Analysis:
Rush sings about love without returning to their blues-rock style? Say what? Yes, yes they do. You witnessed this on Roll the Bones, but here it's more
prevalent and shows up almost everywhere. Rush, however, doesn't slip up in form as much as they did on Roll the Bones. Here, Rush is at quite possibly
their strongest since I'd say at least Grace Under Pressure, though others would argue positions like Moving Pictures and Farewell to Kings. The first
three songs are incredibly powerful and dwarf almost all of Rush's songs from at least the past nine years, but then the next few songs kind of slip.
While songs like Alien Shore still rock hard, they're not as good, but then, it all picks up again with the deep-sounding Double Agent, and continuing
on with three more amazing songs. As perfect as you could get for aging prog-rockers turned hard-rock kings.
The verdict: 9.5/10: Rush rocks hard and, while slipping up a bit, it's still quite necessary to own. This is one of the good recordings from the early 90's, though about half of the selections are dwarfed from the song Occasional Demons from Catfish Rising (Jethro Tull, 1991).