On Monday, March 7, 2005 at 3:34:49 PM UTC-5, arattle wrote:   
   > "Phantom"  wrote in message   
   > news:YdmWd.16696$hU7.12839@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...   
   > > Rating: 9   
   > > RushRating: 8   
   >   
   > It's interesting that CP was one of my favorites early on.  This was one of   
   > the first Rush albums I ever got, and it seemed like a clean, edgy, rocking   
   > sound that one could get used to.  Then i discovered the rest of their   
   > catalog, and I hardly ever listen to anything on CP.  I give it A+ for   
   > production, a solid B for quality of music, a D for lyrics, and an F for   
   > effort.  Creativity must have gotten a restraining order against the whole   
   > band around this time, because nothing approaching creative or interesting   
   > makes an appearance here.  The only decent pieces are Double Agent, BS&M (if   
   > you can ignore the lyrics), and LTTA.  I absolutely can't stand Animate   
   > (along with SDT, two worst album openers), it only gets worse with Stick it   
   > Out and Cut to the Chase.  I have to at least acknowledge Nobody's Hero for   
   > the change of pace it provides, and among the sea of crap that populates the   
   > rest of this album, this is a solid song.   
   >   
   > The next couple tunes blend together in their sheer boringness, until   
   > finally DA and LTTA come on...only to end the album right where it started.   
   > Certainly listenable as a whole, but requires that one not concentrate on   
   > lyrics for too long, or ideally be preoccupied with something mundane and   
   > even less exciting than this disappointing offering.   
   >   
   > Rush Rating: 3   
   > Overall Rating: 4   
   >   
   > -arattle   
      
   I'm surprised at all the negative reviews.  I think CP was a real return to   
   form after RtB.   
      
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