Sean Murphy of PopMatters.com posted an article today profiling Rush's seminal masterpiece Moving Pictures. It's part of their All Things Reconsidered series and is titled Drag the Dream Into Existence: Reassessing Rush’s Masterpiece. From the article:

... Moving Pictures is, without any question, not only Rush's masterpiece, but one of those rare albums that epitomizes an era. It represents both a culmination and a progression: the peak of the band's development as well as the blueprint for Rush's subsequent work. More, it is a template of sorts for the way rock albums were made in the early '80s. ...

... Moving Pictures is, in every regard, a "quantum leap forward" where new wave meets hard rock; the rarest of albums where all elements mesh together. Looking back, this postmodern period piece endures as a reflection of how intriguing music had begun to seem and sound at the beginning of the '80s. Rush would capitalize on this artistic momentum and continue to craft significant albums that helped define the sound of a decade.

You can read the entire article at this link. Thanks to Power Windows for the heads up.

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