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Throughout their existence, the Canadian power-prog trio has steadfastly released a lengthy live collection every fifth album. Released in 1981, Exit is Rushs second (and best) such release, and it captures the band at the very top of its artistic (and commercial) curvebefore keyboard and synthesizer work became central to its sound as opposed to providing mere accents. When they embarked on this tour, Rush had just released Moving Pictures, which continued their move away from longer suites and featured more streamlined song craft. Exit, however, offers a perfect blend of winding, fusion-leaning, virtuoso instrumentals (YYZ, La Villa Strangiato), extended sci-fi epics (Jacobs Ladder, Xanadu), sentimental ballads (Closer to the Heart in unison with the whole crowd, The Trees), and tauter songs (Free Will, Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio) that represent the best of all worlds. Musically, they generated a huge amount of sound for three men (especially Geddy Lees mammoth bass lines and Neil Pearts octopus-like percussion); lyrically, Pearts fantasia may be pseudo-poetry, but it is poetic, and it may be adolescent wisdom, but it is wise. Marc Greilsamer
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