Rush grace under pressure7/22/2023 THE BAND IS THIRD BEHIND THE ROLLING STONES AND THE BEATLES FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE GOLD OR PLATINUM ALBUMS BY A ROCK BAND. You can’t really help it sometimes, no matter how hard you work or how fast you work there are certain things about recording that just take a long time.” ![]() “…once we got into the studio, things just took a long time. The writing and rehearsing of the album went quickly, but the recording took a long time. Despite the dark themes of the record, the band balances out influences from a lot of directions, including reggae and a harder feel of the classic hard rock sound. While the lyrical subject matter is dark, its theme is unified, and this shift of approach unveils a vibrant and effective new music. The album’s running theme is “pressure” and how humans act under the influence of it. One of Rushs stronger albums, 'Grace Under Pressure' (1984) has been criticized nonetheless as sterile, cold and distant, lacking the lyrical optimism and aggressive guitar work of past albums. Largely considered one of the band’s darkest albums, Grace Under Pressure was influenced by the growing tensions in the Cold War in the 1980s. It was released on their 1984 album Grace Under Pressure. The band produced the album themselves, with assistance from Peter Henderson, who had previously worked with Supertramp, Split Enz, Frank Zappa, and King Crimson. ' Red Lenses ' is a song by the Canadian rock band Rush. Rush originally approached producer Steve Lillywhite to record Grace Under Pressure, but he went on to work on other projects. It was recorded at Le Studio, like so many other Rush albums. THIS IS FROM THE RUSH WEBSITE ON THE STORY BEHIND ‘GRACE UNDER PRESSURE’: Grace Under Pressure 1984 Tour ( 12 × File, FLAC, Album, 16-Bit 44.1 kHz Stereo) Island Def Jam Music Group, Anthem Entertainment. ![]() THE ONE THING I’VE NOTICED WITH ANY RUSH ALBUM, THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A BAD RUSH ALBUM ! A FRIEND OF MIND SAID “RUSH ALBUMS ARE SIMPLY DIFFERENT DEGREES OF INSPIRED GENIUS” Grace Under Pressure Tour ( CDr, Unofficial Release) CatSkip Records. Other standouts include a tribute to a friend of the band who had recently passed away, "Afterimage," the disturbing "Red Sector A" (which details a concentration camp), and one of Rush's first funk-based songs, "The Enemy Within." Whereas most other rock bands formed in the 1970s put out unfocused and uninspired work in the 1980s (which sounds very dated), Rush's Grace Under Pressure remains an exception.LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-APRIL 12, 2019…THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO RUSH GAVE US THEIR 10TH STUDIO ALBUM ‘GRACE UNDER PRESSURE’ The songwriting and lyrics were still strong however, as evidenced by the video/single "Distant Early Warning" (a tale about nuclear war) and the often-overlooked highlight "Kid Gloves," one of the album's few songs to feature Lifeson upfront. The change resulted in a slightly more accessible sound than its predecessor, Signals, and marked the beginning of a period where many Rush fans feel that synths and electronics were used too prominently - in effect pushing guitarist Alex Lifeson into the background. Grace Under Pressure was the first Rush album since 1975's Fly by Night to not be produced by Terry Brown, who was replaced by Peter Henderson (Supertramp, Paul McCartney).
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