RE: another perfect c.d.

[Dave Cousineau <DCousineau at innoveda_com>]

Forwarded from Mr. Emery...


> Sexy Dave C writes:
> 
> >>Rush - 2112
> >
> >If we were going for Perfect Album Side I'd agree with you. 
> There's just
> too
> >much discontinuity on "side 2" for me to think of this as a 
> Perfect Album.
> >If nothing else, "Tears" just ruins it.
> 
> Hey now, Dave.  I think the placement of 'Tears' is pretty 
> perfect.  'A
> Passage To Bangkok' and 'Twilight Zone' are kinda darkish, 
> and 'Lessons'
> lightens it a bit, and it seems to me that 'Tears' makes the perfect
> transition to the triumphant-sounding closer 'Something For 
> Nothing'.  I'll
> happily count _2112_ as a Perfect album.
> 
> >The only Rush album I'd submit as perfect is _Moving Pictures_.
> >_Hemispheres_ comes close, but "Circumstances" sits there in 
> the middle and
> >just blows away the continuity of the rest of it. 
> 
> 'Circumstances' doesn't bother me so much, but there are parts of
> 'Hemispheres' that I find laggy.
> 
> I'm usually willing to forgive a little continuity break in 
> older albums
> where you actually had to get up and flip the record.  The 
> best example of
> this is a Perfect album that I can't remember if I've seen 
> mentioned yet -
> Pink Floyd _Dark Side Of The Moon_ - the album break right 
> before 'Money'
> breaks the continuity a little, but I don't feel it hurts it overall.
> 
> 
> >_Grace Under Pressure_ is
> >pretty close to perfect, too. The more I think about it, I 
> think _Permanent
> >Waves_ is a Perfect Album -- all good all the way through with good
> >continuity. Granted, I wouldn't call it the *best* Rush 
> album, but there's
> a
> >bit of a difference between a perfect album and a band's 
> *best* album.
> 
> Yes.  I'd give the nod to Power Windows if it wasn't for 'The 
> Big Money' - I
> find myself skipping that one more often than not.
> 
> >On that note, I'm (somewhat) surprised to see that some 
> people included
> GDBD
> >as a PA. I realize that a lot of the listees were introduced 
> to OTR by that
> >album and like it the best, but that album is *so* all over 
> the place. Half
> >of the songs aren't even what I'd call "finished" (I know 
> I'll get some
> crap
> >for that!).
> 
> You'll get no crap from me, Dave.  GDBD is a far from Perfect 
> album.  Quite
> far.  In fact, OTR has no perfect albums.  Patience comes 
> close (only the
> Scampering Songs song order, BTW), except that 'Sister' and 
> 'Il Est Dans Mon
> Poche' annoy the crap out of me.   Eve comes close, too, 
> except I can't get
> too excited about 'Birds' and 'Falling...'
> 
> Remember, people, this is about Perfect Albums.  Not your 
> favorite albums,
> or really good albums.  Be discriminating.  Use your noggin.
> 
> ~C
> 
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