Prog Album of the Week - Week 7 (09/27/2013): Rush - Moving Pictures

Welcome to the eighth week of r/progrockmusic's Album of the Week! Last week we discussed Pink Floyd's Animals and that was lovely. If you'd like to peruse previous weeks' discussions, the threads are here:

1, 2, 3, [4] (http://www.reddit.com/r/progrockmusic/comments/1lg9vp/prog_album_of_the_week_week_4_08312013_genesis/), 5, 6, 7.

This weeks prog album is Rush's Moving Pictures, an album hailed my many as Rush's magnum opus. I tend to agree with this sentiment (over, say, Hemispheres or 2112) due to its immaculate consistency. Also Red Barchetta is da BESS!

http://imgur.com/fFaElcX ###Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)

Track Listing

1. Tom Sawyer; 2) Red Barchetta; 3) YYZ; 4) Limelight; 5) The Camera Eye; 6) Witch Hunt; 7) Vital Signs.

• The album on YouTube
• [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Pictures_(Rush_album\))
• Allmusic review (5/5)
• George Starostin Review (4/5)

####Potential Discussion Questions:

• Moving Pictures is a pretty big change relative to their previous album, Permanent Waves (1980). What constitutes such a change?

• How would you personally rate the album?

• Moving Pictures really captures Neil Peart's mastery of the drums. What specifically do you enjoy (or dislike) about Peart as a drummer?

• Are there any moments on the album you consider particularly strong or particularly weak (i.e., favourite/least favourite moments)?

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