The best three consecutive studio albums are:
- Permanent Waves
- Moving Pictures
- Signals
I think Rush really knocked it out of the ballpark with The Spirit of Radio and Freewill, so Permenant Waves has to be included when talking about their creative peak. They were ramping up with songs like Working Man, Fly By Night, and Closer to the Heart, when they got to Permanent Waves they were taking off and they peak with Moving Pictures. Signals sustained that momentum. Rush wanted to do a concept album based on the book 1984 but Van Helen got dibs on using 1984 as an album title first. I guess Van Helen's idea of Orwellian themed songs are Jump and Hot for Teacher. :/ I am not clear why Rush didn't or could use 1984, because Permanent Waves is also a Kinks' song. :/
I know I got backlash for saying this before, but I prefer early 80s more so than late 80s. It's not only Rush with Power Windows, but other bands like the Stones, Yes, Genesis, The Clash that released albums (from mid to late 80s) that were either weak, or uninteresting. I always considered that period in music a bit odd.
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