Hold Your Fire [Remaster] by Rush

Pros: Force Ten, Time Stand Still, Second Nature, Prime Mover, Lock and Key.
Cons: The rest of the album. Not enough guitar, some forgettable vocal melodies.

As most of you who know me are aware of, I am a HUGE Rush fan...have been since the summer or fall of '77.... but I am NOT (and never was) a fan of their 1985 album Power Windows. I thought Rush got too far away from their ...

Pros: More thought provoking lyrics behind increasing musical talent.
Cons: Slower than other Rush albums, but that's not really a con.

Pros: Nothing is a total bomb. This is very consistently mediocre.
Cons: Nothing really worth remembering here.

(Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what their looking for in the "Review Body" section. The section titled "Track Reviews" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of the songs, and ...

Pros: Excellently balanced sound. Political and personal themes.
Cons: None.

Hold Your Fire is at the far end of the musical spectrum from 2112. The instruments are all balanced; the layering is thick and rich and the mood of the album is mellow, almost at peace with itself. But the messages are raging in their intensity....

Pros: Amazing 80's style with the best synth use Rush ever had
Cons: There's still little to no heaviness present at all

I don't know why this album is the most maligned out of all of Rush's catalogue. It's even more hated than Caress Of Steel! Although this is disliked for the exact opposite reason; while that introduced more progressive elements and a shift from their ...

Pros: spiritual, thought-provoking lyrics; a nice variety of mid-tempo rockers and slower, melodic compositions
Cons: a little too mellow at times

It's hard to believe that a band like Rush could release an album more experimental and more controversial than any of their previous records. However, any respectable Rush fan knows that the band likes to push the envelope and 1987's "Hold Your Fire" is...

Pros: Spiritually enlightening lyrics, outstanding musical talent
Cons: I need a few years to think of some ;)

Spiritually enlightening, would perhaps be the best choice of words to describe this album.

Most of the time Rush seems to follow a theme through their albums, take some of the others for example, Grace Under Pressure where the theme is human...

Pros: Great songwriting, powerful songs, intelligent lyrics
Cons: Overly produced at times

This was the album that first introduced me to Rush. I bought it after seeing the video for "Time Stands Still." For me, this is a fantastic example of Rush's keyboard-driven 80s phase. Not as weighty as "Grace Under Pressure" nor as...

Pros: Kicks, Motivates, Philosophical
Cons: (none)

Initially, I bought this album (CD) as an up-and-coming Rush fan. Today, I am more familiar with Rush's diverse styles. The compilation of songs on "Hold Your Fire" will appeal to many. As always, the Rush lyrics are extremely powerful...

Pros: great songs plenty of them.
Cons: geddy lee skips out on some of his famouse bass work to use the synth

If you are familar with rush at all you know about the hold your fire album. One of rushes greatest albums, however many people argue that there is to much synth and not enough of alex and geddy lee's classic guitar and bass work. But alot of songs on...