10 Even More Perfect 1980s Rock Albums With No Bad Songs

4. Rush - Moving Pictures

Who doesn't love a bit of Rush from time to time?

For those with a penchant for these Canadian rockers, it's hard to look past 1981's Moving Pictures when debating which of the band's 19 studio albums is their absolute best.

Moving Pictures featured Rush at the peak of their powers, with elements of new wave meshing marvellously with the more traditional elements of hard rock and classic rock 'n' roll. What also makes Moving Pictures particularly impressive, is that it only technically clocks in at seven tracks.

There's a certain cleanness here to the instruments at play, with Rush never having sounded quite as polished. And when it comes to instruments, nothing shines brighter than Neil Peart's drumming here - with Moving Pictures often cited as one of the all-time great drumming albums.

Sure, it's a smidge self-indulgent at times and maybe a tad too radio friendly for the die-hard metalheads, but this '81 record never fails to have you stomping your feet and reaching for the air guitar. In particular, the slow build and feverish, driving beat of The Camera Eye is a proper toe-tapper of the highest order.

Instrumental track YYZ could well be Rush at their most ambitious, with rolling bass meeting enticing, hypnotic guitar - all while a mesmerising, shuffling drumbeat develops. Then, of course, there's the operatic masterpiece that is Tom Sawyer.

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