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Permanent Waves
Studio album by Rush
Released	January 1, 1980
Recorded	September - October 1979
Genre	Progressive rock Hard rock
Length	35:25
Label	Anthem Records (Canada) Mercury Records
Producer	Rush and Terry Brown
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
Rush chronology
Hemispheres (1978) Permanent Waves (1980) Moving Pictures (1981)

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Permanent Waves marks a distinct transition into more accessible, radio-friendly numbers and consequently, a significant expansion in the band's record sales with perennial favorites such as "The Spirit of Radio" and "Freewill" seeing quite a fair bit of radio airplay. Lee's singing style changed, too; his range is much lower than the previous albums.

Other notable tracks on Permanent Waves include "Jacob's Ladder", a song style reminiscent of their earlier art rock period. Exploring odd time signatures, the song possesses a dark, ominous feel. The song's lyrics are based on a simple concept; a vision of sunlight breaking through storm clouds. The title is a reference to the natural phenomenon of the sun breaking through the clouds in visible rays, which in turn is named after the Biblical ladder to heaven on which Jacob saw angels ascending and descending in a vision. "Entre Nous" ("Between Us") is similar in style to "Freewill," yet it did not receive heavy radio airplay. The ballad "Different Strings" would polarize many Rush fans and critics; some radio stations would feature the song, while others never played it. This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... The angels climb Jacobs Ladder on the west front of Bath Abbey. ... This article is about Jacob in the Hebrew Bible. ... This article is about the supernatural being. ...

While the band began stepping back from the epic song format on this album, "Natural Science" does clock in at over nine minutes and is composed of three distinct movements. The lyrics are driven by concepts of natural science, examining themes of evolution, genetics and civilization, as well as man's responsibility to the arts and sciences. "Natural Science" marks the band's second to last "epic" selection. The Michelson–Morley experiment was used to disprove that light propagated through a luminiferous aether. ...

Permanent Waves became Rush's first US Top 5 album hitting #4 and was the band's fifth Gold (eventually Platinum) selling album.

Background

The writing of the album began in July 1979, at a farmhouse at Lakewoods Farm near Ontario, Canada on the Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. Peart started his lyrics in a cottage near there. The first night they began an instrumental jam, which they nick-named "Uncle Tounouse". Parts of this were used in the songs on the album. While Peart worked on lyrics, Lifeson and Lee would work on musical ideas in the basement. Within a few days they had put together "The Spirit of Radio", "Freewill", and "Jacob's Ladder", which came very natural to them. Everything was recorded on a Slider JVC mobile unit. "Entre Nous" was the only lyrics complete ahead of time. Neil was working on making a song out of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the medieval epic from King Arthur's time. Based on the story written in the 14th century, he was trying to keep its original style. It was too out of place with the other material and was discarded. They moved into Sound Kitchen studio in Toronto to record demos, were they were joined by producer Terry Brown. "The Spirit of Radio", "Freewill", and "Jacob's Ladder" were further polished on the warm-up tour during soundchecks and pre-release live performances. The original Gawain Manuscript, Cotton Nero A.x. ...

Rush headed to Le Studio in Morin Heights, Quebec. They began tweaking the settings of instruments and positioning of microphones, then jamming to test it out. They recorded basic tracks with multiple takes until they captured the best performance. While Lee, Lifeson, and Terry Brown began overdubs, Peart began attempting to write another epic song to replace the discarded "Green Knight". After three days of writers block, "Natural Science" was born. Fin Costello was then brought in to photograph the band in the studio, for the first time in Rush history. Cover art director Hugh Syme was also brought in and added a piano solo to "Different Strings". Music was composed for "Natural Science", with some leftover parts from "Green Knight". The tide pool effects for the song were created by splashing oars in the private lake, and the natural echo outside was used to record various instruments. The rough mixes on the album were complete. One week later, at Trident studios, London, the final mix was completed.^[1][2]

Track listing

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1. "The Spirit of Radio" – 4:56
2. "Freewill" – 5:21
3. "Jacob's Ladder" – 7:26
4. "Entre Nous" – 4:36
5. "Different Strings" (Lifeson, Lee) – 3:48
6. "Natural Science" – 9:17
   • "Tide Pools" – 2:21
   • "Hyperspace" – 2:47
   • "Permanent Waves" – 4:08

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Miscellanea

The newspaper that appears on the album cover is the Chicago Daily Tribune edition from 1948 that incorrectly reported the result of the US Presidential Election as 'Dewey Defeats Truman'. The Tribune refused permission to use the edition, so the headline on the cover is usually erased, though it is visible on a few pressings by Rush's native Canadian label Anthem Records and the original sheet music. // The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by the Tribune Company. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Anthem Records is an independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario. ...

Also on the cover, Peart, Lee and Lifeson are names on the signs in the distance. Look for houses to the right of the girl.

The cover contains several visual allusions to the album's title - in the background is a wave of water whose motion is frozen by the picture, i.e., a permanent wave, a man 'waving' at the girl in the foreground, the girl in the foreground has a permanent wave in her hair, while her dress is 'waving' in the wind. A fifth allusion is the picture of Truman waving the famous newspaper. A sixth 'wave' allusion can be found the red line running through the band's name represents the electro-cardiograph line of a normal human heartbeat.

"The Spirit of Radio" was sampled by UK Indie-rockers Saint Etienne on the track "Conchita Martinez" their 1993 album So Tough. Saint Etienne are an English indie dance act, fronted by Sarah Cracknell (born April 12, 1967, Chelmsford, Essex). ... So Tough (1993) is the second studio album by British band Saint Etienne. ...

While some believe that Alex Lifeson sampled "The Spirit of Radio" for the song "I Am the Spirit" on his 1996 solo album, Victor, the two riffs are, in fact, slightly different. Victor is a solo album by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson which was released January 9, 1996 on Atlantic Records outside of Canada and Anthem Records within Canada. ...

"Entre Nous" was performed live for the first time on the band's 2007 Snakes & Arrows tour.

"Different Strings" would mark the last time to date that Geddy Lee would be credited for the lyrics to a Rush song. Henceforth, except for the song "Chemistry," whose lyrics were written by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart, the lyrics would be credited to Neil Peart with occasional assistance from Pye Dubois.

Personnel

• Geddy Lee - Bass guitars, Oberheim polyphonic; OB-1; Minimoog; and Taurus pedal synthesizers, vocals
• Alex Lifeson - Six and twelve string electric and acoustic guitars, Taurus pedals, vocals
• Neil Peart - Drums, tympani, timbales, orchestra bells, tubular bells, wind chimes, bell tree, triangle, crotales, cover concept

• Erwig Chuapchuaduah - steel drums
• Hugh Syme - piano on "Different Strings", art direction, design, cover concept
• Deborah Samuel - photography
• Fin Costello - photography
• Flip Schulke - photography
• Terry Brown - arranger, producer, mixing
• Paul Northfield - engineer
• Robbie Whelan - assistant engineer
• Craig Milliner - mixing assistant
• Adam Moseley - mixing assistant
• Cover girl couturière: Ou la la
• Paula Turnbull - cover girl
• Ray Staff - mastering on original album
• Bob Ludwig - remastering

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Charts

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Singles

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Remaster Details

A remaster was issued in 1997.

• The tray has a picture of star with man painting with THE RUSH REMASTERS printed in all caps just to the left. All remasters from Rush through to Permanent Waves are like this. This is just like the cover art of Retrospective I.
• Also includes the original back cover of the album which was missing from the original CD of the band in the recording studio in addition to the inner-sleeve pictures, credits and lyrics which appeared on the original album.

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References

1. ^ Permanent Waves Tourbook
2. ^ http://www.2112.net/powerwindows Power Windows]