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Originally Posted by FadedMyxomatosis
Even stuff like Fly By Night, Anthem or Working Man? Oh damn. I've always liked Lee's voice on Fly by Night and lets face it, Anthem and Working Man are pretty damn cool too. And then the stuff like Farewell to Kings and 2012?
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Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures started the trend away from their traditional prog sound of the time and more of an emphasis towards shorter songs in general and the greater use of keyboards. It wasn`t until "Signals" released in 1982 with the brilliant lead single "Sudbivisions" that the group were putting out a more rock/pop (power pop) centric sound and I suppose "Grace Under Pressure" is their definitive power pop release. "Power Windows" is also a good album despite the terrible single "The Big Money" but don`t agree with "Hold Your Fire" as I always thought this a much weaker effort.
To show how poppy this band had become, Alex Lifeson in this era looked more like a member of Spandau Ballet than a rock band
