Sooner or later I'm gonna be drunk crying to this
This album is not good. Foolish Heart is great, Built to Last is great, and Standing on the Moon is pretty good (but has much better live versions). Everything else on this album is forgettable, boring, or bad. I also feel like the 80's production motif's take away from the listening experience as they make the album sound of its time and cheesy. I understand why they would want to throw Brent a bone, but I never want to listen to I Will Take You Home again.
I rated the bonus tracks, but I did not include them in my overall rating. Great album. Wah-Wah is a banger.
This is championed as the Dead's best studio album for a reason. I like when Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter write songs.
We're four months into 2026 and this is my first review of a release from this year. The thing I noticed consistently from track to track was that while the music was very good, the lyrics did not always follow suit. I mainly picked this album due to the album cover, and I got lucky. Very solid album, but fairly top heavy.
Favorites:
1. Stairway To Nowhere
2. Invisible Ink
3. Twisted On A Train
This one was recommended to me by a friend and boy am I glad they did. This is a great album experience. Most of these tracks wouldn't usually make it in a playlist for me but damn is it something unique.
Favorites:
1. Frame By Frame
2. Matte Kudasai
3. Discipline
Love this album. High Time is the only thing preventing it from being a 100 for me.
Favorites:
Do It Again 100/100
Dirty Work 100/100
Reelin' in The Years 100/100
Honorable Mentions:
Kings 95/100
Fire in The Hole 98/100
Meh:
Turn That Heartbeat Over Again 65/100
Hot take, I really like this album and think it is very good.
It's surprising to me how split the reviews are on this album, people either love it or don't, not really an in between. This is definitely very different than later rush projects being in the pre-Peart era. While I acknowledge the greatness of peart and what he did to push the band forward both musically and lyrically, I still think this album is very strong. Great riffs from Alex, heavy bass lines from Geddy. It is ... read more