VERY GOOD
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Smart Bass Guitar
2014 - The songs are very listenable and the replay value is high here. Seasoned Rush fans can enjoy this album just as much as novice Rush fans.
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Don Ignacio
To me, this is easily the best album the group came out with to this point.
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Kvltwalter's Korner
every song the band wrote for this album is completely unique and stands on its own so that nothing blends together, something that most other bands can't manage to do
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Amino
Permanent Waves brought Rush into the mainstream while still being faithful to the band’s progressive sound making it a classic for both prog fans and hard rock fans alike. MASTERPIECE
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Paul Heinz
2014 - Permanent Waves is among Rush’s strongest albums (if not the strongest). There simply isn’t a weak track on it.
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Reviews from the Other Side
a quintessential progressive album, a pioneering, and often overlooked production
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Wilson & Alroy's Reviews
it's really a continuation of the previous record's advances, only broken into shorter tunes
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TV Tropes
Musically, it represents a transition to shorter, slightly more straightforward pieces, while still keeping much of the complexity the band’s music was known for.
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