History Music / PermanentWaves

''Permanent Waves'' is a 1980 album by the ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Rush|Band}}. Musically, it represents a transition to shorter, slightly more straightforward pieces, while still keeping much of the complexity the band’s music was known for. Vocalist Geddy Lee also began singing in a lower register at this point. The album was commercially successful and spawned the hits “The Spirit of Radio” and “Freewill” as well as the fan favourites “Natural Science” and “Jacob’s Ladder”. The album remains well liked by the band’s extensive fan base, although it often gets overshadowed by its successor ''Music/{{Moving Pictures|Album}}'', which is often regarded as the band’s finest album.

# “The Spirit of Radio” - 4:59
# “Freewill” - 5:24
# “Jacob’s Ladder” - 7:28

# “Entre nous” - 4:37
# “Different Strings” - 3:50
# “Natural Science” - 9:17
## “Tide Pools” - 1:57
## “Hyperspace” - 2:21
## “Permanent Waves” - 5:07

* VocalEvolution: Geddy Lee began singing in a lower register on this album. However, some parts of it still utilise his upper range; he has singled out the end of “Freewill” as an example of this.

''Permanent Waves'' is a 1980 album by the ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Rush}}. Musically, it represents a transition to shorter, slightly more straightforward pieces, while still keeping much of the complexity the band’s music was known for. Vocalist Geddy Lee also began singing in a lower register at this point. The album was commercially successful and spawned the hits “The Spirit of Radio” and “Freewill” as well as the fan favourites “Natural Science” and “Jacob’s Ladder”. The album remains well liked by the band’s extensive fan base, although it often gets overshadowed by its successor ''Music/MovingPictures'', which is often regarded as the band’s finest album.

* FailedFutureForecast: The TropeNamer is seen on some versions of the cover.

* MarilynManeuver[=/=]PantyShot: Perhaps surprisingly given the band’s image, the cover of the album contains an example.

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: “Different Strings”

* UncommonTime: It’s a Rush album; were you really expecting anything else? “Jacob’s Ladder” in particular goes through several time signature changes.

* DeweyDefeatsTruman: The TropeNamer is seen on some versions of the cover.

* NewSoundAlbum: As mentioned, Rush began making their songs more concise on this album, which increased their commercial success.

* VisualPun: The lettering of the title on the cover is incorporated into a drawing of a waveform.

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'''''Permanent Waves''''' is a 1980 album by the ProgressiveRock band Music/{{Rush}}. Musically, it represents a transition to shorter, slightly more straightforward pieces, while still keeping much of the complexity the band’s music was known for. Vocalist Geddy Lee also began singing in a lower register at this point. The album was commercially successful and spawned the hits “The Spirit of Radio” and “Freewill” as well as the fan favourites “Natural Science” and “Jacob’s Ladder”. The album remains well liked by the band’s extensive fan base, although it often gets overshadowed by its successor ''Music/MovingPictures'', which is often regarded as the band’s finest album.

* UncommonTime: It’s a Rush album; were you really expecting anything else? “Jacob’s Ladder” in particular goes through several time signature changes.

* ShoutOut: The last lines of “The Spirit of Radio” are a parody of Music/SimonAndGarfunkel’s “The Sounds of Silence” that also provide a TakeThat towards the record industry.

# "The Spirit of Radio" - 4:59
# "Freewill" - 5:24
# "Jacob's Ladder" - 7:28
# "Entre nous" - 4:37
# "Different Strings" - 3:50
# "Natural Science" - 9:17
## "Tide Pools" - 1:57
## "Hyperspace" - 2:21
## "Permament Waves" - 5:07