Rush - Power Windows (1985)

I'm still coming off my Rush buzz after there new documentary release Beyond the Lighted Stage. The eleveth Rush album is in the time period of the synthesizer. It had a lot of keyboards contributed by Geddy Lee. I found it interesting that Neil Peart wrote a good majority of the albums lyrics. It focused on domination of power and how it affects others aiming towards the military in the use of the "Manhattan Project" atomic bomb. There music is always so inventive and different on many levels musically and lyrically. I think some Rush fans dig the keyboards for it adding texture but, it kind of feels like the guitar is drawn out almost. It sounds like an echo and not constant strums. I can't say this is one of my favorites but I like the idea of them focusing on world domination, power that comes with money and weapons and the unbalance it brings the world. It lacks the rawness of many other Rush albums before it and some after. It does sound like it's from the eighties which could be good or bad depending on your taste. It's only eight tracks but fills over forty minutes of music. Songs to check out "The Big Money", "Manhattan Project" and "Mystic Rhythms".

1. "The Big Money" 5:37
2. "Grand Designs" 5:06
3. "Manhattan Project" 5:07
4. "Marathon" 6:09
5. "Territories" 6:20
6. "Middletown Dreams" 5:15
7. "Emotion Detector" 5:11
8. "Mystic Rhythms" 5:54