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Glancing at the hour shown at the bottom of my notebook, I see it's close to the Midnight -- Sunday Night -- at least as far as the clocks on EST are concerned. I just, at this moment, stumbled upon a link that sent me here and realizing it's possibly past the deadline for submissions, yet still hoping to add a few lines and racing against the clock to do so, I found that I couldn't resist hitting the "next" button for a peek at the albums mentioned by others. In no time I had viewed all 17 pages revealing covers of exceptional albums; exceptional artists. Come to think of it (without looking back to count on my fingers and toes), there's only one other artist that had a greater number of albums mentioned here than the artist I had in mind, and that is The Beatles.

Although I spotted three albums by the artist, the particular album had not yet been mentioned -- and it is mentionable. To this listener, it's seemingly perfect. As with much of this artist's music, the lyrics and the music belong together. They harmoniously create a perfect marriage.

The artist is Rush and the album is Permanent Waves. And, yes, it holds up.

2112 was the first Rush album I had the pleasure of hearing (at the tender age of 12) and it will resonate with me infinitely. At that time, I thought it (music) couldn't get better. That is until A Farewell to Kings was released, followed by Hemispheres, followed by Permanent Waves, followed by Moving Pictures, followed by...

Resisting the urge to write a novella on the subject of music, but wishing I could nonetheless (Can I??),I had intended to mention a few notable songs here -- but can't as all of the songs on the album are notable.

At this late hour, I had no time for a video; however, if it's required and if requested, I will happily submit one.